Like totems from a bygone age, forgotten now but once so common they were unseen. Even when the fabric of the houses were well into demolition, these totems remain: black steel and wire spiders against a grey sky
This image comes from a 120 year old picture postcard of Halifax, and it is about as fake as any modern AI generated concoction. The colours...
And separate aerials for different channels. Aerial affluence and analogue aspirations!
ReplyDeleteOnce in a while, I'll see a random antenna left on an old house, and it makes me smile.
ReplyDeleteReminders of growing affluence during my childhood.
ReplyDeleteThey were/are ugly things. It saddens me to see demolition going on even though I know it is necessary in some cases but that was someones home once.
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