Monday, March 14, 2016

In Praise Of Television Aerials


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

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  1. And separate aerials for different channels. Aerial affluence and analogue aspirations!

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  2. Once in a while, I'll see a random antenna left on an old house, and it makes me smile.

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  3. Reminders of growing affluence during my childhood.

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  4. They 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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