If you walk around a town in England today, a familiar sight are the hoardings.
There are old shops fronts still there, and empty shop units missing shelves of shoes or bedding.
It’s a sight that blights more towns than you might at first appreciate.
Take for example the photos below, and you’ll get my point. This isn’t a new building or a modern unit for a quick coffee shop.
It has some history about it, and character.
Yet, it’s empty.
My affront is not at the sight of it – or its ‘look’ – but a question of what it means.
Do these types of building not fit anymore, or suit our modern tastes? Is it about our comfort over “mod cons”, and eschewing of the old and fuddy-duddy?
It may not be, but it’s an interesting omission in a nation of old and ageing towns.
