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Category: All Urban Rural
Filter: 1980s 1990s Black And White Bristol Brutalist Film London New Town Suburban Travel

The old Severn Bridge

 A barrier with a red-and-white chevron sign blocks the end of a concrete walkway beside a tall concrete wall, trees beyond.

The original Severn crossing

Avonmouth. BS11.

 Semi-detached houses beside a grassy verge under a large elevated motorway bridge, with a small yellow car on the road and electricity pylons in the distance.

A guest post by Richard Ford

Intersection

 Two elevated motorway flyovers arch apart over overgrown land, flanked by tall streetlights beneath a pale blue sky.

The no man’s land beneath the M49 and M5

Southgate to East Finchley

 Dusk city street with red-brick Victorian shops, traffic queued with glowing brake lights, illuminated shopfronts and traffic signals beneath a darkening sky.

(without octopus)

Avonbridge Trading Estate

 Empty industrial yard with wet tarmac and grass verge, a bright red door in a brown-brick wall beneath white cladding.

Bleak views of the trading estate

Art Deco

 Black-and-white street scene of a circular Underground station with people waiting outside beneath a dramatic cloudy sky.

Arnos Grove to Southgate

Grimey Colour

 Urban rooftops with red graffiti and painted insects on walls, utility boxes in the foreground, rows of houses and a distant church spire above an 'Istanbul Mini Market' shop sign.

Festival Way, Montpelier and Gloucester Road

Bristol Temple Meads

 Holiday Inn Express hotel on a quiet urban street, six storeys, leafless trees and empty roads beneath an overcast sky.

Documenting change at Bristol Temple Meads

Wood Green to Arnos Grove

 Red-brick brutalist apartment block with concrete balconies, terraced planters, satellite dishes and windows against a bright blue sky.

Walking the London ring road