Improvised table, chairs and shelter on waste ground
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Improvised table, chairs and shelter on waste ground
Image: © David Hawgood Taken: 13 Oct 2011
This land by Gipsy Corner was cleared of buildings to make way for a road project - which was then abandoned. At various times people have slept rough here. It seems that some of them made good use of items left here. Cable drums have become a table and chairs. Timber and poles from scrub trees have become the framework for a shelter. A suitcase, shopping trolley and cooking pot are also in evidence. I don't like it because it is "in my backyard" - but I have some sympathy with people who made a household from rubbish.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.520921
Longitude
-0.264452