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Photographic Essay: 'Limbo'
clive rowleyModern UK city centres are often glitzy and vibrant. Clive Rowley's nearest city is Stoke-on-Trent and just beyond the city centre at Hanley is another city - where buildings and areas have become dilapidated and here are seen the remnants of a sometimes glorious past. But decay has taken over, and it is as if these buildings are in limbo, awaiting restoration or demolition. City churches and Pubs seemed to have suffered most: worship is now restricted to the few, and old fashioned public houses seem to have given up trying to compete with the large themed drinking emporiums which are the fashion of the day. These areas are now the haunts of drug addicts, vandals, fly-posters and graffiti artists. These twelve photographs reflect on the sad side of a 21st century city.
The top 4 images are all taken of the rear and sides of Bethesda Chapel: the 'Cathedral of the Potteries' which featured in the recent BBC2 programmes called 'Restoration' and polled the fourth largest vote nationwide to have its restoration funded. Only the winner, however, will be funded but attempts are being made to save the church. * see update on this photograph October 30 2003
photographs copyright of Clive Rowley
