6/5/06 - Cumbria

Frizington, Egremont - villages and towns forgotten - on the road toward Sellafield and the coast - the desolate petrol station long abandoned, like some version of the wild west, a pioneer/frontier town long turned ghost town - red and black signs of destruction, Council aware - the gandering push-chair lumped in the rubbish skip - forlorn steps - uniform pebble-dash and concrete housing built 1962 - a shop on the corner with grilles over the windows, another further up with an open door and half empty shelves - these places exist in a time-trap - if Sellafield ever goes meltdown these places will bear the brunt, becoming even more of a wasteland than they already are - yet people live here still - what goes on here - Saturday afternoon and there is no-one about, the odd pram being pushed slowly up the street by an old man - countless flags of St George flutter - I am fascinated by these places; they are darkly historic, floundering in reality, unwilling to partake of the modern world, they have grown inward -