Cosby, Main Street c.1965
Photo ref:
C433006
More about this scene
This photograph, looking towards The Nook, highlights the frustration of what could have been. The arid area of grass and the 1950s housing (both family and sheltered) could, with a lightness of touch, have provided a more special entrance to the village from the north, under the shadow of St Michael's Church. Instead, little has happened since 1965, except that the spindly trees on the right have matured and The Huntsman pub (previously The New Inn) has been rebuilt in a bland red brick. In 1615 the vicar complained bitterly that he could not support his family on a wage of under five pounds a year, and now, as a visitor, I felt that it is the very fabric of the village that seems to be echoing his sentiment.
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