tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post5282928311930129452..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Poole, DorsetPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-53165645791070476922019-11-22T16:10:23.781+00:002019-11-22T16:10:23.781+00:00Some theorise that things get better and better. H...Some theorise that things get better and better. How many joiners could join together something like this now? Would anybody encourage them to do so? A split or two after a couple of centuries - let's not get super-tidy about it and rip the whole thing out and replace it with - ? I was travelling through some run-down old streets in Bristol. Lots of architectural detail: something quite ordinary in its day, but today - impossible! I wanted to remind the people living here what a heritage they were living in, compared with the brand-new estates some of the better-off occupy. Please spare me from ever living in that minimalist new Rest Home at X! Where is romance? Where is beauty? Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.com