Terrible Places

Terrible Places

£10.00

NAJ 28 (1989). A5 book, 52 pp., 45 illustrations

The Settle‑Carlisle railway links the two contrasting landscapes of the Pennine fells and industrial Airedale. Lyric celebration of rugged walking terrain is followed by a polemic about the legacies of Robert Owen in Victorian and Modernist examples of communal housing

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For the the NAJ Model Village trilogy, see also NAJ 25 (1987) New Arcadias and NAJ 28 (1987) Two Airedale Landscapes

 

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Illustrations:

Chris Broughton (plus Cover), Howard Eaglestone, Ian Gardner, Andrew Griffiths

Texts:

Patrick Eyres. Two articles follow the Introduction:
~ Et in Arcadia ego: the landscape of the Settle-Carlisle railway. (Travelling between the Three Peaks of Penyghent, Ingleborough and Whernside, and traversing the Pennine summit at Ais Gill in Mallerstang, the railway is populated by the highest mainline stations in England, from which we mount this enchanting and rugged walking terrain)
~ Et in Utopia ego: Social Control, the architectural legacy of Robert Owen. (Lyric celebration is followed by a polemic to conclude the NAJ Model Village trilogy (25, 26, 28) and to explore the phenomenon through the 19th century examples of Saltaire and the temporary and vanished Batty Moss (the ‘Terrible Place’), and the 20th century Quarry Hill, Leeds)

 

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