Hold the front page!

Many of you may well remember that a short while ago Leatherhead was voted, and hit the National media, as the 'Worst High Street in the UK'. I have to say despite the efforts of goodness knows who, the town remains pretty grotty. Who are the people that decide the way forward?

The Faceless Few have, in my lowly opinion, no vision, empathy or understanding of architecture, history or business. They are strangling the very core. Having time on my hands right now I am seeing the destruction on an almost daily basis. We have, and had, some wonderful architecture that has been swallowed up by vacuous and barren Powers That Be.


The pictures on this post are not meant to be technically clever shots, they are simply meant to depict what I saw sitting on the edge of a cafe in St Omer square. Despite the cars parked all around there is a feast to see and feed ones soul. There were more picturesque cafes to sit at, ones with stunning views, but the point is they ALL have a view despite the position. Next week I shall show you the Leatherhead equivalent.

I personally don't understand, nor want to, the divide between the English and French. My opinion is that they they, like so many races, have wonderful things to teach us. So please please let's return to Europe and leave the American hype to the Yanks who do it so well.

** for those that aren't that computer literate, click on a photo to enlarge then click on the icon on the bottom right hand side to further enlarge. That way you will see the detail of the skylines and the street of the square.