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this section are representations of the multitude of villages
and hamlets which dot the East Riding countryside.
They too evoke memories of times gone by, although
one or two may have been posed, in the main, they seem quite
natural, conveying the predominantly rural aspect of the Riding.
It should be pointed out that many of the buildings
are of brick construction; this is due to a lack of any naturally
occurring and convenient stone as a building material, most
of the Riding sitting on chalk bedrock.
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In
conclusion, these few images seem to hardly do justice to
the broad spectrum of those which could be, or should be,
included. The
object however was to provide a glimpse into the near past,
a past which some may remember.
Also to include places which seldom hit any headlines,
the kind of community which has survived for many centuries
without ever being a focus for anything other than tending
their farms and livestock.
These are the kinds of communities that make the
East Riding what it has been, and what it predominantly
still is.
The
images of York, Beverley and Hull similarly are meant to convey
a sense of the near past, in the days between the two World
Wars when everything appeared to be at rest.
Much has changed, much has been demolished and redeveloped,
that is the way towns and cities prosper in most cases, they
have to ‘move with the times.’ The seemingly sad loss of ancient buildings is and always has
been seen as a necessity under the guise of ‘progress’.
Only recently have survivors been granted the apparent
safety of conservationists. |
