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 Bradwell In The Peak District
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By Ken West
In Bradwell, Housing, pensioners
Posted May 25, 2022

Bradwell In The Peak District

Bradwell in the Peak District is now home to Ann and I. This is why I have not posted for a while and will struggle in the near future. No, I am not experiencing personal anxiety. Open Reach is [...]

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 The Loss Of Old England
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By Ken West
In Housing, Social Life
Posted July 23, 2021

The Loss Of Old England

We walk up Main Street and turn left up Old Smithy Lane. The first cottage has a sign outside, “An old rooster lives here with a young chick”. We climb up past the old smithy and the [...]

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 The Death Of The English Village
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By Ken West
In Housing, Social Life
Posted July 16, 2021

The Death Of The English Village

In the past, Ann and I lived just outside the Lake District. Even by the early 1980’s, the area was full of dead villages. The cottages still stood, but the owners dwelt in Newcastle and [...]

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 Peakland Grange, Hartington – Buyer Beware!
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By Ken West
In Housing, pensioners
Posted May 25, 2021

Peakland Grange, Hartington – Buyer Beware!

Buying a new house in the Peak District is pretty difficult. The few new houses are built on brownfield sites because planning approval is impossible elsewhere. So, when new houses were [...]

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 Derelict Cottage In The Peak
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By Ken West
In Housing, Social Life
Posted April 22, 2021

Derelict Cottage In The Peak

The derelict cottage in the Peak reads rather like an old poem. Indeed, it even sounds like an old poem as the moping owl calls in the dead of night. The photograph shows the building exactly as [...]

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 The Quality of the Build In Christchurch
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By Ken West
In Housing
Posted December 14, 2018

The Quality of the Build In Christchurch

I have moved house sixteen times in my life. Is that sufficient to give me the right to talk about building quality? And what, precisely, is building quality? Why did I wake up one morning with [...]

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 Another One bites The Dust In Friars Cliff!
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By Ken West
In Housing
Posted July 19, 2018

Another One bites The Dust In Friars Cliff!

Is it odd to draw a parallel between housing in 2200BC and today? Perhaps, but let’s give it a try.

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