Owen Hatherley (author of Militant Modernism; A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain) in CiF on the wonders of Wythenshawe:
The second-largest council estate in the country, after Becontree in East London, it's best known of late for three media appearances – Sarah Ferguson's The Duchess on the Estate; Shameless, for which it provided many of the sets; and a photograph of David Cameron on the stump, with a hooded youth making gun signs behind him.
In appearance, though, Wythenshawe doesn't correspond much to stereotype.
Really? Are you
sure about that, Owen? Are you
really, really sure?
Not too long ago, Mr Hatherley was telling us that vaguely alternative pop music is nigh impossible to make without unconditional benefits, a grant, a squat and a subsidised spell at art school.
ReplyDeleteSo you mustn’t doubt his judgement.
I lived in wythenshawe from 1985 through to 1994.
ReplyDeleteit's not quite the a**ehole of manchester (longsight takes that title) but it's close.
"Not too long ago, Mr Hatherley was telling us..."
ReplyDeleteAhhh, I thought the name was familiar...
"it's not quite the a**ehole of manchester (longsight takes that title) but it's close"
Sadly, so many areas are now like this.