Simon English
England Revisited
Summer 1971: Simon English visited 75 points across the country to write the word 'ENGLAND' on England.
Summer 2010: Simon English made a new artwork by revisiting those points.
Observation 1971
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Point:
34
Letter:
G
Date visited:
12th August 1971
Flag:
On a lamp post on a dull stretch of the A61 in South Sheffield. Next to a wood yard near the Bingo Hall.
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Observation 2010
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Point:
34
Letter:
G
Date visited:
27th July 2010
Observation:
On a pedestrian crossing post in the central island of the road where the original lamp post would have been had the A61 road not been widened.
To the east the wood yard and sheds have been demolished and the site is now a vast B&Q. The huge increase in traffic has been accommodated by demolishing the stone boundary wall, moving the street lights and cutting down all bar one of the trees on the that side of the road. This has nearly doubled the width of the road with a pedestrian island in the central reservation. To the north the bingo hall has become a Casino.
Along the west the trees (Sorbus?) do still line the road, much bigger and thankfully unpollarded. The modern lamp posts stand taller but in the same positions as the originals. Behind the foliage are the original terrace houses and at the end of the row is a newsagent. This shop is still with the same family but another generation. It now does a brisk trade in sandwiches.
Points 34, 32 & 29