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Here, a family from the Indian subcontinent have gone to town. All the bricks are picked out, and the front wall is treated in coloured relief, with motifs, mostly hearts and diamonds in red, yellow and blue. In 1975 this is reworked, perhaps by new residents, as a subtle arrangement of pink and white, which, a year later, is delicately varied by a change from white to pink of two of the lozenges. In 1978 the whole wall is painted white, though the original relief of the shapes can still be seen. As the years pass, not only do the shapes show up more clearly but, in tune with the general tendency in 20 Sites for the past to reassert itself, the paint starts to flake, revealing touches of the original colour.

I think this is the only spot at which Our Lord is present, because there's that spire coming over, otherwise he's remarkably absent. Children and two wheeled vehicles seem to haunt this site. Our arrival coincides with the end of school. We also see in 1987 if somewhat belatedly, the BMX cycle. Is it the same boy on the same bike passing by in 1988 and '89?

In 1985 a large and very clean vehicle is prominent, announcing the New Testament Church of God.