The second post is Newcastle-under-Lyme, not somewhere which I have visited.
A fine roundabout, the crazy paving adds significant interest and the tree, bent at a rakish angle leads the eye towards St Giles's church on the right. A succcessful bit of town planning.
Newcastle under Lyme is here:
And I think this is the roundabout now (pan to the right a bit).
Though I'm not entirely sure this is the spot, the chimney has gone, though the church does seem to be in the right place, and it's clearly on a roundabout. If it is the right place then things have changed considerably. The inventive and artistic crazy paving has given way to the utilitarian chevrons, the church remains but the planting has changed radically.
The UK edition starts off with several motorways which are rather tricky to locate so the first success is the vowel deficient Amlwch Road in Anglesey.
Which is here:
And I think this is the street view of the road now, the roof angle seems pretty distinctive. The cafe seems to have become a house and the windows have been replaced.
There also seems to be a lot more greenery than when the original picture was taken.
Martin Parr has published two books, both called Boring Postcards, one for the UK and one for the USA. Neither are particularly boring, particularly for my son (aged 18 months) who likes nothing more that to leaf through both editions, cooing at the roundabouts, motels and other fascinating images to be found.
After going through both books several times I decided to see how many of the places still existed. Were they still as boring?
At the moment this is intended to be a desktop exercise, however, if I find myself near a boring location, it would be silly not to go there in person.
Here's a link to the books: Boring postcards UK
