Monday, 28 April 2008
Bournes Bank - Burslem
Back in February B Arts were commissioned as part of the Place, Space and Identity programme to produce a live performance titled 'Clay'. The action began in the school of art but soon moved down in procession to the 'Bournes bank'. This is - well how would I describe it? - it is a large piece of derelict land, not an unfamiliar sight around here. At the bottom of the hill there are some listed bottle kilns and that night I fell in love with the place! To see why check out Liz and Mishka's blog link on the place, space & identity website for the photos - it was so atmospheric and emotional. Actually just click here!!! So anyway rumour has it that a developer bought the land for houses then found that it was too steep an incline to make it worth the bother(financially!!!!!) - that is rumour so don't quote me on it! The land is sitting there looking ugly at the moment so an online campaign has just started last week to turn it into a wildflower meadow and I have signed up. If you are reading this and are local to Stoke-On-Trent please join us in what would be not only a very worthwhile activity but also a great community builder. There is a campaign link box at the bottom of the page. Read more about it, join, then let others know.
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followed the link and tried to sign up but not sure it worked. i see what you mean about this place, it looks magical. is that you in 1 of the pictures? you look like an arkel doll in it, i think its the head on 1 side pose. x
Yeh, that's me lol, the atmosphere was magical and it was amazing how differently you can feel about a place as soon as you have a memorable experience there. I would never have thought twice about this site before but now I've seen it's transformation I feel very differently.
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