26 Remain

Rosalind Davis , ’26 Remain’, Oil and Embroidery on poly-silk . 65x65cmThere are 26 remaining families in the Kidbroke/Ferriers Estate. As I walked around the estate it looked completely uninhabited, a real ghost town, with a charged silence.  then, occassionally  I would come across a house or flat that was lived in. the Residents that are left are home owners, who used their right to buy options many years ago. Now they are pretty much stuck there as the market value of these flats and houses are not enough for them to be able to buy another home. Anecdotal evidence from residents says gangs patrol there, there are ants and rats. Some of them remember the happier times, of communities and parties. To be stuck there is unimaginable and tragic.


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