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ruining the brickwork

John Betjeman's Cardigan Street spoiled by external painting of the terraced houses
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Isisbridge said:

John Betjeman wrote about Cardigan Street in his poem "St Barnabas, Oxford" ........

How long was the peril, how breathless the day,
In topaz and beryl, the sun dies away,
His rays lying static at quarter to six
On polychromatical lacing of bricks.

What would he say if he could see it now?
11 years ago

Fantasyfan said:

I didn't think know something like that would ruin it
9 years ago

Isisbridge replied to Fantasyfan:

Visually, I meant. These houses had beautiful ornate brickwork before they were painted.
9 years ago
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