November 2, 2009 Road Work
photograph: PA/The Guardian
I find this photo compelling. The M1, highpoint of Modern Britain, and the roadsweeper, with brush in hand. We have never been modern.
photograph: PA/The Guardian
I find this photo compelling. The M1, highpoint of Modern Britain, and the roadsweeper, with brush in hand. We have never been modern.
Comments
I guess this was taken just before the motorway opened. There’s something fantastic about seeing it empty like that, and the picture gives us a glimpse into the work of building it. One of my favourite TV programmes of the last couple of years was ‘The Secret Life of the Motorway’. It’s no longer on iPlayer but there are various extracts online.
At 2:27 pm on November 3, 2009 Dawn Lyon said:
[…] waiters, shelf-fillers and road-sweepers whose wages are falling, are working in organisations that don’t permit them to choose […]
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