dreaming of a council flat - from the traveller camp, Bow Triangle

dreaming of a council flat - from the traveller camp, Bow Triangle, a photo by david sankey on Flickr.

Every landscape is made of pockets, localities, and places. They contain histories, ethnicities, and unique character. They also define individual perspectives, we perceive the world from a point of view... In this case, a triangle of three railway lines has made an island of a small industrial estate and a traveller (gypsy) camp. An Irish traveller mum with a disabled child confided in me that she looked everyday at the nearby council high-rise flats (housing scheme apartments, if your American) and she fervently dreamed of a new and better life high off the ground. How many of us would regard moving to these flats with such glee. I hope she got there