New Roots, Old Soil - Fenland Lives In Transition

Year

2024

Considering the impact of the EU’s A8 Accession legislation on the Fens of East Anglia, where migration has reshaped traditional industries & communities. An exploration of the effect on the population & the tension between economic growth & the idea of a cohesive society.

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An HGV lorry carrying a consignment of flour which crashed into Outwell Creek in Norfolk, spilling its load into the river. The driver was reportedly unhurt.

©Si Barber. Moral rights asserted

World War Two reneactors recreating the German defence of Normandy and interacting with the public. Holme,Lincolnshire,UK

Small World food store on Peterborough market, owned by Param Singh. Param has been running the stall since 1988 when he took over from his father who had ran it from 1971.

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At the Knicat Cafe, Downham Market,Norfolk.

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Children playing in the street, Kings Lynn,Norfolk.

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Mummers recreating the legend of St George & the Dragon on St George’s Day, Downham Market, Norfolk. The dragon is played by the town's mayor, Frank Daymond, St George by Councillor David Sharman.

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The cross of St George painted on a the door of a home at 11 Falcon Road,Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, the day before the Brexit Referendum in 2016.

Exodus 12:23 "And when He seeth the blood upon the lintel and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you."