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Toxteth Working in the dereliction and urban decay of 70's Toxteth Liverpool was far more relevant for me than working within the hallowed walls of the Art College. At the centre of Toxteth stood the massive Anglican Cathedral (a symbol of Victorian values and beliefs) encircled by the ghettoised Black area (a product of the Empire and 50's politics and planning), a declining China Town (the oldest in Europe) and the "60's" community of famous poets, writers, musicians, artists as well as art students and the many prostitutes and pimps going about their business as usual |
