Tour of the Sixties
London has street cred. Some places have no street cred at all. In fact, London – the thriving, bustling metropolis – is ringed by towns with negative credibility.
Forty five minutes by train from any London station you find these places. Southend. Sidcup. Croydon. Harlow. Basildon.
What’s wrong with Basildon?
It’s a ghastly place. A town in the middle of nowhere, among the muddy flat fields of Essex. Inhabited by no-hopers who can’t afford to move out. Where the shopping centre is the most interesting place you can go.
But one brave man is trying to rehabiliate Basildon’s reputation. In fact, says Vin Harrop, …read more
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