The Important Progress of a Major Northern City
Bold Street Eighties heyday.
Cafe Berlin versus
Cafe Tabac Icicle
Works LP sleeve
at the Berlin,
soup bread
and cosy chats at Tabac.
Rain cascading
down turning
the gutters
into a river
of litter as the
Echo sellers
ask you
to buy their
last copies.
Bold Street Nineties decay.
Coffee Union versus
the bar XS
The Face, Wallpaper*
and The Independent
at the Union,
Bottled beer two
pound a throw
and greasy
American imitation
French fries.
Sunshine optimism
as the motorised
road sweepers
carve their way
through the
litter.The Big Issue
sellers insist
you buy
their last copies.
By Andrew Taylor.
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