Histon Road is about to see changes: a new carriageway and junctions, new houses and the reduction of vegetation.  A small group of local people has been capturing memories of the old days when the road had different shops and businesses, spacious allotments, orchards and a simpler way of life.

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Histon Road and its community were often photographed in the 1960s by amateurs and to illustrate newspaper articles.  Such photos have an intrinsic fascination beyond the merits of each photograph: they present a bygone era of localised industries and shops. Fifty years on, the "Histon Road: A Community Remembers" project has collected photographs to capture its people and landmarks. These photographs do not have the luxury generated by nostalgia for the past; they must create interest now.  They cannot be a dry documentary.  My challenge has been to present images such that the audience discovers and looks differently at the subjects.

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