This visual essay explores the life of an ordinary Dorset Victorian building. It depicts this life as an anthology of change, as shaped by the activities of people. It aims to connect the reader to these changes and to the stories that they yield. The intent is to evoke an awareness of our own stories and the part they play in the changes to our localities, however ordinary.
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