What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[Bob Culver]

Hi John Mason

With nothing really old, many of the masonry buildings pulled or tumbled down by quakes, and a strong California influence, many buildings here are rubbish, but few would surpass the Oz one.
I am always interested in the off the beaten track photos from Britain and Europe. Seem to somehow avoid gharish moderns and the spread of life style blocks and farms with sprawling areas of scattered utilitarian outbuildings.
When I was young there were meny derelict houses in the former country settlemets but now abandond buildings are cleaned up quickly with a front end loader and nothing remains, not even the chimney stacks. Many settlements have vanished entirely.