A handful of photographs from the 1970s, though slightly blurry and faded, paint a vivid picture of what appears to be a classic scene from the countryside. A boy in flares pushes a wheelbarrow laden with straw. Nearby, youngsters gingerly marshal a pair of goats, while a woman leads a horse around a muddy paddock. A hand-painted sign advertises a riding school and a chicken club.
On first glance, these images seem to depict a busy stable yard on a farm deep in the countryside. Look more carefully at the outer edges of the photos, though, and the perspective changes. Train carriages overlook the paddock, and Victorian terraced houses loom behind the stables.
