{"id":61428,"date":"2017-07-21T22:29:13","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T15:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-canvey-island-essex-britains-mississippi-delta\/"},"modified":"2017-07-21T22:40:23","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T15:40:23","slug":"lets-move-to-canvey-island-essex-britains-mississippi-delta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-canvey-island-essex-britains-mississippi-delta\/","title":{"rendered":"Let\u2019s move to Canvey Island, Essex: \u2018Britain\u2019s Mississippi delta\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA weird, intoxicating jumble of creeks, oil jetties, bungalows and blues musicWhat\u2019s going for it? Islands are magical. Step over the water and something weird happens, as if normal rules have been suspended. What else could explain Canvey Island? On paper, it shouldn\u2019t work. What, sunbathing next to petrochemical plants? Why ever not? What, a\u00a0mudflat metres below water, mostly covered in detached houses, bungalows and mobile homes, with a dash of 18th-century Dutch, a soupcon of 1930s modernism (the Labworth cafe, the Monico pub, swoon), nature reserves of incredible biodiversity, all to a soundtrack of proto-punk pub rock? Why ever not? Julien Temple\u2019s rockumentary Oil City Confidential, about the \u201cbest local band in the world\u201d, Dr Feelgood, proposed Canvey Island as Britain\u2019s Mississippi delta, an intoxicating, romantic jumble of creeks, oil jetties and blues music. Sounds improbable? Then you haven\u2019t been. Nothing seems odd again after you cross the creek.The case against The weirdness won\u2019t be for all. Water, water everywhere\u2026 disaster came calling in 1953. The defences built afterwards are sturdy, but for how long? Congestion at rush hour. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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