Elderly horticulture

Pensioner Jim Burrows cuts leaks by his shed overlooked by a giant eletricity pylon at Leys Road allotments, East London.

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Contained in galleries

The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work (large edit), The Landscapes of Electricity