The remarkable photographs in "Forever Engand" were taken at
Bekonscot Model Village in Beaconsfield. Initially built by a
London accountant to entertain his house guests, it opened to the
public in 1929 and is the oldest model village in the world,
welcoming close to 200,000 visitors each year. Now a world famous
folly, it stands as a tribute to English eccentricity, humour,
determination and craftsmanship. Its particular charm is that it
presents a vision of England firmly rooted in an idyllic 1930s
timewarp. Yet it is its quirkiness that Bailey has captured so
stunningly. In wonderful tableaux of everyday life he creates an
extraordinarily rich and powerful sense of character and
atmosphere. Bekonscot's miniature population of 3,000 people and
300 animals becomes real, their lives frozen in time, as we are
carried back to an England we all know and long for - an England of
our imaginations - when life was simple, secure, unchanging.
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