{"id":180,"date":"2013-07-06T05:25:16","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T05:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/?p=180"},"modified":"2015-08-16T06:44:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T06:44:11","slug":"the-last-iron-curtain-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crunchyspaces.com\/content\/the-last-iron-curtain-country\/","title":{"rendered":"The last iron curtain country?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the days either side of the iron curtain coming down, there was much commentary about Soviet style housing projects, derelict industries, urban decay and the like.<\/p>\n

\"Satelite

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British Telecom satelite dishes, with high-rise housing in the background.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

At the time, a few European friends I had used to tease me that the UK was the last iron curtain country<\/a> \u2013 this was before Brit-pop and cool Britannia. When I recently dug out these old negatives, I began to see what they meant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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