Ian Fenton & Jacob Polley : 2014
An evocative documentary exploring the beguiling atmospheres of the William Cowe & Sons cockle shop premises in Berwick, a family business dating back to 1801. Behind the shuttered doors, amongst the ledgers, the stuffed cupboards, the tea chests, and the family memorabilia, filmmaker Ian Fenton and poet Jacob Polley discovered a decaying world caught between the near and distant past, where obsolete floppy discs rubbed shoulders with cheques from the 1870s and everything – right down to the dirt itself – seemed imbued with historical significance. The directors were invited to document the maze of shops and living spaces as part of conservation work in the town of Berwick, Northumberland, commissioned by Northumberland County Council's Berwick upon Tweed townscape heritage initiative.
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