The Poets Estate is a 1970s residential area of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. It lies to the east of the town centre, based around St Michael's Road and the surrounding roads, which are named after famous British poets. There is a primary school (Mary Exton JMI) and a community centre called St Michael's Mount.
Coordinates: 51°57′00″N 0°15′20″W / 51.95000°N 0.25556°W / 51.95000; -0.25556
Famous quotes containing the words poets and/or estate:
“That is what all poets do: they talk to themselves out loud; and the world overhears them. But it’s horribly lonely not to hear someone else talk sometimes.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works through unwritten agreements between real estate dealers, school officials, and local politicians.”
—Shirley Chisholm (b. 1924)