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Muriel Spark

Great idea BornagainSELondner!

Southwark has more cases of C-19 than anywhere else in the UK apart from Glasgow. We're at the epicentre of the epicentre of the outbreak in the UK. Come on people! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/21/coronavirus-uk-how-many-confirmed-cases-in-your-area

A sad day indeed. I remember the thrill of going into the Blue Mountain for the first time in 1994 - real coffee in a cool ambience had arrived in East Dulwich! Independent cafes very much are linked to gentrification which was being written about long before the 2000s - see link below. I interviewed Mel in 1997 for research I was doing into cafes, gentrification and regeneration in London. If anyone's interested Sharon Zukin has written a lot about the role 'visually delectable' cafes, delis, street markets have in attracting young middle class people into run-down urban areas, supported and encouraged in many ways by local councils. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.so.13.080187.001021 I wish you well Mel - look forward to seeing what you do next.

There used to be 2 tennis courts where the outdoor gym is now

Put them in the recycling inside cans or tins. You can also do this with used but clean aluminium foil. Maybe even wrap the blades in used foil if you're worried about them falling out.