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gardener-joe

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verga

I remember when this area was full of charwomen beating their threadbare rugs clean in the street, joking and laughing in cockney voices. Now they have been forced out by "professional cleaning" and "pure wool" rugs which can't stand that sort of wholesome cleaning. No doubt they will be introducing wall to wall carpets soon... Sad. So sad.

gardener-joe

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verga

I am 114 Don't get me started on how 'coffee' is pushing out good old cups of tea, and how jellied eels and mash shops have been pushed out by foreign 'pizza' places in the area. Sad. So sad. Now I am going to go out and vote against women's suffrage. I hear today is voting day.

Ali

Verga Can you remember whether Lorne Road used to have a bad background smell ?

verga

Ah yes, I had forgotten about that. Those were the days, when the old smells were still here, not pushed out by "fresh air" and proper drainage. Sad. So Sad.