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Mar. 16th, 2007 12:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
llywelaPopped into town at lunchtime to pick up some crafty bits and pieces for my Mum for Mother's Day from Lakeland, and, man...I should never be allowed into homeware stores. I always want to come away with about half the shop!
Saw Rupert Moon while I was out, wandering around in a sharp, sharp suit. I was, like: "I know that face..."
The demolition work in the city centre is proceeding apace. So many buildings have already been taken down - the ice rink, Toys R Us, the car park... Small's mother used to sleep rough in that car park during one of her phases when she decided that being homeless was preferable to abiding by the 'no drugs, no violent boyfriends' rules of the refuge she'd been in. About half the Hayes has also already gone - the Oxford Arcade and the shops and offices around it. The library is half gone. The scale of the destruction is pretty awesome. So is the dust. And then when it's all done, there'll be two-plus years of building work to look forward to. I've already had to alter my route to and from work slightly to detour around the worst of the work. I just hope the new complex is worth it all when it's complete!
Saw Rupert Moon while I was out, wandering around in a sharp, sharp suit. I was, like: "I know that face..."
The demolition work in the city centre is proceeding apace. So many buildings have already been taken down - the ice rink, Toys R Us, the car park... Small's mother used to sleep rough in that car park during one of her phases when she decided that being homeless was preferable to abiding by the 'no drugs, no violent boyfriends' rules of the refuge she'd been in. About half the Hayes has also already gone - the Oxford Arcade and the shops and offices around it. The library is half gone. The scale of the destruction is pretty awesome. So is the dust. And then when it's all done, there'll be two-plus years of building work to look forward to. I've already had to alter my route to and from work slightly to detour around the worst of the work. I just hope the new complex is worth it all when it's complete!
