Trolley 421

Having good reason to be on foot in Epsom yesterday morning, we took the opportunity to capture what I think is the first trolley since October last year. Captured outside the Enterprise (mainly) car rental place in West Street and returned to the front entrance of M&S in the market square, presently exit only. There were two or three M&S staff lurking inside and I am pleased to be able to report that the trolley was gathered up within a few minutes, presumably for disinfection prior to return to the trolley stand at the other end of the store.

Headed down the High Street (towards East Street that is) so that BH could procure me a fine new face mask to match hers, while I admired 'Prestige Butchers' which has popped up recently next door, that is say not far from Rymans. A butcher specialising in South American meat and appearing to carry a good bit of interesting looking beef in glass fronted chiller cupboards. One wonders how they will do, given the demise of most of our own butchers over the past fifty years. Plus there is what I think is a Brazilian butcher not that far away in Pound Lane. Plus, while I might be interested in the beef, I do feel some loyalty to the butcher in Manor Green Road who has served me well over the past few years. Only so much custom to go round.

Almost invisible on the Internet, so no idea what else they do apart from this new shop in Epsom. Fitting it out must have cost a bit, which might have been hard for a start-up.

Moved on to the far end of the High Street, where we were able to check out the water works outside our strip club and opposite the Rifleman, both presently closed. Water works which were first noticed over a year ago now at reference 2 and which we suspect to involve doing something to a collapsed main drain. Whatever it is, there is a substantial operation in progress now, and has been for some weeks.

While down the passage leading back to Waterloo Road, we had a large and interesting mobile crane, of a pattern I had not seen before, possibly formatted as a luffing tower crane.

With City Lifting of reference 3 not being a company I had come across before either. From which I learn that we might have a 'Spierings Mobile Tower Crane'.

Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/10/trolley-420.html.

Reference 2: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/01/waterworks.html.

Reference 3: https://citylifting.co.uk/.

Reference 4: https://citylifting.co.uk/mobile-tower/. 'These revolutionary machines – ready to work in just 15 minutes – are ideal for city working where space is often a controlling factor in crane selection. They combine the features of a telescopic crane with those of a conventional tower crane in one machine and in many situations they can achieve a greater radius and lifting duty than that of a standard telescopic crane with the additional bonus of providing a quicker and more cost effective solution to a lifting operation'. Comes in at least eight varieties. Presumably thousands of pounds a day.

Reference 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=5LZCSkY5Rbw. For noisy video of same.