On the Jublilee Way run this morning, I paused at the start of Cox Lane to attend to my warbling telephone and spotted this fine tree, something like a Wellingtonia.
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| On the spot |
But closer inspection revealed leaves like those noticed at reference 1, of the coastal cousin,
Sequoia sempervirens. I think there was a lot of military in this general area during the second world war so perhaps some tree-hugging camp commandant? Is it as old as that?
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| Same tree, in StreetView |
Odd how different it looked in StreetView, although if you get the angle and direction right, recognisably the same tree. At the junction of Lion Park Avenue and Cox Lane.
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| Another TB |
Turning to our public houses, at around 1630 yesterday afternoon, the Marquis, Wetherspoon's and the Rifleman all open, reasonably busy but not rammed. Rifleman strictly indoors. And around 1130 this morning, the Marquis shut, Wetherspoon's open, but quiet looking from the other side of the market place, Rifleman shut. Tubbs Pubs at the Organ crossroads shuttered. Permanently? TB open by the time I got back there but no-one outside, out front. Maybe there were some punters inside. I was tempted, but in the absence of a key for the lock of my bicycle, desisted.
And turning to car boot sales, that at Hook Road Arena today was present, but not vibrant at noon.
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| 12:03:14 |
But the cars that are left are well spaced out. Maybe it had been a lot busy earlier. Noon rather late given that in the olden days the sellers used to start to queue to get in around 0600, for an 0800 opening.
PS: regarding Tubbs Pubs and thinking of the example set by the miniature wine bar, more or less opposite the Mitre in Tooting, I believe there is a market for small, niche pubs, perhaps occupying modest retail premises for which there is no further retail use. But sadly, checking, this one seems to have evaporated. See reference 2. Facebook exists, but without a logon (mine having been deleted in the wake of some scandal or other), I can't see whether it is alive or not.
Reference 1: https://psmv4.blogspot.com/2020/07/wellingtonia-11.html.
Reference 2: https://littlebarsw17.wordpress.com/about/.
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