Reduced to rubble
Alex March 31st, 2009
The small shops near our house shut down and re-open again fairly rapidly, but at least the physical buildings remain. Well, until now… a few days ago I went to buy some bread and bananas at a couple of the shops I’ve been using regularly. Both the shops were well stocked up and neither of the ladies who served gave me any indication that the next day their shops would be reduced to this:
Almost overnight 2 rows of nearby shops have been completely demolished, and I’ve no idea why or how much notice the shopkeepers had been given to move out.
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