Reduced to rubble
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.
[...] The road is the process of becoming what appears to be a 6-lane motorway and probably explains the demolition of the roadside houses and shops last year. I’ve been reliably informed that the reason for the roadworks is the 35th anniversary of the [...]