poliphilo

We received notice today that someone has placed an application to build 4 "mews houses" on the waste ground on Meldrum Street that overlooks our ginnel and from which urchins throw stones at the backs of our houses. We are just out of the direct line of fire, but Rene-next-door has had her bathroom window broken many times. Good. We've been expecting this development for ages.

Before it became a launching pad for missiles the patch supported a row of lock-up garages. The concrete footings are still there. The garages fell down one by the one- the last of them- which was also the nearest to our property- succumbing to an arson attack. It was immensely exciting- leaping flames and roiling smoke- with the heat so fierce I was afraid it would crack the window behind which I was enjoying the show.