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Friday 13 November 2020

PAVED WITH BAD INTENTIONS: NO CONCRETE ANSWERS


My Dear Dame,

I am unsure how much interest your Dameship takes in the wilder reaches of far-flung North Kensington, but coming up St Mark's Road today I discovered by Kensington Memorial Park (as an aside-what is it a memorial to?) that the pavement is being re-laid. 

Nothing unusual in that you might say....but I remember when the York Stone paving was replaced in Kensington Square in 1975(?) by bog-standard concrete paving, only for it to magically re-appear around the new Town Hall. 

So, knowing the council has form of switching York Stone paving flags for concrete and then re-using them in posh areas, I always check when I see pavement re-laying works.


Sure enough, the pavement being ripped up appears to be stone flags (whether York or not I am unsure), and the replacements are bog standard concrete. 
I didn't get any sensible answers from the two highly skilled
operatives (whose native language was not apparently English) as to what happened to the old flag stones, but I have my suspicions.

Regards, dear Dame,

The Pavement Warrior

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1 comment:

  1. PJM14 November 2020 at 11:41

    Thanks for the tip. Pavement relaying is due in Grenville Place SW7.

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