And before that it was chippies, tobbacoists, and off license shops.

Before that it was flop houses, rag/bin men and jellied eels.

Before that it was meretrix, brewers, and fish mongers.

Before that it were the fucking norse.

Before that it were the fuckin romans

Before that it were paradise.

I blame the norse and romans.

What is it with people and fucking high streets?

Neoliberalism killed them along with loads of other things. Unless someone feels like doing something about that then it’s just nostalgic wistfulness. Propping them up in some way doesn’t fix the system and too many arseholes made enough money to undermine our democracies to let things change.

Also fuck Reform.