Well, I don’t know about you lot but I’ve done a bit of retail therapy today. Not a lot but I owe it to my readers to check out the situation here in town so, bottom line, it’s your fault. I didn’t go till mid afternoon because as you may have heard I do not like queuing. My first destination, House of Fraser, was still closed but will be opening their doors tomorrow (Tuesday), nothing open until I reached Debenhams in the square. No queue so straight in. There didn’t seem to be so much stock on the floor but maybe that was to allow for more distancing, I thought it looked better. The staff were wearing visors, the pay desks had screens, the changing rooms were closed but you could browse and buy what you wanted. Debenhams always seem to have offers on and they didn’t disappoint. I walked away with half a dozen items although once I got home and tried them on I’ll only be keeping two. Some things never change. Primark still had people queuing at 4,30 as did H&M but you could walk straight into Sara and River Island. It’s all about the price.
This evening I was invited to dinner at my daughter Sam’s which was great. The boys were home and gave me a couple of hugs, the first in three months. Alex and Jack always were good huggers, arms right around you and a nice squeeze. Life is almost back to normal and dinner was delicious. Paul roasted a chicken on the BBQ rotisserie, very tasty.
Now you might have heard that Paul McCartney and his missus went shopping in The Hamptons. I wonder if they’ve got a Primark there? They were wearing gloves and masks, the posh sort with the ventilator inserted but this could be so they weren’t recognised. Or maybe to hide the fact that he’s getting to look a bit old.
Statues are being pulled down or defaced everywhere and most people agree that history should not or cannot be wiped out. It should be updated and the full story told. Leave the statues in place but erect a notice board telling what really happened, good and bad. Black people have asked where are the statues of BAME individuals and the answer is that they do exist. Of 175 statues erected since 2007, 21 were BAME people, although only six were black Britons. Patrick Hutchinson is the black personal trainer who carried an injured protestor through the crowds to safety on Saturday. He was there with a group who had gone to ensure the safety of BLM protestors. He said what I said yesterday, he just wanted equality for everyone. I wouldn’t mind seeing a statue of this man erected to tell the story of people protesting for equality for everyone. Good night shoppers.