That is fair. It can be awkward when yr on your own and need to get a drink or go to the loo, especially if it's a busy pub. I was in a busy pub in Mayfair on Friday evening and was holding a fairly large table by myself for an hour between 5-6pm, and that's a neighbourhood far dodgier than many others in London, I think we can all agree. It can be a difficult balance between leaving coats/glasses/bags etc in clear view to show that the table is taken, and having them taken by some ne'er-do-well local resident. I was lucky on that occasion.
Anyway, yesterday I bought a map of Finsbury Park/Stroud Green area showing it in 1870, and it's quite striking that all of the space east of Stroud Green Road (i.e. the Haringey side) was just empty fields back then.
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Date: 2009-04-07 01:36 pm (UTC)Anyway, yesterday I bought a map of Finsbury Park/Stroud Green area showing it in 1870, and it's quite striking that all of the space east of Stroud Green Road (i.e. the Haringey side) was just empty fields back then.