Interestingly the best pub in Forest Hill, which was maybe the most smokiest, is still doing good trade. They have built a canopy on the side garden, but I was surprised that this was empty (unlike the pub) on Thursday. Also interesting is that some of my chain smoking friends, who vowed not to use pubs once the ban came into force, have been seen drinking in them uniterrupted for a good hour or so. Not that I of course would dare to comment on the 'interfering govenment' (and it was under a previous regime that smoking was banned on the buses and tube), but interesting to see how stricter controls have affected habits.

BD remembers at his workplace when they allowed smoking before 10 and after 4, when there was a whiff of burning sulphur as the matches were struck. Ah those long of sepia tinted days.

Baggy Dave, putting the communal back into community.