By Martin Vogel
Close to where I live in north London, Camden Council’s road maintenance team have upset residents by resurfacing part of an 18th century cobbled street with tarmac. Perrin’s Court in Hampstead is a quiet, semi-pedestrianised alley with pavement cafés. People while away a pleasant hour here in what’s something of an oasis from the heavy traffic which cuts through the rest of the neighbourhood. It’s no surprise then that they should turn apoplectic at the desecration of a charming environment.
No surprise, that is, except to the bureaucrats in Camden town hall whose sense of empathy failed them.
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