A diversion is now in place for the drainage works down East St Helen Street. A large regular hole was cut today next door to Philosophy, the hairdressers. If it had been much wider it would have connected to the Philosophy cellar. Most properties down East St Helen Street have cellars.
A pile of soil and debry now lies nearby – all ready for when the drains are sorted – probably next week – and the contractors can fill the hole in.
It is rumoured, here in West St Helen Street, that the drains of East St Helen Street are clogged with cooking fat. Clearing that will get rid of the puddle that often forms outside the Punchbowl Public House. Anybody who has been splashed by a car near the Punchbowl will probably agree the work is essential, whatever the cause.
Other rumours doing the rounds — someone had dropped a key down the drain. The foundations of another Tesco. A potential oil field…
A puddle outside the Punchbowl…..every Friday night
even in a drought…..let’s dig up the street to investigate…..
if it’s fat maybe they should ask the restaurants how that might be……