What does anyone present make of this:
On Jews Walk
by Andrew Saint - London Review of Books
A sodden afternoon in Sydenham. A trickle of sober pensioners converges on Jews Walk, overhung with wet branches. They turn into a deep, unkempt front garden, dip their umbrellas diffidently at the gate, divide into huddles, converse in undertones and wait. There is the air of an impending religious service. A hallowing, almost an expiation, is about to take place: the unveiling of a blue plaque to Eleanor Marx, ablest and bravest of Marx’s daughters, on the suburban villa where she had lived for just over two years when, quite without warning, she took her own life.
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n19/sain01_.html
You can see another view of the occasion here:
http://www.sydenham.org.uk/news_eleanor_marx.html
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I'm not sure, Fishcox. Although "pensioners" might converge, surely "a trickle" converges. Anyway, I did find the tone rather patronising, even though I was, at the time, "a sober pensioner". On the other hand, bensonby's screengrab makes me look rather demented.fishcox wrote:As a pedant can I also point out that 'a trickle of sober pensioners "converge"' rather than 'converges'.
the timing was very deliberate SteveSteve Grindlay wrote:I'm not sure, Fishcox. Although "pensioners" might converge, surely "a trickle" converges. Anyway, I did find the tone rather patronising, even though I was, at the time, "a sober pensioner". On the other hand, bensonby's screengrab makes me look rather demented.fishcox wrote:As a pedant can I also point out that 'a trickle of sober pensioners "converge"' rather than 'converges'.
The full story ...
Which the author kindly gives permission to reproduce (on the Sydenham Society web site), while apologising for 'the slight note of facetiousness'
See http://www.sydenhamsociety.com/image/sain01_3019.pdf
See http://www.sydenhamsociety.com/image/sain01_3019.pdf