Ilkeston - Lockdown Shopping
w/e 24 May 2020
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
We've kept our shopping trips to a minimum during the coronavirius
lockdown and when we have ventured out kept to the social distancing
2m apart. With the restrictions being relaxed slightly this week
we have been out a little more and walked to the Market Place
on Saturday where this home made sign by the fruit and veg stall
acted as a reminder to everyone. The rest of these images come
from our Thursday exercise walk when we need to pick up one or
two items we hadn't bought on our "big" shop which
we do every ten to fourteen days.
The majority of the shops of course were closed but we needed
to go to Wilko on Bath Street and so joined the queue on the
left. The one on the right was for the NatWest Bank.
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The Wilko windows were decorated with posters featuring rainbows
coloured by children to thank the NHS and other key workers and
provided something to study as we queued.
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Queues were also the order of the day in the Albion Centre and
even the pigeon as he headed for the back of the queue was keeping
that 2m distance.
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There were two queues for Lloyds Bank, one for counter service
and another for the outside cash machines. Queuing has always
been a way of life in the UK but it is more apparent now because
of social distancing.
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More traders have returned to the Thursday market this week although
some have been regulars throughout the lockdown.
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Mark Copper's meat lorry is one of those who have turned up every
week and was parked in its usual spot by the library.
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The egg man has also been a regular. Even though eggs have been
scarce in the supermarkets, the chickens haven't stopped laying
during the lock down.
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On Thursday the traders were joined by another selling protective
clothing.
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And fresh Grimsby fish was being sold from the back of a van.
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The relaxation of the lockdown restrictions has allowed garden
centres and nurseries to reopen and judging by the queue many
people were glad to see the return of the Leen Valley Plant stall.
Life is slowing returning to normal although that is a new normal
- 2m apart of course.
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