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| . | p21 The High Street has a large pet shop, Clissold Park is full of
dogs and Stoke Newington back gardens are patrolled by feline urban guerrillas —
better known as domestic cats. Presumably many people round here are animal lovers. Scam of the MonthThe phone kiosks in the High Street — just around the corner from the
Bar Lorca — are being used in a neat little scam. An anxious looking man stands
nearby, apparently searching his pockets. He approaches passers-by and asks for change for
a desperately urgent phone call. If they oblige, he rushes into the box, pretends to put
coins in the slots and speaks into the handset. As soon as his donors have gone, he nips
back outside and repeats his routine. We counted six successful hits in half an hour. You
can get a good view of this activity from the restaurants opposite. |
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