I travel to work every morning along Mersey Street past The Oval (home of The Glens. The houses on Mersey Street and it's side streets seem to have been housing exceutive housing, that the Housing Executive have allowed to fall into disrepair, so they can knock them all down, and start again. The area really needs some revitalisation, as is happening on the site of the old Gallagher's factory with the huge development Lewis Square. There is one or two houses along the stretch towards Dee Street which are still occupied, one in particular which is very well kept. Although all the houses around her have been abandoned and the bulldozers are not far away, this woman is often out on the street sweeping up outside her house.
She takes a great pride in her house, and I am amazed at her resolve to stay there until the very last moment. I hope she ends up like the woman at the Newtownabbey retail park, who now has a detached house facing B&Q and Tescos. Her house used to be a semi, but she has forced the developers to knock the other half down, giving her a very unusual dwelling, within spitting distance of the shops.
My new word for the day is especial, I don't know if this is a common word that I have somehow avoided for 26 years, but I had never come across it before. There is a sign when entering the Harbour Estate stating that you must take 'especial care' when entering the area. It means much the same as special.
"Of special importance or significance".