The £100m redevelopment projects lined up for Abbey ward were given a public hearing at Christ the Redeemer church recently – and the impact on dozens of peoples’ lives became apparent. One of those who is set to lose her home is Paola Pugsley, an archeologist, now aged 83, who came to the UK from Italy in 1968. At the event – main report here \- the attendees were divided into groups at tables, and I found myself sitting next to Paola. I asked what brought her to England. “My husband,” she replies, with a little smile as she sits quietly in the community centre at Christ the Redeemer Church o…
