On Friday C, one half of a homeless couple who frequent the station and make a living begging at the local shops, had mislaid her partner M. She came through the station twice, all the time worrying, worrying, about M.\u00a0 First she went to the case worker and then to her partner\u2019s step father as he is the contact if the police or hospitals pick up M when he\u2019s drunk or has had an epileptic fit. She wasn\u2019t willing to ring the police directly.\u00a0 She clearly didn\u2019t trust them.<\/p>\n
C and M doss down in an old shed somewhere near the park which they say is nice and dry, thought I was relieved to hear that they have moved in with a friend for the winter.\u00a0 Once when she was a bit drunk, C told me all about her life which seemed to involve abuse by ex-prisoner partners, estranged children and struggles with the State Trustees. She\u2019s short and round and very non-descript looking, but on the rare occasions she takes off her beanie, she has beautiful auburn hair. She and M seem very happy together \u2013 a world of their own contained in the small backpacks they carry round.\u00a0 I was very glad to see M safely back yesterday when he waved out of the train at me as they were going by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Friday C, one half of a homeless couple who frequent the station and make a living begging at the local shops, had mislaid her partner M. She came through the station twice, all the time worrying, worrying, about M.\u00a0 First she went to the case worker and then to her partner\u2019s step father as …<\/p>\n