Sport is talking of a comeback

#80 Mike Sport is talking of a comeback

Mike

We are still in lockdown. But sport is talking of a comeback – nothing yet written in stone. Some shops, eg. DIY stores, are opening, providing they adhere to social distancing rules. Some refuse sites may be given the OK to open. In other words, we are being fed information to ready us for a relaxing of the full lockdown.

I am looking forward to us being able to get back to more normality, but fear that the relaxing of the rules may be too early – that the pandemic may burst back into life, and kill thousands more. I want my former life back, but not at the expense of more lives lost.

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On 16 March 2020, one week before official government guidance, and just as Covid 19 was turning into a global epidemic, the Performance Ensemble went into lockdown. Our weekly company workshops came to an abrupt halt, and we disappeared behind our individual front doors. The easy ways of communicating, face to face, were no more. But we still needed to connect. Nine of the company started to keep diaries of their experiences, as a way of overcoming the isolation. Here they are: 31 days of lockdown, recorded during the months of March and April, beginning on 16 March and ending on 1 May, just as restrictions started to be eased. Edited by Barney Bardsley

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#80 Mike Sport is talking of a comeback

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