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It took a move to Regina to teach me the difference neighbours can make.
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Annabel Townsend · For CBC First Person ·
Posted: May 26, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 26
A pre-pandemic block party in Annabel Townsend s Cathedral neighbourhood in Regina.(Submitted by Annabel Townsend) comments
This first person piece was written by Annabel Townsend, a writer and coffee geek from the U.K., now settled in Regina.
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In the early 2000s, we lived in a grey, wet and miserable little town in northeast England called Darlington. After years of people screaming at each other across the fences, teenagers causing trouble and police lights flashing every night, we began actively avoiding our neighbours. I felt we had little in common.