EXCHANGE

Walking out of town saw a man sitting top left of the incline leading to the subway to the pit.
He said, ‘got any change mate?’
I said, ‘I haven’t mate,’ because what I did have was going to pay for some photocopying.
‘Go on, just a bit for a hot drink.’
I turned round said, ‘ok, I haven’t got much but you can have what I’ve got,’ reached in my back pocket got the change and tipped about seventy/eighty pence into his upstretched hand.
‘Thanks mate, I’ve had a real bad day, thanks.’

Walking back to town later along City Road saw a one pound coin tails up on the pavement, bent down took it, used it to pay part of a return bus fare to Redfield.