Serendipity in SE15

Because of the tube strike, and a subsequent day when the Victoria Line train dumped everyone at Highbury to get on the next train, I discovered a new route to college, via Dalston Junction, the East London Line, and New Cross. In the autumnal sunshine, the walk to the bus stop was pleasant, and if I hadn't been late already, I might have stopped for coffee at The London Particular -

Along the route were some portents of the economic downturn -

Later it got cheerier again, for instance this example of Rus In Urbes -