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From: The Independent - London
Date: 19940913
Author:ANDREW JOHN DAVIES

In some parts of London the observer can feel all too clearly the phantoms of grief and sorrow pressing down insistently, determined that sadnesses past will linger on in times present.

Few places in the capital have such a pronounced air of melancholy as the superficially attractive gardens which enclose St Pancras Old Church. No matter how pleasant the weather, few people ever seem to linger here. Even the dogs out on a walkabout show little inclination to inspect the trees.

Which is perhaps not very surprising when one remembers that this was once London's premier suicide spot and those ...

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