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Whoops, a ladder. A nice prop off the left foot and an outflanking movement (right).

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"Don't walk under a ladder." An old superstition. One day recently we noted people's reactions to a ladder being used in Hardy Street (far left).

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"I'm not superstitious but I'll be careful all the same."

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The boy at right had his bit of bad luck without having to go under the ladder - he got a puncture at the corner

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With the ladder occupying most of the footpath, some pedestrians left the footpath rather than walk under the ladder.

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These two ladies, walking together, split up when they reached the ladder.