When Mary Thompson announced she was planning to move out of London and embark on a new life by the sea the response from her friends was pretty much unanimous. “Everyone kept saying: “You’re so brave,” which made me really nervous, said Mary.
While the majority of London exiles do so in order to create more space for a growing family Mary made the move from Streatham, south London, to Hove, East Sussex for herself and by herself.
