1.   And it is arguable that the mine closures were a blessing, not the disaster which Susanna Rance seems to suggest.

2.   Broadly speaking, the less social closure there is, the less cohesive the social class grouping will be.

3.   But that does not mean its survival or closure is only a political issue.

4.   But they provided a vital social service and their closure was a disastrous token of things to come.

5.   Hospital closures are major events in the lives of many users.

6.   The closure was doubly important because the catchment area covered the inner London districts of Westminster, Paddington and Hammersmith.

7.   Thus social closure is still real, and tickets to the top depend on property, connections or elite education.