Places for lunch are laid at a long trestle table in the cool shade of a large holm oak.

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Eventually, Gelb sat down at the corner of a long trestle table, a barely touched plate before him, a succession of laudatory guests at his ear.

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Just around the corner is a group of smart young women, sitting at a trestle table in the middle of the street, next to their tents.

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The neatly set-out wine glasses tumble over onto the trestle table as the knot of camera crews and photographers seethe around the woman who would be President of France, Segolene Royal.

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At Collectibles, an antique crockery boutique in Granville Arcade, Brixton-born proprietor Sonia Williams praises the restoration initiative for giving her and her sister the opportunity to expand their hobby from a weekly trestle table selling finds from markets and auctions to a viable retail business.

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