Lockdown completely killed my mum's social life. She's in her 80s and all her friends were met through church (UK). During the pandemic her church only did some

Lockdown completely killed my mum's social life. She's in her 80s and all her friends were met through church (UK). During the pandemic her church only did some online services and no outdoors meets or anything and never really recovered. I think it was closed for at least 2 years. It was really sad, probably the only chance her friends had to meet up was at funerals, which were also limited. Now she has started meeting up with neighbours more which great but doesn't really replace the routine she had with church. It seemed her denomination was keen to close that small community church anyway and the people running it were happy to keep it closed rather excessively in my opinion. As a counterpoint, pubs (particularly micropubs) and cafes in my area are thriving!