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That’s a rather eclectic set of posts from South London. I wonder if there was another more coherent purpose for your visits to the boroughs.
Brian | 22.08.22 - 7:11 a.m. | #
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The Road Runners Club hold their AGM upstairs in the Royal Oak during September. Just saying.
Running_Correspondent | 22.08.22 - 7:30 a.m. | #
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Always enjoyed walking through Allders arcade in its prime, but the donkeys in Kennards equivalent gave it the edge.
I'm guessing Wandsworth-Southwark-Lewisham-Croydon-Sutton-Kingston.
Betterbee | 22.08.22 - 7:41 a.m. | #
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Sad what happened not just to Therapia Lane, but also the nearby wildlife habitat.
Chz | 22.08.22 - 7:47 a.m. | #
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I live near Wimbledon Chase, and although the first set of posters did strike a chord with me (lack of step free, no cycle parking), by the time I read about an overwhelmed sewer system and noisy rubbish collections they'd rather lost my support.
Reminds me of the hostility against the cycle/walking path between New Malden and Raynes Park which opened in 2019. Some people were so strongly against it being opened that they said it would be targeted by terrorists looking to blow up the Thames Water pipes buried underneath.
Rob | 22.08.22 - 8:58 a.m. | #
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Wimbledon Chase: Sadly there is a precedent for building flats on top of an existing 1930's era underground station with no affordable or amenity improvement. Viz. St. John's Wood. I agree that's not a recent development, and the 1930's station was retained with minimal alteration.
Protesters against the redevelopment of the o2 shopping centre in North London have also made the sewerage argument, but that's in context of nigh on 2000 new flats, not 83.
MilesT | 22.08.22 - 9:25 a.m. | #
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You'd have thought the squirrel would have been a bit more appreciative that you probably just saved it from being a fox's lunch!
Cornish Cockney | 22.08.22 - 9:39 a.m. | #
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Early photos of Wimbledon Chase in SRy days show that it had parcels lifts up to the platforms.
Kim | 22.08.22 - 10:54 a.m. | #
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"The Road Runners Club hold their AGM upstairs in the Royal Oak..."
Meep Meep.
mclm | 22.08.22 - 1:14 p.m. | #
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Penge question... Many years ago when I worked on check-in desks at BOAC's Victoria terminal, I processed (!) a lot of charter flight travellers from the 'Penge Fur Feather and Aquaria Society', a fictitious club set up solely to exploit 1970s 'affinity fares' for air travel which were a lot cheaper than the scheduled fares. The Penge FFAS has disappeared into the mists of time - does anyone have any material about it?
Joel | 22.08.22 - 3:18 p.m. | #
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I don't, sorry.
stroopwafel | 22.08.22 - 8:14 p.m. | #
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“Meep meep.”
I always read the blog in bed after lights out. (U.S. here.) You made me LOL, and now I’ve woken the missus.
Stephen | 23.08.22 - 6:10 a.m. | #
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I've greatly enjoyed two days of rabbit-holing Therapia. Notably, it introduced me to the website Room for Diplomacy - a Catalogue of British embassy and consulate buildings, 1800 – 2010. And to 'woe waters' by way of the Wandle Trust's comprehensive Catchment Plan for the River Wandle. (Pleasingly, co-authored by a Mr Pike.)
And I'm still itching about exactly which roundabout in New Malden was where I hit the tiny bonnet of a Fiat Panda in the mid '80s, leaving my small motorbike wedged upright in its side. I think it was almost certainly not the fountain, but another, smaller roundabout, very nearby - but it's amazing how my memory becomes fuzzy over the years. If only I'd kept a detailed journal..
jpmac | 24.08.22 - 11:45 a.m. | #
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