Comments on: Stop us becoming a backwater

By: brendanmcsweeney

brendanmcsweeney — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 09:18:17 +0000

The trains between London Bridge/Victoria via Denmark Hill are hospital trains providing a vital service for staff (patients and visitors).

Denmark Hill is the only station near the major South London hospital — King’s College Hospital– termination of the service would have major adverse consequences for the recruitment, retention, and functioning of staff — at all levels — at King’s — with an inevitable deterioration of health provision in South London.

Unfortunately, Mayor Livingstone, is supporting the slashing of this service.

By: Alan Dale

Alan Dale — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:55:36 +0000

http://www.driversjonas.com/uk.aspx?doc=24046

Great news about Windsor Walk!

By: stuart

stuart — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:20:00 +0000

Has anyone noticed the increasingly popular sport of attacking cyclist, by kid’s with eggs / fire extinguishers / can’s of coke / whatever’s at hand. Seems that the cycle route along Portland Street is the main scene of this new sport for the braindead ‘yoot’ around these parts. If you use the route, keep a careful eye out.

By: mark dodds

mark dodds — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:04:48 +0000

It’s called O Galo Restaurante & Petiscos

Peter Gasston made some comments about this on another thread.

By: mark dodds

mark dodds — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:03:53 +0000

I’m just pissed off.

Not tried Willow yet

By: Alan Dale

Alan Dale — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:45:53 +0000

Not me– haven’t noticed this phenomenon.

Anyone tried the restaurant formerly known as Willow yet?

By: bunbohue

bunbohue — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:53:29 +0000

Is anyone else pissed off with these dickheads driving around with the Fog lights blazing on their cars?
It doesn’t look cool, can blind other drivers and is an motoring offence too.

The average offender is well past his 30’s and drives a tasty Merc. Should know better — you’d expect it from teen boy racers, but i guess they don’t have much need for fog lamps in Lagos or Accra?

By: Drew

Drew — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 21:12:51 +0000

hey Buk

I know a barrell about the high street book trade. Ebay, and to an extent abebooks, shut down the secondhand trade, but has had no effect on high street trade. Amazon supply a market they created for themselves, a prime example of Says law of economics IIRC. The high street bookshop was killed off by rising rents, driven by the mutual masturbation of landlords and commercial agents; and also by out of town supermarkets selling the top paperbacks as loss leaders.

The last reason, of course, is driven by car culture.

Drew

By: Regeneguru

Regeneguru — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:08:09 +0000

Bukowski — The average motor vehicle speed in London is 12mph. There’s evidence to suggest that could actually increase with a 20mph speed limit in built up areas. Realistically people would be travelling at a consistent 20-25mph, instead of the stop-start 0-60mph they do now, and there’d be fewer unnecessary car journeys made.

I do agree that NEW Camberwell is a shit hole. Amen.

I wish everyone was as frank as you –it’d be great for funding. Still, presumably you don’t want things to deteriorate to the extent that NEW C teenage gangs regularly throw bricks at commuters for laughs (more a Croxted Road speciality), and retain an interest to that extent.

By: bukowski333

bukowski333 — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 15:05:47 +0000

“Imagine if a referendum were circulated offering London a 20mph limit across zones 1–2. Would you sign it? I would.”

No, it would be retarded. London moves slowly enough as it is.

Cars killed off bookshops…hmmm.
What about Amazon and ebay?

North Camberwell — is a shit hole. I pass through it on the way to work and that’s it.