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I tried them. Apparently my postcode falls just outside their coverage area (the cut off is the town hall)..

will try the stockwell one, thanks minnie(s)
 
You can buy tickets at the newsagents in the station.. or there's those newfangled oyster machine thingees too ;)
 
Orang Utan said:
yeah, who uses the ticket office these days anyway?
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You can get half price bus pass if you're unemployed. Mine ran out way back in July and I've been paying full fare since then. When you get it, you have to go to a tube station first time for them to enable your card to get half price buses. After that you can use newsagents, but not the first time
 
BBC London News are in Rosie's doing a story about an upcoming big hike in Lambeth Council's parking revenues. They were asking where the car parks are. No-one could think of any except the half demolished multi-storey. So they've got the impression this huge increase in charges will come from residents' permits and pay and display. I don't know whether that's true. But if you've got some views on the subject you could pop in and have a word. They're sitting there waiting for a council interview which probably won't happen.
 
As usual there was a police officer standing outside KFC today for ages and ages. I asked him what he was about, and he said that a month or two it was decided to have an officer just standing there the whole time. This guy was there today from 7 am til 7 pm. The mission is just to be a deterrent and not to make arrests because that means having to go back to the station for two or three hours and leave the post unmanned. He agreed it's a very boring job which nobody wants to do. I asked why he was standing there instead of on Acre Lane which is where the dealers moved to months ago. He just shrugged and made the usual 'we can only do so much' remarks.
 
nick h. said:
As usual there was a police officer standing outside KFC today for ages and ages. I asked him what he was about, and he said that a month or two it was decided to have an officer just standing there the whole time. This guy was there today from 7 am til 7 pm. The mission is just to be a deterrent and not to make arrests because that means having to go back to the station for two or three hours and leave the post unmanned. He agreed it's a very boring job which nobody wants to do. I asked why he was standing there instead of on Acre Lane which is where the dealers moved to months ago. He just shrugged and made the usual 'we can only do so much' remarks.
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His presence probably reassures the tourists ;)
 
i noticed there's always a copper there... I also noticed a dealer at the no. 2 bus-stop this week - not seen any there for ages! Perhaps they come in pairs?
 
Minnie_the_Minx said:
His presence probably reassures the tourists ;)
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Interesting point! Maybe he discourages the drug tourists (and saves them from buying herbs) and gives a warm feeling to Americans looking for Franco Manca. The manager told me the place has been written up in an American airline magazine. It would be fun to have American tourists roaming around. It might make up for the Norwegian school parties not coming here any more. They were a sight for sore eyes.
 
I assumed the police presence was because of the stabbing on Friday (has been one standing by the tube every time I've gone past).

Just seen Rosie's on the tv. having just read the lambeth cuts thread, increasing parking charges has to be better than even more cuts
 
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