Bromley Area News and Gossip

[pbsmooth]

I thought the borough had 3 - Orpington, Beckenham (which show on that map as the Tory ones) and the one I’ve circled which is projected to be Labour. But perhaps there’s only 2 constituencies in Bromley now

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yes looks like it's Bromley and Chislehurst.
blue ones are Beckenham, Orpington, Old Bexley and Sidcup, Bexleyheath and Crayford. according to this map, unless it's out of date Election Maps

 

[ska invita]

the amazing thing about Conservatives is their endless hypocrisy...they cant even conserve. They literally only know how to sell off public assets.

'Angry’ residents blast Bromley plan to sell Victorian public halls

South London residents are “angry” at the local council for its decision to sell an iconic Victorian building dating back to the 19th century,…

www.newsshopper.co.uk

 

[hash tag]

To be fair it sounds a little run down and needs money spending on it.

 

[ska invita]

To be fair it sounds a little run down and needs money spending on it.

It's classic Tory tactic to run something down as justification to sell it. I've been in there and it's hardly about to collapse. They've been selling off lots of public buildings in the area.
It's a wonderful building and once it's sold we've lost it

 

[eatmorecheese]

It's classic Tory tactic to run something down as justification to sell it. I've been in there and it's hardly about to collapse. They've been selling off lots of public buildings in the area.
It's a wonderful building and once it's sold we've lost it

Many family wedding receptions and memories of this hall. A fine building. Bromley council, what a surprise.

 

[ska invita]

Great time to go to Beckenham pond for a swim, water is warm, and ime cleaner than before, plus the initial mania from when it opened has calmed down so not as busy

They've even taken down that ugly fence
About 100 dragonflies about too!

 

[Maggot]

Documentary about legendary British funk act Cymande screening at Beckenham Place Park on Friday. ska invita are you interested?

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[ska invita]

Documentary about legendary British funk act Cymande screening at Beckenham Place Park on Friday. ska invita are you interested?

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right up my street and a late start time seems doable ...ive got something at the back of my mind telling me i need to be somewhere but i cant think what .... will pencil that in for sure, thank you

 

[Maggot]

right up my street and a late start time seems doable ...ive got something at the back of my mind telling me i need to be somewhere but i cant think what .... will pencil that in for sure, thank you

Hope to see you there!

 

[Maggot]

Teenager was stabbed in Jubilee Park in Petts Wood . His death hasn't recieved much coverage, unlike the stabbing in Croydon.

Petts Wood murder: Man, 19, fatally stabbed in heart in Jubilee Country Park

A murder investigation is under way after the man died on Wednesday afternoon.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Elpenor]

Used to walk my dog there

What’s wrong with the world?

 

[persimmon]

Found this old VHS tape in a charity shop

 

[ska invita]

reality caught up with the cunt
bye bye Bob you prick

Tory MP Bob Stewart surrenders whip after racial abuse conviction

Bob Stewart was found guilty of a racially aggravated offence after telling a man to "go back to Bahrain".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[ska invita]

rare chance to watch bromley fc on tv

BBC Sport - The FA Cup, 2023/24, First Round: Bromley v Blackpool

Coverage as non-league Bromley take on League One's Blackpool.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Elpenor]

Many years ago I used to know a few Hayes Lane Ultras (which was very much an ironic nickname I think) socially

 

[pbsmooth]

rare chance to watch bromley fc on tv

BBC Sport - The FA Cup, 2023/24, First Round: Bromley v Blackpool

Coverage as non-league Bromley take on League One's Blackpool.

www.bbc.co.uk

That was Saturday.

 

[Maggot]

I had the pleasure of trying to negotiate a busy junction on the way to work this morning as the traffic lights have been cut down. There has been a spate of this across Bromley where lights and ULEZ cameras have been cut. I can understand the cameras, but why the traffic lights?

There was an accident in Orpington caused by this vandalism

Police forced to ‘manage traffic rather than 999 calls’ after traffic light vandalism

Police were forced to send two units who should have been responding to 999 calls to manage traffic in Orpington after five sets of traffic lights…

www.newsshopper.co.uk

 

[Elpenor]

I imagine nothing has changed from the 1990s and people in Bromley are largely parochial idiots!

 

[ska invita]

I imagine nothing has changed from the 1990s and people in Bromley are largely parochial idiots!

yeh sorry about that, but the 90s were a laugh tbf

 

[Maggot]

They're not that bad. This was filmed in Bromley High St.

 

[Maggot]

People in Beckenham are getting ill from contaminated drinking water according to the Guardian.

Thames Water tests for vomiting bug contamination as families fall sick

After cryptosporidium outbreak in Devon, residents in south-east London report stomach cramps and diarrhoea

www.theguardian.com

 

[ska invita]

People in Beckenham are getting ill from contaminated drinking water according to the Guardian.

Thames Water tests for vomiting bug contamination as families fall sick

After cryptosporidium outbreak in Devon, residents in south-east London report stomach cramps and diarrhoea

www.theguardian.com

i live in beckenham area...luckily ive been boiling my tap water the last year...ffs

 

[pbsmooth]

Thames Water says nope - all clear

 

[Jennaonthebeach]

Thames Water says nope - all clear

Didn't the water authority in south Devon say similar before everyone then got ill?

 

[ska invita]

Thames Water says nope - all clear

not necessarily - still happening

Thames Water urged to ‘get a grip’ on testing water supply after illness outbreak

Exclusive: Labour calls on firm to urgently test treatment works after dozens in south-east London experience vomiting and diarrhoea

www.theguardian.com

 

[pbsmooth]

not necessarily - still happening

Thames Water urged to ‘get a grip’ on testing water supply after illness outbreak

Exclusive: Labour calls on firm to urgently test treatment works after dozens in south-east London experience vomiting and diarrhoea

www.theguardian.com

deary me. no doubt Thames Water hasn't got a clue. but also now anybody getting sick is going to be blaming the water, which is understandable.
how specific can they really be? I am not too far away from Beckenham...

 

[bromley]

Many years ago I used to know a few Hayes Lane Ultras (which was very much an ironic nickname I think) socially

Me too! The nickname redates the weird UK ultra scene by a fair few years. Did one of them look and sound like Danny Baker?

 

[Maggot]

Rather splendid clip from BBC Archive of youngsters at a skiffle night in Chislehurst Caves, and a vicar who doesn't approve.

 

[Elpenor]

Me too! The nickname redates the weird UK ultra scene by a fair few years. Did one of them look and sound like Danny Baker?

Not sure, the ones I remember meeting through people I knew at school were a couple of brothers, one of whom was a postie I think, this was from drinking in the firkin around 2000. Other than non league football they were into punk.

 

[bromley]

Not sure, the ones I remember meeting through people I knew at school were a couple of brothers, one of whom was a postie I think, this was from drinking in the firkin around 2000. Other than non league football they were into punk.

I believe the postie became a tube driver!

Yes, big punk fans.