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thats probably true - there was definitely a boom and a dip, and i vaguely remember a few stores closing at one point... but yeah, its not just for christmas...
i guess reallife role playing is still going on in Chislehurst caves too... Bromley, keeping the faith :D

On another note ive been looking on the net to find any venue in bromley with a set of decks set up... theres the gay pub Star & Garter and http://www.bibasnightclub.com ... there must be somewhere else.. can anyone think of any other spots?
 
i have to admit i don't know bromley night spots, i've only passed through the town centre briefly.
 
ska invita said:
On another note ive been looking on the net to find any venue in bromley with a set of decks set up... theres the gay pub Star & Garter and http://www.bibasnightclub.com ... there must be somewhere else.. can anyone think of any other spots?
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Bromley isn't great for this. I've seen DJs in the Swan and Mitre and the Bricklayers, but they might have bought their own equipment.
 
If and when I move im thinking of starting up a very small monthly mixed bag music night somewhere, if theres a venue that feels appropriate... Did i see on your profile page you DJ a bit Maggot?
 
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ska invita said:
Chatterton Village - any comments? Might be moving there...
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It used to just be Chatterton Road.. it's now a "village".. my knowledge of it is now 20 years out of date but I heard it was now an estate agent's "village". And Biba's... I can't believe it's still going.. we used to take the massive piss out of it when I was a teenager - many many moons ago.. the "white stiletto and handbag" place..

but anyway.. I'm totally out of the loop with these things but a mate who DJs posted up some link to a night here.. http://www.vuvuclub.com/

miles away from my taste but I imagine they have decks set up. I don't think this is what you're after though is it?
 
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(carrying on from other thread) Guineveretoo, how the Tory council go about their business - social cleansing policies in effect supposedly:
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... they've always treated the borough as a north / south divide, moving benefit claimants / asylum seekers / single parents / ESOL / ne'er do wells to the north and south of the boroughs to encourage them to use other local authorities services over their own.

Chief Exec of the council still has a portrait of Maggie up in their office.
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Is that where Churchill is / was? Opposite the skate shop?
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ska invita said:
that picture above? i think thats the north entrance to the glades - theres a sort of square of shops and the HG Wells murial would be just on the left of the picture
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Yes, that's market Square. It was already pedestrianised on 3 sides, and now they are digging up the road on the section of the High St to the North of the square. They have already done East St, it's not completely pedestrianised but more 'pedestrian friendly'.

The HG Wells mural is no longer there, it's been replaced by a Charles Darwin one.

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Fuckers!

I voted against them today, but this area is so true blue.

Lets move to in the Guardian is doing Beckenham on Saturday.
 
i wonder what it is about bromley that makes it quite so tory?

at present:
Bromley Council is under Conservative control, with the 60 seats on Full Council split as follows:
Conservatives - 53, Liberal Democrats - 4, Labour - 3
and the 4 libs are in crystal palace (not really bromley) and 3 lab in Penge (barely bromely)
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this gives a better feel of how people vote though - slightly less bad looking at this:
Bromley Town Ward
Following the resignation of Councillor Diana Macmull, a by-election was held in Bromley Town ward on Thursday 3 May 2012.
By-election results
Owen Brolly - United Kingdom Independence Party - 397 votes
Nicky Dykes - The Conservative Party Candidate - 2,484 votes
Ann Christine Garrett - Green Party - 404 votes
Angela Stack - The Labour Party Candidate - 1,051 votes
Sam Dunning Webber - Liberal Democrats - 1,137 votes
 
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Im planning on walking the Ravensbourne, or at least the first bit from the source up to beckenham palace park.... ive been investigating a bit;

The river starts at caesers well, the little round bit in this picture, and flows into the three Keston Ponds. I used to play in these woods a fair bit as a kid - i never knew it was a river source though
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I found this about the Well:

Caesar's Well ~ the source of the River Ravensbourne, Keston Ponds, Keston Common, London Borough of Bromley
'The history or tradition of the origin of the Ravensbourne is thus described by Hone: 'When Caesr was encamped here, his troops were in great need of water, and none could be found in the vicinity. Observing however that a raven frequently alighted near the camp, and conjecturing that it was for the purpose of quenching its thirst, he ordered the coming of the bird to be watched for, and the spot to be particularly noted. This was done, and the result was as he anticipated.The object of the raven's resort was this little spring; from thence Caesar derived a supply of water for the Roman legions; and from the circumstance of its discovery, the spring was called the Raven's bourne or brook."

The water was formerly in great repute for its medicinal virtues, and was used to bathe in. Till about the commencement of the present century there was a bathing-house, overhung with some very beautiful trees. The spring and the heath then formed the great objects of attraction to the gentry and other residents of the neighbourhood for some miles round : on a bright summer day Keston Common (as the heath is called) might often be seen dotted, as it were, with parties of people, the gay costume of the ladies contrasted upon the brown heath, and the air ringing with the sounds of laughter and music.
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The crystal waters of the Ravensbourne now rise into the circular basin shown in our engraving , through small holes with which its bottom is entirely pierced : from the basin they flow through an opening near its top into a concealed trough, and then into the first of the ponds. It never stops, never dries up; it flows to-day as it flowed two thousand years ago, when the Roman saw it bubbling up almost concealed in the brown heath.'

Taken from The Journey-Book of Kent by Charles Knight (published in 1842)

I see on wiki it says "Every year on 1 May at 5.32am, the Ravensbourne Morris Men dance up the Beltaine Sunrise at Caesars Well" :) i would like to check if thats true...
Ah they have a website and it is true! http://www.ravensbourne.org/programme.htm "Join Ravensbourne's traditional welcoming of the Summer as we dance at Sunrise at the source of the River Ravensbourne before dancing at / around Keston village."
 
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