Bromley Area News and Gossip

[ska invita]

Since this seems to be the only news in Bromley, here's the latest!
Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola says thank you to Bromley

 

[Maggot]

Discovered a great little cafe in Orpington today (St Mary Cray actually). It's called the Croft Tea Room and is a proper community place selling locally sourced food. It does fry-ups, lunches, sunday roasts, cream teas and more with plenty of veggie options and has a little shop attached too. The food and the service were both top notch.

http://crofttearoom.co.uk/

 

[Maggot]

Nasty crash in Widmore Road today. It appears that a bus crashed into that glass covered shelter outside Boots.

UPDATE: Trapped passengers rescued from top deck of bus after Bromley crash

 

[moon]

I had no idea this was happening.... (i've been posting loads of Daily Mail articles recently... what is happening to me )

Bromley neighbors despair over 40ft high rubbish mountain | Daily Mail Online
'Despairing neighbours have pleaded for action to be taken to end their four-year nightmare of having to live next to a stinking 40ft high, 20,000-ton mountain of rubbish which keeps bursting into flames.

The rat-infested mix of rotting industrial and domestic waste is said to spontaneously combust on a weekly basis ‘like a smoking volcano’ and has been branded a health hazard by fed up families.

In March, Bromley Council signed an agreement with the Environment Agency (EA) to clear the abandoned tip at the end of a cul-de-sac in St Paul’s Cray, Bromley, south-east London, but as yet no action has been taken'

It is now being cleared
Homes dwarfed by stinking 18,000 tonne waste mountain

Did they even think that whenever it rained the run-of from the heap would be adding toxic waste to our water supply?

 

[Maggot]

( btw supposedly the glades is now called "intu" - what a stupid name. im sure everyone will keep calling it the glades and itll have to be renamed )

Shopping centre set to return as The Glades

Shopping centre intu Bromley is set to return as The Glades following its sale to an overseas investment fund.

Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation has bought an 85 per cent stake in the shopping centre from majority owner Intu Properties and Aviva, and an intu spokesperson confirmed the name would change.

 

[moon]

No way!! I thought the rebrand had gone really well for them, although Bromley also became so busy that I actually stopped going there..lol

 

[Sea Star]

me and most people i know never stopped calling it the Glades - maybe that's why they've decided to go back.

 

[gaijingirl]

hahaha... no one ever called it Intu!

 

[ska invita]

Burn Down Bromley

 

[ska invita]

Marvellous May Cider Festival 2017

and pesh >>

Fourth Beckenham Beer & Cider Festival 2017

 

[pesh]

Burn Down Bromley

 

[Maggot]

http://www.greyhoundkeston.co.uk/beer-festival-2017.html

LET'S GO TO THE HOP!



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[ska invita]

Developments in Beckenham Place Park.

The squirrel is getting repainted...one of these designs (poll to pick which now closed)

I'll miss the old one

But even better than that the mansion house has been taken over by Bussey Building crew. There have been 4 soul nights put on there but I've missed all of them. I also saw a planning permission type thing go up about allowing alcohol to be sold in park grounds, so i think something is afoot for the future for the mansion as a venue. Really hope so

You can now walk inside the mansion pretty much anytime...its open to the public till late. Lovely building

 

[phillm]

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[Maggot]

Anyone know anything about the accident at Bromley North? I heard it was serious.

 

[ska invita]

was just up there earlier. All i can say is the traffic was backed up hard, with people going two ways down a one way street at one point.... And failing to move in either direction.

btw nice to see some new life on Bromley north high street (where the cinema is). Last time i was there most of the shops seemed boarded up

 

[ska invita]

Interesting news here
Major changes set for Beckenham Place Park
Highlight for me is:
Part of the site is also planned to be evacuated to install a lake and wetland area.
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In its ‘master plan’ it stated the desire to use the proposed lake to provide swimming and other leisure uses.


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In other news the new ski slip flats in bromely south are total eyesores way too big a building for that area and theres more skyscrapers coming
New 23 storey tower block proposed for Bromley North

 

[Maggot]

There's a new bar opening in Hayes called Pie & Pint selling pies and proper ales. My prayers have been answered!

Pie & Pint Ltd | Treat Your Taste Buds to Bromley's Finest Pie and a Pint

 

[TruXta]

Hayes tho.

e2a handy that it's right next to the station tho

 

[Maggot]

Hayes is handy for me.

It's opening on Saturday, which is good timing as the New Inn is currently closed.

 

[TruXta]

Let us know what it's like, if it's good we could do a SE London drinks there

 

[bromley]

There's a new bar opening in Hayes called Pie & Pint selling pies and proper ales. My prayers have been answered!

Pie & Pint Ltd | Treat Your Taste Buds to Bromley's Finest Pie and a Pint

One Inn the Wood in Petts Wood is decent.

 

[ska invita]

Screening in Beckenham and Bromley atm
70s football nostalgia
The Bromley Boys

Looks fun

 

[Maggot]

Screening in Beckenham and Bromley atm
70s football nostalgia
The Bromley Boys

Looks fun

I want to see that.

I don't think there is a functioning cinema in Bromley atm.

 

[ska invita]

I want to see that.

I don't think there is a functioning cinema in Bromley atm.

i think its got one showing in the churchill theatre....whats happened to the Odeon?

 

[bromley]

There were proposals to build on churchill gardens.

Churchill Gardens, Bromley - Proposals

I think it got rejected.

 

[Maggot]

i think its got one showing in the churchill theatre....whats happened to the Odeon?

The Odeon (which became a Cineworld is now closed) Not sure if it's temporary or permanent.

There's gonna be a cinema at that new development off Westmoreland Road when it opens.

 

[Ted Striker]

There were proposals to build on churchill gardens.

Churchill Gardens, Bromley - Proposals

I think it got rejected.

Saw this on FB...Absolutely terrible idea. The Churchill Gardens is/was Bromleys own little Central Park.

 

[bromley]

Saw this on FB...Absolutely terrible idea. The Churchill Gardens is/was Bromleys own little Central Park.

Wouldn't go that far, but the park should be blacklisted from any potentially residential/commercial developments.

 

[ice-is-forming]

Saw this on FB...Absolutely terrible idea. The Churchill Gardens is/was Bromleys own little Central Park.

Wow I remember when they built the churchhill gardens and the open land that was there before! Can't imagine it being a housing estate