Urban75 Home About Offline BrixtonBuzz Contact

Bromley Area News and Gossip

Beckenham Place Park swimming lake near filled....opens to the public next month

65197154_10156468258982615_2026441303411130368_n.jpg
 
serious bunfight kicked off in the local facebook group this week after some people snuck in and a dog went in the water - dogs very much banned from the lake for human swimming hygiene reasons
 
I heard that the Bromley Waitrose is closing. Which bothers me because it’s the one I use, on the (admittedly rare) occasions I shop in Waitrose.
 
ska invita said:
yeah! the one in Bromley is by Bromely South station behind the cop shop :thumbs:
Click to expand...
That's not the one which is closing. If you read the article, it's the one in Burnt Ash Lane which is closing. Am pleased to hear this as I use the Bromley South one but not the Burnt Ash Lane one.
 
Maggot said:
That's not the one which is closing. If you read the article, it's the one in Burnt Ash Lane which is closing. Am pleased to hear this as I use the Bromley South one but not the Burnt Ash Lane one.
Click to expand...
So there are three Waitrose branches in Bromley? How silly of me to think there was only one!
 
I just checked, and am now wondering whether there is one of these arguments about something "not being in Bromley" unless it is in Central Bromley, like the argument which says that Croydon is only the middle bit of Croydon?

Beckenham is in the London Borough of Bromley. The Waitrose at Beckenham, which is the one I go to, is in the London Borough of Bromley, so it is in Bromley.

:shrug:
 
Yes it is in the Borough of Bromley, but not in Bromley. I'm getting a sense of deja vu. Let's not go there!
 
Maggot said:
Yes it is in the Borough of Bromley, but not in Bromley. I'm getting a sense of deja vu. Let's not go there!
Click to expand...
No - I am really not interested in such a debate :D

Although I will point out that, early on in this thread, it was pointed out that Bromley is the largest London Borough, so it is easy to assume that the thread is about the Borough, and not the "town".

ETA In fact, it is in your opening post! :D :D
 
Guineveretoo said:
No - I am really not interested in such a debate :D

Although I will point out that, early on in this thread, it was pointed out that Bromley is the largest London Borough, so it is easy to assume that the thread is about the Borough, and not the "town".

ETA In fact, it is in your opening post! :D :D
Click to expand...
This thread is about the borough, and the Beckenham branch of Waitrose is a valid subject, but according to Waitrose themselves it's the Beckenham branch. Address is Beckenham, Beckenham. No mention of Bromley. :D

Branch Finder - Waitrose
 
ska invita said:
" Mrs Roberts and the crew of the 146 (RT 3750) at the Downe Terminus 21 April 1978. Mrs Roberts was a regular passenger and looks delighted to be photographed."
Click to expand...

:)

21.4.78 was the last day of double deck buses / conductors on the 146 (it stayed conductor operated quite late for a route that rural as some buses turned round at Keston 'Fox' which involved a reverse, and one-man buses in London didn't do such things then.)

the driver of the last 146 that night (not the one in that picture which was taken earlier in the day) was a sort of honorary uncle...

Guineveretoo said:
I heard that the Bromley Waitrose is closing. Which bothers me because it’s the one I use, on the (admittedly rare) occasions I shop in Waitrose.
Click to expand...

Maggot said:
it's the one in Burnt Ash Lane which is closing. Am pleased to hear this as I use the Bromley South one but not the Burnt Ash Lane one.
Click to expand...

yes, and good bloody riddance. the times me and mum-tat have been in there, the staff seem to be friendly with a few regulars and treat everyone else like plebs. think this has been mentioned on a past thread somewhere round here.
 
Puddy_Tat said:
:)



yes, and good bloody riddance. the times me and mum-tat have been in there, the staff seem to be friendly with a few regulars and treat everyone else like plebs. think this has been mentioned on a past thread somewhere round here.
Click to expand...

It is a really odd shop that little Waitrose. My mum is forever moaning about it but also doesn't want it to close.
 
Puddy_Tat said:
:)

21.4.78 was the last day of double deck buses / conductors on the 146 (it stayed conductor operated quite late for a route that rural as some buses turned round at Keston 'Fox' which involved a reverse, and one-man buses in London didn't do such things then.)

the driver of the last 146 that night (not the one in that picture which was taken earlier in the day) was a sort of honorary uncle...
Click to expand...

That was the bus I used to catch to school. I remember it being a double decker at first, but couldn't remember when it finished. The 146 has had a number or incarnations throughout the years. IIRC it was run by a company called Crystals for a while.
 
Maggot said:
The 146 has had a number or incarnations throughout the years. IIRC it was run by a company called Crystals for a while.
Click to expand...

yes, 1985 - 1991 (more about the 146 than you probably want to know here) - it was among the first london bus routes to be 'tendered' to private sector operators after london transport had been taken away from the GLC. the whole lot is now franchised out to private sector operators although you wouldn't know at first glance. at that time, there was very much a political will for private sector buses to be obvious.
 
Maggot said:
That was the bus I used to catch to school.
Click to expand...

i never needed to catch buses to school, but route 94 was 'home' route (bits of the route are either the 208 or 261 now - no relation to the current 94 to acton)

The 94 hung on to 'RT' buses (the generation before the routemaster) a bit later, until August 1978 - the last RTs running south of the river (a dozen or so hung on at Barking until April 1979 because of a narrow bridge) - the last one on the 94 was a bit more lavishly decorated

 
Maggot said:
Robert Elms Round your Manor today is all about Beckenham. 10am - 1.30pm. Will be on listen again.
Click to expand...
I sent en email in, but it didn't get read out. Probably cos Robert spent half an hour talking about Frinton instead :mad:.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

BigMoaner
Free parking in Shoreditch Area on a Sat
Replies
2
Views
192
spitfire
spitfire
Epona
  • Sticky
Newham News and Events
Replies
18
Views
964
stethoscope
stethoscope
ash
Restaurant London Bridge area
2
Replies
43
Views
2K
Epona
Epona
editor
Are there any decent/interesting/quirky pubs in and around Canary Wharf?
Replies
26
Views
644
jimbarkanoodle
J
Helen Back
Where can we find a household rubbish removal service in West London that will take away heavy kitchen stuff from indoors and upstairs?
Replies
2
Views
181
Helen Back
Helen Back
Back
Top Bottom