Bye bye Country Show (picnic on July 22nd?)

[Greebo]

I know where they all are, including some that you don't know about.

Yet.

 

[lang rabbie]

i like the underground entrance myself. no-one seems to know about that

You are Anna Key and I claim my £5

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

it belongs to EVERYONE, even North Londoners

Fuck off. They've got Hampstead Heath

 

[Orang Utan]

Fuck off. They've got Hampstead Heath

and so have we

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

and so have we

True, but who bothers going to North London?

 

[Orang Utan]

True, but who bothers going to North London?

loads of people. haven't you? london is great. it has buses and trains that take you to all sorts of interesting places. a few of them are in north london

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

loads of people. haven't you? london is great. it has buses and trains that take you to all sorts of interesting places. a few of them are in north london

I went to London Zoo last year. I get around you know

 

[lang rabbie]

Three years of Thameslink weekend closures have kept the Country Show remarkably free from North Londoner "cider tourists".

 

[Crispy]

Three years of Thameslink weekend closures have kept the Country Show remarkably free from North Londoner "cider tourists".

Should get those trains back this year...

 

[MAD-T-REX]

Yup, the overnight/weekend closure of the central London route ends on 21 May, well in time for the festival (if it were taking place).

 

[paolo]

Should get those trains back this year...

Room for the 'vats' of lager?

 

[Crispy]

Room for the 'vats' of lager?

Put on your quaffing hat.

 

[paolo]

Put on your quaffing hat.

I dunno about that. I'm going on Saturday, so I'll be injecting crack into my eyes.

 

[Orang Utan]

more backtracking: http://www.brixtonblog.com/campaign-lambeth-council-in-country-show-u-turn/

 

[London_Calling]

If the petition reaches 3,000 signatures the decision will have to be debated by a full council meeting.

Currently 1445.

More signatures needed.

 

[Greebo]

On the front page of Lambeth Weekender: "inside country show canceled - pg.12". Turn to page 12 and there's a full page furniture shop advert. Shambolic would be an understatement.

Meanwhile, more shuffling, blame shifting, and flimsy excuses about it in the SLP.

 

[gaijingirl]

Yup, the overnight/weekend closure of the central London route ends on 21 May, well in time for the festival (if it were taking place).

really? Fantastic news!

 

[MAD-T-REX]

really? Fantastic news!

Almost all of the work on the central London route is finished (the Blackfriars and Farringdon rebuilds will be done within two months or so), but they need a bit longer to install new signalling between Loughborough Junction and Blackfriars to handle all of the Bedford/Brighton trains that will be diverted via Herne Hill from 2015 while London Bridge is being rebuilt.

The resignalling work will be done before a timetable change on Saturday 19 May. It isn't clear yet if service will run on the Wimbledon/Sutton loop that weekend (it will be on the Bedford/Brighton route), but late night service will definitely be running from Monday 21 May.

 

[aeon23]

Bombard Lambeth with complaints about the cancellation of the county show

We want to make it easy for customers to complain to us if they are unhappy with our services. You can complain by:

• using the online complaints form (found online www.lambeth.gov.uk/complaints)
• sending an email to complaints@lambeth.gov.uk
• calling us by telephone on 020 7926 9694
• by post: Corporate Complaints Manager
  Lambeth Town Hall
  London
  SW2 1RW

 

[Brixton Hatter]

i use the pond entrance...it's a bit wet and you have to hold your breath but it brings you out right in the middle of the park by the ducks

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

i use the pond entrance...it's a bit wet and you have to hold your breath but it brings you out right in the middle of the park by the ducks

There's ducks in the middle of the park?

 

[Greebo]

There's ducks in the middle of the park?

I suspect he thinks that only the bits of the park within staggering distance of the Chucklehead stall count.

 

[ViolentPanda]

i use the pond entrance...it's a bit wet and you have to hold your breath but it brings you out right in the middle of the park by the ducks

Very "bracing", that odour is, especially in summer!.

 

[Greebo]

Very "bracing", that odour is, especially in summer!.

Not as much as it used to be before the pond drainage was cleared. But it still probably keeps some of the yuppies away, so it's all good.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Not as much as it used to be before the pond drainage was cleared. But it still probably keeps some of the yuppies away, so it's all good.

It was fucking vile before they did the dredging, wasn't it? We used to catch a whiff off it,, and we're about 250-300 yds away as the crow flies. Still, I can think of the nice people living in Brockwell Gate getting the benefit of it, and fall asleep content with how life sometimes works out.

 

[Orang Utan]

never mind the country show:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-24036396-battle-to-save-hyde-park-gigs.do

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

never mind the country show:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-24036396-battle-to-save-hyde-park-gigs.do

Saw that on the news. All those rich bastards whose ears are being assaulted by the boom boom boom

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Saw that on the news. All those rich bastards whose ears are being assaulted by the boom boom boom

Poor old Mayfair Residents.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

How many concerts a year are held in Hyde Park anyway?

 

[Laughing Toad]

Saw that on the news. All those rich bastards whose ears are being assaulted by the boom boom boom

Ooooh. That's given me an idea for a witty and original phrase to put under my username.