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I am really enjoying south norwood country park at the moment. Suddenly it seems too small. Usually I like to vary my running but I have settled into a routine and so far have three regular 'good mornings' to say to people (and I hate all that shit usually).

I stopped doing weekend running last year but even found myself getting up this morning for a muddy run.
 
Callie said:
So, have you joined us now Puddy_Tat?
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in a word, no.

what with other commitments outside work, i'm not going to have time to think about selling the current place until mid may, so no point in giving moving much further thought at the moment.
 
visisted Park Hill Park in central croydon on Sunday. lovely place, great views across croydon. looks like a small american city!
 
the labour party have done a great deal in getting the place looking cleaner. really great to see the work they are doing. just about to hand out 125,000 wheelie bins. each house gets a second one instead of them ridiculous small tubs that leave the contents open to the wind when the lid falls off.

i urge all of your croydonians to vote labour locally, it really is important to the borough and the tories neglected it for years. it's got some serious deprivation in areas and cannot just be left alone
 
The recycling boxes?
I personally have no problem with mine, but I see people packing them wrong, and with the wrong things. My lids clip on, (though actual lid theft has been a problem recently). There seems to be a widespread lack of education, but i have no idea how to broach this.
I certainly don't need another wheelie bin, I have a small one, but after recycling it only gets a small bag every two weeks.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
The recycling boxes?
I personally have no problem with mine, but I see people packing them wrong, and with the wrong things. My lids clip on, (though actual lid theft has been a problem recently). There seems to be a widespread lack of education, but i have no idea how to broach this.
I certainly don't need another wheelie bin, I have a small one, but after recycling it only gets a small bag every two weeks.
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i think you can exempt yourself.

something needs to be done, especially in the north of the borough that are heavily populated (10+ to a house, etc). broad green, i really hate to say, is looking like a slum. more space to dispose of rubbish can't be a bad thing.
 
BigMoaner said:
i think you can exempt yourself.

something needs to be done, especially in the north of the borough that are heavily populated (10+ to a house, etc). broad green, i really hate to say, is looking like a slum. more space to dispose of rubbish can't be a bad thing.
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I'm not saying its not a problem. I'm only saying that what I see around my way i find disappointing. Wheelie bins overflowing with plastic bottles, and empty recycle bins. Blue bins full of green bin stuff (and they wonder why it is not taken away, so stuff it in their wheelie bin instead).
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
South norwood lake was a major disappointment.
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I guess it depends what you want from a park/lake. It is just round the corner from where my daughter lives, so I go there a lot.

On Sundays, there is sailing on the lake, which is glorious to watch, particularly on a sunny day. There is fishing, if you are into that sort of thing, and in season. There are loads of water birds, including guillemots and herons, as well as coots, moorhen, geese and different varieties of ducks, and you often see young birds and families. There is a little cabin selling tea and cakes and chips. There is a playpark which is pretty run down, but there is a local group working with the council to get it renovated. There is a cricket pitch which often has kids playing various ball games on it as well as, occasionally, cricket. There is a day centre building, which also runs children's activities and a baby clinic.
 
The centre of the borough of Croydon, around East Croydon and West Croydon stations, is horrible, for many reasons, but, as others on this thread have said, this is only a small part of Croydon itself, which is one of the biggest London boroughs.

A fact about Croydon which seems to have been overlooked on this thread is that it has the site of the first passenger airport in the world, so that Croydon became prosperous in the 1920s and 30s, and lots of businesses moved there. This is also why there is a lot of 1930s housing in Croydon. I live in a 1930s house, and so does my daughter and her family. The airport also started running commercial flights, and was seen by the Germans as a significant target, so Croydon was bombed relentlessly during the second world war, and lots of it was destroyed.

After the war, particularly during the 50s and 60s, there doesn't appear to have been any strategy about rebuilding Croydon, or planning controls, and that was, I believe, what led to the foulness which is central Croydon now. There are lovely little pubs and houses which survived the bombing overshadowed by horrible skyscrapers, flyovers and multistory carparks!
 
Puddy_Tat said:
don't think there's a 'croydon history' thread - got alerted to this collection on flickr via tweeter today - mostly croydon town centre, 1970s onward
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There is a facebook group called "bygone croydon", which may well use the same photos, but which I find fascinating.

ETA - oops - I note that this was referred to above. I missed a few posts before I started posting. Sorry.
 
On Sundays, there is sailing on the lake, which is glorious to watch, particularly on a sunny day. There is fishing, if you are into that sort of thing, and in season. There are loads of water birds, including guillemots and herons, as well as coots, moorhen, geese and different varieties of ducks, and you often see young birds and families. There is a little cabin selling tea and cakes and chips. There is a playpark which is pretty run down, but there is a local group working with the council to get it renovated. There is a cricket pitch which often has kids playing various ball games on it as well as, occasionally, cricket. There is a day centre building, which also runs children's activities and a baby clinic.[/QUOTE]

the amount of hours i have spent fishing on glorious summer evenings on that lake! watching the flocks of birds and the carp leaping! it's a very, very tough lake to fish, though, with only a few swimming about (but they are big, grow up to 40lb).

it's the best thing about that area...i like the little hut as welll that sells cheap-o but tasty food.
 
BigMoaner said:
On Sundays, there is sailing on the lake, which is glorious to watch, particularly on a sunny day. There is fishing, if you are into that sort of thing, and in season. There are loads of water birds, including guillemots and herons, as well as coots, moorhen, geese and different varieties of ducks, and you often see young birds and families. There is a little cabin selling tea and cakes and chips. There is a playpark which is pretty run down, but there is a local group working with the council to get it renovated. There is a cricket pitch which often has kids playing various ball games on it as well as, occasionally, cricket. There is a day centre building, which also runs children's activities and a baby clinic.

the amount of hours i have spent fishing on glorious summer evenings on that lake! watching the flocks of birds and the carp leaping! it's a very, very tough lake to fish, though, with only a few swimming about (but they are big, grow up to 40lb).

it's the best thing about that area...i like the little hut as welll that sells cheap-o but tasty food.
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Fishing by humans is probably not assisted by the number of birds who are also fishing that lake :)
 
Guineveretoo said:
The centre of the borough of Croydon, around East Croydon and West Croydon stations, is horrible, for many reasons, but, as others on this thread have said, this is only a small part of Croydon itself, which is one of the biggest London boroughs.

A fact about Croydon which seems to have been overlooked on this thread is that it has the site of the first passenger airport in the world, so that Croydon became prosperous in the 1920s and 30s, and lots of businesses moved there. This is also why there is a lot of 1930s housing in Croydon. I live in a 1930s house, and so does my daughter and her family. The airport also started running commercial flights, and was seen by the Germans as a significant target, so Croydon was bombed relentlessly during the second world war, and lots of it was destroyed.

After the war, particularly during the 50s and 60s, there doesn't appear to have been any strategy about rebuilding Croydon, or planning controls, and that was, I believe, what led to the foulness which is central Croydon now. There are lovely little pubs and houses which survived the bombing overshadowed by horrible skyscrapers, flyovers and multistory carparks!
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I made a TV show ( how london was built - airports) which incorporated some stuff about Croydon airport (obviously). I think they are currently replaying the series on london live. I would love to see it again.
 
Guineveretoo said:
A fact about Croydon which seems to have been overlooked on this thread is that it has the site of the first passenger airport in the world, so that Croydon became prosperous in the 1920s and 30s, and lots of businesses moved there. This is also why there is a lot of 1930s housing in Croydon. I live in a 1930s house, and so does my daughter and her family. The airport also started running commercial flights, and was seen by the Germans as a significant target, so Croydon was bombed relentlessly during the second world war, and lots of it was destroyed.
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I recommend going to Croydon Airport visitor centre, which is open the first Sunday of the month. It's in the old airport building and run by volunteers, mainly old men in blazers who probably flew from there. There is lots of interesting stuff and things to keep the kids amused such as clothes to dress up in and a flight simulator.

http://www.croydonairport.org.uk/Visitor-Centre
 
Maggot said:
I recommend going to Croydon Airport visitor centre, which is open the first Sunday of the month. It's in the old airport building and run by volunteers, mainly old men in blazers who probably flew from there. There is lots of interesting stuff and things to keep the kids amused such as clothes to dress up in and a flight simulator.

http://www.croydonairport.org.uk/Visitor-Centre
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I agree - I've been a few times, and found it fascinating.
 
I remember seeing in the airport visitor centre scales..in the earlier days of flight, passengers, as well as luggage, were weighed :D
Did you see the radio bit? All the old chaps in there doing their air traffic control bit
 
BigMoaner said:
someone's graffitied all over the graffiti art works (!) that were done on george street.
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Im not sure anyone can moan about graffiti over graffiti :hmm: but I guess in this case its street art rather than graffiti. I think I would feel sadder about it being ruined if the street art artists had strong local inks or the artworks were relevant to the area/businesses. I havent actually been along St Georges walk for ages so hadnt seen the work that was done.

Its easy to dismiss taggers but I wonder if they could/would produce interesting pieces given the time, space, resources and funding to do it?
 
licensing scheme for landlords was approved last night. could see an end to over crowding in houses, filth in front gardens, etc. good for the borough.
 
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