Laurence Fox. The twat.

[tim]

That's nothing to the two streets in Haringey running parallel to each other - Crouch Hill and Crouch End Hill. Apparently Bob Dylan was supposed to go and visit Dave Stewart when he had a studio there, but got the wrong street and ended up having a cup of tea with one of his fans.

I can't remember if Haringey is in Harringay or vice versa.

 

[Elpenor]

Crockenhill and Crockham Hill are both in West Kent, about 15 miles apart; what could possibly go wrong?

Wrote off my car on the road from Westerham to Crockham Hill, a nasty hairpin bend, skidded off, through a corner chevron sign, and had to climb out the car which was on its side. Airbag didn’t go off either.

 

[Elpenor]

Crockenhill and Crockham Hill are both in West Kent, about 15 miles apart; what could possibly go wrong?

Also two Green Street Greens I think

 

[Dogsauce]

I had a snooze on the overnight Greyhound from Harrisburg to New York, woke up and found I was at Bristol Coach Station, which was my penultimate destination on the journey, only not the one I was looking at in Pennsylvania, I still needed to go via Heathrow or Gatwick to get to the real one.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Also two Green Street Greens I think

The Orpington-adjacent one had two great newsagents

 

[LakieLady]

Ffs there’s two Waltons in Surrey…

There are 3 Kingstons in Sussex (2 in W Sussex, one in E Sussex).

 

[Elpenor]

The Orpington-adjacent one had two great newsagents

Bought some lemons there one Christmas Day morning

Also a rather good Indian restaurant I think

 

[DaveCinzano]

Bought some lemons there one Christmas Day morning

Also a rather good Indian restaurant I think

On the Crescent?

 

[DaveCinzano]

I think the best thing for the Looza thread is for it to seamlessly transmogrify into the Orpington Chitter Chatter

 

[two sheds]

((( LeytonCatLady )))

 

[Louis MacNeice]

There are 3 Kingstons in Sussex (2 in W Sussex, one in E Sussex).

And two East Deans; one in the east and one in the west.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Also two Green Street Greens I think

yes, one is near dartford. don't think there has ever been a bus route connecting the two

 

[editor]

Crockenhill and Crockham Hill are both in West Kent, about 15 miles apart; what could possibly go wrong?

Crockenhill is the one with the wonderfully antiquated football ground.

In photos: the wonderfully rustic, rickety charm of Crockenhill FC’s football ground

On Saturday, Peckham Town travelled to the tiny village of Crockenhill in Kent, defeating the local team by two goals to nil. Their delightfully old fashioned and overgrown ground has long been a f…

www.brixtonbuzz.com

 

[Elpenor]

yes, one is near dartford. don't think there has ever been a bus route connecting the two

The 473 or was it 477 went Orpington to Bluewater, so was close to one and may have gone near to another

 

[Lotte]

Wow, and I thought Grantham's ground was weird. It's the only ground I've been to with a racetrack round it.

 

[JimW]

There was a famous incident in one of our trophy matches where the opposition drove to Forest Green in Surrey or the like rather than our small hamlet in Gloucestershire.

 

[two sheds]

Bye?

 

[brogdale]

Crockenhill is the one with the wonderfully antiquated football ground.

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In photos: the wonderfully rustic, rickety charm of Crockenhill FC’s football ground

On Saturday, Peckham Town travelled to the tiny village of Crockenhill in Kent, defeating the local team by two goals to nil. Their delightfully old fashioned and overgrown ground has long been a f…

www.brixtonbuzz.com

And, although he kind of denied it, turns out that there is some truth in the old tale about the Gills buying Tony Cascarino from Crockenhill for a set of tracksuits!

Is it true that Crockenhill FC flogged you to Gillingham for a set of tracksuit tops and some corrugated iron?
Um, no. When I went to Gillingham, Crockenhill didn't want money for me, so Gillingham - as a gesture - offered some training equipment, tracksuits, stuff like that. It's one of those stories, it's just been exaggerated over time, going from ten tracksuits to a few cones, and all the rest. It's like the two loaves and five fishes in the Bible. That's what I call it: the two loaves and five fishes.

 

[belboid]

There was a famous incident in one of our trophy matches where the opposition drove to Forest Green in Surrey or the like rather than our small hamlet in Gloucestershire.

My mate bought me n her tickets to go and see DJ Shadow in Halifax. She didnt mind me telling her Halifax isn't actually that close to Sheffield. She did mind me telling her that the Halifax she had bought tickets for was in Nova Scotia.

 

[brogdale]

The Orpington-adjacent one had two great newsagents

Mr Uncle and his family lived on Glentrammon road, GSG and had a back gate onto the Rec. which was ideal when we were kids. Once met a Trades Union Gen. Sec. who also lived in Glentrammon road.

 

[brogdale]

Also two Green Street Greens I think

Only about 10 miles apart as the crow flies.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Mr Uncle and his family lived on Glentrammon road, GSG and had a back gate onto the Rec. which was ideal when we were kids. Once met a Trades Union Gen. Sec. who also lived in Glentrammon road.

I did some work at houses on Glentrammon

 

[brogdale]

I did some work at houses on Glentrammon

I'm warming to this thread.

 

[DaveCinzano]

GSG Waitrose was always the least chi-chi John Lewis supermarket in the land, and it looked like it came out of a JG Ballard suburban dystopia

 

[DaveCinzano]

The Orpington-adjacent one had two great newsagents

Three! Three great newsagents!

How could I forget Derek's on the corner?! A fine source of Marvel comics.

PL Short & Son on the parade still had firm order contracts well into the 90s so was a reliable repository for out-of-date mags and comics sold at half-price or better.

The Post Office on the Crescent had shelves rammed with stuff - Strip, Overkill, DC Action, Fantazia, Skeleton Crew, Manga Mania, Cult TV, Shockwave, Starburst...

 

[Elpenor]

GSG Waitrose was always the least chi-chi John Lewis supermarket in the land, and it looked like it came out of a JG Ballard suburban dystopia

Friend of my brothers was sacked from there for stealing meat.

He joined the army, and now lives in Hereford Apparently he won some sort of medal for what he did in Afghanistan.

 

[brogdale]

Who knew that Urbz had such a wealth of Orpington chitter-chatter?

I haven't even got round to mentioning my MiL's campaigning for Eric (latterly, The Lord) Lubbock in the 1962 Orpington by-election which is widely regarded as the prototype Lib (LD) by-election success with a 22% swing against the incumbent vermin.

 

[_Russ_]

Feel free to take a break from this thread if you don't approve.

well I was just trying to be polite, what I really meant was you are posting really childish stuff now and thinking its clever, its not you come across as an obsessed loon and though you have great support here because of your chosen target it doesnt mean the crap you post is any good.

 

[brogdale]

well I was just trying to be polite, what I really meant was you are posting really childish stuff now and thinking its clever, its not you come across as an obsessed loon and though you have great support here because of your chosen target it doesnt mean the crap you post is any good.

'spoons busy for a Tuesday?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

The 473 or was it 477 went Orpington to Bluewater, so was close to one and may have gone near to another

477 still goes from orpington to bluewater although not as often as it used to, and it doesn't look like this any more



(it was one of the last 'london country' routes to have routemasters and conductors) - and it was chelsfield to dartford / joyce green hospital then.

but it never went through either green street green...