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ChrisFilter said:
The Tesco is Thornton Heath is the single most depressing place on earth. I find Thornton Heath really moody, whereas South Norwood is fairly amiable. The top end of Portland Rd can seem a little forbidding but I never had a sniff of bother walking down there late at night for the five years I lived there.
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I like the Tesco - especially at 10 at night - it's a bit random and quite busy. Not as good as drunk shopping Streatham Tesco's at midnight.
 
Overall very happy with the plans. At first I thought waiting until March 2017 to start work in Portland and Station Roads was an unnecessary delay but upon further consideration understand why given the need to put the work to tender, select a provider and ensure all impacted have a chance to have their say before work commences.
 
Guineveretoo said:
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Portland Road is not good at the moment. Lots of businesses have failed, and some of the new ones are struggling. There is a new cupcake cafe just next to the wonderful Thai restaurant, but it is not succeeding. There is also a new bagel shop just down the road, but it is not quite close enough to the station to pick up casual trade, so I don't think that is succeeding either. Most of the pubs on that road have gone, apart from the couple on the corner of the High Street, which are basically just football pubs and not very friendly.

... No-one seems to go to Portland Road.
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Guineveretoo said:
... I was upset when the model shop shut, actually, but I agree that it was a shame when the angling shop shut, more recently.

... But it needs some serious investment and some innovative marketing and brave business people to take the plunge, and it needs locals to support the businesses on the road. Like the new bagel shop, and the couple of cupcake cafes which have opened, I suppose.

I know quite a few people who are househunting on the roads around Portland Road, and I think it is a wise move, as the rail links if nothing else will make the area increasingly attractive and, as more new and energetic/enthusiastic (?) people move in, this should help the area revive?
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Guineveretoo said:
... when I moved here 14 years ago there were at least 5 pubs on that road, none of them flash. Now there are none. I think that's a shame.

I also think we should support attempts to run small businesses in the area, and anything to open up boarded up shops. If it was a vibrant, busy area, perhaps there'd be less fly tipping, and fewer gangs.
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While the ethnic majority concerns itself with a lack of pubs, bagel shops and "cupcake cafes", and calls for more support for "small businesses" while simultaneously launching a racial boycott of existing "small businesses", the road where "no-one" goes could do with improved safety measures to protect local residents, including, presumably, the many people who already live there and are not "househunting" in adjacent roads in order to make the area where they live more "vibrant":

Woman pushing child in buggy hit by truck on zebra crossing in South Norwood (click for more)
 
GarveyLives said:
While the ethnic majority concerns itself with a lack of pubs, bagel shops and "cupcake cafes", and calls for more support for "small businesses" while simultaneously launching a racial boycott of existing "small businesses", the road where "no-one" goes could do with improved safety measures to protect local residents, including, presumably, the many people who already live there and are not "househunting" in adjacent roads in order to make the area where they live more "vibrant":

Woman pushing child in buggy hit by truck on zebra crossing in South Norwood (click for more)
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Are you accusing me of racism?

I genuinely have no idea what point you are making by doing a multi-quote of my posts.
 
Someone's on a wind up...

That Stanley halls soul thing looks great... Always wanted a reason to go in there.... What date is it please?

Was it 20tg Feb? If so next time.
The name might need shortening ;)
 
anyone been to that pop up coffee place in Stanley Halls? Never noticed it before though if it's good then I'd probably go there often for a flat white in the morning. At the risk of sounding a bit thick, where exactly is it?
 
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