Archive for June, 2005
Kingston number 6 in Top 10 Chav Towns
I was sent this link by a former Kingston resident. I admit I was not entirely sure what a chav was until I read the message board. Having done so I must admit to being somewhat depressed about the views that some people have of Kingston. Is this the Counter Culture that some of my [...]
Buyer Beware
I received today a call from an elderly Berrylands resident. She asked a fencer to come and do some work for her. He charged in excess of �450 for renewing about 6 feather panels in an existing fence. He did it badly but this was also a mere fraction of the work he had quoted. [...]
Going to the Dogs
The Council seems intent on scrapping one of our dog wardens. It appears we have two at the moment but budget constraints in one half of the Council’s budget has meant that they are going to reduce that to one. That one warden will patrol the Housing Esatates as well as generally operate across the [...]
Take away in Alexandra Drive
There was a considerable amount of opposition to the establishment of a take away curry shop on the somewhat tranquil Alexandra Drive parade in Berrylands. A considerable number of residents objected to the planning permission to allow this. Councillors let it through anyway. (I was not able to vote as I live too close and [...]
Travellers to leave Upper Brighton Road
Some of you will remember during the general Election Campaign we had a set of travellers move on to the NHS land on the Upper Brighton Road in Surbiton. Well good news. After a few false starts the NHS Trust has now restarted legal proceedings to move them off. A bulletin from the trust says: [...]
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