Archive for category: Overflow

• Friday’s London Links

  Bob from Brockley kicks us off on minimum pricing for alcohol. He’s against. The anarchists have been making Olympic posters. That’s nice of them. Franklin House. Barkingside21 has been looking at dogs in the news. There’s a nice guide on cycling across London at London Cyclist. Sturdyblog gives us a heart […]

   

• A child friendly cash point?

  This Barnet hole in the wall is an ideal height for passing dogs or those who like to operate machines with their knees. I passed this cash point a few minutes later and one woman was getting her kids to use it for her. Quite right, teach um young what […]

   

• Thursday’s London Links: bumper crop

  We have a bumper crop for you today, partly catching up on a couple of day’s missed round-ups. Enjoy! Inside Croydon reports on concerns over Purley’s swimming pool. Downhills school in Haringey has had its governors sacked. Haringey Greens. The Haringey Independent reports that dog owners are spitting chips over […]

   

• Great homemade dog poo sign

  Outside one Camden school; As the sign says. No poo please.

   

• The home of Chavs? Where could that be?

  Well now we know where Chav-ville is. Barnet, obviously.

   

• No flat batteries

  Can’t put mmy finger on why this piece of vandalism tickles me. No flat batteries, in fact no phone at all.

   

• Monday’s London Links

  Plan B: ‘Find out what kids are good at. It will change their lives’ Youth, Music, London The Guardian The new High Speed Rail may be more than we bargained for. Stop HS2 London’s Conservatives have voted to privatise the fire brigade call center. Snipe. The Evening Standard are giving […]

   

• Beware the invisible paint

  On my travels through Bethnal Green I spotted this sign to beware of the non-drying paint. Nothing odd there you might think. While the concept of non-drying paint may seem simply anti-social, it’s probably not enough to warrant a mention here. What was more odd was the fact that there […]

   

• This is the best sort of bench commemoration

  Not a local bigwig or pompous councillor, just a guy who walked the park. Lovely.

   

• Funky Buskers Kings Cross

  90% of buskers are a welcome addition to or streets in my opinion, but few go to the effort of having a three piece electric ensemble including drums and a super funky beat. It was all I could do to resist dancing there and then. Well done everyone.