"I see them often in the Berkeley Rd/Crouch Hall Road area and I confess to being fed up with the way they foul my garden. I've now installed an electronic deterrent which is very effective. Best £20 I've ever spent."
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Blue Badge anarchy
Started this discussion. Last reply by Betty M May 12, 2012. 4 Replies 0 Likes
I am seeing more and more examples of selfish parking by owners of the ubiquitous 'blue badge', especially in the Crouch Hall Road area. There is a reason why double yellow lines have been painted on…Continue
Hoarders
Started this discussion. Last reply by Clive Carter May 9, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes
What IS it about Crouch End and Crouch Hill in particular? First Mr Trebus at the bottom of the hill and now some other bloke at the top of the hill collecting rubbish and not able to let it go (BBC1…Continue
Home Alone - Christmas Day 2011
Started this discussion. Last reply by crouchhall Dec 5, 2011. 7 Replies 0 Likes
I find myself facing the prospect of Christmas Day on my own this year and was wondering whether any OpinioN8 -ers were in the same position and whether it would work to get together for a lunch? I'm…Continue
Sosta is dead - Long Live Qui!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Suzi Livingstone Jun 23, 2011. 3 Replies 0 Likes
I've now tried the new Qui restaurant in Middle Lane three times and loved it every visit. The Sunday lunch set menu - as much as you can eat from the cold buffet and then a traditional roast (I had…Continue
Tags: Qui, restaurant, Italian
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crouchhall replied to Adrian Essex's discussion Eggs, baskets and inter-dependencies at Hornsey Town Hall
"I have since spoken to Dave Winskill. I hadn't realised that things have moved on and that the developers of the residential areas (there are only two areas, now - the Mews behind Lloyd's Bank and the car park area at the rear of the hall)…"
crouchhall replied to Adrian Essex's discussion Eggs, baskets and inter-dependencies at Hornsey Town Hall
"I too have now realised what this mumbo-jumbo letter was all about having reviewed the online application and I wouldn't at all be surprised if this is an attempt to guarantee the development of yet more residential living space in the heart of…"
crouchhall replied to OpinioN8 Administrator's discussion Charity chuggers to face curbs in Haringey
"Annoyingly, they were singing, completely out of tune, against the wonderful Crouch End Festival Chorus outside Budgens on the 8th!"
crouchhall replied to OpinioN8 Administrator's discussion Charity chuggers to face curbs in Haringey
"I would also like to see a requirement for them to have to issue 'No' stickers, in the colour of the day, to those that refuse. That way, hopefully, we can wear them and avoid being accosted more than once - rather than every few…"
crouchhall replied to Harper Lee's discussion New Oriental Shop
"I went for dinner last Saturday and was very pleased. Reasonable prices, reasonable service and a good choice. My only criticisms were that the stools were unbelievably uncomfortable and the chilli sauce too too vinegary and thin...."
crouchhall replied to Harper Lee's discussion Italian cafe' on the Topsfield Parade
"The Cypriot lady is the sister of Joseph who owns Arocaria. She's now back in Cyprus. Before that, the original 'Bunces' was owned by the wonderful Irish Anna Nandlal - she ran it after her husband died. I remember going there in 1978…"
Betty M replied to crouchhall's discussion Blue Badge anarchy
"I lost patience with blue badges when I lived near the Arsenal stadium and on match days the vast majority of blue badged cars parked in the residents zone were big top of the range vehicles out of which strapping men in their 20s and 30s used to…"
Clive Carter replied to crouchhall's discussion Hoarders
"I don't think Adrian was blaming hoarding on the banks, but rather the effect of the Great Depression on an earlier generation. Certainly my late father was a hoarder and I'm likewise."
Helen Riley replied to crouchhall's discussion Blue Badge anarchy
"Can you really be sure that someone is "clearly not in the disability category?" I would hesitate before passing this sort of judgment. I am sure that there are frauds, but also lots of people with a disability (which I might not be able…"
crouchhall replied to crouchhall's discussion Hoarders
"Nah don't think so. These guys have been hoarding since well before the recession. I don't think you can blame this on the banks.
And on that subject I think we sould mount a campaign to change the way we refer to 'Bank Holidays'…"
crouchhall replied to crouchhall's discussion Blue Badge anarchy
"'Safe and responsible parking'. In that section it states that badge holders must ' not park where it would endanger, inconvenience or obstruct pedestrians or other road users. Examples of dangerous or
obstructive parking include…"
Adrian Essex replied to crouchhall's discussion Hoarders
"Channel 4 had a programme about this as well. Perhaps its recession related - Mr Trebus was well aware of the political and financial changes arising out of the 30s depression, perhaps 'saving', even apparently worthless items, is a…"
Adrian Essex replied to crouchhall's discussion Blue Badge anarchy
"The rules do seem to allow parking on double lines:
In England and Wales, Blue Badge holders may generally park:
on single or double yellow lines for up to three hours, unless there is a ban on loading or unloading
at 'on-street' parking…"
crouchhall replied to Adrian Essex's discussion Banger Bros - nevr really opened did it - but it seems to have been let again
"An adult version of Banners might work (no kids - I presume there are peeps in CE that don't have them LOL?).
The site wasn't always jinxed. There used to be a fantastic Thai restaurant there - Penang Penang. Always busy. I wept when the…"
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- At 17:29 on October 30, 2010,
Adrian Essex said… - Thank you very much for agreeing to help with the admin of OpinioN8
I have assigned you a role of "Apostle" on the site which gives you rights over discussions, photos, members and blogs, visible when you look at a detail page as "ADMIN OPTIONS" and the ability to edit. So if needed you should have sufficient control to take action.
This is a brief report on the first week of public operation of OpinioN8.
There are now 17 members (though three of them are me) and most of them look like Herman Munster carved out of a pumpkin. See the Hallowe'en event for more pumpkin pictures.
To update your profile picture log on, click on "my page" and then click on old pumpkin face.
Carol Horne has started an album for local photos and added some and I spotted an alien invasion
So far there is only one discussion but it should have some resonance with many. I would urge everyone to read the policy and write to Haringey .
Plans for the site in the short term include:
Inviting some new members - I have a number of email lists of local people and will send out invitations very soon
Adding some sub menus to the tabs across the page to home in on key information
Perhaps re-organising the front page slightly - it seems a bit runaway at the moment
Plans for the site in the medium term include:
Write a note explaining how to import photos from FlickR
Integrate with Facebook and Twitter
Add custom pages reflecting local interest
In the meantime I need some more N8 word plays - ideally all the tabs would have N8 puns. Send me what you can think of or check out the Onelook dictionary wild card look up
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