RobS

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• I saw this earlier, worse than I imagined in that there is no driveway – cars will just have to drive across the pavement into a retail unit.

  in Bad news - car tyre repair opening on Stroud Green Road Comment by RobS August 2023
• Thanks for your perspective oddbod. I guess that is why it's not an easy issue, there is a trade-off between different people's experiences as well as the impact on nature. I tend to think the answer to a dense, wheelchair-unfriendly urban environme…

  in The Councill have a cosultation out about Parkland Walk Comment by RobS July 2023
• I agree kreuzkav, I guess they have to remove fallen logs etc but the walk is a thin strand of nature in a heavily concreted borough, so the more natural it remains the better. Unfortunately (not that I am a kremlinologist of Haringey council), the …

  in The Councill have a cosultation out about Parkland Walk Comment by RobS July 2023
• I hadn't got that from the survey either – do they actually intend to have the park directly open onto Seven Sisters Road? Seems absurd especially if you are walking dogs/kids.

  in Threat to remove all the fences around Finsbury Park Council Consultation on Park Boundaries Comment by RobS July 2023
• Might all be true. Sad. Lots of different forces have had a harrowing effect on community identity and indeed general mood and state of the streets, not specific to Stroud Green. Walking around feels like more of a bummer when Wireless is on, and th…

  in Stroud Green - RIP Comment by RobS July 2023
• We've learned the cat was a local. Not desperate for help, just very talkative and brave!

  in Have you lost a Siamese cat? Comment by RobS August 2022
• We also had a decent batch in Lorne Road. Like Christmas come late. Not everything though.

  in Postal problems Comment by RobS January 2022
• Glad to hear some stuff is coming through. I am hoping not to have to resort to my last ditch plan of applying for a job in the sorting office so I can go hunting for wherever our parcels are stashed.

  in Postal problems Comment by RobS January 2022
• Thanks for the Wharf and Dale Studios recommendation Toddlesocks, shame it isn't a bit nearer. I have filled our flat with fumes and sawdust a number of times this holidays trying to make a bookcase in the kitchen, so a space you can rent by the hou…

  in Carpentry/joinery workshop Comment by RobS January 2014