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Of course, you are right, I prefer to believe people looking out of their window to official survey statistics. I take it all back. [unsubscribe...]
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I'm all in favour of a decent wine shop in SGR - one of the things missing from the area.
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I prefer a more systematic approach to collection of evidence than that unfortunately. I'd start with p 19-23 of the British Crime Survey, which says (as above) violent crime peaked in the early 1990s and is now back down to levels from the mid 1980…
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I'd rather share some evidence on violence rather than assertion that life was great in the 80s (not at football matches it wasn't, for instance) than make some assertion (the world's gone to pot) and then blame something unconnected (music). e.g.…
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I don't quite understand how we can both be more chaotic and more law abiding at the same time. Violent crime peaked in the 1990s and is about the same level it was, if not lower, than in the 1980s. I imagine it was pretty brutal in the 16th century…
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@Brodiej - I thought that too, it reads like they just picked it from an internet search but in one throw away comment does the community a great disservice.
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I doubt they know anything about the area as otherwise Petek and Dotori would have made it above Mexicali. Looks like they did it from Google street view and some old newspaper articles.
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Well for one the Dairy frankly. I was a Noble first person for most of my time here but have not taken to the new regime. The Dairy is a really well run nice pub with a great manager in Adam, and the only reason I preferred the Noble was the smaller…
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Er no, no. To borrow from John Lennon: it isn't even the best pub in Stroud Green.
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For me it is always the theme tune to Peppa Pig. Always.
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@gem its OK - you don't need a twitter account to read a feed through a web page. Just search on the name given and you should be able to find it.
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@BrodieJ</a> yes, congratulations on the wedding and well done on the stag. Of course the really new stag decision would be local and the night before the wedding. Hope it all goes well. I'd missed all the impending nuptials in only ever…
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@lololala perhaps the problem is that that your bollards don't have a champion. When I mentioned the battering the bollard had taken (above) next time I looked it had been replaced. I can only conclude Islington monitor this bollard due to its promi…
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I think Poxy has just about nailed it there. @Andy Oh, they were such different times back in the first years of SG.org when there were so few and so little we cared about ...
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I think it's basically a choice - it is easy to think that the Olympics is an enormous waste of cash and a terrific hassle and you will come out of this year miserable. I wasn't a great fan of bidding for it but now it is here I think that this is…
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In the modern world I believe that Greggs should be an essential pre-requisite for city status.
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Thanks for everything Adam - you will definitely be missed and I hope there is an interesting next move for you. First the Noble now the Dairy changing management. I'm not programmed for that kind of upheaval in my life. It's a reminder that the l…
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I'd put deli before florist, but I'm more practical than romantic.
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40k that will last many many years to keep a park in use for its historic purpose. I'm OK with that. As long as I also get wheelie bins (see council gripes passim).
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@rice it is a fence in the sense that you have to string a net between posts, I think most people would imagine a "fence" to be solid. The important bits in your post are "Horizontal Wires: 5mm steel tension wires; spacing 2m centreNetting: HDPE 50…
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Good to know I'm not going mad and didn't imagine it. Strikes me as an optimistic line to emphasise how law abiding they will be with the new late license conditions given that they have completely ignored the license so far. Past performance is a g…
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My reading is that it is netting, not a fence. Why do people think it is a fence? It seems to be exactly what was expected to enclose parts of the grounds. It is also in the lines of the trees, so probably won't be that visible and is no more than o…
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If it is the thing that keeps the cricket going I'd still be in favour. There are obviously problems from neighbours and the cricket has been there longer than they have, so if the result is a fence that's what it will have to be.
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Hmm, looks like I got it wrong, sorry folks. For some reason I had it in my head that I had read it and there were different hours.
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Yes, it's not just a renewal, its a late license and music for Sugar Lounge. Given my experiences with Chapter 1 I'm not in favour at all. The noise from Chapter 1 was terrible, and I live a street away, as they didn't bother soundproofing and ignor…
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That would be great - they could do a bigger place than the corner cafe I'd have thought?
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Good deli would be good, to replace a bad one. I'm happy to have chain stores, they are usually pretty good as back in time they were really good independent stores who on the strength of their success managed to open up more stores and become a ch…
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I had some of the banana bread yesterday. Really nice, and I have a general view that putting vegetables or fruit in cake products is cheating. Echo the lovely people, great coffee (as I've said before). I also bought some coffee beans off them to t…
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Yes, well done Paul. He works hard at this so I wish him well.
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The bollard has lasted 9 months or so now, so it is no longer the hapless soul I began to monitor. For what it is worth, I think the council decide to fix it to the stand at the bottom so it wouldn't fall over every time it was nudged. At some point…