This is going to be another of those days when real life things get in the way of keeping BiB boiling, but let’s keep it ticking over anyway.
Abbey Wood Village
This
should have been mentioned a week ago and probably everyone interested will know by
now, however the Abbey Wood Village website is now live. It is part of the regenerations scheme funded
by the GLA, the two councils and a 10% contribution from the traders.
As you can see the village sign will soon be revealed to complement all
the fancy new shop facias.
In the New Year the road will be transformed with new paving,
trees, litter bins and benches. You won’t recognise the old place.
Bexley Village
On the other side of the borough the Cray bridge in Bexley
which was
brought into use on 24th May will be officially
opened by Mayor Eileen Pallen at 10:30 next Thursday morning. Free tea from the Council’s
Thermos flask apparently. Not sure I will be able to
get there so any photos would be appreciated. Is Elwyn listening?
Sharirony
Probably
it is just me, but my irony alarm went off loudly this morning.
Bexley Conservatives had Tweeted one of their anti-Labour
stories. It was directed at party Leader Jeremy Corbyn. Councillor Gareth Bacon
said he was pathetic and if media reports are correct I would not disagree.
It would appear that a journalist asked Mr. Corbyn a straight forward question
about the possibility of an early General Election. He accused the reporter of harassment.
It is a reasonable line of political attack from Bexley Conservatives
if the story really is as reported, but it also confirms they are a bunch of irrational hypocrites.
When
a Labour Councillor became too inquisitive about where the two Masseys really lived they got their
revenge by reporting him to the Code of Conduct Committee.
When I did
much the same thing they
reported me to the police for
harassment and Sharon Massey has been
raising the subject at Council meetings and
on Facebook ever since.
According to Bexley Conservatives, the Labour leader wittering on about
harassment when a journalist does her job is a very silly thing to do, and probably it is.
However two Bexley Conservatives at the very least think it merits a trip to the
police station requesting an arrest and a charge of harassment when their address
and the use it is put to is questioned and that it is entirely justified. Now that truly is pathetic.
More parking restrictions
Every few months, when Bexley Council thinks you may have forgotten the last time, they slip in
a few more restrictions on parking.
The proposed further erosion to spaces is relatively minor but takes away some
residents’ parking bays near to both Welling and Abbey Wood stations. I can only
guess what it is like in Welling but Abbey Wood has lost huge numbers of parking
spaces in the last couple of years. Maybe as many of two thirds of them thanks
to Crossrail construction and it
doesn’t look like they are coming back.
At certain times of the day roads around Abbey Wood station are utter chaos and
gridlock frequently ensues.
Special needs children
Bexley Council has today issued another of it Press Releases. if there are SEN
children in your family you should probably
take a look at it.
Crossrail goes into reverse mode
If you are one of the readers who regularly keeps an eye on Crossrail developments via the
Index to the thousands of photos now
available, then I should advise you of some changes.
Such people might be forced to scroll through well over 100 pictures before they
can see the new ones, so the option of reverse sorting has been introduced.
The plan is that photo features which are still in development with new pictures
daily, will default to most recent at the top. Older features will be in
chronological order, but both have the alternative as an option. Any complaints or suggestions to
the usual place.