18 October (Part 1) - Late night noise averted
I have never been to a Licensing Committee meeting and yesterday that might
have changed except that there were two other meetings to go to. What made
yesterday’s Licensing meeting special is that Hugh Neal who produces
the Maggot Sandwich
blog each Sunday was the star turn speaking against this application…
As everyone who reads Hugh’s blog will know, ‘Potion’ is more properly
known as The White Hart African Restaurant and Bar and the owners had submitted plans to stay open
until five in the morning playing live and recorded music.
In my opinion - and Hugh’s as well I believe - there was little chance of such
an application being approved, although perhaps it was a close run thing for it
took nearly six hours to come to the sensible conclusion.
Hugh will no doubt be telling his readers all about it next Sunday but he has
kindly allowed this preview and photograph.
What is it about Africans and late night noise? For no obvious reason the number of Nigerian families living within 80 yards of my
own house has risen from one to six in no more than two or three months. Wide
open windows from which high volume voices shouting at each other has
unfortunately become the norm. The residents of Erith and its High Street in
particular have had a lucky escape.