
Before Leather Bottle demolition
No Bottle - 22nd September 2015
More Bottle - 23rd September 2015
From meetings to maps - 24th September 2015
Leather Bottle demolition in progress
Reckless but maybe not guaranteed wreckless - 8th October 2015
They’ve got a lot of Bottle - 31st March 2016
Piling on - 5th April 2016
Uncivil engineering in Heron Hill - 10th April 2016
Open cast mining on Heron Hill - 17th April 2016
Two northern eyesores - 19th April 2016
Is Bexley so badly run that even the Councillors run away? - 12th May 2016
Postscripts and updates - 23rd June 2016
Holes big and small - 9th February 2017
Belvedere’s bomb site - 2nd February 2018
Professionals versus Cowboys - 29th July 2018
The Leather Bottle battle resumes - 16th August 2019
After demolition
Has Singh moved in? - 4th December 2019
Once it was the Bottle, now it’s jam jars - 17th January 2020
I went to the pub - 22nd March 2020
If I had a suspicious mind… - 22nd April 2022
Singh City - 6th July 2023
Back to the drawing board - 3rd February 2025
Ye Olde Heron Hill dump - 2nd August 2025
Ye Olde Leather Bottle. A brief history - 5th August 2025
Bexley. The do nothing Council - 26th August 2025
The Bottle battle - 26th September 2025
The do nothing Council - 28th October 2025
Improvements? - 30th January 2026
Blocked footpath
Whether it be lifts or road closures, Abbey Wood struggles to move - 18th September 2018
Who are the ‘Fools on the Hill’? Us probably - 18th October 2021
Singh City - 6th July 2023
The do nothing Council - 28th October 2025
Goodbye to Footpath 11 and the Green Chain Walk - 6th February 2026
The blocked bridleway, the bashed BMW and the boy from Bexleyheath - 10th February 2026
Somebody should have told her - 17th August 2026
Sale of Leather Bottle
Last orders - 4th June 2016
What’s the missing link? - 3rd January 2024
Developers get aggressive
Bexley Vandals - 22nd June 2016
Sick behaviour - 9th September 2021
Living dangerously - 10th September 2021
The Vickers Crayford and Dartford Athletics ground - 12th August 2026
Planning Applications
More unaffordable houses - 3rd September 2017
Bottle plan smashed - 12th October 2017
Spot the difference - 1st April 2018
Justice prevails, sort of - 18th June 2019
Some people never give up! - 14th February 2020
A third planning application for Leather Bottle site - 29th April 2020
He moved the earth but not yet the Planning Committee - 21st June 2020
Here we go again. A fourth planning application for the site of Ye Olde Leather Bottle - 16th November 2020
Bouncing and bombs - 24th January 2021
Woolwich Road residents beware - 1st September 2021
95A Woolwich Road - 1st September 2021
The Erith Rumour Mill - 5th September 2021
One rumour confirmed - 5th September 2021
Living dangerously - 10th September 2021
It was not a good day but maybe it improved later - 28th September 2021
How does he do it? - 15th October 2021
Expanding beyond Bexley - 21st November 2021
238 Woolwich Road - 27th November 2021
Minor matters - 30th July 2022
The Tories’ friend comes out on top again - 11th September 2022
A Gym for Erith? - 23rd June 2023
The known unknowns - 6th July 2023
Bexley Council. Is it ennobled at the top and nobbled at the bottom? - 20th December 2023
Do now, ask later - 9th January 2024
Another unauthorised building start - 16th January 2024
Here he goes again - 30th May 2024
Everything comes to he who waits - 2nd November 2024
Back to the drawing board - 3rd February 2025
India rubber man - 12th February 2025
Health and Safety Executive
Bexley Council; Spiteful and Vindictive - 19th November 2018
Local Labour Councillors succeed after Bexley Council let us all down - 18th June 2019
A slap on the wrist - 29th October 2019
Who are the ‘Fools on the Hill’? Us probably - 18th October 2021
A chequered history - 16th August 2026
16 New Road (Abbey Wood)
16 New Road, Abbey Wood - Crackers - 9th August 2026
178 Bexley Road
Win some, lose some - 6th December 2020
Expanding beyond Bexley - 21st November 2021
2 West Heath Road
Singh, Steward, Sold and Sense - 3rd November 2018
Keep on digging - 2nd January 2024
95 Woolwich Road (Balmonza) Ltd
Karma - 15th September 2019
Woolwich Road residents beware - 1st September 2021
95A Woolwich Road - 1st September 2021
Sick behaviour - 9th September 2021
Living dangerously - 10th September 2021
Wrapping up - 24th December 2021
Minor matters - 30th July 2022
Everyone welcome. Maybe not me - 16th August 2026
238/240 Woolwich Road
Just a spot of landscaping, you won’t mind will you? - 2nd October 2018
There is no stopping Mr. Singh - 4th October 2018
Drawing a line - 9th October 2018
Money grabbers, vandals, more vandals, xenophobes and criminals - 29th January 2019
Just deserts (sic) - 31st January 2019
Catching up on things - 26th February 2019
The Leather Bottle site remains a mess, should we believe the developer’s plans for Woolwich Road? - 3rd March 2019
Ancient woodland destroyed while Bexley Council stands by powerless to stop it - 16th March 2019
Justice prevails, sort of - 18th June 2019
Some people never give up! - 14th February 2020
He moved the earth but not yet the Planning Committee - 21st June 2020
Bexleyְ’s Bonkers Bunker becomes permanent - 15th February 2021
238 Woolwich Road - 27th November 2021
The Tories’ friend comes out on top again - 11th September 2022
Everything comes to he who waits - 2nd November 2024
Back to the drawing board - 3rd February 2025
India rubber man - 12th February 2025
Wharfside Close (Erith)
The Erith Rumour Mill - 5th September 2021
One rumour confirmed - 5th September 2021
A Gym for Erith? - 23rd June 2023
Vickers Crayford and Dartford Athletics
The Vickers Crayford and Dartford Athletics ground - 12th August 2026
You may not like them but the fact is that Reform UK is fighting for the people of Bexley - 15th August 2026
Looks familiar - 15th August 2026
VCD Statementa - 15th August 2026
Men at work. But why? - 15th August 2026
Nothing to see here - 15th August 2026
Everyone welcome. Maybe not me - 16th August 2026
A chequered history - 16th August 2026
It says ‘No boozing’ but does it say ‘No building’ too? - 16th August 2026
Irredeemably corrupt? - 17th August 2026
Somebody should have told her - 17th August 2026
It’s a little bit odd - 22nd August 2026
Awards from Bexley Council
Sing Sing for Singh? - 24th November 2018
Who are the ‘Fools on the Hill’? Us probably - 18th October 2021
Favourtism and close associations
All friends together - 23rd April 2022
An awkward juxtaposition - 23rd April 2022
What a tangled web they weave - 24th April 2022
Pillars of Society - 24th April 2022
Is this the truth I was looking for? - 25th April 2022
Dubious links proven to be true - 26th April 2022
Where next? - 27th April 2022
Ignorance and corruption in Bexley - 15th May 2022
The known unknowns - 6th July 2023
What should we make of this? - 7th July 2023
What’s the missing link? - 3rd January 2024
Miscellaneous pubs and hints of corruption
It’s quiet around here - 27th November 2016
Bexley Council wouldn’t have the bottle for it - 2nd January 2017
It’s a little bit odd - 22nd August 2026