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by bensonby
23 Jun 2018 19:34
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Helicopter over the Hillcrest estate
Replies: 8
Views: 10340

Re: Helicopter over the Hillcrest estate

The @NPASLondon twitter feed says they were searching for suspects in a burglary in the (London Borough of) Bromley. That could have been it as you are close enough to the border.
by bensonby
26 May 2018 20:41
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Now it's horse "messages" on pavement!
Replies: 9
Views: 9466

Re: Now it's horse "messages" on pavement!

It’s perfectly lawful to allow your horse to soil the highway and not clear it up.
by bensonby
22 May 2018 17:59
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Feeling emotional…
Replies: 19
Views: 27149

Re: Feeling emotional…

Farewell, where are you off to?

Also, just because you leave Sydenham it doesn’t mean you can’t frequent this place. I left 7 1/2 years ago but never really left here. (I do still have cause to frequent Sydenham every couple of weeks, however)
by bensonby
27 Mar 2018 18:38
Forum: Town Asylum
Topic: se23.com - an exile from the north speaks out
Replies: 157
Views: 265847

Re: se23.com - an exile from the north speaks out

It's pretty disgraceful isn't it. I never did get a reply to my (several) emails to the se23.com admin. It appears I have now been permanently banned without any communication whatsoever.
by bensonby
4 Mar 2018 00:12
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Sydenham Society
Replies: 122
Views: 116914

Re: Sydenham Society

This timely and related article just popped up on my “news feed”: 'Nimby' councils face new sanctions for failing to meet home building targets - Evening Standard https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/nimby-councils-face-new-sanctions-for-failing-to-meet-home-building-targets-a3780851.html The r...
by bensonby
15 Feb 2018 19:14
Forum: Town Asylum
Topic: se23.com - an exile from the north speaks out
Replies: 157
Views: 265847

Re: se23.com - an exile from the north speaks out

Sorry for resurrecting an old thread but I’ve just had a very bizarre experience with SE23.com. I’ve been a member for years but rarely post. I recently noticed that the Forest Hill Safer Neighbourhood Team from the police were giving regular updates. The username was of Sgt Biddle with his picture ...
by bensonby
10 Feb 2018 07:30
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: 20 mph speed limits
Replies: 59
Views: 60243

Re: 20 mph speed limits

syenhamboy wrote: Want to stop road incidents then let's start prosecuting Jay Walkers.
There is no such offence in England and Wales.
by bensonby
10 Feb 2018 07:28
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: 20 mph speed limits
Replies: 59
Views: 60243

Re: 20 mph speed limits

Speeding in Sydenham seems to be getting worse by the day. Why arent the police doing more about this? Surely, mobile speed cameras are an easy solution. Who can we escalate this to, before we see more carnage on the roads. God help the day a family or small children are seriously injured or killed...
by bensonby
22 Jan 2018 18:52
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Council housing and the Sydenham Society
Replies: 22
Views: 21998

Re: Council housing and the Sydenham Society

Why did it close down in the first place? I thought we had an ageing population and that sheltered accommodation is in demand?

I did pass it on Saturday and it did appear to be an eyesore and a waste of space.
by bensonby
24 Oct 2017 15:37
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: B&Q
Replies: 20
Views: 18555

Re: B&Q

I was successful in getting the cowboy parking firm to withdraw the ticket. For the rather rude person who asked... The Mitchells and Butlers' case was many years ago. I made the points contained in my first post to them... and more. I don't quite see where I was rude requesting the name of the cas...
by bensonby
14 Oct 2017 10:41
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Zanara Court
Replies: 26
Views: 31026

Re: Zanara Court

That price for a one bedroom flat is insane. What sane person would pay that?!
by bensonby
14 Sep 2017 08:19
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: B&Q
Replies: 20
Views: 18555

Re: B&Q

? are you saying, according to the outcome of the case you cited, someone can park on my drive if it is accessible? you didn't say if you had a disabled badge displayed or not? Actually, there's very little stopp No someone parking on your drive. It's a civil matter so the police can't get involved...
by bensonby
14 Sep 2017 08:15
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: B&Q
Replies: 20
Views: 18555

Re: B&Q

UKPC have no lawful authority to issue tickets. You should refuse to pay. Cite a decision in the House of Lords in a case against Mitchells and Butlers Brewery. It was ruled that anyone has a right to park on any land they can access. To prevent parking the owner must make it impossible to access t...
by bensonby
27 Aug 2017 08:34
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Beggars on the high street
Replies: 35
Views: 34032

Re: Beggars on the high street

Begging is a criminal offence contrary to s.3 of The Vagrancy Act 1824. If they are persistent/aggressive then report to the police.
by bensonby
18 Aug 2017 01:57
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: 51 Knighton Park Road.
Replies: 15
Views: 14176

Re: 51 Knighton Park Road.

There doesn't appear to be a breach of the peace in what was originally posted. A breach of the peace, in law, essentially is when physical harm is done or likely be done (R v Howell). It doesn't mean that people aren't respecting "peace and quiet". In terms of if it was an unlicensed paid...
by bensonby
13 Aug 2017 20:59
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: 51 Knighton Park Road.
Replies: 15
Views: 14176

Re: 51 Knighton Park Road.

"and the police say that they can't do much about i" truly pathetic.....if they want to do something they can, they obviously dont.... It's hardly "pathetic" or the police's fault if they have not been granted the powers to deal with a particular issue. If it is just a case of n...
by bensonby
4 Jul 2017 08:12
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: London Overground night extension
Replies: 3
Views: 3803

Re: London Overground night extension

No. But the 171 will get you as far as the South Circular and the Junction with Brockley rise.
by bensonby
4 Jul 2017 08:10
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: 20 mph speed limits
Replies: 59
Views: 60243

Re: 20 mph speed limits

No of course it doesn't. Indeed, it always used to be policy that 20mph limits weren't actively policed and they should "self policing" by ergonomic measures to alter behaviour. However, I don't know whether any speed surveys have been done, where they may have been done, or by which agency.
by bensonby
3 Jul 2017 17:34
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: 20 mph speed limits
Replies: 59
Views: 60243

Re: 20 mph speed limits

I did an FOI request to the Met that I got back a few weeks ago asking for the number of drivers ticketed or prosecuted in the first six months of the 20mph scheme being in operation. The answer was 8. One issue I have is that the signage doesn't appear consistent: there are several points across th...
by bensonby
16 May 2017 17:18
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Lovely bit of old pub signage uncovered in Lower Sydenham
Replies: 18
Views: 13139

Re: Lovely bit of old pub signage uncovered in Lower Sydenha

Interestingly it was a licensed premises until relatively recently. It was an off license until probably the early 2000s. The cellar door is still in the pavement.