Imagine you were going to start a movie rental shop. There would be a number of things you’d have to consider… How would you store your DVDs so that your customers could find them easily? Would you perhaps take the easy way out, and arrange them by title? Or would you [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 29, 2008
The case of the disappearing pond…
We have an old map of Blackheath, from 1895, (probably bought from the wonderful bookshop on the edge of the common), which clearly shows a pond, adjacent to Pond Road, in the bottom right corner. When I looked on Google Maps, I noticed that it has disappeared. Does anyone know when and why? [...]
April 29, 2008
Ah Shepherd Foods… You cruel mistress…
I love you, but I hate you… You purveyor of strange green Japanese snacks, and ridiculously overpriced essentials. I try to avoid you, I tell myself that I will do a proper shop this week, and get all my groceries from scary Tescbury’s or grim Sainsco, but somehow you are always there, winking [...]
April 29, 2008
Blackheath on Facebook
When the Bugle moved to Blackheath, he thought he’d try to get a taste of the area by looking it up on ubiquitous social-poking website Facebook. It could give you the wrong impression… Really, groups like “Blackheath Smacks It” and “The Tramp outside Shepherds in Blackheath is a con artist” don’t do a [...]
April 29, 2008
What needs fixing in Blackheath?
The Bugle loves Blackheath. Really it does. But it can’t help feeling that not everything can be perfect in this Tranquil Vale… If something is annoying you in Blackheath, please add it here in the comments, and the Bugle will send a crack team to investigate.
Also, have you tried to fix problems [...]
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