Entries from October 2009

October 28, 2009

All slightly crap in different ways

The best review of Blackheath’s pubs for a long time… He’s right, you know.
http://bealing.wordpress.com/2009/10/27/difficult-difficult-lemon-difficult/
This problem has come up before, and has been solved!

October 22, 2009

Rail cuts at Blackheath

The rail cuts are going ahead. I think it’s a great idea – those trains are so spacious during rush hour, I never know what to do with all that leg room.
Local councillor Godfried Gyechie reckons we should go and grumble at the managers on 12 November at Cannon Street. I’m [...]

October 21, 2009

Channel 4 Dispatches on the Blackheath Climate Camp

The usually excellent Dispatches series goes for a cheesy, CSI-style documentary, written in that tedious breathless style, suggesting that something very violent is about to happen, but then nothing does…
Bits about Blackheath at 2 minutes 43 seconds in.
Guardian review of the programme here. Angry activist review here.

October 20, 2009

Autumn fog

What an amazing photo of Blackheath in the fog. Looks like the beginning of a detective novel to me. Completely terrific foggy photos of Blackheath by Changwoo Ryu. Have a look at all the others too… Great stuff.
(Photo used by kind permission).

October 16, 2009

No barrier to entry

So, looks like I’ve missed a lot since I went away to get married. Here’s a one of the more interesting Blackheath bits:
853blog had a great post criticising the weakness of local media in the SE, and Greenwich Time specifically. Also raises some very good points about the cost of entry into local [...]

October 15, 2009

Page Estate Blackheath Residents group

Gill writes:
Just to alert you to the Page Estate Blackheath Residents’ Facebook group I set up a while ago, for all freeholders, leaseholders and tenants of the Page Estate in Blackheath, to discuss issues of common interest (repairs, etc). I’d be grateful if you could publicise it on the Bugle.
The Blackheath Page Estate (not [...]

October 14, 2009

Blackheath Fireworks Night 2009!

UPDATE: Normally I’d suggest my Map of Parking in Blackheath, but with 65,000 people predicted, it’s probably better to leave the car at home.
Hello, back finally! Here’s the latest missive from the council about the fireworks on Saturday 7 November at 8pm, complete with a map!

The Blackheath fireworks display is always a popular [...]