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22 October (Part 2) - No more Clockwork Oranges

Yesterday’s tight schedule didn’t allow for a trip to Peabody’s Question and Answer session in Sainsbury’s but returning rather earlier than expected to Abbey Wood station I made the short detour to see what was going on.


Sainsbury'sI was a little disappointed that there were no leaflets to take away and feature here, only half a dozen wall mounted images of what the new developments planned to stretch from Southmere Lake down to Coralline Walk might look like. All viewed from a favourable high angle one visitor who was in a sceptical frame of mind commented as I passed by.

I was rather more surprised to see a Bexleyheath Broadway style Shared Space planned for a pedestrian crossing in Yarnton Way.

That should be fun for the boy racers who frequent those parts.

A planning application is not expected until early next year.

As I left the store and the traffic lights outside displayed the little green man I fortunately heard the white van approaching at high speed and didn’t try to cross. He totally ignored the red light. It’s only a matter of time…

 

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