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Peckhampam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Craigyboy, empathy or commonsense is needed and a > children's' playground is not a public area How is a playground in a park NOT a public area?? Anyone can go in or out. Not saying it wouldn't be weird if there was a guy going just to see kids at a playground, but it doesn't have to be for perverted reasons! The point if this thread is to see if it was right to call out a guy on a public forum and suggest he could be a peodo, when in reality he's just sitting there minding his own business. People shouldn't be so quick to judge. Your statement makes no sense at all and ridiculous.

Hi, I see the point of OP but have to agree with Jimlad48. As a male (and father)i find myself to get really self-conscious when i'm around young kids when by myself (not that it happens often) or around a playground, even when i'm going to pick up my son from nursery... and it really annoys me! Of course we have to be vigilant and aware, you did the right thing and observed him, but he did nothing! You don't know why he's there and posting about it with his description in a public forum is so bad on many levels. Please be aware of your actions and ensure you get facts before you make any judgement.

I was driving down LL late Monday night/Tuesday morning around 1:30am-2am and it was really bad. But it was obvious that someone or some people have been tearing up the bags and scattering the contents everywhere for some reason. Every public bin & every bag that was put out by local shop owners were ransacked and scattered all over the street. but i have to say, by mid-morning it had all been cleared up as it it hadn't of happened. Good job by the cleaners!

Its ok Madger. Sorry if i'm not making myself clear. What i mean is that a lot of people, in the forum complain alot with the current shops/restaurants we have already and want other types of store/cusine here but they never support them on a regular or are never happy. For example, lets say we had a local Mexican/South American restaurant take over, it'll be great for a while but after a couple of years later the novelty/hype will die down and it'll struggle.. I rememebr when we used to have a Mexican place right wher the italian place used to be (Olivelli i think) and that was almost always empty every week! No independant or family run place can survive for 2-3 years of business. Same with the Greek restaurant near ED Station that used to be a Thai place. I personally thing it'll be great to have some sort of sporting goods shop like a JD sports, Sports Direct, Footlocker... thats something that i think would be longlasting, its a chain that would do well as many ED and surrounding locals would go to on a regular basis and its something we don't have. :)

That was my first post madger and i had to chime in. Mainly because after many years of reading this forum from afar, i wanted to add my contribution to something close to my heart... pizza! Lol I've lived in ED for more than 20 years and i love it, no where else i'd rather live, and the change/evolution of shops appearing and disappearing is something i've gotten used to. I rememeber when we had the 2 large grocers, Bicester toys, and a handful of ohter local business and not much else! I don't think some people of this forum realise how difficult it is to run thier business full stop never mind the ones on a busy main road like LL. You can't have lots of Local business if you don't support them, and yes, the rates have gone up hugely but its also because not enough people go to them, so you can't be moaning about not having a diverse number of local shops if you don't support them (Londis for example!). Chains aren't a bad thing, don't be a sheep and believe everything you read or hear in the media, but in saying that i agree that the local business are needed to bring character and balance to the area.

So many people here moaning about Pizza Express coming, but i bet, if it did open where Londis was, they would be there on a regular. I for one, wouldn't mind having a Pizza Express on the Lane, there pizza's are great and a good place to eat in. So what if we have 2 other pizza places on the lane? (3 if you include Pizza GoGo). It's good to have a choice/variety and I personally go to all three depending on what i fancy. All those who moan about "i want this, i want that" on the lane, acting like a spoilt brat who's allowance has been cut from 5k a month to only 2k ;) Be happy with what you have, Lordship lane has eveloved over the years and will continue. Yes its nice to have difference kinds of shops/restuarants on the Lane, but its not that easy/practical. Business on the lane is difficult atm (with rent & rates going stupidly high, I for one, will be happy just to have another shop open so I have another place I can visit and try out.