Saturday 15th February saw traffic chaos in Perry Street, Chislehurst. The road was closed as a result of one of the large cedar trees in Barts Hospital Sports Ground remaining (relatively) upright due only to the strength of a concrete post that it was leaning on. Were the concrete post to give way or the tree to shift, the tree was tall enough to fall across both lanes of the main road.
Although cedars are prone to drop branches in high winds, a whole tree coming down is less of an occurrence. However, with the saturated ground that these trees sit in, it is unsurprising that one of these cedars was leaning over. Here at Village News we're surprised that it was only one; given the storms we were suffering in February it could have been the whole row.
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Saturday, 15 February 2014
Thursday, 6 February 2014
Don't turn down Sainsbury's Active Kids vouchers!
Sainsbury's Active Kids is back!
Active Kids vouchers are available to collect from all Sainsbury's stores, petrol stations and when ordering online, between now and 20th May 2014.
When you're next in Sainsbury's, don't turn the vouchers down as 5th Chislehurst Scout Group is collecting them in order to get some new equipment.
Here's what to do, next time you're in Sainsbury's:
1. When asked if you're collecting Active Kids vouchers, say "YES!"
2. Then say that you are collecting for 5th Chislehurst Scouts so can you have any that other shoppers haven't claimed.
3. Pop them in an envelope and post them to 5th Chislehurst Scout Group c/o 1A Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PE or email us at info@chislehurstvillagenews.co.uk and we'll send someone round to pick them up, if you live in the Village News area.
Please get your hands on as many vouchers as you can. Friends, relations, neighbours, anyone!
www.chislehurstvillagenews.co.uk
Active Kids vouchers are available to collect from all Sainsbury's stores, petrol stations and when ordering online, between now and 20th May 2014.
When you're next in Sainsbury's, don't turn the vouchers down as 5th Chislehurst Scout Group is collecting them in order to get some new equipment.
Here's what to do, next time you're in Sainsbury's:
1. When asked if you're collecting Active Kids vouchers, say "YES!"
2. Then say that you are collecting for 5th Chislehurst Scouts so can you have any that other shoppers haven't claimed.
3. Pop them in an envelope and post them to 5th Chislehurst Scout Group c/o 1A Holbrook Lane, Chislehurst, BR7 6PE or email us at info@chislehurstvillagenews.co.uk and we'll send someone round to pick them up, if you live in the Village News area.
Please get your hands on as many vouchers as you can. Friends, relations, neighbours, anyone!
www.chislehurstvillagenews.co.uk
Sunday, 2 February 2014
Do you know of any youngsters who go the extra mile?
THE CHISLEHURST SOCIETY COMMUNITY SPIRIT AWARDS |
Do you know of any youngsters who go the extra mile? The
Chislehurst Society is on the lookout for young people who are working hard to
improve things in the area. Schools, employers and community groups can
nominate deserving young volunteers who are going that extra mile to make
Chislehurst a better place; eg scouts, guides, litter pickers, bloggers,
volunteers. All nominations welcome for a cash award this May. Nominations close on 30th April.
Further details can be obtained from:
http://chislehurst-society.
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Scores on the Doors. Which restaurant scores 0?
Scores on the Doors is a national food hygiene rating scheme,
part of the Food Standards Agency. Inspections are carried out by Bromley
Council and a score given from 0 to 5.
0 = Urgent improvement necessary
1 = Major improvement necessary
2 = Improvement necessary
3 = Generally satisfactory
4 = Good
5 = Very good
In the Village News area there are a staggering 184 establishments
that are inspected and rated. Not just cafes and restaurants, but also church
halls, schools, care homes, take aways, sports clubs and newsagents. Even the
builders’ bun site at Ravensbourne College is inspected and rated!
We have extracted the names, scores and dates of the latest inspection
and put them in an easy to check alphabetical format, having colour coded the scores. You
can find the details on a new page on the Village News website under Scores on
the Doors. Don't forget that some establishments start with "The". We will keep this regularly updated.
So what does the analysis throw up?
Firstly, Scores on the Doors thinks that Royal Parade News
is Royal Parade Beauty Spa. Check it out here: http://www.scoresonthedoors.org.uk/business/royal-parade-news--262099.html
although, as we have now drawn attention to it, it will probably be changed
fairly promptly. This may explain why Royal Parade News has not had an
inspection for seven years!
Over the next few months we will highlight the good and the
bad in the table. In the meantime you may like to check out the just one restaurant establishment,inspected last year, that received a score of 0.
Saturday, 1 February 2014
Traffic Lights for Chislehurst Common?
At approximately 3pm this afternoon there was yet another
accident on the roundabout in the middle of Chislehurst Common between a car
travelling south along Loop Road and an Ocado delivery van travelling along
Ashfield Lane in the direction of the High Street. It appears that the Ocado
van failed to give way to the car, the result of which can be seen to the right. When
a Village News reporter arrived on the scene at least 20 minutes after the
accident there was no sign of an ambulance although the Ocado driver was
injured and remained in his van. Apart from the wider implications of there now
not being enough ambulances or paramedics to deal with emergencies in the
Village News area, not helped by the closure of several hospital accident and
emergency units in the area over the last few years, it must surely be time for
some radical thinking to be done, and implemented, over the traffic flows
around Chislehurst High Street.
Many of the roads around the Common are not suitable for
vans and lorries, neither should these roads be made to cope with the quantity of
traffic that uses them, such as tinkering with the roundabout as was
done fairly recently at huge expense and which has made a bad situation even
worse. Furthermore, there are a number of awkward and, given the complete lack
of signs reminding drivers of the 30mph speed limit, dangerous junctions to
negotiate. These include not only the roundabout on the Common, but also the
turning off the High Street and into Ashfield Lane opposite Cafe Rouge, the
crossroads (or more accurately “X” roads) where Prince Imperial Road meets the
High Street by HSBC, the even more of an X road and staggered junction between
Ashfield Lane and Heathfield Lane, and the junction between Heathfield Lane and
Green Lane by the pond.
The only reason why most of the through traffic uses Prince
Imperial Road and Ashfield Lane is to avoid the traffic lights at the War Memorial
and the only reason that through traffic uses the two roads that cross the Common
is as a short cut to Prince Imperial Road and Ashfield Lane. Prince Imperial
Road can probably handle the traffic, Ashfield Lane can’t. Here at Village News
we would propose:
- Blocking Ashfield Lane off by the pond at its junction with Heathfield Lane.
- Closing the two roads across the Common. Both proposals marked in red below.
Copyright Google |
These
two changes would help the flow of through traffic with less awkward junctions
and would turn the Common into one, from the four divided quarters that we have
at present.
We
have council elections coming up this May, maybe we should propose a “Close
Loop Road” candidate. That or shove traffic lights on the Common. Either way,
we should not have to put up with the number of accidents that now happen in this
part of Chislehurst.
What
do you think? Leave your comment below.
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