Skuds’ Sister’s Brother

I can’t believe that I forgot about the Broadfield Forum tonight.  I was all set to go, I even mentioned it to a few work colleagues who I know live in Broadfield, and then just forgot it was on.

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Its a couple of weeks ago now, but I never wrote about this at the time because I was having server trouble, and then got caught up in the whole Christmas thing. On Dec 12th I went to a Broadfield Forum meeting, and there was an update on a question about swimming at K2 […]

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The implication here is that they just get it all of the Interweb, and sometimes it does seem that way. One ex-Crawley News reporter I used to drink with sometimes often complained that all the Observer does is copy & paste from the web to get their stories. A bit of an exaggeration but it […]

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I have been moaning about the state of Tollgate Hill for while now - how the overgrown bushes and overhanging trees were making it increasingly difficult just to walk along the pavement. Well this week, about 6 months after I started moaning, someone has tackled the rampant greenery.
I assume it was the council, assisted […]

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At the last Broadfield Forum somebody who lives on the estate over the road from us mentioned that they do not get the Crawley News delivered to them. Charlie and Chrystal deliver the paper on this side of the road, but would prefer to have a round each instead of sharing the payment between […]

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A theory put forward by the Amenities chap at last night’s Broadfield Forum is that most of our litter and rubbish is caused not by a shortage of available litter bins but by the presence of those that we already have. This is why those bins which were removed during the Queen’s visit for […]

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One of the least pleasurable aspects of the Broadfield Forum is the poisonous presence of a couple of miserable old gits who never miss a meeting. I am sure they are the only people who have never missed a single one.
I am not naming names. Anyone who has ever been will know exactly who […]

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At last night’s Broadfield Forum there were some concerns raised about the new shop (Tollgate Express) which is to open in Mann Close very soon. Some residents from that estate who are experiencing some nasty-sounding anti-social behaviour from groups of abusive youngsters there are worried that the shop may encourage them to hang around, and […]

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For a bi-monthly meeting the Broadfield Forum seems to come along again very quickly.
The attendance seems to be falling again, on both sides of the fence. There were only 9 regular members of the public there, Toby from the council’s community services department in the chair, a couple of coppers, a girl from the Guinness […]

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Jayne and I went along to K2 for the six-monthly public meeting of the Sussex Police Authority.
After the chaos and disorder of last week’s constituency meeting, where I believe I offered several people “outside” at one point, it was relaxing to go to a relatively calm meeting. Of course, the presence of 3 or 4 […]

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