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Entries Tagged as 'Broadfield'

Obstacle Course

December 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Obstacle Course · Politics

I was out doing some canvassing in Broadfield this morning when I saw this mess of trolleys. There are three houses with front doors which can only be reached by going down a switchback ramp – unless you want to use a slippery slope of muddy grass or a metre-high brick wall. Unfortunately the ramp […]

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Virgin Woe

October 1st, 2007 · 3 Comments · Life, Technology

This broadband connection of mine is getting very annoying. We had a weekend where it was down more than it was up, and since then there has been at least one day a week, usually Sunday, where it is down. I know its nothing wrong here because sometimes e-mail works but web connections don’t and […]

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Scorched Earth

September 14th, 2007 · Comments Off on Scorched Earth · Life

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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Speed

September 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Life

On Sunday we went over to the playing fields at Creasys Drive to play. “We” means a group of more than 20, including babies, children and teenagers. Everyone had a good time throwing frisbees around, kicking footballs, playing catch, racing, and picnicking. Well… everyone else did. I have some sort of sprain in my right […]

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Tollgate Express

July 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Politics

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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Police presence

June 30th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Life

Good to see the police hanging around the Broadfield Barton this evening. One complaint we hear a lot is that you do not see the police around enough, which contributes to the fear of crime. Not so good that they were just sitting in their car, letching at a passing girl, and they were parked […]

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Broadfield Community Centre

June 25th, 2007 · Comments Off on Broadfield Community Centre · Politics

I have been clearing out the huge pile of old newspapers for recycling, and having a quick look through them before throwing them out. In an old copy of the Crawley News I found a story which annoyed me at the time (May 30th) but for some reason I never actually wrote anything about it. […]

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Woodmans Hill

June 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics

What is going on with Woodmans Hill in Broadfield? At the last Broadfield Neighbourhood forum it was one of the roads mentioned as being a safety concern due to the speed of traffic going down it, but there was supposed to be some traffic calming there at least a year ago. The story so far […]

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Crawley: global village?

May 12th, 2007 · Comments Off on Crawley: global village? · Life

The day was already a strange one – no football at all and no Dr. Who – so me going to church just made it all the stranger. Yesterday I had a little note tacked onto a meeting notice for the CCAR committee, saying that there was a ‘Multi-cultural celebration’ at Christ the Lord church […]

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Broadfield forum yet again

May 10th, 2007 · Comments Off on Broadfield forum yet again · Politics

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 […]

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