One of the many advantages of living in Crawley is that it is halfway between London and Brighton. The trip from London to Brighton is a popular one for motoring events, so it is not unusual to see, for example, whole fleets of minis or VW Combis going through town if the owners’ group is […]
Entries Tagged as 'Broadfield'
Wildlife
May 5th, 2007 · Comments Off on Wildlife · Life
Alert readers will recognise this log. The last time a photo of it appeared here there was a terrapin on it. This morning I walked down to K2 for the election count, taking the Greenway through Broadfield Park to get there. As I reached the lake I saw a pair of canada geese with half […]
Tags: Animals·Broadfield·Photos
What a load of rubbish!
April 24th, 2007 · Comments Off on What a load of rubbish! · Politics
I believe I was a little sceptical a while back when our Tory council made a lot of noise about improving Broadfield Barton and made a clumsy comparison between their approach to the parade and their policies in general. If I remember rightly it was some comment about just applying a metaphorical coat of blue […]
Tags: Broadfield·Crawley Council·Tories
Turtles again
April 15th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Life
Remember this little chap I saw in Broadfield Park? I wonder if he is related to the feral terrapins of Hampstead Heath? I haven’t heard any reports of turtles chasing and eating the ducks yet though.
Tags: Broadfield·Photos
Crawley on Flickr
April 9th, 2007 · Comments Off on Crawley on Flickr · Life
On Saturday I went down to Broadfield Park to take some photos. The idea was for a few of the Crawley-based members of the Crawley group on Flickr to meet up, compare cameras and other anorakish activities, but one of the members got called out of town at short notice, and a couple of others […]
Tags: Broadfield·Internet·Nostalgia·Photos
West Crawley County Local Committee
January 16th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Politics
The next meeting of the West Crawley County Local Committee is to be held on Wednesday, 24th January at 7:00pm. This committee covers (if I remember rightly) Broadfield, Bewbush, Gossops Green, Ifield, Langley Green, West Green and Southgate. The venue is the Holy Trinity School 6th form centre, Buckswood Drive, Gossops Green. There is a […]
Tags: Bewbush·Broadfield·BYCC·Crawley·Gossops Green·Ifield·Langley Green·Southgate·WSCC
Identity crisis
January 16th, 2007 · Comments Off on Identity crisis · Life
Broadfield is certainly a confusing place these days. it is split into two borough council wards – Broadfield North and Broadfield South, and yet one of it’s two primary schools is called Broadfield East. Now I find that, although the county council classes Broadfield as part of “West of Crawley” for the purposes of it’s […]
Tags: Broadfield·Crawley Council·WSCC
Meeting the police
January 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Meeting the police · Life
Nick Somers, one of our local PCSOs, was in our road this afternoon delivering a leaflet to all houses advertising something called a street briefing. The idea seems to be that they will hang around in our street for a couple of hours next Tuesday evening with their mobile CCTV van and anyone who wants […]
Tags: Broadfield·Crawley·Crime/ASB·Police
Over the top?
December 6th, 2006 · 8 Comments · Life
Our new neighbours over the road have gone just that little bit further than most other households with their Christmas decorations – and bear in mind that a lot of houses here are festooned with flashing lights. They have a decorated tree in the middle of the front garden, and under the kitchen window is […]
Tags: Broadfield·Holidays·Nostalgia
Just Desserts
November 14th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Technology
This is probably old hat now, but I only saw it today and it made me laugh. It is always good to see queue-jumpers getting their come-uppance! Watch out for the 4×4 – its the best bit. We have one of these rising bollards at Broadfield stadium as part of the Fastway system. If I […]
Tags: Broadfield·Buses·Fastway·Traffic
