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Looked like an ad. Maybe even just a print campaign as crew was small.

According to the Census, in 1901 there were three families - eight people - crammed into our Victorian three-bed terrace in ED. No bathroom, and an outside loo. God knows how they managed.

It is. But the Gormley bollard opposite it is at 45 degrees this morning.

Chinese lantern:

Bet you one pot of coffee at the Actress that this thread's going to go to at least six pages.

Dull generic chain

Edited: I thought it would be to make it look like the improvements on the rest of the road, with grey/dark grey blocks instead of red bricks probably, but it's just tarmac. Must be because the red bricks shifted under the weight of the buses hammering them every hour.

One of the Oxford chains anchoring my motorbike to the house was boltcut the other night. I think I heard a scooter zoom off early one morning (05:30ish), which could be related.

I think it's purely to match the new grey stone raised tables just installed up the road from there. ?30k says I'm right.

*gets screwing*

The bollard has been disturbed again - the tarmac base has moved.

The car in the shot is turning on an arc to avoid hitting the Gormley bollard on the right. Perhaps it wouldn't have to cut the corner if the road was at full original width, although I agree, lazy corner-cutting is very common.

Attached is a Google Streetview from 2008. The chevron's there, but it's evident by the new tarmac patches on the corners that this problem has been going on for a long time. What a waste of money.

It's nothing to do with speed David. This is a junction. I suspect you don't drive.

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The thing is, if vehicles are being driven so > carelessly I'm rather glad the bollard is there > rather than it being a person getting swiped. As I said earlier, pedestrians wouldn't be hit if the pavement was left how the Victorians designed it. They'd be on the original pavement, rather than a build-out and cars would be able to negotiate it, like every other corner in the area. It's poor design, pure and simple, and the bollard is a problem put there to solve another problem, at our expense.

Not speed, mass and torque. It must've been at least a Transit van

Pedestrians wouldn't be hit if the road was left how the Victorians designed it. They'd be on the original pavement and cars would be able to negotiate it. It's poor design, pure and simple.

Move the junction how it was. Imagine a fire engine trying to get round.

Well, the new half-bell bollard, which is already covered in paint scrapes, caught its first victim today - an Astravan was impaled on it, wedged solid, with the bollard stuck inside the nearside wheel arch and its tyre popped. The driver was attempting futilely to rock his van off it, to no avail.

It's known as London Stock brickwork. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_stock_brick You can buy them as reclaimed or a new version, which might look a bit too clean and light.

New railway bridge for half moon lane?

Go Friday after 7pm.

But they've installed a more substantial bell type bollard on the opposite corner, which isn't affected!

I'm not sure a cpz would stop it. I had a car and two bikes with permits at the same address in another part of town.

I have, several times. For being a few mins over a two hour stay at a McDonalds (attending a party there!); for accidentally not paying-and-displaying at a supermarket, and my mother has for parking in a disabled with her badge not showing clearly (it fell down behind the dash). Ignore all, ignore all follow-up letters and don't ever attempt to contact them as they'll sniff a lead and keep bothering.