Croydon - the Venice of South London
Or reining it in a bit, a river runs through it.
Anyway a start is about to be made in that we are about to get a river again:
"Exciting plans have been proposed for Croydon's Wandle Park. A grant would contribute towards:
Anyway a start is about to be made in that we are about to get a river again:
"Exciting plans have been proposed for Croydon's Wandle Park. A grant would contribute towards:
- restoring the River Wandle, which now runs underground in a concrete pipe;
The rest of the planned uses of the £400,000 grant coming Wandle Park's way are doubtless worthy, but not especially exciting. This comes as part of a sharing out of funds from the Mayor's office applied across London. No idea where the money came from.
Might take a while before anyone will be dubbing these parts La Serenissima. Still, there's a decent enough Italian restaurant nearby called Il Ponte, so maybe it is all coming together.
Might take a while before anyone will be dubbing these parts La Serenissima. Still, there's a decent enough Italian restaurant nearby called Il Ponte, so maybe it is all coming together.
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Wait for the summer...I'll be lurking nearby selling those Cornetto ice-creams to twenty-somethings who are wearing skimpy tops.
Fantastic.
Regards,
Geoffrioio
And I shall drag my gondola out of storage and get a stripey T-shirt and one of those stupid caps.
Regards,
Dennisto
I once had a girl friend in Croydon - she was typical of the place and so totally forgettable.
The really scary thing, Dennisto, is that we've actually got a workable business plan here between the two of us.
The mind boggles. Which is more than "walter darien"s imaginary girlfriend ever did.
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