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One man band

Why doesn’t the wonderful man come to CHR now?

Rima Jones ● 2275d10 Comments ● 2274d

Futon shop

Bought  cupboard from their sale. Easy to put together and very reasonably priced,Lovely helpful staff too. Wish I’d. come across them sooner .

Susan Jacques ● 2274d2 Comments ● 2274d

Andy Pease

Is anyone close to his wife is there to be a celebration of his life.He was such a good bloke no side to him whatsoever he didnt deserve that..anyone?

Mick Collins ● 2275d6 Comments ● 2274d

Well what about it, Michael Brown?

Here is what you posted on 29/03/20:"My guess is that, when we look back in a year’s time, mortality rates won’t have been notably higher in 2020 than in previous years"http://www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=community&link=http://appasp.ChiswickW4.com/server/app/forum/default.asp?site=1Seeing that within less than three months, the excess deaths figure had already risen to 63k, do you have anything to say about your (ahem) guess?https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jun/09/excess-deaths-in-uk-under-coronavirus-lockdown-pass-63000

Richard Cathcart ● 2276d51 Comments ● 2274d

Lost £250 on CHR between Barclays and Outsider Tart

Having just taken the money out of the Barclays cash point I then proceeded to lose it before being able to use it to buy a cup of coffee.  It’s most likely that it fell out of my pocket near the bus stop when I bent down to pick up a McDonald’s bag.  Fast food really is bad for you.

Andrew Wilson ● 2276d3 Comments ● 2274d

Tony Brown - the ton up Chiswick Padre

Came across this bit of footage from British Pathe which I think people will find fascinating and hilarious.

Kevin Howard ● 2280d13 Comments ● 2275d

Dispersal Order Issued for Part of Chiswick This Weekend

Be careful out there.Police intelligence suggests two unlicensed music events planned A section 35 dispersal order has been issued for covering parts of Chiswick after police received intelligence that two unlicensed music events are being planned.The order is in place from 2pm on Friday 7 August until 1.59pm on Sunday 9 August and gives police officers in uniform extra powers to order people to leave an area. It covers wards in the Acton area and Southfield ward which includes the parts of Chiswick in Ealing borough.See front page article for maps and more details

Bernard Allen ● 2276d4 Comments ● 2275d

Townmead road recycling question

I have booked my slot later in weekI have a couple of bits of Rotted wood not on List i have given. Is there still a skip for timber? How strict are they checking what is in car?Mine is all separated butvdont want to be turned back with half a car or rubbish. It is all rubbish. Everything that i could possibly recycle freecycle has been done.

Sean Wales ● 2280d6 Comments ● 2275d

Stilehall Gardens you can’t turn left onto the A205

FYI. There are big yellow signs all the way down from Brooks Road informing drivers of the road closure.  There is now cctv picking up cars that ignore all the no entry signs and turn left on the wrong side of the road.

Jason McAleer ● 2276d29 Comments ● 2275d

And so the madness begins

345pm driving around today  traffic is light.However Chiswick Park Roundabout Gridlocked backing right up bollo lane and Acton Lane.We all know how crazy traffic is in normal times say 6pm wed thu fri.Getting out of Chiswick to M4 could take an hour especially òct nov decI hope the people who say the traffic will just disperse are right me I just cannot see it.

Mick Collins ● 2276d8 Comments ● 2275d

Has anyone fallen out with a friend over coronavirus conspiracy theories?

I've had an argument on the phone today with a friend who's an avid believer in all the conspiracy theories that abound. She got very angry with me as I refuse to come round to her way of thinking and agree with her. She ended up slamming the phone down on me. I've listened to her ranting on for months now and she knows that I'm not interested in them and have asked her not to bring them up. But she still continued to ram them down my throat. She refuses to wear a face mask, insisting they're ridiculous and an infringement on our personal liberty. Etc, etc, etc.I could go on and on about all the rubbish (to my mind) that she spouts, but I'll leave it at that. I just wanted to get it off my chest. I'm very upset, and angry. Am I alone in this happening, or has anyone else experienced this?

Jill Merrett ● 2282d91 Comments ● 2275d

Roll out of 18M 5G masts and cabinets on derelict land in west London

Another planning application for a tall (18m) 5G mast and 3 "cabinets" has been published on the H&F planning portal:  2020/01963/TEL56The proposed site should elicit objections.This application at Hammersmith Council's Wandon Estate, North End Road, was published starting on 30th July. The consultation on an application for a different G5 mast on the Fulham Palace Road ended recently.Both of these applications are on small patches of underutilised, "derelict" land at a bend on a major road. Both pieces of land are owned by Hammersmith Council. The operator wants easy access at ground level for installation of supporting electrical equipment, so-called "cabinets".See this good explanation by Vodaphone: https://newscentre.vodafone.co.uk/features/mobile-phone-masts-everything-you-need-to-know/I would prefer the masts to be sited at the top of buildings, with supporting electrical equipment either in the building or buried. But that would cost the operator more.The "cabinets" are as unsightly as the masts and together they occupy land which should be public realm and well-maintained. They should not be an eyesore for pedestrians and residents.The derelict land on which masts and cabinets are sited will attract fly-tipping and drug-dealers, i.e. illegal activities unless they are well fenced off and the grass is cut regularly. I would want to see the terms of the operator's contract with Hammersmith Council.

Una-Jane Winfield ● 2275d0 Comments ● 2275d

The ideal shopping trolley...with a seat?

Stuart's thread about supporting local traders includes revelation that some forum contributors have entered the world of shopping trolleys to save their bodies from strain.  I'm all of a sudden excited about having such a vehicle. Should it be 2 wheel or 4 wheel? Some apparently have a collapsible seat attached. And what colour or brand for easing down Turnham Green Terrace?And do you find you nod at other trolleys coming towards you? Suggestions welcome. Will purchase locally of course!

Jim Lawes ● 2284d10 Comments ● 2275d

One punch

I just watched a live interview on TV with a mother forgiving her son’s killer. I really don’t know if I could forgive someone like she has. He kept talking about himself and didn’t seem that repentant. He whinged about prison and that he didn’t have a ‘community’ near him.

Georgina Flint ● 2277d3 Comments ● 2276d

Abundance

Not sure but think it may be Abundance who have planted the now flowering daffodils on the previously scruffy section of land on the A4 by Hogarth Roundabout. They look amazing !! Please don't stop what you are doing in Chiswick.

Jan Porter ● 2440d55 Comments ● 2276d

ABOLISH ALL MOTORISED ROAD VEHICLES

As we will not be allowed to drive anywhere why not do just that - abolish all motorised vehicles.  They are or soon will be useless so cut to the chase do it now!  Gone will be all the jobs, all the taxes generated by this dangerous, unsocial and useless industry.   Not much point in owning  a car at least in Britain.Maybe we'll all be issued with our own individual "zoom" machines that takes us virtually everywhere - our bums may increase so soon muscle wastage makes leg function difficult - hard to walk or cycle - all can be accomplished by virtual screens!   Eating would be a problem - how would you get food - delivery vans are out - nutritional pills I suppose supplied by the Nanny State with in-built medications - just enough vitamins to nourish but not make us too fat!   The hospitality industry has had it so chefs, waiters etc can convert to the creative arts of making these virtual experiences even better.   Safe road??? Roads of any description won't be needed at all!  Yipee now we really are SAFE!Oh dear suppose farmers would be obsolete - at least all those nasty munching, farting anmals can go - no need for those.   Welcome to extreme hi-tech everyone.  Me, I'm rather pleased and very grateful that I've managed over 80 years of blissful, joyeous, dangerous, risk-filled, sad then happy, freedoms of the ups and downs of reality living.    I'm off to polish up my barnacles!  

Jennifer Selig ● 2278d21 Comments ● 2276d

Lebanon

I can't believe that we are talking about cars and all the rest unimportant things on our w4 website when we have seen what is now happening in Lebanon- horrendous news- sorry everyone but I am really thinking of all these people.  I am sure you also think this is what we should be writing about.  All the rest is trivial.

Helen Bamberger ● 2278d25 Comments ● 2276d

STOLEN DOG - W12

This has just been posted on Nextdoor...Urgent - stolen dog wendell road. A female white/brindle whippet has just been stolen from the passenger seat of a builders delivery van on Wendell Road - it would seem by someone in a white ford transit van. We have altered the police - but any sighting etc let me know.

Georgina Flint ● 2279d11 Comments ● 2277d

Thin end of that wedge.............

I am not a fan of this government - no really! But it crossed my mind that their latest wheeze - basically giving big developers carte blanche to build all over anything and everything is another nail in the coffin of local government. First it was their status as a local education authority, now local planning looks to be going the same way. I wonder if Jenrick, or should that be Cummings? - has checked to see just how many developers have planning permission going back years but are not fully developing their projects - so they can sit on the land (land banking) until the value rises? Estimates are that nine out of ten applications are granted. It is known that many big donors to the Tory party are from a building/development background, as Mr. Jenrick could probably tell us.Local authorities have taken a pasting one way and another - and a lot of them could do with getting their act together and try working WITH local organisations and listening to people, anyone on receive at Hounslow council? But at least they are local - not some faceless bureaucrats sitting in Whitehall who haven't a clue, and we can at least contact local councillors directly.This power grab is frightening and where does it leave our claim to be a democracy?

Vanessa Smith ● 2277d15 Comments ● 2277d

Wilful Destruction

My nine year old granddaughter and I had a really upsetting experience yesterday. The wooded area in Chiswick House, where the rope swing is, has a couple of really beautiful wooden 'dens'. I'm presuming the park keeper people made them, they were beautifully crafted with branches. One particular one was my granddaughter's favourite, we went there yesterday and its been completely trashed. All the branches had been thrown down and some of them, mashed up. My granddaughter burst into tears and said she never wants to go there again. We went back last night and I tried to fix it but lots of the sticks are broken and it will never be the same again. So upsetting.

clare cassy ● 2278d5 Comments ● 2277d