Author Archives: Max

Another picture of Lakeside Medical Centre

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Max

Steve Peterson who I barely know at all, but interact with on the Thamesmead facebook group, saw the previous post in which I searched for a picture of the medical centre building and pointed me at another one which I … Continue reading →

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Lakeside Medical Centre photo and Halifax and the concrete houses

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Max

    I seem to have become a minor expert on local matters through the course of writing this blog. It was pointed out to me this week that I have a leftist approach and I only know my stuff … Continue reading →

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Local news reporting: Could do better

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Max

There’s a video on Youtube that shows a girl hanging off a tower block in Thamesmead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wJpBpboh4HM If you go and have a look at it on Youtube you can see that it was uploaded seven years ago. Why, then, … Continue reading →

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I’m all for diversity but…

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Max

I’m a little baffled by the local primary school that has decided to celebrate the “gift” of dyslexia. I know it is generally poor form to begin an argument with “Some of my best friends are…” but I actually do … Continue reading →

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Community Voice Meeting

Posted on February 21, 2014 by Max

I went along to the Thamesmead Community Voice meeting last night, at The Link. The last time I went to a meeting there the Thamesmead Residents Group were protesting and filled the hall to the point where people were standing. … Continue reading →

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Is Icon Back at Work?

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Max

  The early days of this blog covered a lot of snaps of graffiti around the area by a local artist who goes by the moniker Icon, or more lately, Trust Icon. He (or, indeed, she) has seen a lot … Continue reading →

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Vote now! (As they used to say on Banzaii)

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Max

One of the areas of Thamesmead that was listed by many as a bad spot when I went to the first regeneration group, was the area known as the A Bridge. This is a footbridge that crosses the Eastern Way … Continue reading →

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Linking back in gratitude

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Max

Every so often I go into the logs for this site and see where I’m garnering traffic. A lot comes from Google and it’s people who drop in and leave immediately. It used to be that you could see what … Continue reading →

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Cross Quarter

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Max

Right after committing to regular updates, I got ill and didn’t post last week. Ho hum. It was a fascinating chance to visit Lakeside Medical Practice, though. I joke. Doctors surgeries are not a huge amount of fun, and I … Continue reading →

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Blast from the Past

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Max

The following article first appeared in The Guardian, in March 2000 and it focuses on Thamesmead, linking it to A Clockwork Orange which was about to get a fresh release. It is no longer available on the Guardian website so … Continue reading →

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