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Quoted for TruthJimmyRiddle wrote:Well you know what the tories would say about the funding cuts Yorkie and it's the point Cameron makes in every question put to him at PM Questions.
It's because of the appaling debt ridden legacy left to us by the last Labour government they are now having to make these drastic deficit cuts.
Annoyed...dani wrote:Norbury is a sh*t hole. Its basically 95% cheap chavvy take away shops.Murkskis wrote:Just read one of the comments- no book shops in Norbury
Closing the only library- is it a mean joke?
My mum lives in Streatham so its only down the road. Its not somewhere most people would choice to live with money.paul30003 wrote:That's a typical comment from an outsider.dani wrote:Norbury is a sh*t hole. Its basically 95% cheap chavvy take away shops.Murkskis wrote:Just read one of the comments- no book shops in Norbury
Closing the only library- is it a mean joke?
I've seen the heart of Norbury, and I can assure you that there a decent, and kind people there.
You look at any town centre and you will find cheap chavvy take aways.
but you can't read a book by its cover. you need to look deeper before making a completely uneducated comment like that.
Ahhh, but you have made the assumption that I'm a red under the bed, socialist & Labour voter. Sorry to disappoint but I've never voted Labour in my life and doubt I ever will.JimmyRiddle wrote:Well you know what the tories would say about the funding cuts Yorkie and it's the point Cameron makes in every question put to him at PM Questions.
It's because of the appaling debt ridden legacy left to us by the last Labour government they are now having to make these drastic deficit cuts.
I was brought up in mainly red/labour voting territory, and I have voted for them in past elections, but it will be a long, long time before I put an 'x' in their box again. That doesn't necessarily mean I vote for Blue either (or what do you get if you mix yellow with blue now it's a coalition?). I'm probably just one of the millions of disillusioned voters out there at present.
Anyway off topic I suppose. I've signed the petition but one of the reasons for local libraries closing is because not many people go to them anymore. Why? What are we using to sign this petition? Wouldn't be something called the internet would it?
So what you are basicly saying, if you have money you a decent person, if not your a chav.dani wrote:My mum lives in Streatham so its only down the road. Its not somewhere most people would choice to live with money.paul30003 wrote:That's a typical comment from an outsider.dani wrote:
Norbury is a sh*t hole. Its basically 95% cheap chavvy take away shops.
I've seen the heart of Norbury, and I can assure you that there a decent, and kind people there.
You look at any town centre and you will find cheap chavvy take aways.
but you can't read a book by its cover. you need to look deeper before making a completely uneducated comment like that.
Just to throw in to prove i know the area. Its dingry, dirty and looks run down. I am sure there are some nice parts but the main road though from Streatham to Croydon does not paint a pretty picture.
Crazy. But you know stupid actions are popular ... Sadly. You can see it all around the globe ...Yorkie wrote:No it's the Tories at work. First they stole the milk from kids, now it's their books. Still look on the bright side, if they're not wasting their time reading and their parents are inevitably unemployed from the crashing economy, they can earn some money sweeping chimneys or working sewing machines in sweat shops.Murkskis wrote:Just read one of the comments- no book shops in Norbury
Closing the only library- is it a mean joke?
) cut wages in the public sector by 30-40% (since 2009) !!! (healthcare, education, police etc.). But they reduced their own salaries much slower- some 5- 10% maybe ... Closed even many hospitals What! Yorkie, I'm appalled. Politicians in this grand new era would never break election-time promises. Particularly not in this government.Yorkie wrote:I'm also in the camp of despising all politicians - they lie to get elected, break their pledges and then fiddle their expenses.
No i said the restaurants was chavvy. Anywhere that serves " Chicken" i use that term loosly for 3 legs/wings for £1.99 or Pizza for £2 and so on is not a place you want to be seen. And yet Norbury is over ran with places like this. Then throw in the cheap off licences and so on and thats the main road of Norbury. Fans that have come from abroad have all said they did not feel safe when they visited St P's. I wonder why that is?paul30003 wrote:
So what you are basicly saying, if you have money you a decent person, if not your a chav.
I can assure you although like most London boroughs, Norbury is ethnically mixed and they care for there community, money does not make a decent person.
Well yes and no. It's also because the bankers gambled recklessly with money they didn't have to make themselves huge bonuses that most of us could work a lifetime and never earn. And when it goes wrong we have to pump in 100's of billions to bail them out. And a year later they are back to paying themselves big fat bonuses whilst they bleed the rest of us dry with ridiculous lending rates whilst paying f all to savers.dani wrote:Quoted for TruthJimmyRiddle wrote:Well you know what the tories would say about the funding cuts Yorkie and it's the point Cameron makes in every question put to him at PM Questions.
It's because of the appaling debt ridden legacy left to us by the last Labour government they are now having to make these drastic deficit cuts.
paul30003 wrote:I was helping out to tidy the grounds of St Philips today, and was chatting to a local there. I was asked to sign a petition as Croydon council want to close there local Library. The people & parishioners of Norbury highly value this facility and would dearly miss this should it be closed. Please help them by signing the online petition.
Thanks.
There local website: http://www.norburygreen.co.uk/
The online petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petition/41547.html
Hey, sounds like my kind of towndani wrote: No i said the restaurants was chavvy. Anywhere that serves " Chicken" i use that term loosly for 3 legs/wings for £1.99 or Pizza for £2 and so on is not a place you want to be seen. And yet Norbury is over ran with places like this. Then throw in the cheap off licences and so on and thats the main road of Norbury.
Yorkie wrote:Hey, sounds like my kind of towndani wrote: No i said the restaurants was chavvy. Anywhere that serves " Chicken" i use that term loosly for 3 legs/wings for £1.99 or Pizza for £2 and so on is not a place you want to be seen. And yet Norbury is over ran with places like this. Then throw in the cheap off licences and so on and thats the main road of Norbury.
Well, you also posted it on the wrong board - it isn't news about Libera so it should go in the Miscellaneous thread. Still, it's been a lot of fun (and I did sign it) but I don't think the council will take much notice of a petition signed by people who don't live in the area Paul.paul30003 wrote:I can't believe which way this thread has gone.
I posted on here to try and drum up a bit of support, regardless of what some people may think of Norbury, and its turned into a political nightmare.
I'm going to bump my original OP as I don't want the purpose of this thread to be diluted by all this heated discussion.
Well people wanted to know why they would be closing it down. People needed facts before they signed there life away.paul30003 wrote:I can't believe which way this thread has gone.
I posted on here to try and drum up a bit of support, regardless of what some people may think of Norbury, and its turned into a political nightmare.
I'm going to bump my original OP as I don't want the purpose of this thread to be diluted by all this heated discussion.
