I've no idea how long the tree in Giffin Square will remain there. About three years ago, it stayed around until late March. Towards the end it began to smell really good - a rich sweet aroma of sap - which became more fragrant as the tree withered more and more. It became a personal symbol of the contempt Lewisham Council shows to Deptford - and also of Deptford's instinct for creating something attractive out of that neglect. But to be fair, this year, they haven't even taken up the Lewisham centre tree either.
I'm going to make an effort to see how long they remain in situ this year.- 0 -
Ok, I got tempted out on the bike again after 13 days without a ride, by sunshine, mild weather and dry roads. After about 3 miles and a mild hill, I realised that Santa had stolen my muscles, and decided to have a wander around around a radial route - it's part of a project of cycling on every cyclable road around where I live, gradually spiralling outwards. I noticed an old ''faded London'' type wall advert in Brockley that I'd never noticed before.
This one is next to the church car park at the bottom of Wickham Road at the junction with Brockley Road.
And because it always amused me how Lewisham Council's insecurity about its lack of history - because, let's face it, Lewisham is never going to be able to match Deptford or Greenwich - had led it to create its own fake city walls on the roundabout south of the shopping centre:
Monumental pretensions....
This one is next to the church car park at the bottom of Wickham Road at the junction with Brockley Road.And because it always amused me how Lewisham Council's insecurity about its lack of history - because, let's face it, Lewisham is never going to be able to match Deptford or Greenwich - had led it to create its own fake city walls on the roundabout south of the shopping centre:
Monumental pretensions....- 0 -
Back in October I wrote a post about spider flight - taking my cue from a spider's web outside my front door that looked like a propeller. After a while, I started getting Japanese spam on that thread at a rate of one message per morning - and they still keep arriving at around 4am each morning. To that thread only.
Then, this afternoon, I noticed that the same spamming was happening to one post on the Brockley Central blog. Sometimes it comes from the same website and it looks like it comes on a daily basis, though at around 8pm for them. I couldn't think why these two posts had aroused the interest of Japanese spammers when the only thing that I could find that they had in common was a reference to spiders! So, purely out of curiosity, I'm mentioning spiders to see whether it's possible to trap spiders on the web...
Here's some spider writing from just over the road from the Lewisham City Ramparts...
Then, this afternoon, I noticed that the same spamming was happening to one post on the Brockley Central blog. Sometimes it comes from the same website and it looks like it comes on a daily basis, though at around 8pm for them. I couldn't think why these two posts had aroused the interest of Japanese spammers when the only thing that I could find that they had in common was a reference to spiders! So, purely out of curiosity, I'm mentioning spiders to see whether it's possible to trap spiders on the web...
Here's some spider writing from just over the road from the Lewisham City Ramparts...
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Meggezones had another sign, photos here. Both this one and yours will be featured in the ghostsigns archive which launches in March, updates and more information can be found on the project website.
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