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I'm a councillor in the London Borough of Wandsworth; this blog mainly covers that, sometimes general politics and policy and occasionally anything else that takes my fancy.
Tag Archives: Battersea
150 years of Clapham Junction in Battersea
I attended the small event held to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Clapham Junction yesterday. It is remarkable to think about the impact it has had on the millions of people who have worked, lived by, used and travelled through the station in those 150 years. Indeed, it defies comprehension. Having to say a few
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Travelodge update: it’s in Clapham Junction
Victory, perhaps, with Travelodge’s naming. As Travelodge gets closer to completion they’ve started adding some signage, including one referring over its door naming it as ‘London Clapham Junction’. I’m not a Battersea fundamentalist, so I’m happy with that. I’ve no idea on the timescales involved in Travelodge signage, but would assume it was produced before
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Travelodge get it wrong over Battersea
I recently claimed that I was never grumpy, which someone challenged, telling me that my attitude towards those who mistook Battersea for Clapham was textbook grumpiness. I corrected them. My attitude towards those who make such simple geographical mistakes is best described as righteous anger. Or maybe righteous wrath. It is currently aimed towards Travelodge,
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Is it bin night?
Although Wandsworth’s new refuse collection contract isn’t that new any more, some people are still getting caught out. This handy flowchart will help you work out if it’s bin night or not (click the picture for a marginally larger version)
Shopping in Clapham St John’s
I have a reputation for being a bit grumpy about people pretending they are in Clapham when they are, in fact, firmly in Battersea. I’m not sure why this has developed, since intensive cognitive behavioural therapy and daily meditation normally keeps it in check. But I know a few issues do fester. One is ‘The
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Things I like to see
View Larger Map Google Maps is now more accurate! Having been raised many times by many different people like the SW11tch campaign and various people from the Streetlife Identity Taskforce the mapping used by Google now puts Clapham over, well, Clapham. While this shouldn’t take any credit away from map providers like Bing or the
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Fireworks at Battersea Park
Another great year for Battersea Park’s fireworks: and my video of some of the best bits. (OK, the queuing wasn’t really one of the best bits.)
Work starts in Nine Elms
Before yesterday I’d never been to a ground-breaking. And never really understood them, it seemed an attempt to attach symbolism to an other arbitrary part of a process. But yesterday’s was different. For a start Boris Johnson was doing the ground-breaking, and it’s always worth listening to him speak: and he was as entertaining as
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VICTORY!
I know I petulantly boycotted the ballot, but I’m so proud of democracy I could burst! The people have spoken. Asda is in Battersea! I’m not going to dwell on the ugly battles before like the time Mick Beck “confirmed” the store was in Clapham or point out that they are re-adopting a name they
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Missing my first election
I’m fully aware that many wonder why on earth I feel so strongly about Asda calling themselves ‘Clapham’. I’ve been expounding on it a lot recently, not on this blog, but the story has been covered on BBC Radio London, in the Evening Standard, the South London Press (not on their website) and the Wandsworth
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