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Son's scooter and buggy left in Cranley Gardens N10 today. Can you help?

Does anyone know if there is anything similar to HOL that people would use over the other side of the tracks? Today I had a spectacular moment of idiocy / bad luck and drove off from Cranley Gardens N10 leaving both my buggy and my son's scooter on the pavement. You'll be pleased to know I had remembered to take the baby out of the buggy before abandoning it.

By the time I got back they had both gone. I tried knocking on all the doors on that bit of road, have reported it to the police and put up a couple of posters nearby, but I was wondering if there is a local website I could post on. It's always possible someone thought they had just been left out for free and might get in touch.... small hope, I know.

It was a black maclaren and a blue mini micro with a green brake, by the way. Just in case!

Thanks.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on May 10, 2012 at 21:04

There's not really a website with any scale in Crouch End, but there are active Twitter streams. So if it were me, I'd target Twitter ib CE.  Muswell Hill has Muswell Hill Media. I'm not sure how scaled that is. They seem to mainly signpost to stories in other publications, including very regularly us.

I'll get it out on Twitter for you as a start.

Permalink Reply by John D on May 10, 2012 at 21:05

there is opinion8 which is Crouch Endish

Permalink Reply by Hugh on May 10, 2012 at 21:18

Oops, yes, there is O8 as well. Sorry O8. They're certainly Crouch End but not nearly as busy as CE Twitter.

Permalink Reply by Anette on May 11, 2012 at 12:24

No one looks at opinion8, it's pretty much dead..

Permalink Reply by Hugh on May 10, 2012 at 21:15

Okay, tweeted out to, I don't know, 6 - 10,000 people in N10, N8, N22, N4 - here and here.

Permalink Reply by GillianM on May 10, 2012 at 21:22

Thank you Hugh - very kind. Thanks John too - I have joined OpinN8. Their twitterfeed shows Hugh's tweet so I shall post something there once that gone. Fingers crossed!!

Permalink Reply by JulieB on May 10, 2012 at 21:39

Oh what a pain, I hope you get them back. I left my son's mini micro scooter in the school playground, I didn't realise it was missing for a few days, but found it being used by another child one morning so I thanked him for looking after Ben's scooter and he gave it back. I think it had been in the playground all the time and it did have his name on it but I was lucky it hadn't been taken home.

Permalink Reply by Lesley Ramm on May 10, 2012 at 21:43

There is nothing like HoL in Crouch End or Hornsey unfortunately. Certainly there are many Crouch End twitterers which get wide coverage. and i picked up your message via HoL tweet. Good luck getting your stuff back

Permalink Reply by GillianM on May 10, 2012 at 22:25

Not very familiar with twitter but very heartwarming to see my predicament being retweeted, how nice! Night all.

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