"Fight them. I got caught out at Finsbury Park/Stroud Green. I was behind a bus so didn't see the signage, although it transpired later that it complied."
"Yes. Standing traffic on the 41 route due to Haringey's pure lack of concern for roadworks control, results in long delays for bus passengars in BOTH directions. The bus company Arriva, mitigates this by dumping passengars at places on the…"
"Thanks for putting flesh on the bones in Hornsey, shame we ever merged into LB Haringey. They couldn't care less about the Boroughs. If anything grows here now, it's probably weeds. I've been trying to get them to remove the roadwork…"
"There are roadworks just at the mini-roundabout at Mayes/Station Road, causing tailbacks to 41 ,144,W3 buses trying to make their way up to Alley Pally station, and thence through the Palace grounds, making these routes erratic and bunching. I…"
"I so agree. Why can't motorist wait for a mo while one passengar gets on, but now has too walk to the next stop who knows where, and miss the next one in the process. They often aren't causing obstruction any way. And why are W5 drivers…"
"Oh as a former motorist who gave up driving because of the money one has to pay for parking and tax and petrol and break-in and tickets etc I can see the queues getting longer and no accountabity of road work companies and barriers just thrown up…"
Hi Alan,
I also worked for R. Barford (Ron) the shoe repairer. He was a physical instructor in the Army, but succombed to the 'Capstain full strength' fags, as many ex-servicemen did in those dayst.I had to buy them for him from Hatches which then became Catlains as you mentioned. Do you remember the little Gk. Cypriot shop on the corner, opp. the Wightman Rd. CrossingI used to peer in wonderment at all the strange herbs and stuff, afterall the the nearest we got to herbs were Mint sauce on the Sunday Roast,and Paxo Sage n Onion!!
I lived in the 1st house in Wightman Rd. next to Threshers off licence,and my Dad owned a huge 1937 Black Cadillac Limo parked outside. I still have the car and its being restored.