"Jamie Cox wrote: 'To be fair, if I was a street lamp I'd rather be situated in Clifton rather than Knowle West.'
Irene Hathway wrote: 'This has already happened - the old posts from Knowle West were removed and used in and around Clifton Redland areas. This was a good few years back.'
Jenna Friedel wrote: 'They nicked our paving slabs for Clifton back in the late 80s."
Words are starting to fail me, so I'm glad you've still got lots of them, John. The council is spending time, effort and money on taking part in posh events talking about how painting bright colours on roads and calling it art because someone who calls themselves an artist has done it will bring us all closer together again in harmony in some kind of Carpenters teaching the whole world to paint streets bonanza.
'In the land of lobelias and tennis flannels
The rabbit shall burrow and the thorn revisit
The nettle shall flourish on the gravel court
,And the wind shall say:
"Here were decent godless people:
Their only monument the asphalt road
And a thousand lost golf balls . . ."' TS Eliot, from 'The Rock'
Cultural Class War in Bristol is a tradition. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6860149/Council-accused-removing-historic-lamp-posts-working-class-areas.html
"Jamie Cox wrote: 'To be fair, if I was a street lamp I'd rather be situated in Clifton rather than Knowle West.'
Irene Hathway wrote: 'This has already happened - the old posts from Knowle West were removed and used in and around Clifton Redland areas. This was a good few years back.'
Jenna Friedel wrote: 'They nicked our paving slabs for Clifton back in the late 80s."
It's still all BS..you know, postcode to me, Chris.
Words are starting to fail me, so I'm glad you've still got lots of them, John. The council is spending time, effort and money on taking part in posh events talking about how painting bright colours on roads and calling it art because someone who calls themselves an artist has done it will bring us all closer together again in harmony in some kind of Carpenters teaching the whole world to paint streets bonanza.
'In the land of lobelias and tennis flannels
The rabbit shall burrow and the thorn revisit
The nettle shall flourish on the gravel court
,And the wind shall say:
"Here were decent godless people:
Their only monument the asphalt road
And a thousand lost golf balls . . ."' TS Eliot, from 'The Rock'
The mind continues to boggle. You know, like a cup of tea contemplating its own handle.