Exciting news (if you visit Stroud Green Road)
The stretch of Stroud Green Road near Wall Court (opposite Tesco) is notorious for dreadful drainage, with huge pools of water long after it stops raining. … Read the full post »
Stroud Green Road
Read my posts about Stroud Green Road in North London, running along the border between Haringey and Islington boroughs.
The ghost leak of Stroud Green road is nearly banished
Ah, the sight of plastic barriers means the saga of the (latest) ghost water leak of Stroud Green Road is nearly over. … Read the full post »
At last, a new fence in Stroud Green
Phew. After five months, numerous emails, a fair number of phone calls and a few appeals to Haringey’s Chief Executive, the fence outside Wall Court on Stroud Green Road has finally been fully repaired. … Read the full post »
Stroud Green Road: 160 pothole repairs in just 4 years
Stroud Green Road has been, as regular readers will know, the home to some long-running pothole sagas over the years. Yet I’ve only blogged a very small proportion of the potholes that have occurred along the road, of which there have been an awful lot. Which made me wonder: just how many potholes have been … Read the full post »
A house with an important little role in the history of chocolate and Doctor Who
Welcome to 175 Stroud Green Road, a house with an important little role in the history of chocolate and Doctor Who. … Read the full post »
Road works sign dumped in flowerbed – but Haringey Council says can’t remove it for “health and safety” reasons
Ah, Haringey Council. The fourth most complained about council in the whole country, one of the worst for fixing roads and the council which failed to answer more than 1 in 3 calls made to it. No wonder Haringey Council was rated the worst in London by the final Audit Commission review. Of course, Haringey … Read the full post »
Once again, Haringey Council shows how not to do it
Welcome to the Leaning Tower of Stroud Green, one of a clutch of wayway road signs just off Stroud Green Road. … Read the full post »
Three months to fix a phone box: Arqiva don’t impress me much
What is so special about this phone box on Stroud Green Road bearing a new glass window? … Read the full post »
Drain not cleared? Deploy the pointing councillor!
Haringey Council failed to clear a drain for three months? Twice claimed to have cleared it but didn’t? … Read the full post »
It may have taken three months and the involvement of a council Chief Executive…
… but hooray, the pothole outside the astoundingly (and rightly) popular Vagabond cafe on Stroud Green Road (Haringey Council side) has now been fixed. … Read the full post »