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chris roberts
3 days ago4 min read
On park love – the first cut
Uniquely this post has nothing to do with South London though I did pass near one of Britain’s finest Victorian Parks (Stanley in L4) to...
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chris roberts
Mar 123 min read
Expanded bit on South London parks old & new
I live in the basement flat of a council owned Victorian town house on a busy road in South London. I never realised it at the time but...
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chris roberts
Feb 272 min read
Peabody Woods – daft ideas I’ll never pull off
I’ve been to Marrakech relatively recently, (it was great thanks for asking) and hired a guide to take us around the souk. His name was...
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chris roberts
Feb 212 min read
Horn Fair Park (incorporating Charlton Park and Woolwich Common)
I’d not been to Charlton lido since 2010 when I wrote about that ravaged Kentish* beauty for the Londonist site.  It’s now much more open...
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chris roberts
Feb 202 min read
Fight for your right to Park Life
I did the first event around the South Parks book last week. It was at the Catalyst Club club in Brighton. Because that's a factual based...
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