by janee » Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:03 am
There is also another consideration, other than losing our local diy stores. York Road is already fairly polluted and with buildings going up next to it when the Winstanley Estate is redeveloped and building at height next to the roundabout, there will be fewer places for the pollution to disperse. Another factor is the way in which buildings also create wind tunnels (that sounds as though it should solve the first point but doesn't).
Memories: when, as a novice, I bought my run down house and had little spare money, I was helped by: the builders merchants and the electrical supply shop at Clapham Junction; the builders merchants in Northcote Road; a shop (can't remember what) on Battersea Park Road...... and many more. In each shop, when I had a job I needed to do, I would go in ask them how I should do it and buy the materials. Without their expert help, I would have been left living in a dump for far longer. Note: I also was not faced with any sexism.
There is also another consideration, other than losing our local diy stores. York Road is already fairly polluted and with buildings going up next to it when the Winstanley Estate is redeveloped and building at height next to the roundabout, there will be fewer places for the pollution to disperse. Another factor is the way in which buildings also create wind tunnels (that sounds as though it should solve the first point but doesn't).
Memories: when, as a novice, I bought my run down house and had little spare money, I was helped by: the builders merchants and the electrical supply shop at Clapham Junction; the builders merchants in Northcote Road; a shop (can't remember what) on Battersea Park Road...... and many more. In each shop, when I had a job I needed to do, I would go in ask them how I should do it and buy the materials. Without their expert help, I would have been left living in a dump for far longer. Note: I also was not faced with any sexism.