Comments for Ferndale Area Residents Association (FARA)

Comment on All change on the shopping parade… by flashsays

flashsays — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:17:40 +0000

La Mama is going to be a Jamaican restaurant.

Also the Diamond corner supermarket has new owners (they’ve had a slight refurb, and can’t yet take card payments).

Yes, it’s all go!

Comment on Tyreworld has closed by Liz Dawson

Liz Dawson — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:14:06 +0000

A notice has appeared saying they have moved to Joseph Ray Road – which is a much better location for this type of business.

Comment on Quiz team members wanted for 28th November by faraleytonstone

faraleytonstone — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:20:43 +0000

Second place – well done team!

Comment on Lincolns – update by A Leytonstone resident

A Leytonstone resident — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:51:49 +0000

I hope the people in Davies Lane/Cotton Close/Brockway Close enjoy their new-found peaceful nights. And that Trust Inns – who have not exactly covered themselves in glory throughout this sorry affair – think long and hard about their next move. It’s hard to see how these premises can work in future. It’s a very large building, presumably expensive to run, and the temptation for whoever is managing it is to fill it with as many people as possible, drinking as much as possible, for as many hours of the day and night as possible. Which as we have seen creates intolerable problems for the people living in the vicinity. I don’t think the residents have campaigned for so long to curtail Lincolns’ licensing hours, only to sit back and let Trust Inns set up another rowdy nightclub-style operation on their doorstep – so let’s hope they come up with a better plan, otherwise this one could run and run…

Comment on Planning news – May 2008 by Flash Bristow

Flash Bristow — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:31:33 +0000

I wonder if it would affect Roy very much. I go to Roy’s not just with prescriptions from my local surgery but from Whipps Cross too. I’d carry on going there as he’s always been good to me. There must be lots of other people who use Roy’s who aren’t in Harrow Road’s catchment area. I would think that yes, if you get a prescription from the Harrow Road surgery you might find it more convenient to have it filled there, if you are already in the surgery, but I always send my repeats in saying “please give to Roy” because it’s easier for me to pick up from from him. And I will continue to do so! Same for getting my Whipps Cross prescriptions filled (and there is a pharmacy at the hospital but I still choose to go home and go to Roy for convenience).

Comment on Police call for review of Lincolns licence by Local to Lincolns

Local to Lincolns — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:55:58 +0000

I’m delighted the police are calling for a review – about time! The pub is well known for drug dealing (around the premises and in the street), opening time often goes on well beyond its licensed hours ,keeping us all awake as drunk patrons fall onto the street in the small hours shrieking, singing and whatever else they may get up to (I’ve seen the condoms and rolled up tights the next morning). And then there’s the noise, from the pub’s sound system, from the patron’s car stereos and from the revving of cars and the sounding of horns – all this when I’m trying to sleep and often on weekdays. Worst of all, the customers regularly pee in the street. I’ve seen this lots of times and usually in broad daylight. The residents actually met with the landlords and told them of their problems a few years ago, the issues were written down but the problems remain the same, so all I can think is that the landlords don’t care or can’t cope. Anyone who doesn’t want Lincolns shut down should try living next door. I’ve lived on its doorstep for 6 years and it has been nothing but trouble. I really hope it gets shut because that would significantly improve my quality of life.

Comment on Police call for review of Lincolns licence by Davies Lane resident

Davies Lane resident — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:13:33 +0000

A well run pub would be welcome but that is far from the case with Lincolns as it is now. Lincolns’ managers have had many opportunities over the years to improve their act but they have consistently disbelieved or ignored residents’ concerns over late-night noise, antisocial activities and drunken / intimidating behaviour around the pub. If Lincolns managers are not capable of running the pub in an orderly (or legal) manner or taking some responsibility for the antisocial behaviour of customers outside the pub then they simply do not deserve to hold a licence.

Comment on Police call for review of Lincolns licence by interested

interested — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:00:55 +0000

Is the first poster suggesting they should be given special treatment due to the ethnicity of the patrons?

Of my 6 years in the area Lincolns has been a haven for crime, disorder and public nuisance. The owners have had every chance to sort it out. Yet the same problems continue and now the POLICE want shot of them – something they don’t do lightly. The sooner it is closed the better.

Comment on Police call for review of Lincolns licence by mkb

mkb — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:22:14 +0000

I don’t think that the type of customers that Lincolns attracts is important – it certainly shouldn’t be to those that decide the case. What matters is: Does Lincolns cause more problems for its neighbours than is reasonable? Does it attract crime, and anti-social behaviour, to the area?

Sadly for Lincolns, the answer to both these questions is “yes”.

Comment on Police call for review of Lincolns licence by A Ferndale Road resident

A Ferndale Road resident — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:34:23 +0000

If the Lincolns is creating a crime hotspot something needs to be done about it! Certainly shoudln’t get longer hours anyway.