tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post5319434289065943641..comments2024-03-19T12:00:16.160+00:00Comments on The Deptford Dame: New Deptford Station opensUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-26528976437703063202012-09-09T09:43:35.148+00:002012-09-09T09:43:35.148+00:00Well you'd never know it is the oldest urban p...Well you'd never know it is the oldest urban passenger railway station on the planet...Could have been a great opportunity for some really imaginitive, maybe even steam punky, architecture. And will the plaques reappear? Be a shame if its not recorded... John Rhodesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-45462301669088603242012-05-26T02:29:35.649+00:002012-05-26T02:29:35.649+00:00This program contains a adjustable make Download O...This program contains a adjustable make <a href="http://www.buytopoffice2010.com/microsoft-office-2010-c-10.html" rel="nofollow">Download Office 2010</a> it possible for that permits VARs decide on some software from the 8 Work place relatives packages to setup in relation to every desktop pc. Office 2010 household live journal usually are Thought, Connection, Shine, FrontPage, Owner Luxurious, Possibility, Staff Supervisor, in addition to PowerPoint. Each one four-app repayment will definitely price the same <a href="http://www.buytopoffice2010.com/" rel="nofollow">Office 2010</a> as the Workplace Ninety-seven common structure. <a href="http://www.buytopoffice2010.com/" rel="nofollow">Microsoft Office 2010</a>Poll Nikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07490466200090918858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-58160765352570881272012-05-17T19:09:13.349+00:002012-05-17T19:09:13.349+00:00I walked down Deptford High Street a couple of wee...I walked down Deptford High Street a couple of weeks' ago and was surprised to be directed down a alley to the station. The new building is, indeed, lovely in its pristine state. I took some snaps on my mobile camera, which came out very well.<br /><br />I am disturbed to learn that cleaning is restricted to an HOUR thus demonstrating absolutely no commitment on the part of Network Rail to keep the station looking presentable. I also wonder if there will be any station staff other than in the ticket office. Having said this, Deptford is not a station I use regularly as I am on the Lewisham branch. Perhaps when the whole development is complete, some of the fears that others have expressed about the environ will be mitigated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-27125334815400696092012-05-07T08:55:55.325+00:002012-05-07T08:55:55.325+00:00Sounds par for the course - the developers early o...Sounds par for the course - the developers early on make such promises to silence opposition and then find that there are such good reasons to renege on them and for the most part the damage is done before it can be queried.<br /><br />Pity about the misuse and anticipated cleaning problems - the Brockley Central piece on the opening is claiming that it is nice, clean and doesn't smell of wee.Tamsinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-87811223809414433512012-05-07T07:49:30.271+00:002012-05-07T07:49:30.271+00:00Two things that bother me about the new station.
1...Two things that bother me about the new station.<br />1. the station cleaner tells me that the allowance for weekly cleaning is 1 hour per day on weekdays. So I wonder how it will look in a few weeks time. If you have been to Woolwich station recently you will see how miserable that looks after a few years.<br />2. Inspite of the fact that the illustrative drawings used for planning and information published on this website recently, that show the old facade of the entrance and the arched windows with their red-rubbed bricks, being retained as a feature to walk through the architect has told me that this will be torn down. What a shame, it would have been so good to retain at least some part of the old station building for the future and it would have been fun to pass through the old door as a ruin to get into the open space beyond.<br />It is a real frustarion to learn this kind of deception is being carried out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-58528813163977520552012-05-01T11:25:31.548+00:002012-05-01T11:25:31.548+00:00It's a good start but it does curiously smell ...It's a good start but it does curiously smell of a combination of fish and urine. Not a great combination at the end of the day. The sooner the piazza is opened the less scary it will be walking down the alley way at night...Bowley Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08183647514263048053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-44537959663934439582012-05-01T07:49:45.003+00:002012-05-01T07:49:45.003+00:00That's terrible Sue - thanks for the heads-up,...That's terrible Sue - thanks for the heads-up, I'll have my wits about me from now on!<br /><br />I must say the station was already starting to look messy yesterday. Empty cans on the stairwell, discarded crusts from a sandwich.<br /><br />We've been lucky to have money chucked at us in these hard times and people just treat it as before.<br /><br />You don't see the people using Greenwich station treating theirs as a dumping ground for litter. Come on folks - show some respect for your neighbourhood.<br /><br />Mind you, I'm wondering if there have been bins installed - I can't remember seeing any. I know there can be security issues re bins, but again, Greenwich has bins (they are simply clear plastic bags).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-80037145118948470652012-04-29T15:14:47.941+00:002012-04-29T15:14:47.941+00:00It looks great – almost like you've arrived at...It looks great – almost like you've arrived at London Bridge before you've even got on the train! Hopefully the Newsagents will be reinstated after they were forced to relocate further down the high street. <br /><br />More importantly, the sooner the piazza is opened the better, and not because it takes so long to reach the street. The Waiting Room barista reports that staff from the station have told him that there have already been EIGHT muggings in that narrow temporary approach. SERIOUSLY!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914930883748622529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-90664753226378886202012-04-27T13:01:16.060+00:002012-04-27T13:01:16.060+00:00@creeping bobbism don't worry there's a hu...@creeping bobbism don't worry there's a huge block of apartments about to start construction right next to it, they should keep the wind off you. Until then, there's the glass parapets (about 1.5m high) for you to huddle behind.<br /><br />@gema my earlies (and abiding) memory of deptford station was sitting on a late night train heading out of town. We stopped at deptford and as I looked out onto the shabby platform I saw a young man lean over to be copiously and dramatically sick behind the monitors. Yet for some reason I still moved here :-)Deptford damehttp://deptforddame.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-26505368726952476762012-04-27T12:48:44.725+00:002012-04-27T12:48:44.725+00:00I've wondered [worried] for a while that the b...I've wondered [worried] for a while that the big top-of-the-stairs area on the Londonbound side looks like it might be pretty windswept in cold weather. Is it enclosed at all?Rich Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026727832456275022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-10318258384128664012012-04-27T12:45:36.975+00:002012-04-27T12:45:36.975+00:00Nice blend of old and new.Nice blend of old and new.Deptford Puddinghttp://www.deptfordpudding.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-10026370518647465892012-04-27T08:54:08.535+00:002012-04-27T08:54:08.535+00:00Nice- well worth the extra walk to the platforms e...Nice- well worth the extra walk to the platforms even if it does take a day out of my life every year - ho, ho ho.<br /><br />(2 extra mins each way, 4 mins a day, 28 mins a week, 24 hours a year!)Yokelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-63605192066059164382012-04-27T08:41:43.128+00:002012-04-27T08:41:43.128+00:00I really like it! I too never really noticed the s...I really like it! I too never really noticed the smell of wee....I was more concerned about not stepping in the puddles of vomit. My only issue with the new station is that I'll have to leave the house a couple of minutes earlier as the entrance is so far away now! Phew! I had to make a mad dash this morning to get my train! (Be careful, the builders have managed to find slippery concrete!)Gemanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-19220378419148853822012-04-26T22:50:32.758+00:002012-04-26T22:50:32.758+00:00Yes, I experienced it this evening. Wow - what a ...Yes, I experienced it this evening. Wow - what a difference! I also heard others commenting on how nice it was. Visually much nicer.<br /><br />I'm glad you said the entrance is temporary - coming from London I used to be out from the train and onto the main road in about 10 seconds. The new one wiggles and goes all over the place and comes out near to Iceland 3 minutes later!<br /><br />As for urine smells, I can report I got off the train at 6pm this evening and there was a clean-cut chap, in broad daylight, peeing up the wall. <br /><br />Unfortunately no matter how much investment into an area you put in...some people never change...<br /><br />Saying that, I did not spot any toilet facilities at the new station... I wonder if they've missed a trick...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com