The Sidcup & Bexley Chronicle May 2009
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The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson,
met with Bexley Council Leader Cllr
Teresa O’Neill and James Brokenshire
MP, Parliamentary Candidate for Old
Bexley and Sidcup in Sidcup High
Street to meet some of the traders and
to see for...
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The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson,
met with Bexley Council Leader Cllr
Teresa O’Neill and James Brokenshire
MP, Parliamentary Candidate for Old
Bexley and Sidcup in Sidcup High
Street to meet some of the traders and
to see for himself the problems facing
the High Street during these tough economic times.
In recent years Sidcup, and other areas such as
Welling and Erith have declined with many shop
units now lying vacant.
The trio met with shoppers and traders as they
went along the High Street, and even had the
chance to sit down and have a coffee with a group
when they got to the Colour Creative Design
Shop.
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Our cash hungry council have now
targetted the popular annual circus, Zippos who have been giving
the community immense entertainment at half the cost of other
circuses that visit Bexley.
The
council have told Zippos owner
they can’t use The Green this year
unless they pay them £5,885 a week
which the circus say is unrealistic
and will have to cancel their
planned visit.
Zippos would have gladly paid around £2,000
rental for the week which
would have given them a
small profit but now the
council will get nothing.
Cllr Alan Dowling commented “ We are sorry that
Zippos Circus have decided
not to visit Sidcup Place for
a second year running
(please note they did not
visit last year either).
Fees for circus site hire are applied fairly and
consistently and are in line to similar venues in
other London Boroughs.
As a result of Mr Burton’s concerns we intend to invite competitive
tenders for circus visits during 2010.
This will
enable companies to compete with each other
for the site and set the market value accordingly.
Bexley residents who enjoy this form of entertainment will be able to see the Chinese
State Circus in Danson Park later in the
year”.
Zippo confirmed they couldn’t use The
Green last year because the ground conditions were unacceptable due to heavy
rain.
If the council decide to go to tender there are only two circuses that
could compete as Bexley is now
within the Lower Emission Zone
and the two are as different as chalk and
cheese.
Zippos are
traditonal with horses
etc.
and the other is
theatrical and twice
as expensive for
entry.
Zippos
owner Martin
B u r t o n
thought Bexley Council
were being
short-sighted
and money
grabbing but would miss seeing all of his regular visitors from the local
community and
hoped they
would und e r s t a n d
why they
won’t be
in Sidc u p
t h i s
year.
Alan Dowling
Gas Mains
ReplacementSouthern Gas Networks (SGN) started
working yesterday (27th April) to replace
old gas mains in Station Road, Sidcup.
This is part of a wider investment of £1.
1m to
replace more than four kilometres of old metallic mains in Sidcup with modern plastic pipe,
which has a minimum lifespan of 80 years.
The initial stages of the project have been taking
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experiencing problems when travelling to our shops and if you call 0208 300
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We shall also be trying to arrange free local delivery for our customers (subject
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tributes by West End
show star Shenton
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sound-alike) to George
Benson, Stevie Wonder
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Tuesday 5th May
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