Go Walthamstow!

Sorry to divert your thread Maw as you were now.

I am surprised it is as little as £400k Ann
Most little two up, two down are over £500k these days and upwards of 6-7 if they have any sort of loft conversion. ??
Maddyone calm down - no I did not coin the term “pearl clutching” and don’t in fact feel the need to use it. But the observation Public services need to concentrate on providing good service not making political points implied that these are somehow mutually exclusive.
I chose to react the way I did, but perhaps you might like to compile a PC playlist which could not possibly be open to your sort of criticism?

Maybe they should play something like "Onward Christian Soldiers" in the current climate! That's what the majority of us are doing in all this mess.

You made the observation Maw, so you obviously connected the two points. You can be as sarcastic as you like, I stand by my point. I do not want to be subtly brainwashed. Perhaps you don’t mind.

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And your PC non- controversial playlist? To lift the spirits but not “brainwash” ?
Are you denying that music -possibly all music- affects the senses in a unique non- verbal way?

I’m all for a bit of good music in public spaces. Our local station has a piano for people to play. It’s lovely when someone’s plays it well. At Christmas we had someone playing carols and commuters singing along. That’s got to be good surely? It’s also fun when you go to the Festival Hall on the Southbank and go up in their “singing lift “. Love Walthamstow market for the fabric stalls.

Don’t be ridiculous Maw, the connection must be there, you made it!

crystaltipps yes, the fabrics and the Indian spices!

Connection? I suppose so, which is that it chimed with me after watching the omnishambles that was the HoC the night before. It restored a faith in (somebody’s )human nature and I felt cocked a snook at somebody somewhere.
You seem to equate that with brainwashing or something equally inappropriate., I preferred to smile.
But to use a phrase coined in Michael Dobson’s “ House of Cards” - “you may think that, I could not possibly comment.”

I'm with you maddyone - and I'm a remainer (if that makes a difference). There are no high horses or pearls in my immediate vicinity so that can be put to one side, but like you I feel uncomfortable about someone making a political point using music especially at a time when feelings are running high.

Of course, it could simply be coincidence that it was being played - I hope so.

As you like Maw.

Ode to joy was around long before the EU, a beautiful piece of music that should not be "sullied" due to the EUs "adoption" of it.

Classical music is a balm for the soul.

(On the subject of pearls, I never wear mine when riding) ?

I absolutely agree with you GrannyGravy.

All sorts of classical music is played at Walthamstow Bus Station - not just Ode to Joy. I really don't think any political significance is intended. Perhaps, in my ignorance, I'm unrepresentative of the general population but I wasn't even aware of the connection between this piece of music and the EU.

I quite like some of the stuff they play but some of it I find a bit boring - I must be one of the disruptive types that they're trying to discourage!

There is a lot of renovation and rebuilding work being done on private houses in Walthamstow. Some people prefer to dump all the rubbish in their front gardens and only order a skip when they know there is enough to fill a skip in one go. It's cheaper than hiring a skip for an unspecified length of time as I believe hirers pay by the week - but I agree it is very unsightly.

Completely off topic (apologies) but every skip I've hired only costs a one off fee, and it's uplifted only when it's full.

Perhaps Walthamstow skips are more upmarket than our local ones?!