Improving the Tea Hut

Miss_Plum · 29 June 2011 14:25

Only rape and pillage Shane and Rob?! Or are we allowed to do it over and over again to them??

smiled · 29 June 2011 14:31

you can rape me plum…but your leaving with my pocket fluff;)

smiled.

Herr_Schmidt · 29 June 2011 14:42

there’s no limit :w00t:

andyp69 · 29 June 2011 14:52

i cant think of anything good about borough apart from the mrs likes it

Jimbo_1 · 29 June 2011 14:58

the only advantage is if it rains u can stand under the restaurant bit

Jetstream · 29 June 2011 14:58

Well that’s the only reason you need;)

andyp69 · 29 June 2011 15:11

thats why we still go to both

redrat · 29 June 2011 15:49

The bench an table was actually paid for by bikers who had a whip round as one of the the regulars a fella called kevin had a accident down bexleyheath way an died about five year ago.

Miss Plum (29/06/2011)

Those that have been to the Blackheathteahut know all too well that there is only one small dilapidated bench and no shelter which is not great when it decides to tip it down!

I’m wondering if it is worth applying to the local council to get some decent seating and some kind of heavy duty awning/unbrella put up there? Naturally I don’t think the council would do it all for free but some financial help from people who go to and use the tea hut regularly might mean we can get something done up there (I’m aware that other biker groups, cabbies, couriers so on and so forth go to the hut). We have to go via the council as whatever we do will require planning permission and I doubt the owners of the Tea Hut will do it.

What are your views on this, is it worth looking into?

ALL_E · 29 June 2011 16:01

Or shelter under the trees!

Lou · 29 June 2011 19:39

or bring ya own chair, food and entertainment? :w00t:

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NinjaJunkie · 29 June 2011 20:58

Jetstream · 29 June 2011 20:59

:D:D:D You’ll have Rob & Shane asking what night of the week that is soon:D

NinjaJunkie · 29 June 2011 21:00

:D:D:D yeah - i might even pop down myself!

Tiggi · 29 June 2011 21:59

Hannibal (29/06/2011)

PompeyTim (29/06/2011)

Welcome to LB Sarah, you must be knew around here?

The standard responses you’ve received to what is a perfectly reasonable question, regardless of how feasible or otherwise, are what you’ll come to expect over your time with LB. Negative, derisory and generally toned in the ‘what the feck are you on about’ style are regular and standard responses from the people of LB, maybe we should alter the site name to London ‘Daily Mail’ Bikers?

My two penneth, it’s a reasonable point to make, why shouldn’t local users of a service, regardless of this service being provided privately, ask for a better quality of experience when using the service? The council, as you’ve already mentioned, govern planning and alterations to the delivery and use of the service therefore would need to be approached as well as the service provider themselves.

I suspect those that run the tea hut would love to improve the seating and shelter arrangements as it would no doubt bring in more custom, and if we as users of this service are willing to assist in improving these arrangements for ours and others benefit then why not? Are we so selfish that we’d only do this solely for our benefit?

In principal I think it’s reasonable to make further enquiries, although the practicalities of any changes happening are a different matter.

The only thing I will say is that the ‘Friends of the Heath’, in essence the vocal NIMBY residents, have in the past put pressure on the council re: reducing the parking provison by the tea hut. I believe if they had their way it would be gone altogether.

They think it detracts from the overall appearance of the heath, read: devalues their property, and they don’t like the fact that it, in their eyes, attracts the less savoury members of society, cabbies, bikers, truck drivers, people on their way home from the pub, in essence anyone that’s not them!

Are you trying to get into her knickers or something? :P:D;)

Haha I was thinking the same thing

MacP · 29 June 2011 22:04

Tiggi (29/06/2011)

Hannibal (29/06/2011)

PompeyTim (29/06/2011)

Welcome to LB Sarah, you must be knew around here?

The standard responses you’ve received to what is a perfectly reasonable question, regardless of how feasible or otherwise, are what you’ll come to expect over your time with LB. Negative, derisory and generally toned in the ‘what the feck are you on about’ style are regular and standard responses from the people of LB, maybe we should alter the site name to London ‘Daily Mail’ Bikers?

My two penneth, it’s a reasonable point to make, why shouldn’t local users of a service, regardless of this service being provided privately, ask for a better quality of experience when using the service? The council, as you’ve already mentioned, govern planning and alterations to the delivery and use of the service therefore would need to be approached as well as the service provider themselves.

I suspect those that run the tea hut would love to improve the seating and shelter arrangements as it would no doubt bring in more custom, and if we as users of this service are willing to assist in improving these arrangements for ours and others benefit then why not? Are we so selfish that we’d only do this solely for our benefit?

In principal I think it’s reasonable to make further enquiries, although the practicalities of any changes happening are a different matter.

The only thing I will say is that the ‘Friends of the Heath’, in essence the vocal NIMBY residents, have in the past put pressure on the council re: reducing the parking provison by the tea hut. I believe if they had their way it would be gone altogether.

They think it detracts from the overall appearance of the heath, read: devalues their property, and they don’t like the fact that it, in their eyes, attracts the less savoury members of society, cabbies, bikers, truck drivers, people on their way home from the pub, in essence anyone that’s not them!

Are you trying to get into her knickers or something? :P:D;)

Haha I was thinking the same thing

I think it’s his fitness regime…

NinjaJunkie · 29 June 2011 23:11

Mr-C · 29 June 2011 23:12

Loving your work NJ

NinjaJunkie · 29 June 2011 23:15

Thanks Mr-C - I find it really tantilising imagining the tea hut in all these various historical and geographical settings.

LiM · 29 June 2011 23:20

Miss Plum (29/06/2011)

Those that have been to the Blackheathteahut know all too well that there is only one small dilapidated bench and no shelter which is not great when it decides to tip it down!

I’m wondering if it is worth applying to the local council to get some decent seating and some kind of heavy duty awning/unbrella put up there? Naturally I don’t think the council would do it all for free but some financial help from people who go to and use the tea hut regularly might mean we can get something done up there (I’m aware that other biker groups, cabbies, couriers so on and so forth go to the hut). We have to go via the council as whatever we do will require planning permission and I doubt the owners of the Tea Hut will do it.

What are your views on this, is it worth looking into?

Take your own umbrellas maybe?

Not much chance of planning permission as it’s slap bang in the middle of a Conservation Area but who knows if it enhances the utility of the area :ermm: they might go for something sculptural :doze:…

Mr-C · 29 June 2011 23:23

Dave Gorman (the comedian - not one of the 50 others who he found :P) has a series on his flickr page where he snaps photographs of the adverts plastered on the walls on tube platforms through the windows.

A few here :

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgbalancesrocks/2280391436/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgbalancesrocks/4557591552/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgbalancesrocks/4583698858/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgbalancesrocks/3027793948/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgbalancesrocks/4629092713/

I like them … but y’know what they say … small things amuse small minds and all that