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Topic: The Joy of Acton
Posted by: Mark Evans
Date/Time: 08/08/25 16:08:00

I can't speak for Southall but I have lived in and around Acton for three decades. While it hasn't been a straight line improvement and somethings have got worse, I can say with confidence that there has been an overall improvement in that time.

Not sure about the numbers but it certainly feels a lot safer than it used to 30 years ago. At that time there were parts you wouldn't even drive through let alone walk through particularly the South Acton estate. Now, I pass through parts I used to avoid regularly.

Although the High Street shopping choice isn't much better over the years (with casinos a definitive negative) and the banks gone, there is more to do along here than there ever was in the past. The big change has been ActOne which is a fantastic addition but if we are talking over the last few decades we have a modern and affordable swimming pool and a very high quality library.

Churchfield road may take one step back for every two steps forward but continues get gradually better with a really good array of cafes and restaurants. It doesn't have the hipster chic of a place like Camden or even Kensal Rise but it will be packed with people this sunny weekend.

There has also been big leaps forward in our local parks over this period which were characterless dog toilets but now places like Acton Park and Gunnersbury Park are unrecognisable. I'd rather there weren't quite as many events in the latter but it does give Acton a bit of cachet that so many big name acts perform here and perhaps people complaining the most bitterly weren't around when there wasn't the money to maintain the park.

It's true we don't have a Waitrose or a Marks but, in these straightened times I am thankfully for Lidl and a Poundland. I started to cook more during lockdown and it was only then I found out how amazingly stocked some of the stores on the High Street were particularly Safa and Hakkikat. For anyone with an Ottolenghi cookbook, they are a godsend.

Yes there are gripes - the traffic on the High Street seems to get worse and worse and there are far too many delivery riders congregated in front of McDonalds.

If all of this makes me a crawl arse (whatever that is) so be it but I really do resent people talking down the place where I live which I have come to love more and more year by year.

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Hanwell says NO to the slots30/07/25 21:56:00 Mark callan
   Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots30/07/25 22:18:00 Rosco White
      Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots30/07/25 22:31:00 Paul James
   Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots30/07/25 22:29:00 Paul James
      Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots30/07/25 23:10:00 Keith Iddon
         Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots30/07/25 23:27:00 Simon Hayes
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots31/07/25 10:33:00 Eric Alan Leach
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots31/07/25 11:05:00 Rosco White
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots31/07/25 16:01:00 Ben Owen
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots31/07/25 19:02:00 N V Brooks
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots31/07/25 19:02:00 N V Brooks
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots31/07/25 19:13:00 N V Brooks
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots31/07/25 19:23:00 Eric Alan Leach
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots31/07/25 20:18:00 Peter Yale
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots31/07/25 16:09:00 Mark Evans
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots31/07/25 16:33:00 Simon Hayes
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots31/07/25 22:12:00 Rosco White
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots31/07/25 22:41:00 N V Brooks
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots01/08/25 08:36:00 Ben Owen
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots01/08/25 09:24:00 Peter Yale
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots01/08/25 11:18:00 Rosco White
   Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots01/08/25 13:30:00 Simon Wycombe
      Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots01/08/25 22:13:00 Ben Owen
         Re:Re:Re:Hanwell says NO to the slots02/08/25 00:24:00 Peter Yale
            Reply05/08/25 11:46:00 Gordon Southwell
               Re:Reply05/08/25 13:14:00 N V Brooks
               Re:Reply05/08/25 13:14:00 N V Brooks
                  Reply05/08/25 14:10:00 Gordon Southwell
                     Re:Reply05/08/25 14:29:00 N V Brooks
               Re:Reply05/08/25 16:09:00 Peter Yale
                  Re:Re:Reply05/08/25 20:11:00 Rosco White
                     Reply06/08/25 08:33:00 Gordon Southwell
                        Re:Reply06/08/25 10:36:00 Rosco White
                        Re:Reply06/08/25 11:19:00 N V Brooks
                           Reply06/08/25 14:45:00 Gordon Southwell
                              Re:Reply06/08/25 15:29:00 N V Brooks
                              Re:Reply06/08/25 18:24:00 Rosco White
                                 Re:Re:Reply06/08/25 18:36:00 Keith Iddon
                                    Re:Re:Re:Reply06/08/25 19:02:00 Simon Hayes
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply06/08/25 19:25:00 Rosco White
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply06/08/25 19:32:00 Tony Heath
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply07/08/25 08:32:00 Mark Evans
                                                Reply07/08/25 08:50:00 Gordon Southwell
                                                   Re:Reply07/08/25 09:58:00 Rosco White
                                                      Re:Re:Reply07/08/25 10:51:00 Paul James
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Reply07/08/25 11:07:00 N V Brooks
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply07/08/25 12:50:00 Paul James
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply07/08/25 13:18:00 N V Brooks
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Reply07/08/25 11:41:00 Peter Yale
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply07/08/25 12:56:00 Simon Wycombe
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply07/08/25 13:32:00 Simon Hayes
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply07/08/25 13:39:00 Rosco White
                                                      Re:Re:Reply07/08/25 13:55:00 David Burke
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Reply07/08/25 16:58:00 Keith Iddon
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply07/08/25 18:14:00 David Burke
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply07/08/25 20:10:00 Rosco White
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply08/08/25 11:28:00 Paul James
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply08/08/25 12:37:00 N V Brooks
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply08/08/25 12:58:00 Keith Iddon
                                                                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply08/08/25 13:47:00 Paul James
                                                                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply08/08/25 14:01:00 Keith Iddon
                                                                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply08/08/25 14:11:00 Paul James
                                                                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply08/08/25 15:41:00 N V Brooks
                                                                                 The Joy of Acton08/08/25 16:08:00 Mark Evans
                                                                                    Re:The Joy of Acton08/08/25 16:36:00 Paul James
                                                                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply08/08/25 14:12:00 N V Brooks
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply08/08/25 12:56:00 Peter Yale
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply08/08/25 14:23:00 Paul James
                                                                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply08/08/25 14:29:00 Peter Yale
                                                                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply08/08/25 16:40:00 Simon Hayes
                                                                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply08/08/25 18:00:00 N V Brooks

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