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The FixMyStreet website also has two reports of the problem. The first of them dates back to June 15th: "Manhole cover rocks and is noisy as cars drive over it". The second, from 22nd July, describes a "collapsed catchpit cover". Both include pictures of the damage.
August 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The FixMyStreet website also has two reports of the problem. The first of them dates back to June 15th: "Manhole cover rocks and is noisy as cars drive over it". The second, from 22nd July, describes a "collapsed catchpit cover". Both include pictures of the damage.
The cover was originally broken by a utilities worker, who had said it would be fixed the next day, according to one resident. Another said he had reported it to Thames Water, who sent the report to Lambeth council, while a third said he had reported it to Lambeth directly.
August 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The cover was originally broken by a utilities worker, who had said it would be fixed the next day, according to one resident. Another said he had reported it to Thames Water, who sent the report to Lambeth council, while a third said he had reported it to Lambeth directly.
Contact with the damaged ironwork sent the car onto the pavement of Heybridge Avenue at around 2pm. Residents of the street described it as an "accident" that was "foreseeable", and said that several of them had reported the broken cover as a problem.
August 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Contact with the damaged ironwork sent the car onto the pavement of Heybridge Avenue at around 2pm. Residents of the street described it as an "accident" that was "foreseeable", and said that several of them had reported the broken cover as a problem.
A car crashed into a lamppost on a #Streatham street on Thursday after hitting a broken drain cover that residents have been reporting to the council for nearly two months. Emergency services attended, and the female driver was taken to hospital with a suspected broken arm.
August 7, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A car crashed into a lamppost on a #Streatham street on Thursday after hitting a broken drain cover that residents have been reporting to the council for nearly two months. Emergency services attended, and the female driver was taken to hospital with a suspected broken arm.
The British Heart Foundation operates a second-hand bookshop on the High Road, but the new Waterstones branch is otherwise Streatham's only specialist bookseller, and the first since Words Worth Books, fondly recalled by long-time Streatham watchers...
November 19, 2024 at 4:40 PM
The British Heart Foundation operates a second-hand bookshop on the High Road, but the new Waterstones branch is otherwise Streatham's only specialist bookseller, and the first since Words Worth Books, fondly recalled by long-time Streatham watchers...
Staff asked by @streathamstuff didn't remember selling Boris Johnson's memoir 'Unleashed', but one copy seemed to have gone from the central half-price display between Friday and Sunday's close. "We are selling a lot of books, that's for sure," one diplomatic staff member said.
November 19, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Staff asked by @streathamstuff didn't remember selling Boris Johnson's memoir 'Unleashed', but one copy seemed to have gone from the central half-price display between Friday and Sunday's close. "We are selling a lot of books, that's for sure," one diplomatic staff member said.
Local MP and Environment Secretary Steve Reed cut the ribbon to formally open the store on Saturday morning, and said it was "really good news for the area". There was no suggestion that the scissors used in the ceremony were hand-crafted or controversially expensive. x.com/SteveReedMP/...
November 19, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Local MP and Environment Secretary Steve Reed cut the ribbon to formally open the store on Saturday morning, and said it was "really good news for the area". There was no suggestion that the scissors used in the ceremony were hand-crafted or controversially expensive. x.com/SteveReedMP/...
Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social
unexpectedly opened their new #Streatham High Road bookshop late on Friday afternoon and immediately attracted plenty of customers, with queues forming at the tills within the first hour.
unexpectedly opened their new #Streatham High Road bookshop late on Friday afternoon and immediately attracted plenty of customers, with queues forming at the tills within the first hour.
November 15, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Waterstones @waterstones.bsky.social
unexpectedly opened their new #Streatham High Road bookshop late on Friday afternoon and immediately attracted plenty of customers, with queues forming at the tills within the first hour.
unexpectedly opened their new #Streatham High Road bookshop late on Friday afternoon and immediately attracted plenty of customers, with queues forming at the tills within the first hour.