Month: August 2011

Looters ransack Charlton retail parks

Darryl Chamberlain4 Comments

The grimmest night in south-east London I can remember. Seeing masked youths swarming around the alleyway to Asda and the Greenwich Shopping Park felt inevitable, seeing discarded clothing wrappers across Victoria Way wasn’t. Looters’ cars racing up Victoria Way rammed it home – and no police in sight.

There’s been a lot of nonsense spread about tonight, both by social media and by broadcast media, including persistent rumours that Asda was on fire. A caller claimed on LBC a little while ago there were 500 looters at work and a police officer was run over by them. Did you see anything? If you saw anything in Charlton, please share it below.

One immediate consequence is the postponement of Tuesday’s League Cup match against Reading at The Valley.

http://twitter.com/#!/jamiefletchertv/status/100723266888548352

http://twitter.com/#!/primanirules/status/100733834479407105

http://twitter.com/#!/RobCarr/status/100724606729584641

The Baguette opens in Charlton Village

Darryl Chamberlain7 Comments

There’s a new sandwich shop in The Village. ThePirateKing reports:

Was passing at lunch time and bought six sandwiches for the gang. All good. Prices v reasonable at £2.20 for a stuffed sandwich. Also things like scrambled eggs on toast for £2.50. Was busy and the staff and owner seemed a little overwhelmed, but am sure they enjoyed the trade. A very welcome addition to Charlton Village.

Anybody else visited yet? Any thoughts? From passing by earlier, it’s certainly added a bit of life to the village, and that’s only after being open for a day and a half…