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FORUM - Opinion in the CNJ
Published: 8 November 2007
 
Why it could be the last dance for our iconic Electric Ballroom

One of Camden Town’s most famous music venues looks set to face a new threat of demolition after fighting off the bulldozers two years ago, writes Kate Fuller

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COMMENT AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
 
Wall collapse tragedy was a result of crumbling regulation

A DISTURBING fact has begun to emerge from the inquest into the death of two-year-old Saurav Ghai who was tragically killed when a wall collapsed in Gospel Oak (See pages 4 and 5).
We now know it was repaired by a private building firm which then – extraordinarily enough – checked its own work.It is to this that the seeds of the tragedy may be traced. > more

Walking on the Heath is no problem, but as for sexual activity… - AFTER complaining about cruising on Hampstead Heath for years, it is odd that the Heath... > more

Where’ve all the flowers gone? - I AM surprised by the few people in Camden and Kentish Town wearing poppies to commemorate the fallen in both World Wars... > more

Opposition to cuts in services - WE wish to express our concern at Camden Council’s proposed “options appraisal” submission to government based on sales... > more

Fan of 393 - YET another letter from a Leighton Road resident, concerning the No 393 bus… > more

First task - WITH reference to the article (Get the audience back in the action, November 1) on the Central School of Speech and Drama, the first task for Mr Gavin... > more

Why Guy? - WHY do we continue to burn effigies of a Catholic? > more

Results of school consultation ignored yet again - IT was a real shame that the Lib Dem and Conservative councillors chose to ignore, once again, the results of the... > more

Draconian measures cannot be the answer to problems on this estate - EVENTS in Regent’s Park estate over the past year have shown that the need to... > more

Vulnerable deserve the chance of recovery - THE Camden and Islington Mental Health Trust is quite wrong to think that closing the Tottenham Mews walk-in centre... > more

It’s immoral - I DO not receive care services from Camden Council so I read impartially the letters to the New Journal about the experiences of care users when... > more

Call centre’s not for me - I AM shocked to find out from Camden Fed about the council’s plans to privatise the cleaning service and hive off rent collections to a call... > more

Are snoopers about to turn into bicycle thieves? - IN February 2006 you kindly published a letter from me pointing out that “cyclists using the Oasis Sports... > more

What campaigning cyclists demand from Eurostar - EUROSTAR services will be using St Pancras International from November 14. > more

Noises in the night - RETURNING home unusually late after a party at 4.30am on a Thursday, I was struck how much quieter our London streets might be if... > more

Park profit - IN Regent’s Park there are currently 22 football pitches, some of which are half size for small games. > more

Homes leaflet and questionnaire badly flawed - THE Investing In Homes leaflet and questionnaire, mentioned in Camden Council’s advertisement (November 1)... > more
 
 
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