I mean, you _know_ if you buy a house on the North Circular or a railway
line that it's going to be noisy. And I'm sure the price paid also
reflected this.

The Man's defence was that when he bought the house it was a 2 lane road
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"CJG" wrote in message
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In message , Joe Patrick
writes
Just Featured a man complaining about the noise on the North Circular,
a woman complaining about trams and a family whos garden got sucked in
a hole by the CTRL works. CTRL won and featured Howard who was put
infront of a video clip putting the award in a tunnel.

North Circular and trams were there before the people moved in.

The chap on the north circular moved in 41 years ago when the road was
narrow and quiet.

MrBitsy.

"Robin May" wrote in message
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I had no sympathy whatsoever for the woman living by the tram line
though. She'd known about it when she bought it and gave a weak excuse
along the lines of "I liked the garden and the size, and the trams have
got louder since I bought the house". If you're worried about noise,
don't buy a house next to a tram line! Pretty simple, I'd have thought.


That is a bit harsh. Most of the noise she is experiencing is down to worn
out track. If it was repaired, the noise would return to the levels when she
purchased the property.

MrBitsy.

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Nobody, so far, has mentioned that there were apparently old wells
at the back of the house and it was they which had caused the void
into which the house almost fell. True it might not have happened
if the CTRL machine hadn't been boring under the gardens but it
would be nice if people would give ALL the facts occasionally !!
Barry Emmott

Ah, I see. I would have given that fact if I'd been aware of it. I must
have missed that part of the programme.

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"Rich Mackin" wrote in message
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At the time the chap moved into the house by the North Circular, 41 years
ago, it was just a regular street

The North Circular has not been a "Regular Street" for many years and
certainly was not 41 years ago. You are talking about 1962 here. The M1 had
been opened from Watford to Crick, with the M10 spur to St Albans. The level
of traffic may not have been today's, but the road was a major traffic
artery, and was the only realistic option to going through Central London
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The chap on the north circular moved in 41 years ago when the road was
narrow and quiet.

The NC wasn't quiet 41 years ago. Both the North and South Circulars
have been famous for jams since at least WW2. (41 years ago I lived
about a mile from the SS).
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"Barry Emmott" wrote
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Nobody, so far, has mentioned that there were apparently old wells
at the back of the house and it was they which had caused the void
into which the house almost fell. True it might not have happened
if the CTRL machine hadn't been boring under the gardens but it
would be nice if people would give ALL the facts occasionally !!
Barry Emmott

Ah, I see. I would have given that fact if I'd been aware of it. I must
have missed that part of the programme.

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I don't think that was mentioned in the programme.

Andrew

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003 22:35:20 +0100, "Rich Mackin"
wrote:

"SteveH" wrote in message . ..
Joe Patrick wrote:

Just Featured a man complaining about the noise on the North Circular, a
woman complaining about trams and a family whos garden got sucked in a hole
by the CTRL works. CTRL won and featured Howard who was put infront of a
video clip putting the award in a tunnel.

Never understood this kind of wingeing ****e.


I mean, you _know_ if you buy a house on the North Circular or a railway
line that it's going to be noisy. And I'm sure the price paid also
reflected this.

At the time the chap moved into the house by the North Circular,
41 years ago, it was just a regular street, so it's something that
has happened while he's been living there.

My parents went to visit relatives who lived on " *The* North Circular
*Road " before the war. It's obvious a road given a "Proper Name" like
that, as opposed to "Green Lane", say, was always destined to be a
significant traffic artery, like "The Great North Road", or "The
Western Avenue".

I used the N.C.R. to get to work between Harrow Rd. and Muswell Hill
in 1969 and FWIR is not significantly different now apart from some
junction improvements squeezed in.

DG

In article , derek
writes
I used the N.C.R. to get to work between Harrow Rd. and Muswell Hill
in 1969 and FWIR is not significantly different now apart from some
junction improvements squeezed in.

The bit from the M4 to the A1 is pretty much the same (including a
stretch that's still single carriageway!), although there are some
significant widenings on the eastern sections.

Do we know where the complainant lives?
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On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 08:26:15 -0400, Roland Perry wrote:
Do we know where the complainant lives?

From the small bit I saw I would say about he
http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap...186898&A=Y&Z=1

David