SAVE The Flower Lady & The Old Victorian Coal House From Demolition
523 Comments
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Matt
8 years ago
People and small businesses matter! Do build the station however be innovative and creative without damaging what is truly important which is our community spirit!
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Fiona Tidiman
8 years ago
Not only do we want and need the flower lady, but we definitely want that building to be protected and do not want an unsightly substation built in its place!
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Martha Boahen
8 years ago
Let's save this woman's business, she has supported local schools with out profiting.
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PATRICK KELLY
8 years ago
Network Rail is a publicly owned company, so Elaine and all of us are actually subsidizing this short sighted greedy behavior.
We live in truely sad times.
I am currently in the USA and I will tell you, it is really really hard to find any independent shops. Very depressing.
Shame on NWR.
Sincerely
Patrick Kelly
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Ben line
8 years ago
Evicting a successful and long-established local business is totally unacceptable. Network Rail need to start respecting community,m. It is precisely such small businesses that have helped build the community that we all know and love and that network rail are benefitting from.
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Jean Blunt
8 years ago
The Flower Lady is a first-class local amenity
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Anonymous
8 years ago
Hove Station is lucky enough to have a flower lady too. Life is not life with just concrete and steel around us. The flower shop is life and so uplifting for travellers to look at on dull days, cold days, depressing days, crowded station mornings and evenings. The nastier stations get, with just machines and crowded trains the more the humanising presence if traders like the flower seller is required to make being there bearable.
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Aoife Ni Mhorain
8 years ago
Don't take away our community.
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Edward Kelly
8 years ago
Network Rail have no shame! They should pay to redo their botched refurb rather than evict a member of the local community.
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Susannah
8 years ago
Please don’t shut down this wonderful flower shop. It has been at the heart of Herne Hill for so many years and would be a huge loss.
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Oliver Parker
8 years ago
Save the little people from being steamrolled out of existence!
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Tom
8 years ago
This cannot be
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Anonymous
8 years ago
Elaine should not pay for Network Rails incomptence.
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Catherine Lester
8 years ago
A precious local and historic asset should be saved, and a delightful shop too.
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Lori Etienne
8 years ago
She is an asset to.our community.
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Kenton Chaffey
8 years ago
This should not be allowed to happen
Network rail are trying to take away our
History and community
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Joanna Hyde
8 years ago
I remember the Flower Lady from way back in 2005 when I lived in the area and probably in the few years preceding that. I talked to her regularly when she was setting up her business and didn't have a shop! She strove incredibly hard to acquire her little shop and has turned the corner into a green paradise, which inspires and nourishes the community. It's the right thing to do to protect it for everyone.
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Bev
8 years ago
This is totally unacceptable Network Rail.
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Theo Bosanquet
8 years ago
Elaine's shop is a HH institution. Doesn't seem fair that she (or her turtle) should be forced out.
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Leon
8 years ago
This is also the woman who is responsible for locking up & looking after the Herne Hill Piano on a daily basis. Lets not destroy just a beautful shop and the ambience around it, please?
People and small businesses matter! Do build the station however be innovative and creative without damaging what is truly important which is our community spirit!
Not only do we want and need the flower lady, but we definitely want that building to be protected and do not want an unsightly substation built in its place!
Let's save this woman's business, she has supported local schools with out profiting.
Network Rail is a publicly owned company, so Elaine and all of us are actually subsidizing this short sighted greedy behavior. We live in truely sad times. I am currently in the USA and I will tell you, it is really really hard to find any independent shops. Very depressing. Shame on NWR. Sincerely Patrick Kelly
Evicting a successful and long-established local business is totally unacceptable. Network Rail need to start respecting community,m. It is precisely such small businesses that have helped build the community that we all know and love and that network rail are benefitting from.
The Flower Lady is a first-class local amenity
Hove Station is lucky enough to have a flower lady too. Life is not life with just concrete and steel around us. The flower shop is life and so uplifting for travellers to look at on dull days, cold days, depressing days, crowded station mornings and evenings. The nastier stations get, with just machines and crowded trains the more the humanising presence if traders like the flower seller is required to make being there bearable.
Don't take away our community.
Network Rail have no shame! They should pay to redo their botched refurb rather than evict a member of the local community.
Please don’t shut down this wonderful flower shop. It has been at the heart of Herne Hill for so many years and would be a huge loss.
Save the little people from being steamrolled out of existence!
This cannot be
Elaine should not pay for Network Rails incomptence.
A precious local and historic asset should be saved, and a delightful shop too.
She is an asset to.our community.
This should not be allowed to happen Network rail are trying to take away our History and community
I remember the Flower Lady from way back in 2005 when I lived in the area and probably in the few years preceding that. I talked to her regularly when she was setting up her business and didn't have a shop! She strove incredibly hard to acquire her little shop and has turned the corner into a green paradise, which inspires and nourishes the community. It's the right thing to do to protect it for everyone.
This is totally unacceptable Network Rail.
Elaine's shop is a HH institution. Doesn't seem fair that she (or her turtle) should be forced out.
This is also the woman who is responsible for locking up & looking after the Herne Hill Piano on a daily basis. Lets not destroy just a beautful shop and the ambience around it, please?