they don’t like anybody s***ting on their doorstep.
How very true that is Nobby – seriously. I’ve stayed up New Addington quite a bit over time, initially I thought it was just a matter of time before my van was broken into – but it never was. I’ve had a van broken into and all my tools stolen from being parked in my front garden in South Croydon though – and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was New Addo lads what did it 🙂
A couple of years ago I was working on a site in New Addington, and as I used to walk down to the shops young lads loitering in the street would acknowledge me and say hello, not in a piss taking cheeky way – proper respect ’cause I was an older bloke. They’re like that up there – kids showing respect to older people.
It’s a shame that it’s a forgotten estate which is seen as an embarrassment that is best forgotten. And they are solidly anti-BNP too btw, despite the BNP’s best efforts to make inroads up there. Yep, it might be a depressing forgotten estate, but they are sound as a pound imo.