Post by Big Blue on Nov 16, 2023 20:45:51 GMT
We live in the London Borough of Sutton, on the border of the Royal London Borough of Kingston upon Thames and the Borough of Epsom & Ewell. Rows of 1920s an 1930s Wates built houses. Recently this image has appeared for the local survey.
Now to get that view of what is Carshalton you need to be standing in the middle of the duck pond. You can’t see that building (All Saints church) if you drive past for two reasons: there’s a wall alongside the road and the road alongside the pond is so narrow that you and your passengers are bracing for what appears to be a head-on collision. The approach from the right of that stretch (just before the convent school, StPhilomena’s) is a stretch of grim housing with those rows of roads off to each side. That situation continues after you’ve gone through the right-left jink on the left. The area behind the photographer, beyond the road over the pond, is the Wrythe, a particularly unpicturesque part of Carshalton.
However don’t let that put you off: Sutton can be beautiful as this picture shows. That they didn’t use a photograph of Sutton itself tells you all you need to know.
ps. I like where I live for the green spaces, deciduous trees, easy access to just about any transport hub but sometimes I wish there were more views like this available.
Now to get that view of what is Carshalton you need to be standing in the middle of the duck pond. You can’t see that building (All Saints church) if you drive past for two reasons: there’s a wall alongside the road and the road alongside the pond is so narrow that you and your passengers are bracing for what appears to be a head-on collision. The approach from the right of that stretch (just before the convent school, StPhilomena’s) is a stretch of grim housing with those rows of roads off to each side. That situation continues after you’ve gone through the right-left jink on the left. The area behind the photographer, beyond the road over the pond, is the Wrythe, a particularly unpicturesque part of Carshalton.
However don’t let that put you off: Sutton can be beautiful as this picture shows. That they didn’t use a photograph of Sutton itself tells you all you need to know.
ps. I like where I live for the green spaces, deciduous trees, easy access to just about any transport hub but sometimes I wish there were more views like this available.
