Archive for the 'Local services' Category
There was a time when libraries were places of QUIET study, reading and reflection. No more - at least not at the Richmond Library in Church Street. It’s more like a creche or kindergarten with yelling kids allowed to run all over the place. Study? No way. It would be quieter out on the street, […]
Have you noticed, fellow Nooksters, that there are many, many requests for services listed here yet most of them haven’t attracted a single reply - some as much as a month old?
There could be three reasons: 1. No one is reading the site;
2. There are a lazy lot of people out there who don’t want […]
Get ready, Richmondites, to lose that healthy glow. Yarra Council has decided the needs of pampered international athletes are greater than those of the local community. It is banning us from use of the Richmond Recreation Centre’s swimming pool for 10 days while World Swimming Championship swimmers plough up and down for practice. And this […]
Can anyone recommend a good local (Richmond) upholsterer who will pick up a couple of old armchairs, upholster them and return them at a reasonable price? A craftsman wanted, not some mass megolithic franchise mob - someone who will give a bit of TLC to these old favourites.
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If this is Yarra Council’s idea of a bike lane, cyclists beware. The Bridge Road bike lane from Hoddle Street to Church Street is nothing more than a parking lot for all those lazy shoppers who have lost the use of their legs.
Well done, Yarra Trams. Installing cameras to keep an eye on unruly passengers can’t come soon enough. I speak as one who has been bashed off his seat in the middle of the day - not by some drunk or druggie but by a neatly dressed (but overweight) businessman/restaurateur who couldn’t control his aggression. Luckily […]
