Mick Barnes - Orpington (From News Shopper)

Mick Barnes - Orpington

in Letters

In a comment on your article online about transport extensions in the borough, Steve7 complains about the Tramlink bringing in riff-raff and undesirables to Beckenham.

We don't have a Tramlink, DLR or the Tube here in Orpington, yet our high street is overrun with this sort of lowlife.

Walk down this thoroughfare any day of the week and you will see scruffy tattooed men and women with pot bellies, cigarettes hanging from their mouths and mobile phones stuck to their ears, meandering aimlessly about.

The women can also be seen sporting the mandatory "Croydon facelift" while they push expensive baby carriages (courtesy of the state) that are occupied by their benefit babies.

They can often be observed resorting to foul expletives when bus drivers have to deny them access with their oversized prams when they attempt to board crowded buses.

Orpington was once a proud town but I am afraid it has now become a repository for the dregs of humanity. I can't wait to leave.

Mick Barnes Orpington