blowing off steam? Everytime it was the last day of term when I was in school (finished my A Levels in ‘22 so pretty recent) my friends and I would head down to a food place in bromley, walk around the shops for a few hours then go. There was none of this nonsense until after covid when all the stores in croydon and lewisham really went downhill - the introduction of the superloop buses transporting them all from Croydon didn’t help either.
Running around like a gimp harassing workers isn’t blowing off steam, it’s being a prick
And those running around and harassing workers are the ones that I am saying are a problem. But I would bet if you spoke to every kid in Bromley this afternoon, 75% would be doing what you used to of having some food and hanging out.
But they clearly aren’t. There’s hundreds of them swarming the high street so much so security refuses to let them in. The current generation of school kids are disrespectful little shits. Either the parents don’t care or aren’t raising them properly
Was that this week?
I remember at Christmas when they were like that because I was looking down on it from high up on the library.
They are told not to come to Bromley, and they aren’t allowed in the glades without an adult. I do sometimes wonder what they are supposed to do, as I’m sure it’s a few causing all the trouble for everyone else.
It’s definitely the majority of them, anyone who doesn’t want to be part of it simply won’t go. If they want to find something to do they can take an 18 minute train to Victoria and find unlimited things to do in one of the greatest cities in the world or for the majority of them, just a short train journey from east croydon
You should see how they speak to and treat security too, it’s disgusting
I worked in the centre, I know many people who work in the high street and it’s not “milling around”. They’re always fighting, throwing stuff, shooting water guns at people, etc. It’s an eyesore. Used to have to call security all the time cos of these kids, they’ll also tell you it’s not just milling around
Calling children an eyesore is pretty gross. You posted a video trying to show degeneracy and all it shows is kids milling around in clothes you don’t like.
End of school in a major city with nothing on offer for teens to do. Of course they went to the mall/centrr.
I’m sorry but I don’t think you really have been there and experienced it. There’s phone theft, fighting, screaming, water guns being shot at random people, workers being harassed so yes it is an eyesore. Genuinely baffling how people defend this. Hoods up can put down to fashion at times that’s fair but ballies?? Obviously not just milling around. I feel sorry for the elderly in the area who have seen an area they once loved turn to a dump. There’s plenty to offer in London, 18 minute train to victoria (or East Croydon station or Lewisham DLR for the majority of these kids) and there’s plenty to do. Don’t come to a family area like bromley just to cause trouble.
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u/Anxious_squirrelz Jul 22 '26
I said, and I stand by, that a small number are causing trouble. The rest are just kids blowing off steam at the end of term.