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Lee residents will be pleased to note that the new Morrisons Daily on Burnt Ash Road has fixed its naming problem, Ten days after its grand opening when it was “proud to serve the community of Lee Garden” the window poster has now been changed to Lee Green. Morrisons apologised for the mistake.

Meanwhile Lee Manor Society is in talks with London Square about how they propose to consult residents on the new name for the Leegate development. After initially calling it Blackheath Gate, London Square backed down and now says it will listen to local ideas before deciding on the name.

Morrisons has apologised for the name blunder at their new Morrisons Daily store in Burnt Ash Road. On the day it opened a large poster was displayed in the window saying “Proud to serve the community of Lee Garden.” The poster is still there, but Morrisons are working on getting it changed.

The company has sent the Lee Manor Society a statement, saying “We’d like to apologise to the residents of  Lee Green for this error and are on the case with resolving it.”

It’s still not quite clear how the supermarket firm could have got it so wrong. One possibility is they confused us with a number of Chinese restaurants across the capital and the South East which are called Lee Garden.

Several houses in Lee have brightened up the area with some fantastic Christmas lighting displays. Below are a few – but if you know of any which we have missed, please send a picture to Leemanorsociety@gmail.com

You wouldn’t believe it, would you? The new Morrisons Daily on Burnt Ash Road has a huge poster in its window saying “Proud to serve the community of Lee Garden.” Garden, not Green.

You might not have noticed it yesterday because it was partially hidden behind the flower buckets at the front. But today it’s impossible to miss.

The assistants in the shop – which is a franchise – told us the sign was installed by Morrisons head office. “Nothing to do with us,” they said.

We have asked Morrisons to explain the blunder. But coming on top of London Square’s bizarre (and short lived) naming of the Leegate development “Blackheath Gate”, we are starting to wonder if these big companies bother to find out anything about the areas where they do business.