boosboss

Glad he's home. You'll get a good nights sleep now :))

For more info on Cleaner, Greener, Safer have a look on the council website or: Nunhead and Peckham Rye Rasita Chudasama Tel: 020 7525 0865

I spoke to Fiona today and although She is ready to open, She can't until EDF energy move an electrical box from outside the cafe, enabling some further finishing work to take place. It's very frustrating, especially for her (and I suspect her pocket)considering this delay is through no fault of hers. Once EDF confirm a date for the works, Fiona will announce the opening date. :))

An ideal project for 'Cleaner, Greener, Safer. :))

AllforNun Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well funny that - Nobody in Nunhead that I know of > seemed to have a clue ? maybe you just thought you > would target ED and that Bellenden Road > represented Peckham? Did you flyer the Peckham > side of the Park? Yes! Or any of the estates bordering > the park? Yes!or any of the locall pubs? Yes! As for local > community meetings considering that they are so > poorly attended and it is always the same faces > that is a bit of a joke.So the local community doesn't want to get involved. Who's fault is that? You seem to be unable to > acknowledge the fact that outside of your circle > of people 95% of the other residents did not have > a clue? If I'd known you knew 95% of the community personally, I'd have come to you! Could you please tell everyone on this > forum how you engaged the Nunhead Community > ?.......answers please.......? As disclosed in previous post! Nunhead, ED and Peckham were all mentioned! > > The only Cranks are Divs like yourself who seem to > be think that phoning your mates to let them know > about meetings constitutes consultation. Can you > recall in roughly how many people attended these > well advertised meetings.....let me guess 20odd ? Double your figure and add some and you'll be closer to the mark. Informing people of meetings doesn't make them attend though, does it? As I've given you the information already and despite that you're still intent on either suggesting I'm a liar or insulting me. This will be my last response to your ramblings.:))

I'm a little unsure whether I'm responding to a serious,yet slightly cranky local resident or a forum troll and I'm falling right into your trap! As for your claim that my previous post is almost offensive, you managed to reply with one that omitted the 'almost'. As for the cafe consultation, besides notices in the local media, hand delivered flyers to many, if not most parkside residences, laminated posters displayed throughout the park, announcements at local community council meetings and much word of mouth advertising of the consultation meetings. Short of having a town crier bell ringing and hollering through the streets of ED, Nunhead and Peckham Rye, I struggle to see what further means of informing the community there are. I still maintain that the consultation process was thorough.

Crystal Tips Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am looking forward to it > and await booboss' next post with interest Apologies for the lack of updates. There is some snagging taking place with the flooring being problematic. I will endeavour to speak to Fiona this week to find out if an opening date has yet been decided on. :))

AllforNun Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hey let's hpoe the council have given the contract > to some one whos knows something about food. > How on earth people think that this cafe was > designed in consultation with park users must be > off their heads. Luckily your hopes have been realised, Fiona the lady who has the contract does indeed have catering experience. Park users were very well consulted with in the planning and design of the cafe. I, as a park user was on the panel of interviewers for the architects and members of The Friends of Peckham Rye Park Committee were on the interview and selection panel for the contract to run cafe. There were also numerous public meetings in the planning stages. If the council were looking for a consultation process template, this would be one they'd do well to replicate. The paddling pool area consultation, whilst being rather slow in it's progress is still trundling on and further info and consultation will take place in the near future.

AllforNun Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >The friends of Peckham Rye Park consist of about >10 6-10year olds so I am told. The Young Friends of the Park does indeed have about 10 members and is funded by Southwark Council. For more info contact [email protected] (This group has no connection with, other than supported by, The Friends of Peckham Rye Park www.foprp.org.uk ) The One O'clock Club is managed by Southwark Council and run by Scotchrita Brown-Elliston 020 7525 2000. The One O'clock club also has it's own 'Friends of' group. Both are continually campaigning for funding and assistance for improvements, but need further support from the community. So rather than adopt 'Little Red Hen' syndrome and just enjoy others hard work or complain about the poor facilities, get involved and find out what you can do to help. :))

Been a few times. Good food and friendly staff. Book your party :))

With the 2005 introduction of the computerised voice satnav edition, I think it only fair to slip through the drain to Waterloo.

I gave up trying to work out how to play this game the first time I'd heard of it! Nothing's changed!

It'll be interesting to see what happens to 'The Elms' (Big house on corner of Colyton/Peckham Rye)now that Dominic's gone.

Went last night and have to echo some of the other opinions. Good food, good service, nice atmosphere and reasonably priced. Will definitely go back. :))

Great news :))

Last summer, Southwark Council ran a campaign called 'Flag The Poo' where they went around all the parks in the borough sticking small orange flags in all the poo they found, hoping to shame errant dog owners into behaving more responsibly. The scheme didn't work, but contrary to the above post and it's 'chav' reference, Dulwich Park was one of the worst! So perhaps it's a case of 'Too posh to scoop!' In ED it could even be that snobbery prevents stooping to such depths as to collect the unmentionable items!

Unless they're told how dissatisfied you are, how will they know? At the moment they seem to be doing rather well, judging by 'bums on seats'. I'm sure Tarka and Domani would be only too pleased to hear your views, you can contact them via their website. Pavillion Cafe

Please get owner to contact 'Dogs Lost' http://www.doglost.co.uk/default.asp They will help with posters, helpers, etc and make the puppy too hot to handle, so to speak. It's a free service too.

East Dulwich Dweller Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Unfortunately I was unable to attend this year's > fete on the Rye but I know my mother enjoyed help > making some bunting for the occasion! > > For those of you who like village shows you might > want to visit the Camberwell Gardens Guild Autumn > Show on Saturday 8 September from 2.30pm - 4.30pm > at Clubland Methodist Hall, 54 Camberwell Road SE5 > (entrance in Grosvenor Terrace). I know it's > slightly off the beaten track but worth stopping > by and something of an oasis from the hussle and > bussle of the Walworth Road. Classes include > Fruit and Veg, Cut blooms, Handicraft and > Photography. Your mums efforts didn't go unnoticed and were very much appreciated. I may try to get to the CGG show, always worth getting ideas and contacts :))

Doodles Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Really enjoyed the fete. Felt like a little bit of > Ambridge in SE22. Many thanks to the organisers. I think that's probably one of the best compliments we could've hoped to receive (Even if Ambridge is ficticious, it's the sentiment :)) )Thankyou

Perhaps I'm a bit biased as one of the organising volunteers, but I had a great time and the fete was very sucessful. The police estimated that at it's peak there were about 2000 people, probably the reason for the beer tent running out of beer and the cake tent running out of cakes lol. The dog show and doggy games raised ?219 for charity. The sack races and boules were very popular all day long and the face painter was worn out by the end. All the volunteers worked extremely hard to put on the fete and even picked litter before leaving the site. The fete is self funding and costs can be prohibitive when deciding what attractions to include. All the childrens activities provided by The Friends of Peckham Rye Park are free, so if we manage to get sponsorship for specific more expensive attractions like a bouncy castle, that would be fantastic (Food for thought for next year :) ). If you did manage to come along, thankyou very much for helping to make the day the sucess we believe it to have been. If you didn't make it, there's always next year :)

Just change your moniker to LudPeckham and you'll be fine :))

Nero Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's there as a monument to one that was there > before. > Hmmm, why not have a photo of it as a monument? A > fountain that looks like a fountain but isn't a > fountain is a waste of money and time, IMHO. > Nero Couldn't agree more!

Nero Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The South London Press is going to run the > waterless fountain story next week. I've just been > on the blower to our local hack, Tom. There is > another twist to this story, even more > unbelievable than the original idea of a fountain > with no water. (This is known as a tease, in the > industry.) Nero Something juicy like how the fountain enroute from China got stuck at US customs and caused a near political storm, (Well the political storm bit didn't happen)and as a result was delayed in being installed? or the fear of litigation if someone drank water from it and became ill? The cost of the fountain was built into the HLF restoration bid, but the cost of extra underground repairs to the mains supply installing the mechanics and the maintenance, etc would've been too cost prohibitive. It's there as a monument to one that was there before. It would be great to see water in it, but that won't happen even with an SLP story. It's been there almost two years, old news really!

bald marauder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks Boosboss, > TBH, with the weather as it is, at least they're > not missing out on quite as much as they would be > if it was baking hot and the park was rammed with > people. Still, it must be good for them to get it > open during Autumn, they'll lose out on people > even knowing they're there if they're not open > before November. Good luck and fingers crossed > that they hit their target. > BTW, do you know/are you allowed to say if they're > connected with any other establishments that we > will all know/frequent? > BM As far as I'm aware, they're not connected apart from living locally. I was privvy to their history, but can't remember enough to relate it accurately :)