Dulwich_ Park_ Fairy

How do they feel about customers? I've always had the feeling they've never been keen on the idea.

As an aside, I actually preferred renting from Landlords who owned several properties as they were generally much more professional and understood their obligations to the tenant. The ones to shy away from are those who own a single rental property.

snorky Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Unfort, I would probabaly be conscripted into the > ranks of cleansers for this particualr turf war - > can I be a conscientous objector instead ? or > maybe an umpire ? No, we'd need your colourful language to finish off any of the wounded who survived the 100 strong bugaboo charge.

Ted Max Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Are Crocs the new Bovver Boots, then, and > assymetric haircuts the new skin'eads? The > Croc-booted army of nu-mullets march on, cleansing > the unwanted with their hard stares and > unwillingness to barney in public. Maybe we could settle this once and for all by organising a rumble between us "cleansers" and the "old, low-income, or working class" East Dulwichites, the rules will be simple; the winners stay, the losers go to Nth Devon. Of course, it would have to take place on our turf, somewhere nice like the Dulwich Picture Gallery, or the Herne Beer Garden so the kids have something to do. I'm sharpening my rolled up Weekend Guardian already.

Snorky, You've gotta stop pushing in the bus queue dude, its not polite.

It sad, if only we has some green space that cheap housing could be built on...

citizenED Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Small is beautiful. Lots of Educational research > points to the benefit of smaller schools - less > impersonal, less anonymous. The teachers get to > know the kids and vice versa. Alas current > educational policy go by the mantra of BIG is > beautiful. Agree with Jan t, Big Dad and Keef on > this page of the thread. There is a need for a > school in the area. But lets get some perspective > on the matter. > > citizen So a small school which will only benefit those within a quarter of a mile radius of Piermont Green is the answer? Meanwhile everyone else in East Dulwich will be facing the same secondary school problem.

We're talking about a school not luxury flats or a shopping centre. Children need to go to school, this area has seen a huge influx of families over the past 5-10yrs and, as it is, secondary school provision is woefully inadequate. Building a one storey school with a capacity of say 300 kids would be sheer folly and only benefit those who own property in its very close proximity. This school will have a positive effect on "greater" East Dulwich and as there is no way of pleasing everyone, some people will have to be inconvenienced for the greater good of the community they live in. Alternatively, they could build an underground school on the site.

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Wait, everyone.. > I have a great idea! Let's make it 8 storeys high, > not 4. That way we can cram in 2500 kids, which > means more cash for Harris! How about 12 storeys > high with a cherry on top?! Why should I care, > it's NIMBY. Won't affect me. My kids probably > won't even go there. > Let's base all future schoolbuilding on the > marketing principals of 'Richer Sounds': "Pile 'em > high and sell 'em cheap". > > Incidentally, I'm not against the Harris Academy. > I'd rather it was something else, but it isn't so > we'll take what we can. But I do feel for the > (immediate) residents now being tarred with the > NIMBY brush for having the sheer audacity to > suggest that 4 storeys butting-up to the bottom of > their gardens (without consultation) isn't exactly > fair. Thing is, everyone seems to agree that East Dulwich desperately needs a secondary school. The general feeling is that 950 places is going to be insufficient anyway so its a bit of a myth that the school is going to have its numbers inflated purely in order to get more cash. Now I'm sorry for the residents who are going to have their nice garden views "destroyed" by this monstrosity but where else are you going to put it? The site makes perfect sense being a derelict school already. Furthermore, once you get used to these dreadful state school kids rampaging around your streets you may find that it actually brings a lot to the area, especially to local businesses. In terms of commerce its a pretty uninspiring area at the moment.