Sue

Squirrels?

ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And here I was thinking this thread was about > getting the elusive Jah out of hibernation. :)) :)) :))

In case you want to go to the jam tonight, the Bowls Club is by the riding school on the South Circular. It is on the same side of the road as the old Harvester (disused pub on the corner). There is more info about the jam here: https://southwarksportsbowlsclub.co.uk/events/ ETA: I have just contacted Davide to let him know that much of the text on there is unreadable against the grey background, at least it is on my laptop :))

Houseoflego Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Sue, > You could always volunteer for helping out. The > friends of Peckham rye are just a volunteers i > think so you can't complain to them. But they have > really helped to improve the park. > > http://www.peckhamryepark.org/opportunities/ Good idea, but much as I would like to I just don't have the time! ETA: And I had no intention of complaining to the Friends, I just wondered if they could shed any light and/or put pressure on the people in the council responsible for the park upkeep. In any case, I don't think it should be down to volunteers to maintain a public space.

civilservant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > entirely appropriate that this should be discussed > on the EDF > > ED has strong form in terms of dodgy coppers, such > as the nest of vipers that operated out of the old > police station (opposite the Actress) before it > was shut down - see > https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/oct/06/nickhop > kins In the East Dulwich case, the drug dealer involved was presumably well aware that her lover was a cop. Whereas the women in the cases referred to by Lush were not. In fact they were in relationships with men who had taken on completely false identities. ETA: And whilst you could say those policemen should not have done it, it was what their job required. So the really dodgy coppers in their case were further up the chain - the ones who thought that getting a policeman to go as far as to father a child with a woman totally unaware of who their lover actually was was perfectly OK. Not that that excuses anything.

Renata Hamvas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Sue, I'll make enquiries about this. I think > the grounds maintenance company have been taken > over by another one and this may be the root of > the inadequate weed control/clearance. > I'll get back to you. Thanks Renata. That sounds like bad news. Surely they must have a contract laying down standards to be met? Have they sacked staff from the previous maintenance company, to save money? It isn't just weeds, although they are currently all over most of the beds in the park, it is general lack of any care, eg grass paths in the sexby garden do not appear to have been mowed, and the pond in that garden is an absolute mess. It all reminds me of when parks departments were made to go out to tender, and lost their permanent staff. Places like The Rookery in Streatham went downhill really fast because - I imagine - councils went for the lowest tender, with predictable results.

TheTruthisOut Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Dog walkers have > told me that if a dog ate one, it could well be > fatal and, at the very least, require a ?4,000 > operation to remove the tie. ?4,000??!!??!!

:) The confusion has arisen because some people have answered a post without quoting the original, and another unrelated post has got in between. Easily done :)

I think two separate sightings have got confused in the thread! Some people are talking about a stag beetle sighting, others about a rose chafer.

alice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Good News. Thanks You attached the original "missing" poster? Has he been found? Hoping so.

I don't like most of their strongly smelling products, but I have the greatest respect for their ethics.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > intexasatthe moment Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > It used to be a practice to leave a car in > reverse > > gear when parked on a hill in the belief that > this > > would counteract movement if the handbrake > failed > > .I've no idea if this would work in practice > ,but > > might be worth a go . > > Wow yes - that's what I was taught a long time > ago. I always do that!

So have I got this right? You have to pay to go to this if you want to sell anything, and you have to pay to go to this if you want to buy anything? And it's all second hand clothing?

Angelina Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > funny how obesity is an issue now but not so much > then..... No computer games. Hardly any TV channels. Fewer people had cars. More sports in school.

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was speaking to one of the gardeners heroically > battling the weeds in the Sexby Garden . He told > me that they now have only 5 gardeners .Down from > 30 or 40 ,I'm unable to remember which .And I > don't know over what period the decline has taken > place . It seems to me that it is only over the last year. I'm sure it was nothing like as bad as this last summer, in fact my recollection is that it was pretty well maintained at that time. I'm wondering if it's just lack of staff or lack of qualified/experienced/knowledgeable staff. If the head gardener has sadly left that would make things worse, as at least presumably she could tell her team what they needed to do if it wasn't obvious to them.

alex_b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Friends of Peckham Rye Park has a website at > http://www.peckhamryepark.org/opportunities/ Thanks, I just found them on Twitter. If any of them are reading this, could they (or the relevant councillor) comment?

sunbob Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Where's the walled garden? Used to go daily with > children but less now so I can't remember that > part. It's in the park quite near to the lake. Actually it may not be walled, I may be confusing it with the one in Brockwell Park, but it is enclosed. It is the Sexby Garden. It was renovated with lottery funding a few years back. It was very well planted, there are pergolas with climbing plants and until recently it all looked lovely. It is now a really horrible mess, as is the pond in the middle, although obviously there are still flowering plants as well. Many of the beds in there, and also elsewhere in the park, seem to be infested with Mare's Tail, as well as many other weeds. It looks as if it would take many days of work to get back to looking good, and the longer it is left like this the longer it will take. There is a Friends of Peckham Rye Park group. Can anyone shed any light on what has happened? This is far worse than a bit of damage to grass caused by the festival, in my opinion.

I am really sorry to be writing this, as in past years I and others have posted on here to say how well kept the park was and how lovely it looked. However this year everywhere is full of weeds, including the enclosed Sexby Garden, and the whole place looks really run down, apart from the beds at the main entrance and the plants round the old fountain (?) near the lake. Has the park lost funding, or have staff been cut? It is very sad to see.

Davide runs a jam once a month (I think). I think it's at the bowls clubhouse on the South Circular. The next one is this coming Wednesday. Starts 7.45.

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Thank goodness your boyfriend is OK. That sounds really scary.

Churned up mess?

Surely there must be some software which can stop this kind of spamming?

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I fell out with Roxy in the 7 stars which at the > same time was expanding and losing some of its > charm. At one time I felt a proper regular Sure > it is still good. Crikey, which bit has expanded? Please don't say they've put a room upstairs!

Eh?