Sue

I thought it was for sale by auction not that long ago? And when the sign came down, I presumed it had been sold?

Nandalf the Grey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've been on holiday. When I walked into the park > last week, I thought it looked wonderful, except > for the ruts where the festival was. The park is > green and lush. Beautiful. Well yes, most places are green and lush due to all the rain we had earlier combined with the spells of hot weather. Unfortunately much of the greenness and lushness in the park borders is (or was when I started the thread) weeds. For those who aren't gardeners, the problem with weeds is not just that they can look very unsightly in what are supposed to be ornamental borders, but that they compete with the plants which are supposed to be there for space, nutrients and light. Also, they self seed all over the place and within a very short time what started off as a few weeds have taken over the whole of the space.

OutOfFocus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > I went to Sexby garden yesterday and it seemed in > reasonably good nick. Perhaps somebody has spent some time on weeding it since I started the thread, then. Hopefully so :)

:))

Crikey, once this is all sorted (good luck) maybe you should change your property management company .....

If you just want it as a deterrent, you could install a fake one (or two) yourself?

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FightingFit,are you responding to robbin or to me?

robbin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > 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!" > 18,789 posts on the EDF internet forum suggests > you might have some free time (if it were a > priority for you) . How rude. As I said, I am busy. There are lots of things I would like to do if I had the time. Why should I stop posting on here? It is a break from other things, and keeps me in touch with what is going on locally. Since I have lived here a long time I am presumably allowed an interest. You must have a lot of time on your hands if you could be bothered to look up the number of posts I have made just to have a go at me.

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?