Sue

Down the Dustpipe - Status Quo

Minitoots Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- As the meeting wasn't very well attended, I > think Pippa may try and have another consultation. > We reminded her that there are many artists and > designers living locally who may want to come up > with better ideas, but it sounds like it needs to > be sorted very quickly. She also said they will > not be taking comments on this website into > account in any voting so it's important to email > her your views asap!!! > We suggested that they hire a stall on Northcross > Rd to display all the other suggestions that local > residents may come up with. Their budget appears > to be up to ?2,500. I've attached the form for > comments and also a photo of the wall for anyone > who wants to do their own thing to email her - > sorry the pic is not very clear! > I'm not sure if e-mails count in the voting xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sorry to be negative but I just don't think this is good enough. Three pretty poor options put forward, no local artists asked to suggest ideas, very limited consultation to date, (apologies Mr Barber if you think there is going to be more but from MiniToots post it doesn't sound like it), everything got to be sorted "very quickly" but emails and posts on this forum apparently not taken into account. Don't want to be cynical, but who is making money out of this? ETA: It wasn't a "meeting", was it, it was a sort of drop-in-anytime-between-three-and-six. That meant there was no opportunity for discussion - when we went, there was nobody else there, they were just asking people to fill in leaflets and then they put them in a bag! There needs to be a specific time for people to come and talk about this, all together, surely? Or else a proper consultation with a leaflet drop round all doors.

I Want You - Bob Dylan

So sorry to hear about all this. This dog Monty's owner should pay for all the vet's fees, surely?

sophiesofa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, or anyone else who went what was the outcome > of the meeting? Thanks in advance! xxxxxx It wasn't a "meeting", in fact. It was two or three women with a pile of leaflets, and you had to fill in the leaflet saying which of the three options you liked best, with comments. They also had a bit of paper on display saying you could give other ideas, though that wasn't made clear on the leaflet. I don't think this "consultation" has been very thorough at all. When the Goose Green roundabout tree/sculpture etc was mooted, leaflets about it on which you could vote were dropped through doors. I live off North Cross Road and would never have known about this if it hadn't been for this thread on the forum. How many residents don't know about the forum or don't use it? I have no idea who the women were, but they seemed to want to talk amongst themselves rather than discuss the options. I did ask one if she was the artist, as I realised I was slagging off the mock-ups to my OH in what could have been a tactless manner if the "artist" had been present, but she just said no, and didn't say who she was. There doesn't seem to have been any publicity at all about this Palmerston thing, apart from on here, why on earth didn't they either have their table actually under the wall itself, with pix, or at least have a notice on the wall to tell people they were in the Palmerston? I don't know how many people went, but there was nobody else there at the timne we went (about four I think).

Useful map, thanks, and I'm relieved to see that my directions were OK!

I can understand they didn't want to stand on North Cross Road in freezing weather, but why not put a sign against the wall in question briefly explaining the proposals and directing people to the Pamerston? Lots of people come down this way on a Saturday. The only publicity for this "consultation" I have seen is on this forum. I was told they had put info round locally, but I live just round the corner to the wall and haven't had anything about it. I'd have known nothing about it if I didn't come on the EDF. For what it's worth I suggested a) Lighting up the wall with coloured light, as the National Theatre does at night b) Green wall with wires and an evergreen non-clinging plant which would not hurt the wall, such as Clematis armandii which is shade tolerant and has scented flowers in Winter. Also has attractive evergreen leaves. c) Their option of photos - photos of East Dulwich, combined with a community notice board as someone suggested above. I think any of the options with those harsh colours would be really out of keeping with the feel of the road.

Coming along later :)

Ladymuck Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ah that explains why I haven't been able to sleep > for the last few days! xxxxxx Yeh I have that prob at full moon, are you a Cancerian? Edited to add: Didn't make the connection between the full moon and the not-sleeping-pacing-round-the-house for years ....... Edited to add again: It's actually full tomorrow, not today ....

No FJD you're playing the wrong game :)) Stop drinking that Iceland wine :)) OK people, as you were ....

Sniffy, that's gross, is that your fancy dress costume of choice? :))

I like Tony Blair and I think he did what he did for sincere reasons - now I'll stand back and wait for the hate mail :-S

Love Me Do - The Beatles

Bloody hell you're gonna have to go on about a zillion threads to do the job properly :))

Better not enquire (?) too closely :)) ETA: Sniffy, :)-D

Get in the right section and STOP SHOUTING!

:))

Wot no visit to Chener Books then?

The Rose - Bette Midler

Time has Told Me - Nick Drake Listen to it here :) Actually I hate this song :))

Here's the link again to save you scrolling back click here to complain to Royal Mail

Yeh, if you want the worst meal of your life, go to the Dog :)) Well, it was mine :)) Edited to say: Maybe the comedy is very good - I'm not risking it :))

Calm ....

Sea anemone?

Big Bottom - Spinal Tap :)) Spinal Tap singing Big Bottom (or bottoms as the YouTube caption would have it but it's wrong)