PeckhamRose

The Meeting is TONIGHT. Hope you can all come.

The Stage or The Radio Times... Oh okay then. South London Press. Ha.

Just had it confirmed from the SNT that they will indeed be discussing the muggings. Please come along and offer your thoughts and experiences.

Please if you can come along to the Police Ward Panel tomorrow Thursday 19th 7pm at Harris Girls Academy to discuss this and other issues of crime in the area including the muggings on the park.

PLEASE NOTE that the Police Ward Panel which I know you'll all want to come to, is now at HARRIS GIRLS ACADEMY and NOT at the Tenants and Residents Association Hall. 7pm tomorrow. Come discuss the muggings and ask the police to make sorting it out a priority.

I sometimes even have to hold back the tears when I am doing the funerals, and I know what's coming! I worry that they think I am putting it on, and I really am not. Last night even though I have seen it five times, cried at Sixth Sense, ESPECIALLY when he tells his Mum that her Mum is proud of her. Mr PR watched it too and turned round to face his computer, so I expect he was blubbering too. And don't get me started on ET when ET looks like he's gunna die. And on a more personal level, seeing my Dad in Lewisham hospital, when I had brought my Mum up from Margate to see him, and he was on a breathing machine and not doing well at all. And she held his hand as she left and their fingers parted - I don't think they'd spent a night apart in the 50 years they'd been married. Nope, I'm off.... (he survived).

I lived in Chelsea for five years and also my Father was a Chelsea Boy. Like most areas in London, people have just one opinion of the singular sort of person who lives in an area. There is a square 10 mins walk from Sloane Square, 15 mins from Harrods, 5 from South Kensington, which is a council block, and most of them are still council owned. I lived there. Many of the people who work at Peter Jones live there, I remember seeing them set off together in the mornings. Down the other end of the Kings Road - and still very much Chelsea, right by the most expensive part of the Kings Road, is the Cremorne Estate and also the big red brick tower estate next to that. I bet none of those people will appear in the programme about Chelsea. I hate this sort of programme. It does nothing for social harmony! Um... sorry.... was I taking this thread a bit too seriously?!

PLEASE NOTE: there is a POLICE WARD PANEL meeting this Thursday at 7pm at the Rye Hill Tenants and Residents Hall on the SE15 side of Peckham Rye Park. Come along and tell the police, SCPOs, Community Wardens, and Councillors if any come, your concerns.

Try contacting the lovely Avril who is the boss of the cemeteries dept. You could find her details on the Southwark website.

Hove Actually?

Sounds all well and good DJKQ but the fact is there is a lot of traffic at those junctions caused by 1) the fact that Foresters Road was cut off to traffic going up Peckham Rye so now it all has to come all the way to where the traffic lights now are - and 2) traffic lights by their existance, especially when in close proximity to other traffic lights, cause congestion when lights are red, specially if there is nothing actually crossing on the green lights at the cross junction. I have said it before and I shall say it again!: I do not have a problem with cyclists going over red lights. It makes perfect sense. There are too many red lights, and the cyclists are exercising their common sense and road skill by crossing when it is safe for them to do so (in most cases). And yes, the word 'overused' is simply daft.

Is she dead yet? Is she dead yet? Is she dead yet? Is she dead yet? Is she dead yet? Is she dead yet? Is she dead yet?

I have tried over many many years (literally so, the local councillors and ex ex councillors can back this up) to improve the safety especially at the junctions where we / I have to turn right to go up Peckham Rye (east SE15 side). I argued for a roundabout at the junction where the traffic lights now stand. When it was clear they were installed Traffic Lights we begged for a filter light to turn right, but they ignored us all. Meanwhile, talking on here is pointless. If everyone went to Community Councils and / or wrote to the Highways Dept and so on, it might be more effective than just the few of us who used to be ar$sed to do so.

What a bump! I have now lived here nearly 27 years! That's how big a bump! And it's got better! Ripping off the workers, and shops ripping off customers, is something that is NOT unique to Peckham, honest. Have you ever shopped in Harrods? Well there you are then.

Nice post maxxi and I agree your point even tho I am a girl. I was at the Grand Designs thingy last week and in the food area heard a woman say, "What the bloody hell IS it about poncy fairy cakes!" Having said that though, it was very very busy today and I liked the general vibe.

I may be a Humanist Funeral Celebrant but I also have attitude and I am not perfect. My comment was daft and silly, but I still hated the politician that she was.

I read that her daughter has to remind her Mum that Denis has died. That must be sad. I had to remind my own Mum last week that her brother died years ago, and she cried so much. It's heartbreaking. But this is THATCHER, so - you know - hope it HURTS, BITCH!

But to be honest, I will always prefer Mudchute, well, as long as they keep their llamas!

It's here and indeed there is quite a bit of free parking along the road. http://www.surreydocksfarm.org.uk/

But you don't really go for the cuisine do you? In the dim and distant past I went there and the cafe actually closed for lunch! But it's nice for what it is and there seemed quite a good selection of stuff there today. Maybe it's a new menu/cook because it was advertised outside the farm itself. But anyway, enjoy the farm!

Interesting post, though. Me, I feckin' HATE meercats now. If I saw one I'd run it over then post it to the insurance company wrapped in two slices of bread.

So I turned up to this client today to do a job and since getting the job I had cancelled others and am very busy anyway with other things. And she had forgotten I was coming and was not ready. Pee'd off, but in bright sunshine, I took myself off to the nearby Surrey Docks Farm for a delicious Passion Fruit Sorbet and a wander around the farm. The baby goats are adorable and it was all just heavenly. There's a really good cafe there now. The tide was in otherwise I'd have gone for a squelchy walk down to the 'beach' next to the park. Ooooh I felt so much better! Go visit this weekend if you're stuck for something to do. It's fab. And he is king of all he surveys!

The Queen is played by a lookalike till a more appropriate time to announce her death.

There is a petrol station on the Old Kent Road with an M&S Food store attached, just west of the Bricklayers Arms floyover. That's the one I was referring to, not sure if the one on Walworth Road is closer or what.

I walked from Holborn to London Bridge the other day. Can't remember exactly how long it took but there was SO much t see, you could go different ways each time for ages. And yes, Lincoln's Inn and Temple Inn and so on, fabulous.