goldilocks

Resurrecting this thread to see where might be good for fish and chips these days?

Definitely second KKs advice. We had a break in on our road and I set up a street WhatsApp for neighbourhood watch. Through that it became clear that the same person had tried lots of our doors before breaking into the eventual target so we had quite a lot of CCTV of him! Speak to your neighbours (and consider setting up a neighbourhood watch too)

In the village in Yorkshire where my parents live, the council provides free poo bags just attached to a dispenser on the lamppost at the entrance to the pathway where the dog walkers go - its not manned, just seemingly refilled routinely. I can't really imagine though that the sheer amount of dog poo in Goose green is anything to do with people not remembering a bag or that signs telling people to pick up after their dog will be effective. People know they should and choose not to. Not helped by the fact that Goose Green being essentially a dog toilet vindicates them in leaving it there. I find it hard to believe that the manager hasn't noticed a problem with Goose Green - its so consistently full of dog poo that we never use it as a park any more! Essentially without enforcement, eg fining people and following through, appealing to such people's sense of social responsibility doesn't feel like it will be successful.

I don?t think that the bins on the street is anything to do with collection days, it?s that lots of properties are conversion flats and haven?t allowed for suitable bin storage (even though in many cases it could be done). Some actual enforcement that bins can?t be left on the pavement would address this but doesn?t happen. Some streets are particularly bad and not passable with buggies or wheelchairs

Anyone know what the old Thresher (near what was the French House / Matham Grove is going to be? Seems to have had work started on it, but no signs up. Has been empty for years!

we used an old garden bag last week and put it out with the brown bin (next to it as surplus garden waste rather than inside the bin) and it was taken away.

Check out the herne hill velodrome, Twitter is best. They run learn to cycle courses for kids to attend with parents who can?t yet cycle. They also run track sessions and mountain bike if it wasn?t beginner lessons you were looking for?

We've eaten at the Spanish place (Maria's Torilla?) next to the cinema with kids which was nice, though if you don't get the tables in the window, you'd' have to sit at the bar as its tiny. We also love Miss Tapas with the kids - though only opens at 6pm. Mr Bao also good

Would echo that looking at the schools is key. Performance data doesn't tell you everything you need to know by a long way, and actually Bessemer's performance has been amazing in recent years with only a slight dip in the last year. Bessemer has a really active friends organisation from what I can see, so chatting to them might be a good first step. On Ofsted they only visit outstanding schools if there is a performance dip, so unless that happens or there is a change to the Ofsted guidelines I wouldn't expect an Ofsted inspection for DVIS or DHJS any time soon. Again though, looking round the schools will give you a clearer view as to whether it would be a good fit for your child.

This is great news - we have been missing a decent ramen place really, ie somewhere quick that just serves Ramen like Ippudo. Looking forward to it opening. In terms of why East Dulwich doesn't have such imaginative offerings though, imagine a lot of it comes down to rent costs.

probably better to start a new thread in the family room section on the cherry tree Montessori asking for recent feedback?

Suspect it?s because it?s designated as a nature reserve so dogs need to be on lead, rather than a park where there will be defined rules for different areas.

There was one outside Alleyns for a few days a while back. I have no idea how they spread them out though- ie are they just moved around by people hiring them and leaving them on the basis that they?re dockless

They could wait for Young?s to give up on the cherry tree and move in there! Would actually work as a pub AND a dining room!

Not engines, batteries! They?re electric assist. You still pedal but it helps, especially with hills or not being all sweaty when you arrive at your destination. Becoming increasingly popular in other countries as a way of encouraging people to cycle longer distances or for older people or those with health issues. Definitely not an engine though.

I suspect the charge is likely to be a flat fee at any point in the year. Administratively anything else would be difficult. They are clear there are no refunds so see it as a pure payment deposit rather than a per month scheme. Payments are now live online and can be made. I paid mine today.

Did you know you can get gas fired 'burners' - ie that look the same but are gas powered? They're more of a clean fuel for burning in cities and look just as beautiful but without the negatives. I understand that people often need an additional source of heating in larger rooms - I also have a Victorian house so I'm not unaware of the issues. Some examples in the link below: https://thegasfireplace.com/product-category/gas-fires/gas-stoves/ In relation to your final point of 'you seem to be on some kind of crusade' - whilst I'll ignore the idea that its zealotry that's implied with your choice of words, I am very passionate about reducing the horrific levels of air pollution locally. I have small children and would like them to grow up without breathing problems and reduced life expectancy. Obviously this won't be universal in any polluted area but the research is showing the impact is way further reaching than we originally realised. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/may/17/air-pollution-may-be-damaging-every-organ-and-cell-in-the-body-finds-global-review Lobbying government for action is clearly key, but it will take time and whilst that happens the levels of pollution in our area specifically seem to be increasing exponentially from wood burning. Even if one or two people in East Dulwich take a look at the evidence and stop burning wood then this will have been worth it.

Not even sure that a 'boycott' will be necessary. Looking at 'The Star of the East' the food offering is nothing like the quality of the Palmerston, so think that it won't necessary attract the same people. Will be interesting to see if there is a market for the middle of the road pubco pub food offering? Feels a bit like the pub food bit is well catered for, but I guess we will see once it opens. It reminds me a little of when Adventure Bar moved in, totally misjudged the market and closed down in a relatively short period of time.

Thanks James - whilst you're right on the first point that its not a 'dislike of wood burners' but instead a hope that we could stop doing something so totally unnecessary that creates such a large amount of localised air pollution, I'm afraid though that I'm not the person you met whilst canvassing! Two years ago I was blissfully unaware of how polluting wood burners were, I was still happily buying the line that they were a 'greener, carbon neutral' source of energy - I think I was even considering again whether we should fit one! Even now that the data and the full impact is known, the 'advice' from environmental charities is very watered down, I assume in a bit to not alienate people, but having understood how harmful even new wood burners are, knowing that there are gas alternatives that look virtually identical but don't pollute in the same way in built up areas I wanted to make sure other people understood this. I find it hard to believe that people really understand it and carry on with the same behaviour - whilst you could draw parallels with driving, it isn't really the same at all as people have many reasons why certain trips don't work on public transport / bikes for them, whereas the majority of people with wood burners could just turn on their central heating instead!

Savvygirl - you've got to understand that after 2 pages of discussion talking about the emissions of even the newest 'eco designed' stoves, for someone to come on and say that they've had a burner for 40 years and they've been ok and haven't suffered any ill effects isn't really addressing the point I was making and felt very much like the 'its never done me any harm' argument. But in terms of taking the thread seriously, and working on the assumption that you haven't seen any of the research on wood burning, I've added a few links for you to read. I did start this thread on the premise that perhaps people who burned wood genuinely weren't aware of the environmental impact, especially given the stove manufacturers claims of green and eco burning. So in that spirt here are some links for you to read: https://www.theguardian.com/money/2018/may/26/wood-burner-open-fire-pollution-cleaning-up-air-quality There are many more, but these should give you a clearer idea of why I'm concerned about this in our area.

We never used seatbelts when I was younger and I?m ok...

But the problem for the Herne Hill zone is that they were largely equidistant from the station as the Ruskin park side. At East Dulwich there is already a zone north of the station so we have exactly the same issue. In Herne Hill the people you are quoting did not live a 10-15 minute walk to the station and suddenly find they had a commuter parking problem, instead they lived a similar distance to the new CPZ and thus understandably found that the commuters were displaced (because it was similarly easy to walk to the station from those roads). On your second point - lets just stick with disagreeing then - but really - the cost of owning a car is at least ?1000pa if you take into account tax, insurance, depreciation, servicing, MOT etc - there will be a very small number of people in the proposed zone for whom the additional cost isn't sustainable but they wouldn't be sufficient to cause 'misery' on other roads. ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @golilocks: To quote an earlier post from someone > within the Herne Hill/North Dulwich CPZ. > "It does deter commuters. I live in the Herne > Hill/North Dulwich CPZ and since we've had a CPZ > introduced in April 2016 we can park in our own > street after having terrible parking problems due > to Lambeth introducing a CPZ near Ruskin Park." > So it seems the commuters that were parking near > Ruskin Park - possibly because they need to work > at KCH or use Denmark Hill station and as a result > of the Lambeth CPZ moved out to other nearby > streets where there wasn't a CPZ. The result: > another CPZ. > > "in the scheme of the costs of owning and using a > car, its unlikely to be a significant number who > would value the saving over the convenience." > I beg to differ and because James is unwilling to > share the numbers we'll never know.

Do explain.... Commuter parking on the streets around East Dulwich station is most likely from people who live further away - either the other side of East Dulwich or somewhere like west duliwch where the connections aren't into London bridge. I know there have been comments on here about people coming in from Kent, but can't imagine thats significant! On that basis there is probably a finite area within which people would find it useful to park, then walk to the station, before they find that its as quick not to drive to the station at all. How does this lead to people displacing traffic further and further away? I'd argue that commuter parking has a natural stop point - though whether the proposed area is wide enough to cover that remains to be seen. I would understand the argument more that creep would result from people from inside the zone leaving their cars outside the zone to avoid charges. Whilst there will inevitably be some who will do this, in the scheme of the costs of owning and using a car, its unlikely to be a significant number who would value the saving over the convenience. rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is a bit much to buy a house right next to a > train station and then complain that's it's hard > to park. Overtime all that traffic is going to be > displaced to those further and further out, as the > CPZ inevitably expands (impacting those without a > train station on their doorstep!)

Its true that there are other things that cause a spike in pollutants - though for wok cooking / toasting the duration is likely to be much lower unless you're actually running an industrial kitchen! The fact that cooking also produces pollutants (which incidentally are limited to your own house - so 'only' poisoning you and your immediate family) is not a reason to continue poisoning yourselves AND your neighbours via your woodburners.

Just out of interest Seenbeen - how many people do you think have been injured by cyclists locally? Compare this to how many people you think have been injured by cars? Move on to consider the severity of injury in each scenario! Yes there are stupid cyclists and yes, very occasionally, the results of this are tragic. Mostly though the 'fear' of being hit by cyclists seems to be just that - a fear or percieved risk. I suspect it has got worse in recent years as people either texting / playing games or listening to music step off the kerb and don't hear cyclists, but overall the number of pedestrians hit by cyclists is extremely low and when they are hit the comparative harm compared to being hit by cars is much lower. What happened to your sister is obviously unacceptable but I think that you need to consider healthy streets in a much wider context. What would help us across the board is a construct like the Netherlands where the assumption of fault lies with the transport that can do most harm - ie in cars vs bikes this would be the cars and in pedestrians vs bikes, it would be bikes. seenbeen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm sick of speeding cyclists- they are silent, > they speed around bends, I have had a couple of > close calls and my sister has a permanent injury > to her foot because of a cyclist who did not even > stop after he mowed her down....