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Post received today - small parcel from Chichester dated 21/12, small parcel from Burnley tracked as despatched on 18/12, another small parcel from Newport ordered well before Christmas. This is our first delivery since 24th December, our second since 16th December, I'm pretty sure we only had one or two more in the whole of December.

Post received today: 1 Christmas card for one of the grand children from a loving Granny (she would have also sent a card to the other gc and us as parents but these two did not arrive). 1 card posted in SE24 and a letter from King's dated 18th December. What an incredible random mish-mash. Meanwhile the cards posted from other friends and family over 2 weeks ago still not here. Nor any of the parcels ordered by my daughter which were advertised with delivery dates of 22-23 December.

We have had no mail since 16th December and when we had that it had been at least five days since the previous delivery. I guess we have had post a maximum of three times in December and it's now the 22nd. Although people rarely send Christmas cards in the post these days, we usually get around 25-30. This year 0.

We saw a postman today walking along Lordship Lane (upper part, up past the Plough). It was a rare sight. Still not a single Christmas card in the post here, our last post (received midweek) seems to have been posted before 5th December.

Lynne - no, it's absolutely not right that you should have to walk to the sorting office to collect your own mail when the sender has paid for it to be delivered to you. Well done for doing it though and I hope you got some Christmas cards in your post.

I completely agree with Lynne's message above. Some might say that receiving post is the last thing we need to worry about in a pandemic but there are actually vital items of post just not getting through. Included in this is hospital appointment letters, fines, time-sensitive letters with deadlines (like bills). As an added bonus it would be nice to receive cards and presents in time for birthdays and even Christmas too.

Where does the mail that we post in East Dulwich go to be sorted? Is it not the same place that the incoming mail gets sorted?

I'm thinking of driving out of borough to post the rest of my Christmas cards. Would a post box in Forest Hill be a better bet?

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > tomskip Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > No, I'm not sure what Helen can do on top of > what > > she has already done. What has she already > done? > > I have already outlined it in several threads on > this forum, as have other people. > > Maybe you could do a search. > > It includes fighting the closure of the Sylvester > Road delivery office, suggesting alternatives to > the relevant Royal Mail managers, visiting the > Peckham office recently to look at the problems > herself, taking the issues up with local and > central Royal Mail management, and taking up > individual cases. > > What more do you think she can or should do, > exactly? Little bit brusque there Sue! You are the one who brought Helen Hayes into this again. My question was "how long are we going to put up with this situation, is there anything we can do?" are you suggesting that the only person who can have any input into solving the ED post problems is Helen Hayes?

No, I'm not sure what Helen can do on top of what she has already done. What has she already done?

Absolutely not worth it. Everyone saying "oh I need to spend Christmas with my elderly/ECV relative in case it is their last one" isn't thinking straight.

Great that Helen Hayes has been very involved, but we aren't seeing an improvement in our service are we? Last year I got a pile of Christmas cards way after Christmas. My son got his birthday cards about two weeks after his mid September birthday. I'm sure I posted about this on threads on the ED Forum last year.

The problems in East Dulwich date from before the pandemic and were also evident in the summer when infections were very much lower than they are now. This is not just a recent issue. If RM can't deliver first class letters within a day or two then they shouldn't be charging a premium for the stamps. Same with signed for delivery and next day delivery. Don't take people's money for a service that doesn't exist!

How do you go about getting a refund from RM? A relative paid extra for next day delivery on a parcel which still hasn't arrived (2 days later). We just received our post today, first time for at least 5 days. Still no Christmas cards, just a load of miserable stuff like my Barclaycard statement dated 4th December. People are paying for a service and not getting it! When do we stop doing this?

My husband has had this email too, not sure which "company" it came from but there was a spelling error in the subject heading. As we are at home between us more or less 100% of the time during lockdown, it made us suspicious.

I really like these houses! Such a refreshing change from the traditional Victorian terrace layout. My brother lives in one. However, it's impossible for anyone with very limited mobility to come to stay so not great if you have elderly parents. At least in a 2 storey house with loo on the ground floor an older relative only has to get up and down the stairs once a day.

I'm sure I posted on this thread yesterday, along the same lines as Dogkennelhillbilly and tiddles (eg. sympathy but not realistic to expect building works to stop because of Covid and working from home). But my post seems to have been deleted.

It's unfortunate but that's just life in a city and living in close proximity to neighbours. People have always worked from home (we certainly were when our attached neighbours did 6 months of extensive building works) it's not a new thing with the pandemic. What about retired people or parents staying at home on maternity leave or looking after young children? What about shift workers? If you haven't read about them successfully challenging neighbours building plans in the last 10 years or so, I doubt there's any reason for thinking you could do the same just now.

Frankito Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Crystal Palace... So very witty and so helpful.

Where is Crystal Palace Market please?

Hopefully the police will update the OP with the outcome of their investigations and the OP will update ED Forum in return.

Are you still here troll?

The Charter school does not have a catchment area, I don't think any local schools do. A catchment is a defined area, inclusive of certain addresses, which is fixed every year. The Charter school and many others give places to people who live closest to the school and outwards (after their first few criteria) but this distance may change from year to year depending on who has applied. You are interested in their "furthest distance offered" to non-siblings and other higher ranked pupils in recent years to give you an idea if your address might or might not qualify for a place. Yes, Kingsdale is a lottery and so it is down to pure luck. There is a scholarship band but being offered a scholarship does not guarantee a place, a lottery is also drawn within the scholarship band. Getting a place at Haberdashers is still highly unlikely for anyone living in SE22, but I don't know what their "furthest distance offered" has been in recent years.

Track and trace is for parcels. Test and trace is for humans in the time of C-19.

Try posting in the businesses and trades section?