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Sue, my understanding is that the problem is with the bus filter light for the buses coming down Dog Kennel Hill. My understanding is that stopping the traffic coming down Dog Kennel Hill to allow the buses to go first is causing tailbacks, particularly when there aren't any buses or the buses are in with the rest of the traffic, so not using that lane anyway.

No,the cars and bus which had run into each other were in Barry Rd, by Etherow Street, and there was,as you saw, a long tailback behind them at 8pm. The police car was stopping traffic from turning into Barry Rd from The Plough, so there was no traffic coming down Barry Rd., so no buses going towards Peckham. That's what you would have seen, but it's hopefully cleared by now.

No 197 or 12 buses nor any other vehicles going down from the Plough at the moment due to a 4 vehicle shunt by Etherow St.- so, one way traffic only at the top of Barry Rd.

I'm only guessing, but the only way I can make sense of the diversion details given by James Barber, is that the buses heading for Streatham go right into Upland Rd and turn left into Lordship Lane at the top of the road, while the buses in the other direction turn down Dunstans to Peckham Rye and then turn up Barry Rd and then right into Underhill to continue along their normal route.

Thames Water advise buying a valve or universal stopcock key from a DIY chain store or plumber's merchants.

Thames Water advise buying a valve or universal stopcock key from a DIY chain or plumber's merchants.

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Sue. - the bird may have seen a reflection of your garden in your window. I picked up a dead young blackbird which had killed itself flying into the glass at Peckham library. When I stood outside and looked at the window from the bird's perspective, I saw the reflection of a tree. Similarly,at home,we experienced a blue tit attacking a reflection of itself in a window. I think it's only in a certain light that the window acts as a mirror - probably when it's in full sun. Might a venetian blind reduce the mirror effect?

James, will the council still be issuing and collecting the brown paper garden waste sacks after 1st April?

John K - If you wish to know the species of bats which were identified on the bat walk in Camberwell Old Cemetery, they were common pipistrelle, soprano pipistrelle and, at 25kHz, either a noctule or leisler bat.

John K - If you wish to know the species of bats which were identified on the bat walk in Camberwell Old Cemetery, they were common pipistrelle, soprano pipistrelle and, at 25kHz, either a noctule or leisler bat. Does that answer your question?

Geneie - Maybe you are not familiar with Southwark?s plans for re-using the cemeteries. Both cemeteries are full, so the council are now reusing them - the burials now and in future will be on top of former graves. Now that the cemeteries are full, many local people feel that the dead already buried should be respected. The Save Southwark Woods campaign is saying that the council has not consulted residents on reusing the cemeteries for new burials in this way and that they should do so, before carrying on clearing areas for rows of soulless new headstones. The council are currently reusing public graves, but have a 40 year plan, so will be moving on to private graves. People who have family buried there "from way back" may need to check that they still have current leases for their family members' graves - the ownership reverts to the council once the lease has expired.

John K - you have already asked this question on another thread and I responded, but I'll reply again. There are bats in Camberwell Old Cemetery. On a bat walk last year we saw bats. I The bat detector identified three different species.

Bats. On a bat walk last year in Camberwell Old Cemetery, we clearly saw bats. The bat detector device identified three different species.

No, I was just trying to be helpful, in pointing out that Peckham Rye Ward councillors are responsible for the area where the accident happened - in i.e. Hillcourt Rd, Donkey Alley and the part of Goodrich Rd that is between Hillcourt Rd and Dunstans Rd.

Libbya. Your road is not in James Barber's ward - It would be better to contact one of the councillors who deals with your road, which is in Peckham Rye ward.

Just to correct one point Siduhe made, burials have been made throughout Camberwell Old Cemetery - it was totally full, which is why Camberwell New Cemetery was opened in the 1920s. What the council are doing in Camberwell Old Cemetery is raising the soil level and burying more people on top of those already buried there. So what they did in phase 1, at the Langton Rise end of the cemetery, is exactly what they are proposing to do now. They will be clearing the phase 2 area of self-sown trees, wild flowers and memorials and disposing of them, in order to heap more soil on top and create enough burial space for another 4 years. Siduhe is correct in saying that the council do have land alongside Camberwell New Cemetery which was originally purchased in order to extend the burial area when needed, but which they allowed to be used as a recreation ground until that time. I was not aware of legal difficulties - I would be very interested to know what these were Siduhe. My understanding was, not that there were legal grounds, but that.Southwark Council succumbed to pressure from Lewisham Council to leave the recreation ground for their residents. Southwark decided instead to re-use Camberwell Old Cemetery, but this decision has not been open to consultation. Camberwell Old Cemetery was widely believed to be a nature reserve - it's a grade one site of borough importance for nature conservation.

I quite agree with Blahblah. In my own experience,it is only supporters of fox-hunting who like to feel superior by insisting it's class jealousy. It's insulting to those who care about cruelty and it's meant to be. It also enables the hunt supporters to avoid having to engage with the issue of cruelty.

At last! Such a simple thing for the council to do, in order to improve visibility on a dangerous junction, yet it's taken them all this time to take action. Anyway, thank you to you James.

ITAM - synonyms for 'consultation' are 'dialogue', 'debate', 'negotiation', 'discussion' etc. That's clearly not the same as issuing a fully worked out plan to people who are affected, but had not previously been involved and putting a 300 character restriction on their responses.

I couldn't agree more slarti b. By the time I'd reduced mine to 300 characters I was dissatisfied with it, as I hadn't been able to comment on more than a couple of aspects, nor explain my reasons satisfactorily. The only conclusion is the one you came to - that the council are not actually interested in our opinions. All their 'consultations' are the same - the council have already made their plans and have every intention of implementing them. They can only be stopped by enormous public pressure. They should completely change their practices and engage in genuine opinion gathering and consultation before and during their planning process.

KirstyH, you can ask the council to put a Tree Preservation Order on a tree, but there are certain criteria which have to be satisfied - the necessary information, including who to write to, is on the council's website. The Tree Officers are not enthusiastic about creating new TPOs as it's a lot of work for them, involving a lengthy legal process. The tree should be of amenity value, but it doesn't have to be an unusual species. There are TPOs on trees in back gardens and even TPOs on some of their own trees, but, last time I checked, Southwark council had not given any details about protected trees on their website - if you want to know whether or not a particular tree is protected, you have to ask a tree officer to check.

James. Several forumites have had their bicycles stolen. I remember that you recently dealt with an abandoned bicycle and arranged for the council to recycle rather than scrap bikes in future. Do the council take any action to check whether an abandoned bike is one which has been stolen?

I've always assumed countrlass to be someone for whom English is not a first language. I don't have a problem understanding her posts and she makes good points.

I can well understand cyclists finding it difficult to cross from Green Dale because of traffic turning right from Townley Rd, but surely this could easily be resolved by rephasing the traffic lights. I don't know why the council can't make simple adjustments without spending a fortune on a total and unnecessary redesign.