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Only items put in recycling bins is sorted in Southwark, at their Veolia depot.

They had large recycling containers on Peckham Rye which had to be removed due to people abusing the facility and using the site as a rubbish tip (as they did everywhere else where these containers were sited) so the council will probably be resistant to the idea after that experience. I think you're suggesting small recycling bins alongside the rubbish bins within the park and that's much more likely to work.

The bus stop opposite Dulwich Library (where the 12 and 40 terminate) is temporarily out of use, due to Thames Water works. There was a large amount of water running down Lordship Lane past the library yesterday, so it's now being fixed. The sign says the work will be going on until 2nd July.

The next meeting of the Original Dulwich Library Poetry group will be on Friday 5th July, at 2pm. Our topic will be Sickness and Health. Please come along with your choice of poems to read to the group, or just to listen to others. We have the meeting upstairs in the library hall - there is a self-operating lift available. All poetry-lovers welcome!

At least Marks and Spencer's olive oil is not produced by the night time vacuum harvesting method which kills millions of birds. A number of newspapers reported on this last month:- "Every year, millions of songbirds are brutally killed by suction olive harvesters as they rest at night in olive trees. In many regions, this industrialised slaughter takes place because harvesters have switched to night time harvesting simply to improve the flavour of the olives" https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/songbirds-death-toll-millions-mediterranean-olive-harvesting-winter-a8916471.html Apparently the colder night time temperatures better preserve the flavour. In the daytime the birds can fly away, but at night they are trapped. "Ethical Consumer are currently looking into the best brands to buy if you want to be assured that your olive oil has not contributed to the slaughter of wild birds. Whilst the full report is still in progress, they have released the following statement to help concerned buyers in the meantime: "In response to queries, Ethical Consumer magazine has been contacting brands about what their policy is relating to birds and olive oil. The following brands have replied to say that they do not use the olive harvesting method that leads to vast bird deaths: BionaOrganic, Mr Organic, Marks and Spencer. A more detailed report from one of their researchers is soon to come." From the Olive Oil Times https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/olive-oil-basics/millions-of-birds-killed-by-nighttime-harvesting-in-mediterranean/68111 Martin Harper, the RSPB?s director of conservation said, ?Numbers of farmland birds in Europe have plummeted by 55 per cent over the last three decades and this is another shocking example of how modern agricultural practices are impacting our bird populations, including some UK species passing through the region.? Andalusian officials have recommended the practice stops but unless legislation is passed in the next few months the ?massacre? will start again in October, researchers warn. Petition http://chng.it/zDmy4rzC64

This doesn't answer how the smart meter is powered but if Dulwich Fox's water pipes are shared, that could make his house unsuitable - from Thames Water's website:- "We aim to fit your meter in the footpath outside your home so it can be fitted and maintained without disturbing you. This will be done roughly four weeks after we write to you, you do not need to be home for this. If this isn?t possible, for example your pipework is shared with a neighbour, we may need an appointment with you to look for an alternative place to fit your meter. This could be next to your internal stop tap. If this is the case we will call you to arrange a convenient time to carry out this work"

James - do you know whether the former paper sacks for garden waste will continue to be collected after June 1st as they won't have been paid for. It's more than likely that the new ones they say they are going to sell will be distinguishable from the ones for which we didn't have to pay. NB I know they won't be collected automatically after June 1st - I know that a collection will have to be booked.

tortor Wrote: --------------------------------------------- > Of course the other way of looking at it is that Southwark are trying to hard to raise revenue to reinvest in parks, despite massive budget cuts from central government. That's incorrect - the money raised is not for the parks or even for essential services - it's to put on more events and build up the events team & pay their salaries, with the aim of making events self financing. In other words, empire building.

You don't have to use the pharmacy across the road. I've seen people queuing up outside that one, still waiting to go in after the time it should have reopened after lunch. There are other pharmacies.

James - please would you respond to my question above (25th Feb) on how much value, if any, will be given to responses from those who will be affected by the proposed CPZ but whose address is not within it- was responding to the survey a waste of their time?

Re.East Dulwich CPZ consultation > jamesmcash Wrote: > ------------------------------------------- > The responses are counted per person. James - how are responses from those living outside the proposed CPZ area going to be treated. There are many reasons why those living outside the area could be concerned - e.g. they could live elsewhere but use their car for shopping in East Dulwich or they could live just outside the zone and be fearful of having a parking problem in future when they haven't got that problem now. Some roads go across the boundary so part of the road would be in the zone and part would not. How much weight will be given to their objections or will they count for nothing?

I looked up Malumbu's link to Tripadvisor recommendations for his favourite pub The Blythe Hill Tavern and wondered whether he'd been talking to any Lithuanians in there, only 'GabrieleSky' has written "It is unfortunate that this pub is not located in the city center, but on the other hand when you come here you find mainly locals which gives you a glimpse to a simple britons life after work." https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaurant_Review-g186338-d5122911-Reviews-Blythe_Hill_Tavern-London_England.html

The next meeting of the Original Dulwich Library poetry group will be on Friday 1st February, upstairs in the hall at Dulwich Library. Our subject will be Clothing and Jewellery. Please come along with some poems to read to the rest of the group, or just to listen. The meeting starts at 2pm, and runs until 3.30pm. Newcomers will be most welcome!

The next meeting of the Original Dulwich Library poetry group will be on Friday 1st February, upstairs in the hall at Dulwich Library. Our subject will be Clothing and Jewellery. Please come along with some poems to read to the rest of the group, or just to listen. The meeting starts at 2pm, and runs until 3.30pm. Newcomers will be most welcome!

Renata Hamvas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The damaged happened as there was heavy rain after > the festival, before the site was dismantled. My > understanding of the situation:- All vehicles were > supposed to drive over protective covering if > there had been rain. One vehicle arrived much > later than it was supposed to, the protective > covering had already been removed. This vehicle > caused the damage. We then had exceptionally dry > weather so nothing could be done to repair the > damage as the ground was too hard. The area > cordoned off required treatment so that the > furrows would be filled in and the top reseeded, > this required wetter weather which we have now had > and the work has been done. We are the Fair paid > for the reinstatement works. > Renata It's very favourable to the new licensing application for Renata to say that all the ground damaged by the last Gala festival has been repaired. No doubt she is also reassuring her fellow councillors with this false good news, so they will not believe us mere regular park user residents when we tell them that it hasn't been. I don't believe it has been repaired, but if it has, is Renata satisfied with the quality of the work - ruts only being filled in gradually and naturally with autumn leaves and rubbish. As councillor for the park, I consider Renata should've shown more interest in being sure of the facts before contradicting local users by issuing false assurances that it has all been repaired. I consider she should instead be looking into why part of the park is still fenced off from local residents and why there is still damaged ground now - over six months after the event.

The damaged ground has not been repaired, but it's not so obvious to see the ruts and unevenness, now that grass has grown back over it. I assume that's why that area has been fenced off - to make sure no-one twists their ankle walking on it.

Notices on Peckham Rye Park gates from Gala festival applying for a 3 year licence to hold the event again. This time it's for an additional day and for an increased number of attendees. They are proposing to extend the footprint but have not included details or a plan of the extent of the site. The notice is dated 26th November and is followed by a consultation period of 28 days. An accompanying poster invites the public to a meeting tonight from 19:00-20:30 at The Auditorium, Level 5, Peckham Town Centre Carpark, 95A Rye Lane, London, SE15 4ST.

The next meeting of the Original Dulwich Library poetry group will be on Friday 7th December. Our subjects will be Christmas/leaving/returning. The meeting will be from 2 until 3.30pm, upstairs in the library hall - there is a lift available. You will be very welcome to join us, and can sit and listen, if you'd rather not read.

I'd definitely be interested in Coconut chips, also Shrimps which taste like they used to. Flying saucers Parma violets.

The next meeting of the Original Dulwich Library poetry group will be on Friday 7th December. Our subjects will be Christmas/leaving/returning. The meeting will be from 2 until 3.30pm, upstairs in the library hall - there is a lift available. You will be very welcome to join us, and can sit and listen, if you'd rather not read.

The Royal Mail representative was the person who actually made the decision to close Silvester Rd. He only took up his post around June or July and seems to have made the decision almost immediately because he said (repeatedly) that the East Dulwich office could never cope at Christmas - every Christmas there was a call out to other offices to help out with their post. Someone sensibly asked why he couldn't have simply transferred part of Silvester Rd's area to Peckham to reduce their load to a size they could manage. That hadn't occured to him as an option, as it's Royal Mail's policy to close and merge offices. He closed it when he did, so that, at Christmas, they won't have to help them out with staff from other offices or temporary postmen!! He was asked if he considered it had been successful and he did think it was. He was told in no uncertain terms, by the public, councillors and Helen Hayes that the whole thing had been handled disastrously. However, SE21's woes were heard next, and our problems were nothing to theirs, which were absolutely shocking - people's credit cards and bank statements stolen, duplicate PINs applied for and huge amounts of cash taken from their accounts with banks initially refusing to reimburse because they were accused of not keeping PIN numbers secure. Each case was treated as an isolated incident by Royal Mail, so they didn't pick up that it was all coming from the same delivery office. It took the residents to realise they were not alone in their loss, coordinate all the cases and present the evidence to their councillor and Helen Hayes before Royal Mail got the message. A worker has since been sacked, but now another staff member, the manager I believe, has been suspended after sacks of old mail were found in locked cupboard. Residents wanted reassurance there wasn't a ring of crooks operating there. What the residents had to say was far more telling than anything the rep had to offer. He said our post will be back to normal in s couple of weeks - if anyone was still listening.

We have been told that the service is back to normal, but we know that they don't have enough staff to run the service in the normal way, without resorting to additional measures. Last week I saw and spoke to the postman who had been my regular one before the change. He was delivering letters elsewhere in East Dulwich, so I asked if that was his new area - it wasn't. Although it was early afternoon, he said he was doing it on overtime.