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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

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 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.

I too have received a reply today to my complaint to Royal Mail (by first class letter dated 5th Oct.) It's very bland and concludes "The Delivery Office manager has sent his apologies and will do all that is required to ensure you receive the quality of service you should expect in future. The issues that have been effecting (sic) your local office have been resolved"

Does anyone know whether outgoing post is being kept up to date or whether that's delayed as well? I posted something first class last Thursday, which should have been collected from the post box by 9am on Friday morning, but it's not yet been delivered. As things are, I didn't expect next day delivery, but I did think it might arrive the day after.

I quite agree, but from the Financial Times' article, it seems it was part of a deal agreed with the union - so therefore agreed to by the postmen?

That makes some sense, but it's a short journey and it seems that the post is not necessarily being sorted in the security of the van. Goblinqueen reported regularly seeing "mail all over the ground being sorted into boxes" and I saw something similar myself this week, where two postmen were crouching down apparently sorting mail on the pavement before I received my postal delivery.

I didn't think it could be right for post to be sorted en route, but apparently it's an official "productivity initiative" according to a Financial Times article on the web entitled "Royal Mail struggles to deliver new dawn" "Royal Mail pledged to bring down weekly working time from 39 hours to 35 by 2022 with no pay cut, subject to successful trials of productivity initiatives. One involves reducing indoor preparation time of mail bundles, so that postal staff do more sorting en route."

The TFL journey planner defaults to the quickest route by all transport options, but you can change the options to the ones you prefer, such as no tube, buses only, fewest changes etc.

I was becoming accustomed to one weekly delivery, but things have perked up this week and I've had several deliveries. The first delivery was a letter which had been posted to me by a friend only the previous day. However,this did not mean that they were now up to date, as two days later, I received a letter my friend had sent me before the one I'd already received, so was presumably from their backlog, so post is not being delivered in date order. All the delayed post I'm receiving are items posted to me since Peckham took over. I emailed Harriet Harman a while ago, as she's the MP for Peckham, but I've received no reply or acknowledgement.

I agree with Froglander that dogs should be under control. It is irresponsible to leave a dog running around for hours.The park is a family friendly and wildlife friendly place, not a place for hunting wildlife. It would be distressing to families/other park users to see a squirrel killed.

I agree with previous comments, that we do not want the proposed changes to the no.40 bus route. Given that we are an area of London which is particularly dependent on buses, it is wrong to truncate our only bus route to London Bridge.

I think you dealt with the situation very well, including dismantling the device and warning others by posting on here. Another time you could consider popping into Sainsburys for up to ?50 cashback.

I very much like the mural - it's friendly and welcoming to East Dulwich. I had been sceptical before it was done, because the outdoor gallery ones are of subjects unrelated to East Dulwich and some of them are quite unpleasant - in my subjective opinion of course! The station mural is a positive and relevant addition to East Dulwich in my opinion, so thank you from me eastDAG

At that meeting I got the impression from the union rep that the postmen weren't sorry at the prospect of no longer working at Silvester Rd - that the only thing they would miss was the easy parking. The union rep was anticipating that conditions would be better for the postmen at Peckham and this is similar to what he told Southwark News. Southwark News reported in July last year:- "The decision to close the Silvester Road branch, and the building to be sold, came after months of campaigning from locals, Labour Party members and the Communication Workers Union (CWU). The company has sought to assure residents that their door-to-door postal services will not be affected, and no jobs will be lost. But Steve Beadle, CWU rep for south east London, told the News it was a ?complicated? scenario. ?The conditions of the Silvester Road branch really aren?t fit for purpose, the building is very antiquated,? he said. ?The move would be good for my members. But the one massive issue we?ve got is that this area would lose its enquiry office. What we say as a union and to the local community is they still need to provide an independent enquiry office within SE22...." https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/royal-mail-confirms-east-dulwich-sorting-office-will-move-peckham-january/

There's a photo of a queue outside the Highshore Rd sorting office in this week's Southwark News, plus a piece written by Helen Hayes, from which I gather that she has not yet received a reply from Royal Mail's CEO. On reading more on the subject, I've learned that CEO Moya Greene retired this month - so that's probably why she's not replied. The new CEO lives in Switzerland and Royal Mail paid almost ?6 million to get him. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/19/majority-of-investors-reject-pay-deal-for-royal-mails-chief-executive

Routes 363 and P13 are on diversion from Melford Road at the junction with Wood Vale/ Lordship Lane between 0800 and 1700 on Thursday 27 September 2018 due to works on the carriageway. Route 363 towards Elephant and Castle will not serve the bus stops named Underhill Road / Melford Road to Friern Road. Please use the bus stop named Lordship Lane / Wood Lane or Peckham Rye / Barry Road. The diversion uses Lordship Lane and Barry Road. London Buses on diversion also serve bus stops along the diverted route.