Renata Hamvas

Bonfires are not banned, but burning items that produce acrid toxic fumes is. If this happens call Southwark Environmental services and they will come and inspect. Yes do they do have powers to stop such instances and will do so when they are made aware of them. Renata

Hi Polingc, I hope you found a suitable volleyball club for your daughters. Judith Kerr has one year 6 class. It's a bit different to the other schools as it's a bilingual English/German school. I've heard positive reports about it and the other schools mentioned above. Heber may be another school to add to your list. All of these are popular schools with local parents. Good luck. Renata

Sorry, they are younger than I thought! I would suggest contacting them. It may be fine for the eldest one, but I think the younger two may be too young. They may know of current youth clubs. unfortunately, I've not heard of any clubs locally. Renata

Sorry James for posting on your thread, but Gaby has posted about an item I have looked into. Hi Gaby, I was told by officers that there were not going to be disabled bays put on Strakers Rd (the access road) as disabled drivers are able to park there presently.

I used to play here from my late teens onwards: http://www.wappingwildcats.com/home It's not far from Wapping station, which is on the overground line from Peckham Rye/Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park Renata

I don't know if they still do, but Surrey Docks Farm used to have pony rides at the weekend(I think it was ?1-2 per ride). You can go there on the overground to Surrey Quays and then walk/bus up to the farm. http://www.surreydocksfarm.org.uk/ 020 7231 1010 Renata

I have asked about the one near the Plough, it's on private land, so the Council can't do anything about it.

Hi both, what has happened is that the service has moved from the Children and Young people's department to Parks and Open Spaces. The hours are the same as they always have been, those in your post, Pilsbury (thanks for posting this). With the massive annual cuts to our budget by the current government, every department's budget is squeezed every year. For this reason I can't guarantee what the hours will be next year or the year after etc. One thing I would say that the Adventure playground is an important and valued facility catering for a wide age range of local children and your Peckham Rye Councillors are very supportive of this facility. In fact, we allocated some of our CGS funding this year for improvements to the adventure playground equipment. There are major works going on in the vicinity of the adventure playground (new one 'O' clock club), so there is a possibility some disruption over the summer due to this, but at the moment it is business as usual. Renata

I'm a little confused as you put that postcode into the web it comes up as Gordon Road, and Gordon Road is in Nunhead Ward! If it is Consort Road not Gordon Road, The Lane councillors probably won't have been consulted on it due to the postcode. If the postcode is correct and it comes under Nunhead Ward, the Nunhead Councillors are the Councillors to contact. [email protected] [email protected]@southwark.gov.uk Renata

This address is in The Lane Ward, so you need to contact the three Councillors for that ward about it. [email protected] [email protected]@southwark.gov.uk Renata

Update, Thames Water tried to fix it but this caused a bigger leak! It therefore will be a bit more major and be done within the next 4 days Renata

http://localoffer.southwark.gov.uk/leisure/holiday-play-and-activities click on the links on the left and I would suggest looking at other areas besides Dulwich eg at the South Bank Uni sports scheme in Borough and Bankside. Renata

I reported this this morning to Thames Water, the road is quite flooded, I am sure it's going to lead to Ivydale Road being closed to traffic including buses yet again! Renata

Hi Zebedee, it looks like two trains will go through London and two only as far as Blackfriars(put in 1000, Nunhead to City Thameslink into the provisional timetable checker and it comes up with 10.01 and 10.31 ie 2 TPH), the extra two trains are great to Blackfriars but we should have a full 4TPH service on this line. As this is very long term timetabling, there won't be scope for changing this in a year or two, I don't think this is good enough for Southwark's train users. Most users go further than Blackfriars and there is a poor interchange there. My concern too is that this will be used as a very dodgy justification to remove the Victoria service (see the other thread). Renata

Hi Jimmy, I agree totally with your sentiments. Yes, it appears that the users from the Southwark stations are considered insignificant in this consultation exercise. It's all about the Kent commuters. I have been doing what I can about this. I have contacted Deputy Mayor Val Shawcross and also MP Harriet Harman about this. I've proposed a motion to July's full Council Assembly on this. If passed, a letter will go from Southwark to the Department for Transport on this. Here is the motion:- 1.???????Council Assembly recognises the importance of public transport for residents in Southwark and that the Southeastern line to London Victoria is used by thousands of passengers from Nunhead, Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill stations. It links south East London and Kent to the DLR and Overground as well as the tube network at Victoria and provides public transport to Kings College and the Maudsley Hospitals. ? 2.???????Council Assembly notes that after much lobbying (including 2012 motion agreed by this chamber), this service was extended to a full Monday to Sunday service including evenings. Residents had already lost the Victoria to London Bridge service when the Overground service via Peckham Rye started and extension to this service was much needed. There has already, therefore been a net loss in service to Victoria on Monday to Saturday peak times of two trains per hour. ? 3. Council Assembly is deeply concerned by the recent Department for Transport consultation seeking passengers? views on the principle of reducing the choice of London termini to provide a more regular timetable and reliable service.?This has arisen to appease the Kent commuters who want a faster service into London. The proposal is to rationalise the services via Lewisham so they go to London Bridge or Cannon Street only and not to Victoria, thereby cancelling the service via Southwark to Victoria. As well as the loss of the service, this means, that when there are problems or engineering works on the Thameslink line, there won?t be the option of rerouting services into Victoria as happens at present. 4.???????Council Assembly accepts that the Lewisham train junction is a busy one. Therefore, if rationalisation of services though this junction is deemed necessary, alternative rerouting to the south of Lewisham would need good, frequent connections at Lewisham and extra train services, ie a return to 4tph through Southwark, as our residents also use the service southbound towards Dartford for work and school. 5.???????Council Assembly find it unacceptable that the recent consultation has been skewed towards the longer distance commuters. This consultation was not even advertised at our stations. We believe the current system provides a poor outcome for our residents and that TFL should take on the responsibility for the running of this and other south east London rail services to enable our residents to have a properly integrated transport system. If you haven't already done so, please respond to the consultation that closes tonight! Thanks Renata

I know many of you use the Thameslink service, It's disappointing that there only appear to be 2TPH going through London off peak on the route through Nunhead/Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill with 2 stopping at Blackfriars. So may people use the service to go further than Blackfriars. Please looked at the info produced by the Cinderella Line Lobby group and click on the link to the survey. Thanks Renata http://www.acinderellaline.com/phasetwo

I have done some more digging on this. It does appear that this is an exercise seeking to appease Kent train commuters by giving them faster train links into London. The proposed method does appear to be to reduce the number of destinations served from Lewisham by removing Victoria and Charing Cross as destinations and rerouting trains to Cannon Street. This would mean that, following on from the loss of the Victoria to London Bridge service and success in the battle for improvements to the Dartford to Victoria service (via Nunhead, Denmark Hill and Peckham Rye); this service is now under threat.:( The threat has been apparent in responses to the on-line petition, and in the discussions I've had with Southeastern. Please read the extract from petition response below below (also posed above so it save scanning through previous posts!):- We are therefore seeking passengers? views on the principle of reducing the choice of London termini to provide a more regular timetable and reliable service. In answering this question, it is important to consider the many new journey choices for passengers that will result from the completion of the Thameslink programme and the opening of the Elizabeth line. For example, by 2019, passengers from many South Eastern stations will be able to travel via Abbey Wood or Woolwich for fast and regular onward connections to Canary Wharf and central London. Many more passengers will change at London Bridge to join Thameslink trains that run every five minutes between London Bridge-Blackfriars-City Thameslink-Farringdon-St. Pancras. On the Bexleyheath line the number of passengers from intermediate stations between Dartford and Lewisham and who travel beyond Lewisham towards Victoria is relatively small when compared with those travelling on much faster trains to London Bridge. In the future some passenger from the outer stations on this route will travel via Abbey Wood and the Elizabeth line, or change at London Bridge for Thameslink onward connections. Overall all passengers will benefit from more reliable journeys and many will benefit from faster journey times. The consultation on this closes on the 30th June (Friday). Please, if you haven't already done so respond to it and share this information with others. The key question is number 17, we don't want a reduction in the number of terminal stations. The loss of this service would affect thousands of people. It also means that if there is trouble with the train service (as happened today) the trains can't be rerouted elsewhere. This morning Thameslink trains were being re-routed to Victoria because of a broken down train https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-south-eastern-rail-services Thanks Renata

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Hi Both, I reported the area outside the Coop a week ago and I'm waiting for a response from Officers. Thanks Renata

I reported the fly-tipping raised with me by Nigello and I have had confirmation that enforcement in conjunction with cleansing have been in attendance and the fly-tipped material has been removed. The amount of fly-tipping has not gone up, but spots used for by tippers vary! Commercial waste was never covered by the bulky waste service. I have reported about the pavement damage and skip. Renata

Hi all, those reading this may be interested on the consultation on Engine Idling http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,1816409 I put in an enquiry about the ice cream vans and it looks like soon they will be electric vehicles. The response is below. Renata The council recently tendered its catering concession contracts in parks together with the ice creams concessions. The concession holder is permitted to trade within the park and on the common. In terms of fumes we have specified that all vehicles must all be adaptable to operate on electric. We are currently surveying all our major park sites including Packham Rye Park to install electrical points so that all vehicles run their concession on electric. We will programme in all works to be completed by March 2018.

https://www.gov.uk/control-dog-public/dog-fouling

Hi Gaby, I have submitted in a Member's enquiry about this to ask if eg a short stretch of Straker's road could be used for disabled parking so that you and other disabled cafe users can park closer to the Cafe. Renata

There are a large number of dog owners in the area and most likely it's the same minority not clearly after their dog on a daily basis. It is an offence that brings a fine and can lead to prosecution but it's difficult for officers to catch dog owners in the act! If you spot some dog mess you can report it on the Southwark website for removal, the link is below: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/street-care/dog-fouling Renata

I have spoken to officers about this in the past. The sign is in relation to commercial photographers. For commercial filming or photography in the cemetery you need permission. Students from Goldsmith's and Camberwell School of Art quite frequently take pictures in our Cemeteries and Parks. I would suggest this is most likely to a student taking pictures for a project. Whoever they are it would be courteous if they asked people if it's OK before taking their picture! Renata