james84

Surely it is up to residents in this area to decide if they want to pay for controlled parking or not? If it is introduced and tehre is a knock on effect to surrounding areas as I suspect there would be, then the next area would have a consultation and again it would be there choice to introduce a CPZ or not and so on.

Maybe derwent, Elsie and the bottom of Melbourne Grove should be made into permit areas as there seems to be no problems elsewhere apart from on these roads. However those on Ashbourne may object when there is a sudden drop in the number of parking spaces.

Something to do with this perhaps?? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14059127

Hi - I would also be keen to play, I normally play for a team in wimbledon but I've just had a baby so would be much better to stay local. Andrea

, they would prefer > people to report suspicious behaviour like you > witnessed to 999 even if it turns out to be a > false alarm. > If that is what James is saying then he really doesnt have a clue what he is talking about and should refrain from posting idiotic comments on the forum.

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Not sure if this is the right pace to post this, but our cat has been rather ill for the passed few days, she has cloudy eyes and seems to have trouble seeing at the moment. We took her to the vet yesterday and the vet suggested that she may have uveitus, so she gave us some medication for her, but since then her sight seems to have deteriorated. Has anyone had any experience with this before? We are a bit worried and the vets is now shut so we cant phone them until Tuesday now. Anyone any suggestions?

So would it be fair to say that as she is obviously out of her depth and finding it very difficult to perform, and under scrutiny from the parenst and governing board, that perhaps the pressure is a little to much for her, and the atural reaction would be to go into defence mode, where she thinks everyone is attacking her. And because of this train of thought it might of been quite easy for her to think that she was under attack because of her colour, not neccessarily her performance.

You make a valid point Toast, a number of these heads arent up to the job in hand, and have in all likelihood been pushed into these positions when they are not up to the task in hand, just because there are few others who will fill them.?

Thaty is a disgusting site, and not representative of society as a whole. You seem to be missing the point though- no one knows what the intentions were of Moyles, you just want to jump to conclusions and make accusations. At the end of teh day this all seems pretty innocent to most people, and has just been taken the wrong way and blown way out of proportion, hence Southwark council not wuilling to comment any further and the police stating that there was not racial malice intended.

This thread should probably stop now. Lady Libra you are not going to accept anything else but your own point of view, and anyone who argues with your point will be labelled. From your last post it is obvious that you are picking an argument.

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What a load of crap all of this is- Southwark council have refused to publish the findings of their inquiry into this matter. Why??? Probably because the results woudl show that this was all a big waste of time. It was never meant as a personal attack on the head teacher, and should never of been taken as such by her, but obviously that cant be published because it would make the head teacher look foolish for reacting in such a way. Southwark would also look pretty stupid to have wasted so much time on such a ridiculous case, its obviously not racist, its Charles Darwin for god sake, he has a bloody grey beard. How anyone can see it otherwise is looking to stir trouble. Admitedly there is teh question here of whether the imagery of parents holding the school to account in such a way is acceptable, but that is a completetly different question from whether from racism. I wonder if this was reported in teh Guardian, would people still be so adament that it was a racist act?

Report him to the police, they will know where he lives and pick him up again and probably prosecute as he has been convicted before.

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Can anyone recomend any antenatal classes in the ED area, the only ones we can find are full day courses, but we both cant make them unfortunately, so ideally looking for some evening classes. Any help would be much appreciated.

The guys ran off in the direction of Peckham down Crystal Palace road or one of the neighbouring streets. If you live around there please keep an eye out for her bag- she was very upset and somethig back is better than nothing. We think that the two guys were spotted on Lordship Lane outside the old video store 5- 10 mins earlier, both were in dark hoodie/ sweatshirt type tops, and dressed all in dark. They were acting suspiciously on Lordship Lane which was why i clocked them. Be vigilant People

I see your point, but that would cost more money. The idea that residents are polled in the first place will give a better indicvation of whether they actually see a problem, if they doont then nothing furtehr need be done, its minimum cost and effort. Initiating a council study im sure would be pretty costly, especially to have one or two people conducting the study over a two week period.

James, Maybe the answer is to poll all of the residents of the affected streets and see what tehir views of a CPZ are in the first instance. Im sure that wouldnt be too much to do, either a door to door survey or a few letters through letterboxes. Then at least you would know what the general feeling is of the affetced residents and can look at acting accordingly.

If you noticed, I wasnt complaining Cate, I was merely pointing out the facts, as I sais it doesnt really effect me so im not that bothered, but can see how it effects other people in the local area. The estate agents opposite the station park behind the premisies in desiganted parking, and goose green was not included in any of the roads that were mentioned earlier, and i was refering more to the high concentration of agents further down Lordship Lane.

I live on one of those streets and whilst I cant say that it is definitely commuters I cant see who else it can be. It is incredibly hard to get a parking space on any of them between 8.30am and 6.30pm however after this time there is always plenty of spaces, which would suggest to me that there are ample spaces to park for residents, as this is when everyone tends to be at home and there is never a problem. It is in the daytime that problems occur. I work in the day and get the train to work so it does not really effect me, but there have been occasions where I have had the day off, popped out in the car and then cant park anywhere again for ages due to the volume of parked cars. I had a week off recently and encountered this problem pretty much every day, but was amazed at how by 6.30 there were loads of spaces again. I can only see it as being commuters as you wouldn't park that far up from Lordship Lane you would park on one of the side streets, and there arent really enough businesses in that triangle, certainly not estate agents that would use those roads to park in, again they all tend to park in the roads directly off Lordhsip Lane (where most of them are located). The weekends can also be quite bad, not because of the shopping, but people use those streets to park whilst they go to church at the Dulwich Grove U.R.C. However this only tends to last one to two hours on a saturday and Sunday.

Thanks all, I think we are going to see which one we can get in with, but at least we now have some good ideas. To be fair anything has to be better than Melbourne Grove

Thanks guys- its 27m long x 10- I called them to check. Bit of a random question I know, but I need it to calculate a distance swim im training for.

Any ideas?

We have been having a few issues with the surgery on Melbourne Grove and thinking of leaving, but not sure if any in the area are better. we used to be with an amazing surgery in Balham, but this one has been really poor, especially in dealing with my partners pregnancy. Its a special and exciting time and we dont want it spoilt by teh surgery that we are with!!! Any recommendations welcome.