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At great personal expense I revisited the scene today and took a picture of the second sign further down the road to confirm it says 4.30pm rather than 4pm on the first sign. See first post and attached picture below. I also made a short film to show them together but am unable to attach - available on request! Now, does anyone know who I should send them to at Southwark News? And does anyone know a friendly ambulance-chasing lawyer?

Yes, I agree with Sue, you may well be right that it's a different kind of sign but any reasonable court in the land would surely accept that if you passed that first sign at 4.22pm and saw on it that the restrictions were from 3pm - 4pm you wouldn't then be expected to check the next sign to see if the times were different. And if you did spot that the times were different you could surely argue that you thought the first 4pm sign you saw was correct and the second 4.30pm sign you saw was incorrect... Edited to add - thanks for Southwark link, i knew the times had been reduced once so actually seeing the 4pm sign I thought maybe they'd reduced the times again but have failed to change both signs. Can't see anything on website about further changes though. Anybody seeing that would quite reasonably take it as correct! Anybody seeing that would quite reasonably take it as correct!

I've actually tried to appeal to get a refund but Southwark's automated website won't let me - it says that once you've paid you've admitted liability and the case is closed. This seems harsh for someone who may not live in the area and is unable to check the signs/location etc (I know you could use google maps but they are not always up to date).

Can anyone shed any light on this? I thought the afternoon restrictions were from 3pm - 4.30pm - I received a fine on Boxing Day Bank Holiday Monday for driving through at 4.22pm. I paid as although I felt it was pretty unreasonable I was bang to rights. I just walked down Townley Road and the first sign says restrictions are 3pm - 4pm while the one further down (not very clear in pic) says 3pm- 4.30pm. I don't know if they've always been like this or the times are changing and the people changing them have lost interest mid-job, but I would imagine if you receive a ticket for driving through at the same time as me you've got a pretty strong case have having the fine overturned due to inconsistent signage.

I'm completely confused by the policy on policing whether it's the government or the Mayor. I would have thought that increasing police numbers is always going to be a vote-winning popular policy with anyone except criminals whatever the cost. So why have numbers been cut?

We are new to the world of vets and like others here generally find them good but expensive. This isn't a big issue so I won't name the vet but what do people think of this? when we had some treatment for our dog we were told the cost would be £250. When we picked him up the bill was £260. No explanation of extra £10 cost, they just expected us to pay it. We questioned it and they said they had to use more expensive medicine because the usual one was not in stock. Now, apart from the fact that the medicine they gave us was only around £3.50 a bottle online, do people think it's fair that the customer should bear a higher cost if the vet doesn't have the cheaper medicine available? not a big price hike but it did leave a sour taste (a bit like the medicine).

This explains something I was curious about - a few weeks ago I was told to go to A&E when I called 111 about a minor injury but when went I couldn't actually find any A&E at Kings - the place I was seen was actually called just "Emergency" I think. I was seen relatively quickly, two hours, but it was just a bare unattended waiting area as described.

EDT has beer garden too: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cciz_xgoNQx/ Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JohnL Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The Cherry Tree has always been empty as long as > I > > remember except after football matches - when I > > first came to this area the then landlord was > not > > popular on here (that takes me back) > > > > I'm sad it never really got popular as its a > great > > space. > > The then landlord was not popular on here for many > good reasons. > > Including fake posts on here bigging up his own > pub and slagging off other local pubs. > > "Crushed and devalued" was how the fake poster > described s/he (not sure which, his wife was also > involved) felt after visiting another local pub, > can't remember which one. > > It was a running joke on the forum for a time. > > Then there was a lovely couple who were really > turning the pub around, and also brought in a > really excellent chef. It was them who renamed it > The Cherry Tree. > > The aforementioned unpopular landlord (who > unfortunately at that time also owned the pub) did > not seem to like someone else bringing in more > customers than he had, and he kicked them out. > > Either he also kicked out the excellent chef or > the chef left in protest/solidarity, can't > remember which. > > There was then a load of further argy bargy and > mudslinging on here. > > Oh those were the days 🤣 > > Then eventually Mr Unpopular sold the pub. Sighs > of relief all round. > > But as regards the EDT, I suspect the problem is > not just pricing but location. Also the EDT is > just generally a nicer pub, in my opinion. The > main advantage The Cherry Tree has is its garden.

It's abundantly clear that this issue is related to the closure of Sylvester Road. Two examples A couple of weeks ago I had to post a letter to someone in Essex, I decided to post it in Kent with a second class stamp at 4pm on a Monday - I'd have been happy for it to arrive that week, it actually arrived on the Wednesday morning. I wonder how long it would have taken if I'd posted it in SE22. And to highlight that in my experience this wasn't previously a problem - a couple of years ago I had to fly back from Glasgow the next day and realised that i had a penknife that they might not let me take on the plane, so I posted it in a suburban post box just in time to get the last collection and by the time i got home the following lunchtime it had already been delivered. I'm sure we could fill this thread with examples of how bad RM is in SE22 now and how reliable it used to be. In fact I think we already have

Not necessarily re travel - it may be that some posties supported the move because they live somewhere that was an easier/cheaper commute to Higshore Road. Unless they live further south than SE22 I don't see the change of commute costing them more. se22 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > nmh -That is completely wrong. The Posties got no > bonus for moving. All they got was increased > London Weighting which is mostly eaten up by tax > and travel costs.

I've noticed this more often recently too - I wonder if they are skipping a stage to speed things up or are so demoralised they can't be bothered - they've received the money either way, unless you go to the trouble of steaming the stamps off and reusing them maybe it doesn't really matter. Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Most of my cards weren't franked either.

There is this chap. https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-mr-loophole-lawyer-to-the-stars-to-represent-beckham-over-speeding-charge-11510038

They could simply turn off the cameras when the school hols start and turn them back on when term resumes or if that's too hard not send out fines during school holiday period! Where there's a will and all that... Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The technology exists, but there's a limit to how > much text you can put on a roadsign.

Except that the restrictions also apply during school holidays. One would think that the technology exists to lift restrictions out of term time. But then there would be less revenue from fines... sjsl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks Ianr, that's useful information. In answer > to your last question, my understanding is that > the measure is designed to reduce the added > congestion at school pick up and drop off on > weekdays. In my mind a bank holiday has the same > status as a weekend, and I think this is > particularly harsh.

Received this earlier today. I'm guessing it's a scam as how would the PO have my phone number, but with such a backlog of missing post it's hard to tell.

Depends what time you parked there as i think there are bus lane restrictions at certain times even in the bays. If possible can you post a picture of exactly where you were parked and for how long and I'm sure someone can help. natsw Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wonder if anyone can help me? I have received a > PCN today for parking in a bus Lane while taking > my dog to the vet. As far as I knew I had parked > in one of the 30 minute bays. It was just outside > the coop. Is anyone nearby that could take a look > for me? I can see there?s a bus lane between > Ashbourne Grove and the crossing but then I > thought it became parking bays. I certainly used > to park here but I don?t live in the area anymore > and perhaps things have changed. I?d really > appreciate any help as I?d rather not do a 90 > minute round?trip to check it out.

I caught the story on evening BBC news - looked to me like they were pretty much blaming it all on Covid causing lack of staff. As i said in an earlier post this might be a current factor but it's clear that the SE22 problems predate the pandemic. Sue - thanks for your sympathy, that's appreciated. On a more flippant level I wasted a lot of stamps on letters that i now wish I'd delivered by hand. I expect I'm not alone. Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Lynne Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > Load of flannel in reply from Royal Mail > > > What were their excuses/reasons for the months of > appalling service? > > How long has Crystal Palace been having problems? > Surely not as long as ED?!

I've been more active on this thread recently than I usually am on EDF and I'll explain why. When I got a few Xmas cards earlier this week one of them, sent a month ago, contained some personal bad news about the sender. I'd spoken to them a number of times on email over Christmas but because I hadn't received the card I was unaware of their change of circumstances and had sent them a number of lighthearted messages and talked about numerous trivial things in my life not realising what was going on in their life. I now feel very bad about this, while they presumably think I didn't care about what they were going through. This is probably a minor issue in the global scheme of things, but it's just one of the consequences of the postal debacle. I'm sure there are a lot more stories like this out there. Probably plenty that are a lot, lot worse than mine.

I'm no fan of privatisation but anyone who remembers the 1970s will recall that getting a phone line in the UK back then was often a nightmare. You could wait months for a line and could only choose one style of phone until they went all modern and brought in the trim phone - raising the number of choices to two. I'm certainly not saying privatisation was the answer but maybe if they had had some competition they would have been a touch more dynamic. Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BT separated from The Post Office in 1981 and was > privatised in late 1984. Prior to the separation > the Post Office had a 'negative' PSBR (Public > Sector Borrowing Requirement) which meant it had > to lend the government money. Much of that derived > from BT profitability. I don't think the Mail side > was especially loss making, but it was telecoms > that drove value in The Post Office. BT's negative > PSBR continued to privatisation, after which BT > was able to start investing in the network.

It might be possible that Covid is a contributary factor right now, but it absolute must not be used to exonerate RM over this issue - it's clearly on record that the problem existed before the pandemic. I suspect one can pretty accurately date the issue from the closure of the Silvester Road sorting office,