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former East Dulwich councillor - how can I help?
mynamehere replied to James Barber's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A lot of Upland and all of Piermont are in Peckham > Rye Ward Perhaps we should invite the Local > Councillors? Does anyone have the Crime Figures > for our Ward? This is all done e-dealer. The Policeman in charge has done the appropriate organisation. I've contacted a large number of people on the length of Upland and Piermont. If you're on Upland or Piermont and want to help sent up neighbourhood watch on the whole length, there're already signs on one part, then please do come on Friday the 18th of May at 19:30 to the Lordship Lane (East Dulwich) Police Station on Whateley Road in the conference room. We can also ask what the plans are for the building. Come even if you have plans later in the evening. Just stop by so your name can be added to a list of people who want to have an expanded Neighbourhood Watch on Upland Road. PM me if you'd like. -
former East Dulwich councillor - how can I help?
mynamehere replied to James Barber's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Please see attached crime stats from the local > Safer Neighbourhood Teams for East Dulwich ward > and Village ward. > > Any ideas to reduce crime please get in touch. I followed up on some postings by Thomas Micklewright on this subject and have organised a neighbourhood watch meeting for the length of Upland Road including Piermont Green with the Metropolitan Police unit that deals with ... Neighbourhood Watch! As Upland Road covers 2 jurisdictions the co-ordinator:[email protected] had some organisation and has offered us a meeting this Friday, the 18th of May at 19:30 in the conference room at the old East Dulwich Police Station on Lordship Lane. Please, anyone on Upland Road or Piermont Green who wants to attend, please come and / or contact me here. I cannot think of any better way to "make a stand" than Neighbourhood Watch. It formalises what should be happening anyhow: looking out and getting involved if something looks dangerous. Please come this Friday, 18th May, 19:30 to the conference room in the East Dulwich Police Station on Lordship Lane to talk about Neighbourhood Watch if you live anywhere along Upland Rd or on Piermont Green. -
Dulwich leisure centre - annoyed!
mynamehere replied to MichelleE's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
I use this leisure centre alot and I'm sorry you had this experience. I think they follow their schedule.. possibly you had an old time chart. I can't imagine why the instructor would let anyone claim a spot. I've never expereinced anything like that and I guess I'd just laugh at them and their pomposity. What happens sometimes is a person puts a mat down and sets up a space and then goes out for whatever reason. Could it have been that this person was returning to a mat previously laid out? In any event, I can pick bones with the best of them but in this instance I think you should double check that you have the right schedule and then book your class and stand your ground. I might very well be there and if I hear such silliness I'll back you up. -
the dulwich ukelele club enjoy
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us as well
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former East Dulwich councillor - how can I help?
mynamehere replied to James Barber's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Thames water has contact for exactly this thames water leaks reporting -
Is it starlings that get the fat balls hung on metal hooks on 2+ metre metal poles in the middle of clear lawn? We thought that the squirrels jump vertically and somehow manoeuver it.
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attack near ED station (Thursday 29th March 2012)
mynamehere replied to tfayers's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
What happened in NYC is a model for how to stop crime waves and the handful of people driving them each time they cycle through as one is now affecting us locally: slam people with authority on to the streets NYC: If you compare New York in 2011 to New York in 1990, it seems hard to believe that it?s the same city. In the 1970s, ?80s and early ?90s, New York was viewed as one of the world?s most dangerous metropolises ? a cesspool of violence and danger depicted in gritty films like ?The Warriors? and ?Escape From New York.? Friends who lived here during that time talk of being terrified to use the subway, of being mugged outside their apartments, and an overwhelming tide of junkies. Thirty-one one of every 100,000 New Yorkers were murdered each year, and 3,668 were victims of larceny. Today, in an astonishing twist, New York is one of the safest cities in the country. Its current homicide rate is 18 percent of its 1990 total ? its auto theft rate is 6 percent. The drop exceeded the wildest dreams of crime experts of the 1990s, and it?s a testament to this transformation that New Yorkers now seem more likely to complain about the city?s dullness than about its criminality. In his fascinating new book, ?The City that Became Safe,? Franklin Zimring, a professor of law and chairman of the Criminal Justice Research Program at the University of California at Berkeley, looks at the real reasons behind that change ? and his conclusions might surprise you. Contrary to popular belief, Giuliani?s ?zero tolerance? bluster had little to do with it. Instead, it was a combination of strategic policing and harm reduction by the New York Police Department. Police targeted open-air drug markets, and went after guns, while leaving drug users largely alone. The implications of the strategy could make us revise not only the way we think about crime, but the way we think about our prison system and even human nature. -
former East Dulwich councillor - how can I help?
mynamehere replied to James Barber's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
As I keep chickens and the foxes have killed 5 of them over the years I have looked into this as completely as I can. To sum up: You cannot get rid of the foxes. It is not allowed and nothing not even "genocide" would work. They'd just come back. As James and others say just make it hard for them or just live with them (without feeding them!). Pee on your garden. At least it is extremely good for the garden and the compost heap and it saves water. No cooked food, no meat ever in the compost you'll get foxes, rats and mice. I have built a proper chicken coop for my chickens. Free range does not mean free it means lots of space. Now my chickens have lots of safe controlled space. I've finally realised that if a fox is screaming in your garden at night driving you round the bend: open the window and clap your hands or call out not even that loudly. They'll leave for the rest of that night at least. -
Gay marriage? Let's have a referendum
mynamehere replied to silverfox's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
I just wish they showed leadership on engineering and the shared environment. -
Gay marriage? Let's have a referendum
mynamehere replied to silverfox's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
I'm sort of glad they're doing it. Hope it takes less than 5 minutes to just say "yes". I also agree to your point. This will be a fun time waster for them. -
Gay marriage? Let's have a referendum
mynamehere replied to silverfox's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
southwark gay marriage debate wednesday Southwark is going to debate legalizing gay marriage. Wish they'd show other national leadership but this is a good start. -
former East Dulwich councillor - how can I help?
mynamehere replied to James Barber's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Often Fully Booked: Yoga, Intermediate Pilates, Stretch Pilates, Aerobic Pilates. The Centre knows what has waiting lists every week. Toning Pilates... hmm not enough Pilates? also Pllleeaassssssee tell Southwark to make the website booking more user friendly: We get the idea: you book a class and don't show: you pay this is repeated endlessly Please list classes by time and not alphabetically Show whole weeks by time within days and allow one click through weekly bookings -
former East Dulwich councillor - how can I help?
mynamehere replied to James Barber's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
It is my understanding that there is "unused" space at the ED Fusion. I do not know exactly what this means but 1. if there is unused space then open another exercise room and 2. People have spoken repeatedly about the time table... more thought needs to be given as to when and in what order and how many of which classes are scheduled and 3. there are times throughout the day without classes scheduled and 4. If getting instructors is a problem then maybe get students at sports unis to teach as part of their degree programme? or newly qualified teachers? Some of this has been discussed as has the badly designed web site booking system. -
Here's a real story that happened at a school: There was a sports event and parents watching. One group of parents decided that a parent over there doing nothing special away from them looked dodgy so they decided to call the police. True story. Actually, I'm a little ish white woman and the same thing without the police happened to me... I was watching something my son was involved in and I was on the wrong side of a chain link fence and people decided I was dodgy and treated me like a dodgy person. hmmmm in fact there are people who know me who think I am dodgy
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Gay marriage? Let's have a referendum
mynamehere replied to silverfox's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
The Catholic Church is ruining my marriage: Robert Shrimsley FT magazine 16.3.12 Try this tongue-in-cheek article in the Sat FT. My heterosexual husband and I thought it about summed up most of this cultural who's better stuff -
Consultation on South of the Borough Event
mynamehere replied to Renata Hamvas's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Grabot's idea is wonderful. Getting the buses off LSL might be seen as too high a hurdle .... along East Dulwich Rd turn right at Peckham Park up to Barry back to LSL at the Library would anyone agree to this? But I love the idea.(tu) -
elected upper house: is it true no one cares?
mynamehere replied to mynamehere's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
What is amazing is how well it works. Certainly exclude "criminals" (Lord Archer springs to mind) when you get rid of hereditary and the church votes. Would an elected house always mirror the commons? In the USA it doesn't because the tenure is different: 2 years for the House and 6 for the Senate so they get elected in different political climates. Also it goes back to the AV campaign a few months back. What's voted for is the Party and not the Person. I'd like to "split" votes and vote the person within the party perhaps but the nuanced person. -
I'll add my 2 p: Dig in into the ground so the roof becomes a wild flower hill. Ground source heat. Facing south. Entirely triple gas filled glass front. Wind turbine off to the side. I'm 50% solar generated hot water and electricity on a mid terrasse wrong facing house. Lucky you to build. Look at all the German prefab fab stuff.
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what a beautiful film and I saw a honey bee having a drink and what a beautiful pond with such clear water... how do you do that? is there a flow through? my pond is healthy but covered with blanket weed. I get loads of frogs but nothing like that convention.
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Latin is part of a deep and broad education. But I have a question: the word "Engineering". From year 6 I couldn't find any other word that fit my son's strengths: maths and sciences. Everytime I have used this word as a "what will he study.." I have had educators and adults look blankly at me. The idea that "engineering" is "presigious" and oxbridge and really anything at all compared to doctor/ lawyer/ economics/ business has left me apologising and explaining ("he's all A's and A*'s like only a someone without other possibilities for a real subject would do engineering). Comments?
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Missing post/packages - lordship lane
mynamehere replied to Vixster250's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
I think this is happening on Upland Rd as well... at least to me: new staff.... working very very late, never getting to us. -
EDSNUB new project community garden
mynamehere replied to monica's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
I know there is 100 bags of earth ready to go from Northcross Rd respond to sunnyboy asap -
former East Dulwich councillor - how can I help?
mynamehere replied to James Barber's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
I agree with henry and as to politics eddie, this forum lets anyone say anything and most politicians hate people knowing what they are doing. How would anyone of us know something like a proposal to change a local roundabout? who would seach and make themselves aware of each and everything the council (in this case) have up their sleeves and who cares, rather bravo to all of you for being so clear as to where you stand on issues
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