rjsmall

> I 100% agree with you that public services should > be provided free at the point of use, and funded > through progressive taxation. Under a future > Labour Government, I hope that the brutal cuts to > local government under Tory and Tory-LibDem > austerity are reversed. Sadly, at the moment, > Southwark Council has only 50% of the central > government grant it had ten years ago. This leaves > the council with only two options: raise revenue, > or make cuts. I (and I am sure many others) ppreciate you actively engaging on the forum but sometimes it would be good to leave out some of the party advertising after all it was a Labour minister who said there was no money left after the last Labour government. (https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/may/17/liam-byrne-note-successor)

I catch the P13 most mornings around 8am and at that time it is every 15 minutes https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/timetable/p13?direction=inbound&fromId=490010346S

I'd also recommend to check out Charles Booth's maps https://booth.lse.ac.uk/map for an overview and description of your street.

I recall that some years ago (2010 / 2011) Rye Lane was closed for similar works. In that case the buses heading north had a temporary stop on Copeland Road at the corner of Bournemouth Road. It would be helpful for this to be set-up again for the duration of these works.

jamesmcash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > This issue demonstrates very clearly the negative > effects of privatisation. Royal Mail has decided > that having a sorting office in East Dulwich is > not profitable. They may well be correct in their > assessment! But in my view the question is rather: > is there a justifiable community benefit for > having one? And the answer to that is demonstrably > 'yes'. > I am not sure that is entirely correct as the building was deemed unsuitable and from reading the other thread regarding the closure the postal workers were mostly in agreement with that assessment. So the private / public status doesn't really affect the suitability of the building.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Unfortunately rjsmall, this is likely to take the > thread in the wrong direction. > True - I am sure experiences vary. That said I am looking forward to trying the restaurant.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Moxons is > totally overrated with rude unhelpful staff. I completely disagree with this - I have been going to Moxon's since I moved to East Dulwich almost eight years ago and I have never experienced rude unhelpful staff. In fact it has always been the opposite - helpful, good with suggestions and always chatty.

It wasn't running up Whatley / Underhill this morning. Frustratingly the TfL live bus arrival website was showing it until about 5 minutes before arrival time when it would disappear. I assume they are just going straight along Lordship Lane towards the library.

Depending upon where you are in East Dulwich it may be easier to get a bus to Peckham Rye station. You can get a train to London Bridge or Elephant and Castle and take the northern line to Moorgate.

FWIW I submitted a report via the Southwark website on the condition of Underhill Road between Friern Road and Langton Rise. There are many potholes and the humps are breaking up. The road surface has deteriorated rapidly and is becoming pretty bad.

Lucyalexandra Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There seems to be more build up > turning right from the village into the junction > too I have noticed that the time allocated to the right turn filter light (i.e. turning right from Dulwich Village into Carlton Avenue) seems to be a lot shorter than it was previously. Only about three cars can get through on the green light but because of the long entry into the junction a couple more go through when the light has gone amber / red. This in turn risks collisions when the other lights go green. I guess in theory cars shouldn't enter then junction if they don't have a clear exit but in this case the result would be that even fewer cars would get through resulting in congestion further back along Dulwich Village.

I'd recommend Funky Moves (http://www.funkymoves.com/kids) - they run the classes in a hall just off East Dulwich Grove. My 6 year old daughter has been going for over a year and loves it. rjsmall

MissWiggy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 161 Kirkdale I think. 161 Food and Drink is the name but you are correct that the address is 161 Kirkdale. More bar snacks / sharing plates than meals but definitely worth a visit.

My wife and I use the P13 in the morning to take our daughter to school and barring the odd breakdown it is pretty reliable. In the evening however it is a different story with the bus timing being very irregular. I find this frustrating but I think it is hard to regulate the service due to the traffic flow along the South Circular. I use the TfL website to check the arrival time for the bus - doesn't help get it there any more quickly but at least you have an idea of how long you are going to have to wait. A couple more buses at peak times would be helpful.

It would be worth waiting a few weeks for the Artists Open House as I am sure there will be many paintings of the local area to select from. Details here https://dulwichfestival.co.uk/artists-open-house/ and you can pick up a guide from many of the shops on Lordship Lane.

El Presidente Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is no way they pay their staff LLW on ?5 a ticket! Without knowing what rent they pay or seeing their financials then it isn't possible to say this for certain. I would imagine that having being established for some time that their rent is substantially lower than the Picturehouse's.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Titch is right, just because somebody is doing the > job, that doesn't make it OK. Otherwise why have > any minimum wage, maximum hours, and other worker > protection at all? The living wage isn't a legal, safety or worker protection issue though - it is a voluntary scheme that employers sign up to.

Jules-and-Boo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > there are other ways to increase profit than > driving down staff costs That is assuming that they are trying to increase rather than just maintain profits. The term "driving down staff costs" makes it seem as if they are attempting to reduce the current pay rate rather than maintain it the level the staff were employed at. It isn't at the LLW level but I would assume the employees knew what the salary was when they signed their employment contract. A slight side issue but I do find it strange that people sign up to work for companies such as Deliveroo, Uber etc knowing they are doing so as contract staff and then complain that they don't have the same benefits as a fully salaried employee.

MDMDPD Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why can't, as an "interim" measure, TFL take over > running some Overground metro services between > London Bridge and Croydon. There is a publicly > owned track and someone just needs to run a train > on it. And the 5 carriage Overground trains > stopping at manned stations could be DOO as per > the rest of the Overground. > I think the issue was this is that this would show that the Southern services could run as DOO and therefore the unions (possibly more the RMT) would be up in arms about it.

johnhinton Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The whole referendum was premised on a desperate appeal by > David Cameron to pacify his "bastards", not on the > desire to allow the country as a whole to exercise > their democratic freedoms. Even before Article 50 > is triggered, the vote has done immense damage to > the country and worse is to come - this is a > profoundly undemocratic government, determined to > protect its narrow interests at the expense of the > whole country. In reality the Conservatives went into the election saying that if they had a majority there would be a referendum on EU membership and when this happened (against the opinion polls) they followed through with the referendum. Again the pollsters got the figures wrong which probably lead to a complacency amongst the politicians on all sides of the house. Not sure how you can say a democratically elected government acting of the result of a referendum that they said they would hold if elected is "profoundly undemocratic"

Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > you leave with nothing. Not entirely correct as if no agreements are reached then trade agreements would default to WTO agreements.

Barclays do a children's saving account - I opened my daughter an account in the East Dulwich branch - I think it is a minimum of ?1 - not sure about the ATM card though.

I think Yahoo are having issues as I use Yahoo e-mail and it has been up and down today.

London Overground also cancelled the 11:29 Dalston Junction train at very short notice today so not sure if they were having problems.

For services that only run within the capital (or within the area that TfL cover) I agree that would make sense. I would imagine they would have to compensate the TOC if they were moved before the end of the franchise. That said the London Overground operates with driver only operated trains - it would be a strange situation where these services switch to this method of operation yet this is what Southern are looking to implement.