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1. The Rec is open area where children (and adults) play sports. How could the council even CONSIDER using this area? It doesn't matter what the land was bought for 100 years ago - needs and priorities change. That option should not be an 'option'. Do you agree that to remove the playfield would be an abomination and should not be mentioned EVER AGAIN? 2. Right now the Council is felling 24 trees but the plan is to make 5000 spaces available. Is that not true? Where is that land coming from? To cut down living trees to bury the dead is wrong. 3. What is the Council doing to reduce burials? Is there any plan? We are the custodians of the lungs of London. Thank you for responding. You are an incredible councillor, Renata. I think that any area would be proud to have someone as committed and knowledgeable as you representing it. my blog: http://lewisschaffer.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/cutting-down-the-new-forest/#comment-427

Is this true? The space Renata mentions is only for about 300 burials - a drop in the Southwark bucket. Aren't there proposals afoot to find burial room for 5000? Where will the room for 5000 (!) burials come from? From our open and wooded areas of the Cemeteries. Will our cemeteries be completely destroyed? Did I read they want to expand burials in Nunhead Cemetery? We need to completely reconsider inner-London burials. Land is too scarce to waste it on the dead. Also - It is shocking that Southwark Council even considered (and I believe still considers) using Southwark sports fields for burials. I know Renata doesn't condone that. To destroy our children's future for the soon-to-be-ignored dead is completely amoral and must be rejected forever. I posted about this today: http://lewisschaffer.wordpress.com/2012/06/10/how-camberwell-old-cemetery-wood-was-lost/ With affection to Renata and other our councillors. x Lewis Schaffer

Will we regret destroying the woods of East Dulwich? The Council is to vote on 22nd June are destroy acres of lovely wood in Camberwell Old Cemetery - the size of 3300 graves - a huge area - for ugly ugly graves. I wrote about it. http://lewisschaffer.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/cutting-down-the-new-forest/