first mate

Is this a popular event? If great demand for this sort of event on such a small space then so be it. It is just with Peckham Common so very close by just wondering why this is considered a preferable venue for this kind of thing?

Fireworks again tonight, Melbourne Grove North LTN area.

Should this thread be in the traffic section?

Perhaps the Melbourne Grove LTN should be renamed as Melbourne Grove skateboard park.

Good find Spartacus. Is the quoted text above a fancy and rather oblique way of saying that it is things like better transport links that account for less car use, not LTNs?

Do skateboards count as 'wheeling'? These youngsters were not travelling they were practising their skills. It just feels a slightly odd mix, commuters in cars, kids going up and down playing on skateboards, commuters on e-bikes, scooters and motorbikes, pedestrians- all on the roads together.

What is the point of saying "those of you that have posted don't like cyclists". It is ridiculous, divisive and simply untrue. Talk about fanning the flames of the culture wars furnace. Many who post stuff that makes you angry Mal are also cyclists. You know it too, which makes what you post even more offensive.

It feels like it might be an extension of the summer water bombing spate. The sad thing is this could really put off some visiting the park. I really hope the council seriously consider putting some of their huge parking surplus to funding a serious and permanent warden and police presence in the park; it is needed.

So glad the kids that threatened your dog were spoken to. Also good to know police aware of fireworks. I heard some going off again this evening, well before dusk, so they need to get on top of this or with it getting dark earlier it may get a lot worse.

Lots of teenage boys skateboarding up and down the MGN LTN this evening, along with random e-bikes, cars, motorbikes and pedestrians. Is that the intention, that the local roads become a skateboard park?

It may be an inconvenient correlation but unless you can prove there is no link between the recent changes and an apparent increase in certain types of crime in the area, then it should stay in the traffic section.

More let off last night, early evening. I do not ever recall hearing fireworks on such a regular basis at this time of year. For those walking dogs after dark, this must be of concern.

So how many of us think the council will just go ahead and implement the reduced CPZ without the statutory consultation (procedures) their own documents indicate is required?

Fireworks again tonight? Is this going to go on until next summer?

Statutory consultation, now rephrased as statutory procedures. PS, Referendum not mentioned anywhere, except by you, Mal (aka Mr, Mrs or Ms Mischief);)