JohnL

A lot of shouting outside on Rye Lane now and pointless me topping up weekend supplies at Tesco as it will have been cleaned out. I hate this weekend Maybe someone could design streets so they don't transmit sounds - I hear every conversation on street level from the 4th floor never mind the shouts and screams, And why do taxis beep there horns at the festival goers.

I have heard a few times that Cameron thought there was going to be another coalition government and he needed some policies that he could easily throw away in bargaining with the Liberal Democrats. So he proposed the referendum planning to bargain it away after the election. Then he won and was stuck with it. Maybe that was stupid 🙂

Noticed that next door the Bishop is shutting at 1:00am on a weekend - has been 2:00am for years Thats the same time as the EDT.

Road works to relay gas mains on Rye Lane are supposed to go on all summer along with noise - I hope they don't remove them for the outsiders to celebrate in what they consider an edgy part of town.

There's another free festival on bank holiday monday following the Gala one.

You don't have to put your age on an application .. obviously if interviewed you will be seen but then have your notes prepared to make sure they know why you're the best for the job. Make sure to make any CV achievement not chronologically based (which is popular now anyway). Some jobs advertised online don't exist and are just for collection of applicants.

Pool of blood as I walked passed - fenced off and a police car - horrible we have had less violence recently

Christmas Eve is the same if you're unlucky enough to be around and not left London for the season - almost every pub closed by 8PM Last Christmas The Bishop was open though ... and jam packed.

May make sense for the HA For the residents I guess this means the freeholder becomes some financial organisation that's likely to further increase service charges/ground rent/lease extension charges (whichever is applicable).

Twitter - I know some may like it being X but it is a cesspool these days.

As we stop using royal mail we forget - not used it for 5 years then had a letter needed to go to a solicitor I used old stamps I've had for years - no they're not allowed you need posh bar coded ones now- that letters gone into the Ether -I'll try another. Tempted to go back to what I did in the 1980s write "FIRST CLASS URGENT" on the front underlined and a return address on the back but it'll probably wind them up.

I suspect Rye Lane is seen as an experience and purposely kept as it is. For some visitors there is an attraction in the grittiness.

That white building outside Peckham Rye train station has been graffitied during the festival. You can see they're scared to take down the security fences as it will become a grafitti wall - theres a security guy and a dog in there but what are they going to do. I think its mainly non locals- I see them coming down Rye lane and returning later - they don't stay for long afterwards (except a few) - they don't catch buses just walk to the train. They stop at Tesco to buy beer (good for Tesco then). Angel Oak had a juice bar on Saturday but not sure how well they did. There was a load of paper scattered around this morning by Nigel Road - not sure what from. A load of police/private security were escorting them across East Dulwich road on Saturday night - not sure whether something happened or they just needed escorting.

When they pour past my flat at 11:00am and back up at 8:00pm plundering Tescos like marauding vikings - they just get dirty looks - surprised they don't ever comment on the unfriendly locals.

I used to be able to go to Melbourne Grove - chat to the receptionist and get a same day appointment - I guess it was a cancellation but one was available if I hung around or went for a coffee - this was maybe 10 years ago. I guess this is banned in the new surgery.