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Parking Penalty Charges are being consulted on. Charges were last reviewed in 2010 and the number of penalty charges issued have increased so a reason for the consultation is it may no longer be the deterrent it was. The consultation is on the charges that apply when a penalty is issued not actual penalties. An increase in anything is not going to be welcome at this time but generally you can avoid a penalty charge by not doing whatever attracts one and they are needed. I can’t believe anyone has driven or walked in London and not thought “that car shouldn’t be doing that”. If you’d like to respond the consultation runs until 23 October and can be found at https://www.londoncouncils.gov.uk/LondonParkingChargesConsultation

Thanks for possible places for the Big Butterfly Count. Places I looked today weren’t any good

The Big Butterfly Count is running until 6 August. Does anyone know any good places locally to do the count? Does Peckham Rye park have a wildflower meadow this year? Anything at Goose Green this year?

This weekend is the end of the week for Living Streets #cuttheclutter https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/cut-the-clutter Report through here maybe reports in numbers will raise the importance. Don’t know about others but I’m struggling to recall walking anywhere in London where the pavement was clear all the way.

Charities have to meet the same regulations as shops. You might be trying to do a good thing but medicines are prescribed for a certain person once their health has been considered. Those who prescribe go through years of training and what works for one might not work for another or even for that person a year down the line. Take any medicines to a pharmacy for disposal and donate something that doesn’t risk hurting the person it’s donated too - if it poses a safety risk a charity won’t be able to take it. Add something extra to your shopping and there’s a good chance there is a donation point in the supermarket - Sainsbury’s Dog Kennel Hill, M&S at the station and Co-op on Lordship Lane definitely have boxes you can put donations in and whatever you put in will go to someone in need.

We’ve been to Due Fratelli (replaced 500 Degrees pizza place) on Lordship Lane a few times now. They have pizza and a few other dishes. We think pizza is their best. No stuffed crusts or Hawaiian just good pizza - the original fast food. They have a wood fired oven and pizzas come out in no time. Pizzas range from £6.95 to £12.95. We’ll go back, none of the other pizzas we’ve had on Lordship Lane are as good.

I live near East Dulwich station and remember comments on here when the introduction of a CPZ was first raised. Not everyone was affected but those living at the ends of roads giving onto Grove Vale reported being harassed by drivers wanting to park to go to the station. The car then stayed in place all day so if residents took their car out the space might not be there when they returned. We also have a 2-hour restriction and it’s worked at stopping commuters parking all day. The consultation refers to changes, particularly that means more demand for evening parking. I’ve not seen changes on Grove Vale that would mean that applies this end, though it might at the other end of the zone. The zone is here to stay whether you believe it’s needed or not so if the current hours are working where you live maybe respond to say keep the current hours in your area and extend it where there is an issue with evening parking by creating a new zone.

The Albrighton Community Centre hires out rooms and there is also a kitchen you can hire. Call them on 0207 737 6186.

The OP has been given various suggestions and hopefully been able to make the donation. The Southwark Food Action Alliance publishes a Southwark food map https://sfaa.communitymaps.org.uk/project/sfaa-food-map/contribution/39131?center=51.4788:-0.0678:13&tab=1 As well as donations of food and toiletries which are always welcome volunteers to help sort and give out the donations are also needed. I know the Albrighton need more volunteers at the moment - school holidays mean regular volunteers are not available. If you can give a few hours or a day you can contact the Albrighton on 020 7737 6186. There is a variety of things that need doing and you can volunteer for a few hours as and when or regularly. If you can put an extra item in your shopping trolley there are collection points in local supermarkets where you can drop the items on your way out.

The trail map for Dulwich Park shows the dog exercise area around the edge. This would be far more interesting for a dog than the area near where the horses go and the owner wouldn’t need to be constantly on the lookout for children who might ride or scoot into their dog. The council webpage for Dulwich park says “dog walking area - dogs may be walked off the lead on the perimeter path around the park”. The dog owner had the right idea going to the stables to socialise her dog knowing it had an issue with dogs but should have done that first. We had dogs growing up and even though we knew they’d come back when called or walk next to us with no lead on they went on leads in areas requiring them and when they were to walk next to us. My sister’s current dog was attacked by another dog which meant he didn’t like dogs coming up to him and would react aggressively. She took him to training and he’s getting there but still has issues with certain breeds. If he’s off the lead and she sees a dog he might react to she calls him back and puts him on the lead until they are past and then let’s him off again. Just as with children you need to look out for things that could cause a dog to react or dangers. It doesn’t matter how well trained the dog is something could shock it the same way it does you and you don’t know how it will react or what people will do to it. In this case one kick from the horse could have done serious injury to the dog, maybe even having fatal consequences.

You are allowed to do plenty, but it’s not always appropriate to do what you can. Is there a way a sports ground that is not fully utilised could be used by more than one group so the second group’s ground didn’t need to be watered with a sprinkler. Could the school put in waterbutts and a way to store rain water when it comes to then use later so they don’t need to use mains water. It sounds like this is going to become more regular and even when rain returns a lot is going to be needed as levels have got so low.

Looking for local vaccination clinics for some extra protection before your holidays or want to have children vaccinated before they go back to school? Someone asked on the General ED Issues page so I thought I’d post here. You can find details of local vaccination centres on https://selondonccg.nhs.uk/what-we-do/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine/pop-up-clinics/ Cases might be going down but cases in Southwark were above the national average when I last checked. Not vaccinated consider it now to help protect us all and avoid feeling lousy for a week or ending up in hospital both of which I know of personally in the last few months. It may not be as bad as it was but Covid is still with us. Certainly not what I was expecting.

The Albrighton Centre welcomes donations which they give to users of the Community Fridge with cats

Details on the NHS site only gave info for today fo Tessa Jowell but I think it’s updated fairly regularly. https://selondonccg.nhs.uk/what-we-do/covid-19/covid-19-vaccine/pop-up-clinics/

I wasn’t going to respond to this thread as my response was So! Not parking on double yellow lines is a well known rule and it’s common courtesy not to block someone’s s drive. In the 40+ years I’ve been driving parking on a yellow line has risked a ticket and double yellow lines are often there for safety. I can’t think of any double yellow lines in Dulwich Village that are somewhere parking a car would not be inconsiderate to pedestrian’s or other road users. Sometimes double yellow lines appear to be in odd places but you can object. An order is needed before a double yellow line goes in and gives time to object, after they are in if you think it’s wrong you can contact the Council. It may or may not be removed. Ianr whether there is a yellow line or not it’s common courtesy to leave someone’s driveway clear. How do you know they are not out shopping/will have someone in the car who can’t walk far without help or coming back from the hospital having just lost a relative. In any of those situations how would you feel if it was your driveway and you came back and it was blocked? I’m sure one of the reasons there are more double yellow lines than when I started driving is to stop people parking inconsiderately or dangerously. Southwark has put in double yellow line junction protectors. The Highway Code might say DO NOT not MUST NOT but it also says DO NOT stop in a bus stop - I’m sure I’m not the only one that’s been on a bus that couldn’t get into the bus stop or held up by one. We need some rules so we can avoid accidents most of the time sometimes they may inconvenience or delay us, other times they help us. Someone’s looking for a parking space for their van and sees one at the end of the road, gets there and there’s double yellow lines so parks somewhere else. Another driver is approaching that junction and sees someone walking along the pavement on their mobile phone and has time to slow gently not jolting their passenger with a bad back by needing to brake suddenly. The rules are not there for rules sake they are unfortunately needed as some people think of no one else once they get behind the wheel or even those that do don’t know the full situation when they are looking to park and need something to say not here. Thanks for reading if you got to the end.

A plea please could people wear masks on public transport and in shops. We are in a much better position than we were two years ago and I hope we don?t go back there but Covid is still with us. Earlier this week my father-in-law and his girlfriend came down with Covid. They both appear to be on the mend now though an ambulance was called and she was taken to hospital despite been vaccinated. She had to go to hospital on her own - my father-in-law couldn?t go as he is Covid positive, his son who lives with him couldn?t go as he was negative. Despite testing negative his son who lives with him is now feeling ill. Go about your life but can you wear a mask in shops (it?s a courtesy to those working there) and on buses and trains. A few minutes is a minimum inconvenience. A small thing we can all do to bring numbers down further so we can have holidays and those who catching Covid could be more serious for might feel able to leave the house. I can?t imagine how those who were shielding feel if they have to go up Lordship Lane on a Saturday.

That?s a kind thought. There are all kinds of regulations around gas for safety reasons which probably explains the reluctance of charities. Can you find a qualified gas engineer willing to install it free of charge and then offer the cooker and installation. The HSE says engineers have to be registered on the Gas Safe Register to legally install appliances. https://www.gassaferegister.co.uk/ Somewhere like the Albrighton Centre (for East Dulwich) or Link Age Southwark might know of someone who needs a cooker and having agreement from an engineer might mean that although they can?t accept a donation they can help the cooker go to a good home.

You should be fine. I think they either come out to East Dulwich on a moped or in the CCTV car rather than use it to issue parking tickets

Lloyds pharmacy in Sainsburys had them yesterday. I got the standard two packs not the one the sign said they were giving out due to high demand. Getting them by post we got them the next day although it says it can be longer. They don?t seem to have been affected by problems with our post for other items.

School streets are not new. Southwark has been doing them since 2018 and the proposal includes exemptions for residents and emergency vehicles. It?s only for a short period and how many children are driven to school when they don?t need to be? One consideration for some when choosing a house is local schools, for me it?s not on a street with a school and I don?t drive at school drop off time if I can avoid it. A walk before school is not going to harm most children and planning to allow time to walk to school is good for them to understand you can?t get up late and get in the car and make it on time. Though from what I see walking might be quicker than driving. If children walk to school then walking to East Dulwich or Denmark Hill station to catch the train to work rather than jumping on the bus might be their choice in later life. Families might need to adapt their routine but it won?t be the only change made for having a child in your life. It might even be good - less time sat in traffic, time to talk, watch the seasons - trees, birds.

Thank you Cora

Does anyone have local details for who to send an example to of bad service locally? The Royal Mail website has a form to fill in but that?s central. I was thinking of copying it to those with local interest. I received two notifications for a penalty issued on 28 December. They are dated 1 and 10 January and both turned up this week, on the same day. I also got an official letter sent in the last few days - I know as I only gave them what they needed so the letter would come out last week.

Depending on where you want to go,if your ticket allows, it can be quicker on normal bus routes. The rail replacement buses take some strange routes to stop at all the stations the train would

Looks open on TfL traffic cameras and no diversion on bus info

The link is working for me at the minute, though the post might be an issue now. https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests If you are not working from home it could be worth asking at work - my husband had to go into the office yesterday and they had boxes of tests for workers to test before they go into the office. It?s not mandatory so they had some available.