James Barber

I remember it very well. The African drumming seemed to help my first child decide to come out!

Hi ladywotlunches, On reflection I don't think I should request parking enforcement - Francesca Cabrini is in Peckham Rye ward. I wouldn't welcome councillors from other wards deciding such matters for East Dulwich ward. So I have emailed the PR ward councillors highlighting these concerns. If you find nothing on the ground changes then by all means email me privately at [email protected] to discuss how to take forward. Hi Sue, I've asked that replacement photo be installed. We kepy some money back from this project precisely for such an eventuality. Hi Fuschai, Not sure if your comments related ot Francesca Cabrini or St.Anthony's? Hi TonyQuinn, I've asked if I can have a copy of the Forst Hill Road plans to pass onto to you.

Hi Gimme, Stand outside St.Anthony's and you see lots and lots of kids being walkedto school.

Sky-blue, I think you miss the point that the parents would want their kids to attend an RC school. Also when I was last taken through the admissions many of the kids going to st.Francis Carpini had put it after st anthonys.

Hi Catma, Up until this financial year the Lib Dem led council provided ?110,000 capital funding for every political ward in Southwark to spend on Cleaner, Greener, Safer projects. In East Dulwich and other Lib Dem wards we've funded lots crime prevent projects - that includes so far 2,000 free property marking kits. I also applied to Labour and Conservative neighbouring wards. Non of these allocated any of their money to crime prevention. Various responses - one was it's the polices problems not the councils and similar. I applied several years running. So I'm afraid locally this scheme is just in East Dulwich. We still have 300 kits of the 2,000 left. As Labour have decided in the first financial year of running the council to have no such capital devolved budgets well not be able to buy more kits for the foreseeable future once the 300 run out. Hope that makes sense.

Partially true skyblue. More likely kids will go to RC School St Francis Caprini and Lewisham kids wont have places to go. Expanding this school will mean more kids will be able to walk and cycle to school.

Hi ladywotlunches, I know exactly who to ask about this - which is worse schools drop of or pick up?

From the description most of these burglaries can be deterred or stopped by hardening homes. Sad we need to do this. Criminals are largely opportunistic. If they're determined they go for property that's unmarked and involves making the least noise and fuss. For crime prevention tips go to the Crime Stoppers website OR ask your local Safer Neighbourhood Team for a home crime preveniton visit or even better do both in that order.

The perfect job for Smart car to enforce parking regs...

The new General Manager of the Dulwich Leisure Centre has been appointed - Kay Skelton. Sounds very enthuisiatic. They've told me that people leaving stuff in cubicles is quite common. That she will ensure signs are placed in cubicles and that when staff find unattended items they will remove them and place them in lost property. She also told me that the preperations for the grand gym reopening 10am 25 June are progressing well. Hope to see lots of you there.

The new General Manager of the Dulwich Leisure Centre has been appointed - Kay Skelton. Sounds very enthuisiatic. They've told me that people leaving stuff in cubicles is quite common. That she will ensure signs are placed in cubicles and that when staff find unattended items they will remove them and place them in lost property. She also told me that the preperations for the grand gym reopening 10am 25 June are progressing well. Hope to see lots of you there.

?5M is a lot of public money. The school needs this level of investment to provide accomodation that we want all children to have. The majority of reception year kids September 2009 when I last had the data came from the surrounding area. Its expansion is likely to see some kids who curreently go to Caprini attending this school and Caprini will probably have a few more local Lewisham kids. So a handful of Southwark and a handful of Lewisham kids will attend more local schools and all the kids get a decent school to learn in. This planning application is a great chance to get the school to have a modern School Travel Plan as part of the planning conditions. I see many kids already walking but non cycling to this school. But clearly more drive to this school than others. In the future with the bendy buses going this autumn Eynella Road as some point could be reshaped to deter anti social parental parking.

Hi Mr.Edwards, I didn't say ?3.5M on lolly pop people. I said lolly pop people were one of the many things funded by the surplus. I don't see that they should have to have placed a sign, i know the regs say they should, but that implies the laws can be ignored where no sign. Kford is correct these smart cars are provided by contractors of Southwark Council to enforce regulations Southwark can enforce - typically parking. Sadly they're not loaded with ANPRS catching missing vehicle excise duty or the uninsured. The main thing is they should again show more discretion and apply some humanity. Getting rid of targets is tricky. I had a long chat several years ago with Met Traffic Wardens. They had no targets and were really not bothering or focused. Lovely people but frankly not doing their job. But targets that create over zealous behaviour clearly not right either.

Has any one else been turned away from the Lambeth Council Vale Street recycling centre - 200m across the border from South Croxted Road? Some years ago the former ED Lib Dem Cllr Richard Thomas arranged a formal agreement to allow residents from each borough to use each others recycling centres but Lambeth appear to have reneged on this. Ironic considering both councils now the same Labour persuasion.

Latest figures I looked at - all revenue from parking tickets, parking permits etc ?11M pa. Costs to enforce ?7.5M. Surplus on the parknig revenue account ?3.5M. The surplus is used to pay for things like lolly pop men and women, road crossing training for young and old, etc. BUT to drive a car you have to pass a test. That test is meant to ensure everyone knows the rules of the road. You only get tickets by breaking those rules. The best way to see these annoying cars removed is ensuring they're not making a profit. ...but they do seem extra zealous at the moment.

If you live in East Dulwich ward get a free property marking kit from the local Police - contact me with all your details. East Dulwich ward is area bounded by Grove Vale, East Dulwich Road, Crystal Palace Road, Upland Road, Friern Road, Uniderhill Road, Dunstans Road, Lordship Lane, Melbourne Grove. The SelectaDNA FREE property marking kits are a HUGE deterrent when properly deployed to burglars. You mark valuable property, register the unique kit and markings to you and your home address and place stickers at entrances to tell burglars. If they get caught with an item the evidence of the marking and the reported burglary is enough for a conviction. Sadly Ivanhoe Road isn't in East Dulwich ward. BUT if anyone wants to buy a kit google SelectaDNA or selectamark - they retail at ?55ea and after the research we did we think (local Police convinced me) the best product at this time on the market.

If only Peckham native. Some households will need more than one of the wheelie bin types!

Hi bloonoo and others, To receive a free property marking kit you need to be an East Dulwich ward resident - area within the area bounded by Grove Vale, Melbourne Grove, Lordship Lane, Dunstand Road, Underhill, Friern Road, Upland Road, Crystal Palace Road, East Dulwich Road. Contact the ED Safer Neighbourhood Team or me with your full name, address and contact details. The ED SNT then pop round and help you deploy the kit and most importantly register it. My contact details are below. ED SNT [email protected]

Hi hibbs and Gussy, Sorry for not making it clear. Southwark Council will provide a new seperate wheelie bin for all you recycling needs - mixed recycling. You'll put all your recyclables paper, metal, glass, plastics in the one wheelie bin. So a recycling wheelie bin is great and delighted the Labour administration has taken up my repeated request for this suggested to me on this forum by ED residents. Thank you. Storing paper outside the house in a wheelie bin is great. Mixing it all up - as agreed by the Lib Dem in the Veolia waste contract is great running a year late but hey they're getting there - is really useful in that this will increase recycling.

Hi trizza, binary_star, The rationale is saving money. I'm not clear yet if this is a net saving after paying for 47,000 recycling wheelie bins or gross before paying for them of ?375,000 over 3 years or ?2.65pa per involved household or 5p per week. I also fear that frotnightly recyclnig will mean less inclination to recycle. If it deters 38kg of recyclnig for a household per annum then it will cost more in landfill than saving in collections. Again no information yet on the life cycle management costs of this option and nothing presetned to any councillor on the merits or demerits of this. I will be asking the Environment Scurtiny committee of which I'm a member to be allowed to scrutinise this decision fully. Hi Siduhe, ALL properties facing onto a street will in the autumn have weekly food waste colelctinos and ALL OTHER ITEMS WILL BE COLLECTED FORTNIGHTLY. So fortnightly recyclnig and fortnightly 'residual' waste collection. Expect fly tiping etc to increase. Expect some to put recycling into residual waste. The food waste pilot has been a solid success so far but I fear these changes will undermine it.

This Sunday 5 June Big lunch street parties are taking place with the following SE22 roads closed during the day. For fuller details please see attached. Crystal Palace Road Playfield Crescent Hope the weather holds and everyone has a fun day.

Today Southwark Council announced that all non food waste andrecycling will be collected fortnightly from homes that face onto streets - street properties - from the start of the autumn. Effectively an extension of the food waste pilot scheme from 10,000 homes to 47,000 homes while reducing the frequency of collecting recycled stuff from weekly to fortnightly along with the regualr waste going fortnightly. They've listened to my request that people be offered wheelie bins for all their recycling.. Unfortunately I'd guess that making recyclnig collectinos fortnightly wont encourage people to recycle to avoid it hanging around for the normal waste which will be fortnightly. Probably should do non food waste fortnightly and collect food waste and recyclnig weekly and once people are used to maximising their recyclnig then go, if they must, to fortnightly for recycling. What do you think?

Hi Sue, Which street did you fail to get Police to support neighbourhood watch? If it was ED Police I'll be shocked. Hi biancason, On our oak front door glass sections we've had a laminate added. So the glass can't be smashed. We've also had manchester and london bars, If you live in the East Dulwich ward parts of Barry Road the flat can have FREE property marking kits and using them properly and placing the stickers at doors will seriourly deter burglars. For bikes I've installed a wall anchor to lock them to via the anchor to the wall. I'd really recommend these.

I know it will seem trivial to you but every theft report to the Police affects how many officers we have locally, where they look to prevent and solve crime, can be part of a bigger picture that they can;t see without all the detail. These crooks went up to your front door looking to steal. They probably checked if the front door was locked or not.... I REALLY think you both should report your respective crimes.

WoodVale street name plate has now been installed at its junction with Lordship Lane. Any other street name plates missing in the area?