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If anyone has recommendations, please post them. I know there are other recommendations but they are getting on for a year old. Thanks (Also in Business and Trades area.)

And fallen leaves = blocked drains (whcih are rarely unblocked unless you call and complain about huge puddles that form after heavy rain).

Hear, hear. Unfortunately, some (most?) councillors do not reply and that leads people to use the path of least resistance, which results in more work for the ones who do put themselves out there. https://www.southwark.gov.uk/allservices - report all kinds of things here

YOu can ask for a sweep up via teh Council website or ring 020 7525 2000.

Yes, six or so storeys seems a practical and rational height for a Zone 2 building. Some of the four-storey buildings that were built in the late Victorian age are almost as tall as modern ones with more floors. Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, etc. all have those five/six storey blocks and look good with them, though I understand that this is a cultural and social convention that may not be easily introduced into the UK where we have smaller dwellings in terms of height.

Not signing - peopel need homes, especially council homes, and this is a place that is near to some very big and wide open spaces, including an ancient woodland. I appreciate there are other concerns but I still think that Londoners are aware of needs in the housing area.

Meanwhile, 'Spoons a bit of a way further up into F Hill will give you a pint of IPA or bitter from about ?2.60 and will even bring it to your seat when you use the app. (I don't go there, just am aware of its enticements.)

You can report it here: https://www.southwark.gov.uk/street-care/fly-tipping You don't have to fill in the name and address but be as detailed as you can (house number, post code, cross-road, etc.)

I agree that we need housing and if that means building on land currently used for garages, then good! I like the idea of low high-rise, or whatever the official term is. I like the 3 and 4-storey buildigns you see around, like on Walworth Road and even Lordship Lane. It seems sensible to build up another twenty feet than build out, though I do understand that such accommodation is not suitable for all.

I walked around there for the first time in ages a few weeks ago and found it a bit dispiriting and empty, what with the scrawled-on walls and the feeling of remoteness. Does the club have an obligation to keep the area around it clean?

There is a charity that I heard of on Today on Wednesday. Perhaps they woudl be able to help you, given they are already funded and maybe would be able to provide one. https://www.communityheartbeat.org.uk/ - I think this was it. There is also https://londonhearts.org/ and others - just do a search for more.

Thanks for the summary - I hope it goes ahead and that the transport plan proves itself. I like the fact that a semi-dilapidated but reasonably attractive older building is being used again, as well as all those jobs.

46 new jobs full-time is great for the local economy.

"Luv" is alive and well in the north of England, I am glad to say. In some places you will hear men saying it to men, like on the buses in Sheffield. More of this, please! On topic, I think having hoops that are in plain sight of more people, so on the main roads rather than just off on side roads, is better. A shelter is planned for near me but can't remember where exactly, which is good news. (I don't have a cycle but sympathise with those who cannot store theirs safely due to space, stairs etc.)

That is good news. I hope this one will thrive and that the bench will be back as soon as the council sees fit. Thanks

I have pitched in, thanks for the prompt. I am also curious as to what others think, hence my post.(I also think that by raising the issue here I am highlighting it and may turn others' attention to it who otherwise would not have been thinking about it.)

Licks

Very, very few people were wearing poppies on and around LL this morning. I found it rather disappointing, even more so than the fact fewer business owners are selling them. (The sorting office at Peckham was the only place I saw selling them on Friday.)

The dry cleaner on Forest Hill Road has them, including stick-on ones.

Thanks very much for telling me how things work. Much obliged, Miss/Mr Locks! I will try harder to use a public forum in the way you think it should be! I strive to be educated and you ahve helped me know so much more! I am much obliged for your help on my journey of understanding and I will now do so much better.

Yes, I am aware of buying online and I have made a contribution online. I was more interested in whether or not I was the only one to note an absence of sellers in and around here. I still think, despite the people saying they are being sold at X or Y location, there are much fewer places selling them.

Since when am I imposing anything on anyone? It is a series of suggestions and thoughts, not thought-wave-carried compulsions. I think the council or other powers that be should take seriously the threat of obesity and of a sedentary lifestyle when thinking about traffic and travel provisions, as well as safety and security, as a matter of course. I don't think it wise or sensible that such acknowledgement be taken out of discussions when talking about public transit vs private mean of travel, any more than provisions for elderly, disabled, etc. should be ignored. Public money is for everyone and ought to work to the public good of most people, taking into account special needs, of course. So, if you are a bit fat and lazy, get up and walk a bit and you will be doing all of us a favour. If you are disabled and cannot, then I empathise, but I respect you and your position, and certainly don't patronise you by using you as a virtue-signalling shield against all suggestions and ideas that can work for as many people as possible.

Oh, come on - many of us can manage a 1 mile walk. We are not bloody made of felt! I agree that SOME people have a disability but let's not overplay this. Perhaps those who CAN, should think about getting into the position of even ENJOYING a one mile walk. Please don't use concern for a small group of people who do require our support and empathy to exaggerate the number of people who cannot (rather than CHOOSE NOT) to walk a mile or less as part of a daily commute. (Banning private vehicles was never in my argument, so not guilty of that.) I do feel strongly that people are getting lazier and unrealistic about what is a reasonable amount of self-propelled transport. If we are able we ought to move more and sit less, and if that means a half hour less in front of the telly or in the Q for an over-priced coffee in a plasticised cup, so be it.

Goldilocks - if walking fifteen minutes both ends is a deal ender, well, what a state of affairs. (I don't say that you think this is too much to walk or not, so don't have a go if not. If you do, then, see above!)

There was a time, not that long ago, that practically every other shop or pub or civic amenity would sell them. Have we all got armed forces-shame? Are we anti plastic to such an extent that we won't buy them? Have the poppy pushers decided online sales for brooches, bags etc. with poppy motives are more valuable?