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Where?s the pavement being widened?

Asking anyone to wear a mask all day is requesting a lot. I?d be happy with visors or plastic screens at the till and/or counter. Petitions can be officious so why not approach the businesses yourself, explaining you want to support them and think this suggestion would help staff and customers? It would be more human and less likely to make business owners feel as if people are piling on.

Is there tingling in the foot, calf, thigh? If so, it?s likely to be a pinched nerve caused by a bulging disc or skeletal problem.

Good news for the economy/pigeons/foxes but not great for those who like to see little-free streets. Chicken boxes and soft-drink containers make up a sizeable bit of the litter I see (and sometimes pick up, if it?s safe to do so) and the combo of kids and fast food will likely make litter more visible. (Yes, most kids are not litter louts but some are and having a new fast-food outlet open will mean more rubbish on the streets.) Once again, the poorly paid street cleaner will be having to work harder for no extra money because I doubt the vendor will set up litter patrols within, say, a fifty yard radius.

I don?t think it will add to the ?pleasure? of using the Lane. No traffic at all, including buses, will add to the Ponderosa feel the Lane has, especially as you head south past the station. Let?s face it, it is not well loved or well maintained and the absence of familiar things like London buses (which are a public good, not a private luxury) won?t help out. I have seen the hard work of the litter pickers and graffiti removers whose efforts are not repaid by the incessant litter droppers and vandals. (Some of the artwork is really good, like when shutters are painted, and I would love to see more of this.)

Is it a trapped nerve/bulging disc or a muscular problem? Put ice on it for ten minutes, then heat. Take ibuprofen and paracetamol. Move as much as you can and seek out a physio. Look online for your specific pain and see whether there are exercises to suit. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmTe0LsfEbpkDpgrxKAWbRA are good, if a little bit corny. Good luck!

Print them out and stick on the bins. I?ve no printer so can?t. If I did, I would.

Yes - writing to the councillor would be a first step, and/or DIY. Direct action (like picking up litter) is needed.

https://www.writetothem.com/ Contact your councillors and MP asking for more bins. Also, consider in the meantime picking up a few pieces and throwing them away properly. I do it and I?ve seen others so you won?t look majorly daft!

Is there space in the schoolyard to allow staff to park, as this would offset the spaces taken away due to the new plans? I bet there?s room for three or four.

Knock on the door and politely point out the bush is restricting passage, needed more than ever in pandemic times, and ask them to cut back. Nobody needs to have a hedge or branches fo their tree hanging into public space, it?s just they CBA to think of anyone else (though would likely be ashamed if they caused problems for elderly, blind, disabled, parents with young kids, etc.)

drewd- It was clean because I picked up most of the litter at 0730! I?m not asking for thanks just that others do the same - just one piece a day is good, in parks or just on the road, as is complaining to the council via councillors. I asked for two bins where there is currently one. Simple, especially when one miraculously appeared not but 20 from two others on Goodrich Rd meaning we have three in about 100 feet!

Blind campaigner asks people to remove overhanging trees https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-53142780

I cleared up about 50 bits of litter (empty cans and bottles, sweet and crisp packets) before 8 this morning. A couple in their sixties were there. I asked whether they came often in the morning, but he said no. I said it was frustrating to see the litter, and he blamed the weather, saying when it?s wet there?s no litter. I corrected him, explaining that it?s people who litter, not the sunshine or the wind. He them said ?I?m from X ? you should see what it?s like there,? to which I commented ?it?s not a race to the bottom?. They strolled off. If that?s the attitude of genteel south east Londoners, we?re in for filthy times. PS I did not pick up any of the 25+ helium canisters. I did email Cllr. Maggie Browning.

I think that people are reluctant to sign because they just have a bad taste in the mouth when anything with the word ?statue? is involved. It just puts people off, even if they are generally OK people. How about a fund for a scholarship in his name, or a grant for teachers of biology and other sciences, or a room in the hospital that can be used by visiting relatives of patients and with a plaque/permanent exhibition?

Re ultra-regional variants - I had jays visit when I put out nuts and bacon rind, steak fat, etc. Other food does not attract them. I have never had a finch visit for more than a few seconds but get loads of blue and great tits, both types of pigeons and both kinds of sparrows. Long tailed tits came for a while in groups. I have seen a dunnock, or maybe it was a wren, and have robins and crows as frequent visitors. Never had a frog but had a toad once. Lots of bumblebees and honeybees, wasps, various butterflies (blue, white, Vanessa, peacock) and small red damselflies out front and lots of types of wasps/hover flies. (Goodrich near school)

Buying local is great, but not for everyone. LL prices are sometimes higher than average, for whatever reason. Disposable income for many people (maybe most) will be down for some time to come (though not going on holiday, not having to travel into work - if you actually have a job, not paying for cinema, football, theatre, drinks and meals, etc. will mean money will have been saved) so could savvy businesses offer incentives, such as lower prices, loyalty cards, discount days/times? Nobody needs to buy ?2.50 coffees and teas and ?4 cakes but they do when they feel they can without breaking the bank. I think the makeup of LL will change - fewer eateries, etc. - unless said businesses manage to get the crowds in (safely). I think it will be hard and I wish them luck. I will buy what I can but only what I need, to be truthful. I won?t be eating out, even socially distanced - I just don?t think it?s worth my while. Others?

The crap-filled nappy that is dumped from a car onto the pavement I have witnessed - and successfully challenged on one occasion. It?s horrible but a reality, albeit a rare one.

We need to all pay a penny more in the pound to fund a National Care Service, and for bigger firms to be taxed heavily as a one off. I doubt, though, we would see people taking it the streets to demand to be taxed more.

Social distancing has all but gone out the window post-Cummings. Maybe it has, but individuals are not being forced by Cummings or any other power to break social distancing. There is no gun at their head. They have simply made a decision - themselves with no compulsion from anyone else. It is only the individual who is doing the deciding, nobody else. I will be keeping as far away as possible from crowds and won?t be going to any eatery, pub, etc. even if it is outside only. I don?t NEED to go to those places, though it could well be I would LIKE or WANT to. I don?t want to get ill so I do my utmost to stay well. It?s really up to you, even though you are getting conflicting and even hypocritical examples from others. So what if X has done Y?

The road is no longer used in the same way as it was twenty-odd years ago when the mini roundabouts at Dunstan?s and Upland (always ignored, poor things) and the narrowing of the road/extending of pavement near Dunstan?s were put in. They used to have yellow zigzags on the school side but they were taken away when, I think, the council extended them on the Dunstan?s and/or Upland sides. Since then, double yellows have extended at the four corners so less overall parking is available. I am pleased the road is being looked at because I have witnessed arguments and road rage and also felt the shaking of the house when heavy vehicles - the kind you see on motorways with eight wheels - go past at speed (because the bumps are worn out from heavy and frequent traffic) and then brake when the driver sees the road has been narrowed (as a safety feature, remember?)! For a few years I have asked about the possibility of a one way system or a temporary barrier. This goes further and I am on the whole please with it. Others may disagree and it is their right to do so and to get their point across to those who have the power here. I am displeased that the council sent an officer, published a report with a map saying it would be cut off at both ends with ugly concrete bollards, without having consulted at least the householders on that stretch. At least Southwark has responded quickly and in good faith, so I am glad about that. I did, though, spell out my and others? dissatisfaction at the lack of taking ideas of residents into consideration.

The proposal we are now looking it is to install a permanent closure (with NAL blocks) at one end, and a retractable gate to be used at the other at drop off and pick up times. This gate would be operated by the school, and through local agreements would be moved for residents of this section of Goodrich Road if access or egress is required. NAL blocks are only being used as a temporary measure for the duration of the experimental order, but we are looking at getting some sleeves produced for the blocks. We believe this proposal will help solve the issue of this narrow section of road being used as ?cut-through?, whilst also providing additional space for safe social distancing and as a result encouraging active travel. We are currently in conversations with the school and trying to finalise the details with the school. At this point we will be able to amend the design drawings before the ETMO is advertised in the local press. I hope this information helps. Kind Regards

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This from a neighbour Thank you for your letter. Our highways officers have been in discussion with Goodrich School on how best to operate the road closure, which is proposed to improve safety for their children and make them more confident to walk and cycle to school. Through those discussions, we have agreed that the closure would be through having removable barriers at one end which would be managed by the school and only put in place at school dropping off and picking up times. This would ensure that the homes within the closed off area would have access to vehicles outside of those times (usually about 30 minutes in both the morning and afternoon). In addition, at other schools where we have already put similar arrangements in place, the school has been amenable to any requests by residents living in roads within a closed off area to open the barrier if access is needed during the closed period. I will ask our officers to make the school aware of your specific requirements to ensure that you are not locked in through these changes and that emergency vehicle access to your home won?t be prevented through this scheme. I hope this provides reassurance. If you wish to follow up further on this, I have copied George Mellish (the officer overseeing the borough?s school streets programme) into this email and I am sure he will be happy to provide further answers. Best wishes Councillor Richard Livingstone

Yes, have a review but make sure new ones reflect all opinion, or maybe just put up abstract ones that everyone can decide in their own way. Or put the money into moving monuments, like trains and trams and buses.