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Appreciate this answer. As I have admitted I am a little dense I think I will try and get a job with Southwark Traffic Management. However I may not be dense enough.

Sorry to seem a little dense, old age. Does this mean I can drive from North Dulwich Station to DP with no problem up towards Dulwich College? If I come out of the park and turn right can I just drive past the Dog and be alright heading towards Red Post Hill. I do not want to put money in Southwark's pocket. Many thanks. I have to admit I have lost the plot.

Forgot French blocking British lorries

Euro tunnel for lorries shutting down this evening and French drivers will not come here in case they miss Xmas at home. It will get worse

LL people are immortal.

Would appreciate knowing if it is normal or has panic set in. Do not want to come and line up for hours Many thanks

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You have a very good reason to use the car.I do not see why you have to explain yourself to others.

Will they have speakers on LL blasting out come in no99?

You have more chance of winning the lottery than getting a response from a Cllrs. Personal experience.

Perhaps when you get a bit older you might realise just how useful this bus is to many people but there again I suspect you think you are old enough to know all the answers with no life experience.

So you would be in favour for this mast to be built right outside your house? always there when you open the curtains. Chadwick Road is a conservation area and residents have opposed this since it was first proposed some 20 years ago from memory.

Would appreciate where the division starts from at the moment there is a division from Chadwick Road right round to the bus garage. Thanks

For your information Southwark advised me by email that you had to pay ?2.00 per hour no mention of any other schemes even from Richard Livingstone or Cllr Lury. If you did not have a modern phone with apps you had to walk to the shop in Lordship lane and buy a ticket which meanat you were open to get a parking ticket. As for a "mobility ticket" if its the same criteria as trying for a blue badge forget about it. I know many people who had Doctors letters for mobility issues that Southwark would not accept. Many cases have appeared in The Southwark News. They have a rule book that is it.

Many people including myself asked that the parking charges be suspended during the week. Southwark refused. During the week it was used as a much needed social club for the old which was great and meeting friends taking their dogs and them for much needed exercise. I would never consider going at the weekend to the park. The result no one goes any more. You are right it is the entitled that feel they must drive. There were always parking spaces during the week much like now as nobody goes. The park officers can confirm that. What with the closures and new proposed closure the reason to try and get there is pointless. Below is an email I sent to Southwark when this first started I have circulation problem with my feet whereby I need to walk a lot. My dog and I use Dulwich Park once a day and sometimes twice as it is flat and pleasant and does not put to much pressure on my metatarsal bones due to fat loss. It gives us both the exercise that Doctors recommend. Prior to Champion Hill closing it took me 10/12 minutes by car to reach the park. Now I am looking at 25minutes sometimes more to get there. Now that this charge is being brought in I will have to consider if I can afford to go for 2/3 hours a day. Before the normal comments are made if I have to take public transport, which involves 2 buses and walking the journey will take a min of 40 minutes or longer each way. That time depends if the bus/s turns up on time or at all. My house is situated in the middle of a hill away from public transport. So it is already difficult to reach a starting point. Combine that with having a dog and the prospect does not really appeal after testing it. Getting a bus with a dog presents problems as mothers with prams that look like tanks take up most of the limited space parking space and space between the seats is very limited. So looking to use my local park which I have done for almost 73 years a return journey will now take me around 90 minutes without the time spent in the park. Factor into that being tired after walking, and it rains having a wet dog on a bus which will not please some the park is really getting out of reach. 6 days a week for me will cost ?36 a week extra for something that I already pay towards with my Council tax, which if the talk is correct will be over ?2000+ for this year. I cannot afford to pay to use my local park Some families will also have to make this decision. Locals in the Dulwich Park area can walk with no problem but other that are not and have have to travel with children, toddler bikes, scooters, toys and the family dog will have to consider if they can afford the park which is crazy. Getting on a bus is most of the time not an option. It might appear to some that the park and it surrounds is turning into a middle class ghetto which might just be used by only close residents. This is wrong. It is strange that Southwark keep pushing fitness but continue to make it difficult for many. Again another decision whilst looking at in a meeting has just not been thought through before putting it into operation. I am against any charge being made to use my local park. Regards

Perhaps if you had read the thread on this you will see that it mostly the old that need to use to their cars to get to the park and many like me find it difficult to pay all Southwark's Charges to use what I pay for in my council tax. If Southwark can waste ?254,000.00 on their brown bin fiasco they can afford to keep the parks free. But then again residents of Dulwich just want to keep Dulwich Park for Dulwich residents within the car free area. Maybe those that cannot use the park should use their spare time now clearing leaves up from the pavements.

I have just used the P12 from Peckham to Nunhead Lane and noticed that before the bus turns left into Nunhead Lane they have erected small blocks on the road and planted wands out from the pavement onto the road. This means only one car/bus can pass at a time. Why? There was never a problem on this bit of road. Have Southwark got a special benefit fund for Conways they pass out for pointless jobs. This is happening all round the area. I am starting to accept now that whatever is pointless Southwark will do it no matter what people say.

If it was possible to implement these restrictions for Dulwich why could they not have been put in on Champion Hill instead of closing the road? Now you have to make a long round the houses trip to get to where it was once a 1 minute journey before You are right implemented by Halfwits. After closing the road for 18 months they now need another 18 months to monitor the effect.

alice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Metallic: For the mysterious tiny tiny few that > don?t have off street parking. There are > alternatives. Court lane gardens for one. So you want residents of the gardens to give up their parking for anyone who comes down court lane to park. Perhaps you should consult Google Dont feel you think things through just the mantra get rid of cars.

Thank you for putting this up. Our pavements are covered in a thick covering of very slippery leaves. When I pointed this out to Environmental Health by email all they said is they will will pass it on and could not give me a date of when it would be looked at or cleaned. Never mentioned the schedule you posted.

Perhaps speak to TFL and ask if you show your appointment letter together with proof of who you are to the driver you would be allowed to travel earlier. Unfortunately common sense is missing in cases like yours and others.

Not sure if it is normal or due to lockdown but when I passed through LL yesterday morning there appeared to be a big queue that stretched from M & S, passed the post Office and all the way down to Barclays Bank, difficult to say what queue was for what business. But a lot of people.

And they all turned up using public transport, bikes or walking to make sure they could not buy to much

Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 60-70 cars at about 10am this morning. School holidays.

You are correct First Mate. I would never consider going to Dulwich Park on a weekend. Below is a copy thread I wrote to Southwark in January 2020. Below is an email that I sent to Southwark regarding the park charges, I have not had a response. This is the real damage these charges will cause not the reasons given by some above. Perhaps people should consider what is written below. As many of you are aware Council Tax will rise this year by4% Try applying for a Blue Badge, it is not that easy as various articles in the Southwark News have thrown up. Dear People,(Richard Livingstone, Eleanor Kelly and Peter John) It has just been posted on the Dulwich Forum that the parking charge is going ahead as it would seem that the payment signs are already up to be used but are hidden. Although I have posted before my opposition I have heard not a word until the Forum put it up just now. I have circulation problem with my feet whereby I need to walk a lot. My dog and I use Dulwich Park once a day and sometimes twice as it is flat and pleasant and does not put to much pressure on my metatarsal bones due to fat loss. It gives us both the exercise that Doctors recommend. Prior to Champion Hill closing it took me 10/12 minutes by car to reach the park. Now I am looking at 25minutes sometimes more to get there. Another ill thought out scheme. Now that this charge is being brought in I will have to consider if I can afford to go for 2/3 hours a day combined with other factors. Before the normal comments are made if I have to take public transport, which involves 2 buses and walking the journey will take a min of 40 minutes or longer each way. That time depends if the bus/s turns up on time or at all. My house is situated in the middle of a hill away from public transport. So it is already difficult to reach a starting point. Combine that with having a dog and the prospect does not really appeal after testing it. Getting a bus with a dog presents problems as mothers with prams that look like tanks take up most of the limited space parking space and space between the seats is very limited. So looking to use my local park which I have done for almost 73 years a return journey will now take me around 90 minutes without the time spent in the park. Factor into that being tired after walking, and it rains having a wet dog on a bus which will not please some the park is really getting out of reach. 6 days a week for me will cost ?24/36 a week extra for something that I already pay towards with my Council tax, which is over ?2000+ for this year. I cannot afford to pay to use my local park Some families will also have to make this decision. Locals in the Dulwich Park area can walk with no problem but others that are not and have have to travel with children, toddler bikes, scooters, toys and the family dog will have to consider if they can afford the park which is crazy. Getting on a bus is most of the time not an option. It might appear to some that the park and it surrounds is turning into a middle class ghetto which might just be used by only close residents. This is wrong. It is strange that Southwark keep pushing fitness but continue to make it difficult for many. Again another decision whilst looking at in a meeting has just not been thought through before putting it into operation. Southwark keep saying they need money and yet when reading comments on the Dulwich Forum Southwark can waste ?25,000.00 on a road improvement scheme at Bellenden Road and Avondale Rise which was not necessary beyond one resident suggesting it would look it would look pretty. I would appreciate one of you letting me know why this is happening when there is overwhelming opposition to it and why you are cutting people off from using this and other parks. I look forward to hearing from you. Regards