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"It's so good of you to be so unselfishly concerned about others and not about your own ability to send nanny on the ratrun." "But then in your weird Passiflora-aggressive way you think anyone's rude if they disagree with your "let me drive whenever and wherever I want" outlook." I think comments like these are rude . They add nothing to a debate about Southwark's actions with regard to traffic management or pollution in general . IMO they detract from that debate .

Thanks se22 .I'm going to have to talk to my son for help with Skype ...please tell me I can just talk on Skype and I don't have to do the whole being visible bit ? The person who recommended the firm ( via a friend ) said it was best to phone .Which I ignored and emailed .But no reply yet so thought I'd screw my courage to the sticking point and try phoning .

Trying to phone lawyers in Montserrat and get a recorded message . It's not v distinct ( to my ear ) sounds like something along the lines of " you have reached Horizon ? Verizon ? unfortunately you do not have a business account " the message suggests contacting my service provider . Is my best bet to phone BT and ask for help ?

Oh ,I'm so sorry .Glad he was taken to a vets and being taken care of .

What a lot of exaggeration on both sides ,Champion Hill is neither narrow nor wide .Though if pushed I'd come down on the side of it being considerably wider than many streets in ED . The pavement on the East ( ? ) side of the part leading to DKH ,outside the estate , is narrow ,The pavement on the opposite side is a normal width . It's true that parked cars and traffic islands create pinch points but surely there are remedies other than closing the road - restricting parking for one .The road itself is wide enough to allow cars to pass eachother in opposite dorections .Which is certainly not the case on many streets in ED .

another fan of the No Bull burgers here - Rendell have you tried the meatballs or sausages ? If so ...can you give a verdict ?

I once ,during a stressful time ,parked my car then decided to repark round the corner . End of the day I completely forgot that I'd reparked . Reported to police ! Perhaps a similar lapse ?

CPZ affect on shops in Lordship Lane aired on BBC London 8.18am https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_london

savvygirl the online booking system can go overnight from "no appts available " to having bookable ones . I think appointment slots are released on a Friday morning - but I'm not sure ,there's a notice in the surgery somewhere explaining when appts are released .

Sorry HRB2 and thanks Lavender - there's a police station at 12-28 Manor Pl, London SE17 3BB

There's a police station in Peckham ,sort of opposite the bus garage and towards New Cross .5min from bus station .

I should have said that I realised you were trying to be helpful Rendel - I understand your point that a wider range of ppl can now be considered . But I will still be astonished if anything about the process of getting a Blue Badge has become much easier . Shall we not have a debate about the semantics of "much easier for ppl with hidden disabilties "v " much easier to apply for a BB " ?

Mine too first mate . I don't think anything about the process can be described as easy .I would be astonished if anything about it had become "much easier " .

Charloaf - I think that junction is in Dulwich Hill Ward and the email for the councillors for that ward are [email protected] and [email protected] Might be best to contact them direct ?

https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/april-1929-a-london-park-keeper-picture-id3325145 best I can find . Dulwich Estate had gamekeepers ( I think ? ) in Sydenham Woods so I may be confusing the garb .

I certainly do . Though perhaps not with great accuracy - weren't the clothes a sort of gingery brown and involved plus four trousers ? Or has my mind invented that ? I do remember them being very strict - cycling only allowed on the main road round the edge of the park .

Unless Bessemer has an unusual oversubscription policy I can't see how they will go from pupils comong from a large area to pupils coming from a small area close to the school . Surely those who live some way away will mostly have siblings who will be given priority for a place ? Or have things changed ?

Sorry Sidhue - wrongly attributed optimism there .

Oh ,that's good to know .Thanks Bic .

I don't share your optimism Sidhue . And a more permanent fix is planned from mid Feb to early March . SE22: LONDON ROAD What we are doing We are replacing a water main on LONDON ROAD as part of our mains replacement programme. Start Date 16 February 2019 End Date 9 March 2019 Days per week on site We are currently working here 5 day(s) per week. https://inyourarea.thameswater.co.uk/issue?id=I586 and is the gusher on Forest Hill Rd near Brenchley Gardens really all fixed as TW online seem to think ?

"One incredulous resident shared on the forum: ?In December I came across one chap, suited and booted, sitting in his Merc with the engine running whilst enjoying a bowl of cereal." blimey I missed that ! No mention of stalkers harassing young female drivers ?

aah ,back in the day /in another century that's how we used to differentiate between trains that ran on rails above the ground and those that ( mainly) travelled under the ground . Simpler times .

If the bus is on a diversion I don't think they will stop . Having said that I did see a P ( something 4 ? ) stop on Barry Rd yesterday ,but I think that was just that driver exercising discretion/anarchy .

It's not all about commuter parking and it fizzling out or not the further away from the station . A CPZ in one area increases parking in adjacent roads .This has already been demonstrated . In addition S'wark propose to extend yellow lines in new CPZ areas ,this removes vehicle parking ,and guess what - increases both parking "stress" and vehicle movements .

"also if you need deliveries they can?t park, or you have friends or relatives coming to stay they can?t park anywhere near your home, tradespeople have to park ages away, or try to unload tools whilst parked in the middle of the road and then go and park ages away and walk back." This issue may be ameliorated for the few by the intro of a CPZ in streets around ED station but it will be shifted (by the domino effect and the increase in waiting restrictions around dropped curbs which it seems is now part of introducing a CPZ )to a much greater nos of streets where there is currently no problem . And where some of us chose to live ,deciding to forgo the convenience of having buses and a railway station on our doorstop for a greater ease of parking . The current propsals might reduce parking stress for a few ,increase it for many many more and increase vehicle movements .