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Good call ,James .

For goodness sake James stop using every issue as an opportunity to show yourself in a good light . The reference to you pulling faces was in connection with the Melbourne Grove debate ,nothing to do with the old hospital/Charter 2 site . Why not just give us the info regarding NHS property without using it as a means of defending yourself ?

That does sound an unusual lease - surely it's more likely that a property will need work to a roof as opposed to drains ? Have you seen the lease ? Your solicitor or whoever dealt with your sale should have gone through it with you ,may have given you a copy or might have a copy on file if you ask .

When I walked past a couple of hours ago there were 3 men ( in shirts and ties ,didn't give impression of being a specialist work force ) moving the water around with brooms . I'd have thought that a more technical approach aimed at maintaining health and hygiene and getting the store reopened asap would have been called for .

monniemae - if it's any comfort ,my understanding is that although the house has foundations it's common for the bay not to . So over time the bay moves ,the house stays still and you get cracks . So not like the house subsiding ... hope you get things sorted .

Really interesting post Robin ,thanks .

James I think it's about saving ,not making. money . And do we really think that fly tippers are people who once booked large collections and then suddenly became anti social criminals ?

Excellent post Azira .

I'd rather support someone like Robin who doesn't seem politically motivated and doesn't indulge in all the antics that go with that . And of course this whole voluntary councillor thing doesn't work . It should be a full time salaried job . Of course at the moment it is voluntary ...no one has insisted for instance that JB with his busy life ,job ( even if legally councillors are entitled to reasonable time off work to perform ) and family should be a councillor .

" might start from the position that an 8-year-old on a bicycle must be able to get through safely. That being the basic specification for the route.. no different to specifying that a rail line must be usable by trains, " Wulfhund there'a an awful lot of difference between making a route safe for an eight year old ( especially if that's being done in the 21st century ) and specifying that a rail line is useable by trains . IYHO - humble ? seriously ?

What a terrible misrepresentation of the facts in the Southwark News today http://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/ex-councillor-campaigns-against-dulwich-road-safety-study/ I feel really angry that one group of residents are being depicted as the sweet voice of reason and another group as " campaigning against a study taking place." And never mind the repeated twisting about traffic speeds . Robin who worked so hard to sort things out in the face of bizarre CC actions ( a petition with no wording ? ) and a huge lack of information ,gets rudely gagged at the meeting ,and patronised on here - now gets lumped in with some fantasy campaign against a traffic study ! And JB who helped the situation not one jot and declared that if he were living in Melbourne Grove he'd want a barrier doesn't miss the opportunity to stir things by highlighting "the fact that many, if not the majority, of the signatories on the new petition were not in fact residents of Melbourne Grove, unlike the initial pro-study group." and then has the cheek to try and appear conciliatory with his pat comment " ?I think both groups essentially want to same thing, which is safer roads in Dulwich.? Of course as usual JB will be blameless in this latest episode - it will all be down to misreporting by the reporter .

that's interesting christgill - I wonder if there's someone around who's good at reading such things . I imagine that the downloads could be emailed if too large to attach here ?

Great ideas Elinimh . How I'd love a bike hangar near me .

I've come across something called a swpet path anyalsis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swept_path_analysis when looking at planning applications . I guess one must have been done for this work - is there a report available ? Sorry if this has already been discussed ,or is made irrelevant by changes to original plans .I've not kept entirely up to date with this thread .

http://www.hall-law.co.uk/ are very good ,opposite the Catholic Church next to Dulwich Library .I think they have experience of this .

?50 pretty normal IME . Where do you go ?

Someone I know used "No flys " because of a friend's good exxperience .He sold very quickly . So that's 2 votes for No Flys if that's any help .

Quite agree about the " I think Robin is finding it hard to adjust " How patronising . I suspect DCC members are wary of letting someone with her past experience and knowledge of how things should work ,who to contact ,where to access information say very much .

I could be equally shocked by misintepretation of my remarks about the Harris Federation and the wider politics of education as criticism of individual schools . I don't think our exchange is boring ( that word again ) nor distracting from information about how to apply for Charter 2 ,which I think has been clarified ,but we can agree to misunderstand eachother and let this exchange rest .

I think you do schoolchildren a disservice if you feel that they have unquestioning acceptance and a blind loyalty that if " threatened " by putting the institution they are passing through into a wider context would shatter their world. They have no choice in the current education system but they're not stupid or unthinking . I'm sure that they can manage to simultaneously appreciate the immense hard work put in by teachers ( and pupils ) and wonder about the power behind the throne ,the politics of it all . I personally don't want to encourage the idea in young minds that their school is better than another school without there being some consideration of how " better " is defined and achieved .

kirstymac ,I do keep highlighting Harris issues which I feel are negative . I'm dismayed by the power and influence they wield - I'm sure many have positive experiences of Harris and their clout but I have none ,quite the opposite . I can understand why you find it boring - apologies . It's just that I'm continually shocked and concerned that our education system is now so fragemented and that childrens' futures are are so affected by large organisations with business backgrounds who seem to have competition as their main motive . I found the Harris statement " challenge any decisions to proceed with all the means available to us" . truly chilling .It's of immense importance to me and I've written to local MP's about it . We're all different - what you find boring I feel strongly about . It's a forum ,we're all free to express our opinions - including the one that my posts are boring -) .

Yes ,looks like Harris get their way again . Living up to their promise to " challenge any decisions to proceed [with Charter 2 ] with all the means available to us" .

" his professional opinion about the size of the consultation area concerning any road changes and his advice was to keep the consultation area as small as possible." I wonder what the rationale is for that ?

Thanks Tessmo ,that's really helpful I don't suppose there were any details about what the barrier would consist of ?

I commented on this and expressed dismay at the idea of using Adys Rd as part of a main cycle route. Seems completely mad to me ,it's a nightmare at the moment with cars squeezing past . But then I also commented on the potential for collisions between pedestrians and cyclists on the shared cycle lane in Peckham Rye .