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Vicki "They have been going around for months now they normally start out around 6am they took my cooker that I put out did me a favour did not have to go to the tip myself " Southwark operate fantastic free service for collecting bulky items http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200084/recycling_and_waste/1667/bulky_waste_collection/1

Good points Saffron . Of course we ( or I ) haven't actually heard anything from the council about the reason for this pollarding at this time .

Good point bookstamper .

Go for it DulwichFox . Afraid I don't have details but I do know of someone who got this ,terrific asset .

They're limes . As far as I understand it ,traditionally pollarded and once pollarded then have to be kept pollarded . I don't think there's any question of malpractice on behalf of the contractors ,I guess they were given a brief ,quoted and executed . I don't agree with the timing of the work ( and if you look on RHS website you will see they don't either because of risk of fungal infection to trees ) . I would like Southwark to justify/explain the reasoning behind such severe pollarding being started in August /September .

Sorry ,I'm didn't mean to give impression that there was a link between intro of self service and aggro from customers . I agree removal of library card and priveleges would have been way forward with customer I saw ,or calling the police . But I think deflecting it and moving the lady on probably meant a swifter and less complicated resolution . Both Peckham and Dulwich libraries seem terribly overcrowded ,not enough space for people . Not enough desk/seating . People sitting on floor . Umemployment ,exam revision ,other libraries closed ?

I don't know if there's a connection ( with self service ) but I was recently verbally abused by an extremely aggressive woman at Peckham library who was threatening to slap me if I looked at her . She had just finished directing an astonishingly unpleasant tirade towards a member of staff . Fortunately the intervention of another member of staff who from her tact and handling of situation had obviously had training in skills not normally required by librarians .

Don't apologise treehugger , I'm heading for bore of the year about this . How can I not when literally every time I look out of my upper flat on Barry Rd I see bare sticks ? And the hard not pretty surfaces of grubby bin covered forecourts across the road . And the view straight into everyone else's top floor flats . How I would rather see a sea of moving green leaves . How little I'm consoled by thinking " never mind next year the leaves will no doubt be back " . It does seem odd that we get no posts from any " professionals " ,not even people like Robin Cruickshank ? Jones . Who I think loves trees and use to be in touch with Southwark tree dept . Have been discussing with my friend and I think failing a council tax refund I'd like some kind of uplighters ( on a timer ) on the trees to cast shadows and make a virtue out of the wierd structural shapes we're left with . Alternate colours on trees I think . Or maybe green ?

Route is a doddle but congestion can be bad .

Sadly getting to M3 from ED is a pain . There have been previous threads with suggested backdoubles . I go Clapham ,Wandsworth ,A3 and cut across from A3 to A303 . Cant remember junction ,sorry .

We always do as LauraHW . But you can get really good train fares on the Megabus site http://uk.megabus.com/ from Waterloo to Exeter .

Have you looked at B Tech courses ,or HNC ,HND as an alternative route into uni if you lack a levels ? Have you looked at Birkbeck Uni in London http://www.bbk.ac.uk/prospective/certificates/entry-requirements Sorry if I'm not reading your query correctly ,I'm a bit foggy brained at present but trying to pretend I'm not !

Glad you feel a bit better countrylass ,it's a horrible thing to have happen . Good luck with Callows ,I've always found them very helpful . Chin up !

It's just an old and unusual situation . "Infant and junior schools were often separate schools, but the final three decades of the 20th century saw many infant and junior departments coming together as single primary schools. The late 1960s and 1970s saw hundreds of infant schools in Britain abolished in favour of 5-8 or 5-9 first schools, but some of these were abolished in favour of a return to infant schools by the early 1980s and most of them have now followed suit. " DVIS is a voluntary aided Church school so I imagine that hindered any merging with the junior school .

How horrible for you ,and especially horrible no nice helpful neighbours . I'd wait a bit about getting latch fitted . Maybe I'm missunderstanding ( brain is a bit foggy today ) but if the glass is broken a lock won't help will it . Or is glass toughned now ? Just don't want you to be sold something expensive ,though Callows have never tried to to do that to me ,they've always been very good . This type of thing is simple and good IME http://www.easylocks.co.uk/easylocks-window-sash-stop-window-locks-p-4185.html?gclid=CJO5p47fiLcCFUfLtAodN3QAew Try not to let it get you down ,I expect it's random drunk people . Can you plant prickly hedge ?

Well my experience is dated so probably worthless but others will know . Primary school population used to be pretty mobile ,indeed Goose Green in it's former life was affected badly ( results wise ) because of this ,with lots of comings and goings . Though I guess this probably affected less popular schools who inevitably had more spaces . But it used to be the case that it was easier to get a place in year 3 than reception . This was certainly true at Goodrich back in the day when it outshone Heber and people were fighting to get in . There's probably some online statistics one could check that might give you a clue ...Fuschia would probably know if she's not collapsed with trying to sell and buy new property stress .

It does seem that the buses or LT aren't cooperating this time . I think it varies according to route and operator. With previous closures the buses have always clearly announced that after whatever stop ( like Nigel Rd ) they were on diversion . This was often reinforced by the driver . Now some do and some don't . As I said on another thread I was on a 197 yesterday ( feeling not terribly well and struggling to catch train to Guys for not feeling terribly well treatment ,so no nagging about " man up " and don't moan about a short walk please ) no diversion was announced . I checked with driver to be told very rudely " Diversion ? Why would I be on diversion ? " In practice what this meant was that he didn't divert from his normal route ,sailed on down Rye Lane but just didn't stop until he reached Morrisons . As for stopping in Copeland Rd the north bound 12 I was on the other day stopped there . But I think all the south bound buses drive with no stops between the bus garage and Tesco Express aka Nigel Rd stop . But this was helpfully announced on the 78 bus I was on the other day . I'm not really moaning ,just saying be aware . Hopefully we'll be back to business as normal soon .

Yes ,get off at Nigel Rd . And watch out for bus drivers who swear blind that they're NOT on diversion . "Why would I do that ? " But what they mean is that they're taking their normal route down Rye Lane ,but not stopping at any bustops . Might only be 197's playing this game .

Like your thinking Annette -)

The problem is that the trees in Barry Rd WEREN'T pollarded in spring/late winter . Many were pollarded in August and after a brief delay caused by discovery of nesting birds the work re started in September . And the RHS says "The least favourable time for pollarding is the autumn, as decay fungi may enter the pruning cuts ".

They're not Plane trees ,they're limes . I expect they will recover but I'm upset that they were pollarded so severely ( so that people can no longer even tell what kind of tree they are ) and in AUGUST while they were in full leaf . So we've had no autumn colours or leaves and no sign yet of any leaves .

I opened this thread hoping it was going to tell us that the savaged lime trees in Barry Rd were soon to cloaked in lovely pale green leaves . But I was wrong .

Another here suffering from silence from Southwark on tree enquiry front . Particular enquiry relates to death of replacement tree ,replacement required because a TPO'd tree felled . Even query sent via Robin Cruickshank elicits no response . And I remain devastated by state of trees in Barry Rd .

Interesting extract Fuschia . Depressing and not surprising . The situation makes it ever less attractive for schools to retain their community status - they'll have to expand ,while Academies don't ,and will have to rely on shrinking support from LA's . How can LA's meet their responsibilities to provide sufficient school places ? PS Fuschia your post needs editing to remove the duplication . Said hoping more people will read it if shorter !