Angelina

One could naively think that setting up a meeting with invited locals to discuss issues arising from the recent Gala is the correct approach and we should commend the organisers for being so proactive. Sometimes you need to think about what should happen and see how far apart they are. To have a proper review, with full intention to follow up on any lessons learned, there should be a full fact find. This should be accessible to ALL residents (not just those invited) and should embrace other methods than one in-person session (they could send out a survey via Southwark website, or local social media). The council should be involved as well. There should be a compilation of the main issues raised and importance. Follow up should be based on addressing each point. The council should be involved. There should be accountability and a clear way forward, as agreed by all. So - the gap between what has been set up as a one day by invite meeting, is far, far away from what it should be, if the organisers truly wanted to listen and make improvements. Perhaps a clue would be that the meeting is set up by the Public Relations team - it's just a tick box. to be seen to be doing the right thing.

hahhaaaaa a genuine opportunity for that line 😄

brilliant - thank you all. We got some from the big Sainsbury - it was quite late so I was very happy. I'm going to check out the suggestions and get some spares 🙂

Other than the big Sainsbury, does anyone know which shop/ chemist might stock them?

It's been raised on the forum before - it's just come up again. Clearly still an issue

Think after trying option 1, the view is option 2

Was the price visible and clear? That’s a huge mark up on average prices. Maybe they had the wrong price. They’ll probably have lots of cabbages left now! I don’t go there anymore either since I paid far far too much for tomatoes. I did question the price though and was told it was correct.

I just asked the woman in Dulwich Park to please call her dog because her dog was bothering my dog. I was told by her, “that’s what dogs do…..my dog is perfectly fine” she laughed. My dog was on a lead, not feeling well and was not happy being bothered. Some people are just utterly rude

noted on the Friend's map as jogging path AND dog exercise area - with Friends noting the circumference for dog walking. the duwlch runners have the paved circuits - do the runners really need the outer paths as well? the paths are mostly fine - there's a couple of bits where the brambles are long (literally, a couple of bits of brambles). I tend to tread them down if I need to get passed on the path

Dog walkers should not have the dog off lead unless they have full recall control, regardless of park rules

If you want to reduce the sound from your flat, you can add acoustic or sound absorbing material under your carpet. There are many options for different budgets (google sound reduction in upstairs flat) In terms of improving your relationship with your downstairs neighbour, a really good first action would be to stop labelling him as mentally ill and start to consider that he may be very stressed and grumpy after prolonged noisy upstairs neighbours who don't take any notice of his complaints. There's always two sides to one story, but this is completely solvable

Why assume he has serious mental heath issues? It may be intolerable for him. There are often complaints about vertical neighbours, especially those with kids or pets. If there is no insulation between ceiling and floor, sound carries. Kids or pets run around a lot and the sound of feet carries. You don’t say what type of flooring you have, having thick carpets etc can help

And Sunak is a tool

Brockwell Park was sensible enough to stop events which it’s site could not manage, and instead host events it can manage. Peckham is not that sensible and is hosting events which it cannot manage. It either needs to reimagine the event planning AND/OR manage how the park is treated and ensure damage is not done that is irreparable

You’re missing my point. It used to host Pride and many others, there were lots of free parties in the park. They stopped because they became unmanageable. Peckham hadn’t learnt yet that not all parks suit these events

Exactly…. and a repeat next year will just compound it

There was a reason that brockwell park stopped hosting events, and it seems to have been forgotten, and Peckham seems just so less suited to it. It’s just not the most appropriate site and the park has suffered for it

I’d like to see an inspection by the councillors, with a photo in the media - just so we know that they are aware of this. I’m all for a party but this damage is awful

The council would have to provide information for an FOI request. The questions would have to be worded so that they wouldn’t be able to say that it’s commercially sensitive. net income from an event funded by taxpayers is not commercially sensitive; asking for a breakdown of income and costs could be

There used to be events in brockwell park, for years, including Pride and they were never ticketed and there was never the damage there is now. the music isn’t the issue ( although at least Brixton had live bands this year and Peckham didn’t get that right). it’s the insult of a private company working with our council to host a private ticketed event and then show such disrespect for the area.

It’s the management of it that is the problem, and the damage

On a bench, smoking grass

suggests that the way forward is to report all instances of antisocial behaviour to the police, and get it recorded

Food debris is rubbish

Very much agree. The parks are beautiful and the damage these events have is far reaching. Clearly complaint to the organisers is falling on deaf ears; had anyone complained to the council? Or who/ what failing that? The press? The mayor?