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The two guys from the Southwark Noise Team that came out one evening were charming, professional and discrete. The noise nuisance is no longer an issue. Great guys, job well done.

It would be lovely if the school could be given some money by the council to create a wild garden there? Great for children to learn about gardening and wildlife and also a great connection with the local community. Maybe we write to the school and the Goose Green Cllrs and ask if this is possible?

I love East Dulwich and Southwark, I love the history, the architecture, South Bank, river walks, the multicultural vibe and the parks.... and lots more. That is why I moved here 40 years ago and apart from a 5 year stint in Hampshire for career purposes I still live here. Southwark Heritage is part of the Council's work I fully support and here is a link to an amazing film from their archives. A great Twitter account to follow too - Or X or whatever it is these days. https://x.com/SwkHeritage/status/1697519660852551932?s=20 DO WATCH THIS AMAZING FILM BELOW - Pullenites - the amazing spirit of Southwark Borough residents 🙂 https://www.londonsscreenarchives.org.uk/title/218

Oh ok Mal ...I’ll remove my post about how much I love Southwark and post elsewhere., so as not to hijack.

Will post link to Pullenite film in another thread.

The Labour Party had a significant data breach after a third party responsible for handling membership data on their behalf was subject to a cyber incident, I think in 2021? To my knowledge they never released any further details regarding the exact nature of the incident and how it occurred. It is also was unclear exactly what information was exposed in the breach. The data included information provided by members, registered affiliated supporters, and other individuals. I was contacted and told when still a member (3 years ago?) and after I left they were still sending me emails... I had to ask them 3 times to remove all my personal information from their database under the personal information act. I’m not sure, but I think some ex-members who had left years before also had data breached.

I honestly believe that Mal has not watched the video - I think if they do, they may also be shocked at what these people have had to withstand - Mal, do watch and then maybe add commentary after. I would be interested in your thoughts. The poor woman with a lovely flat ruined by contractors made me in equal parts sad and angry. I am in a political party - the Green Party and also personal attacks on posters - not a good look. I will report.

Here is East Dulwich Grove today, no road works, no school run. Please note the dead road LTN Melbourne Avenue.. no pedestrians, no bikes and I can tell you walking down this road it smells of fumes…. All without proper consultation or consent

Watch from 14:30 to be open mouthed about how OUR money is misspent and the attitude towards residents. I’m open mouthed 😲

Does this scrutiny committee and the disgraceful behaviour of having policy imposed on residents without consultation have anything to do with LTNs being imposed, does using external consultants and them having more power over decisions than residents as outlined in the first 20-30 minutes of this meeting have anything to do with badly planned LTNs? I would think yes. It does require another thread, but this whole debacle is a disgrace and echos the mismanagement of traffic and pollution control in ED.

There is no physic garden in the Medical Centre, there are some trees in planters which will die in the next few years as all boxed trees do and some rather poor planting on the outer edges of a car park - much of it dead. On the other hand the deserted and fenced off physic garden has rather re-wilded itself despite being dug up and parked on. Framing the bit of dead planting in TJ carpark and some soon to be dead trees in boxes, as a useful and peaceful public space/ physic garden in which to sit and contemplate is a reach. No fault of TJ centre, but absolutely NOT what we were promised in the consultation as local residents.

In the consultation with residents next to the hospital, we were assured the garden would either be retained or moved somewhere else on one of the sites (school or medical centre) with access for the residents as well as school/HC visitors - so yes we were lied to, Afterwards when the raised beds were dug up and destroyed our local councillor mumbled 'unfortunate', 'no powers to keep it', 'out of our control'.

East Dulwich Grove is definitely closed both ways at 10:00 1st Oct, with currently no works ongoing.

I would be interested to read Southwark’s return, especially in light of the complete lack of any monitoring of pollution levels, traffic and air quality on boundary roads of ED and Dulwich LTNs, for more than a year.

I think if we had PR the Greens would poll much higher. I’ll vote Green anyway, even if I was in a swing area I couldn’t hold my nose and vote for Kid Starver. Labour will get in for DaWN or whatever it will be after boundary changes. I doubt that much will improve or change under Sir Kieth.

The Parliamentary Tory Party are panicking about losing the next election, so are trying to invent differences between a very centrist-right leaning Labour Party, hence this disappointing and fundamentally stupid idea of dropping green policy... Labour by the way have also dropped and/or watered down policy. If I was a car manufacturer or a company thinking of building/investing or supplying green, low emission goods or services, I would want to know the UK’s plan for the next 10 years so I could plan my costs, staff and materials. As the UK are all over the place, I would invest my time and money in another Country.

In the interest of fair play would a re routed 37 travel down court lane etc. - yes this is logical.

ED Grove closed both ways due to burst water main. Closed but very little activity from Thames Water.. just standing around enjoying the peace and quiet. ohh it’s lovely and quiet without all that traffic 😄

We went for lunch on Friday and loved everything about the place.

The response that Cllr McAsh promised was on LTNs, nothing to with with ULEZ. Please keep the thread on topic.

There are some reasonable requests from OneDulwich, that Cllr McAsh said he would address and he so far has not addressed these issues. Other Cllrs also promised to press Southwark to find ways of taking the added pressure of diverted traffic away from Croxted - and so have achieved nothing - although I note this was a pre-local election promise. I really can't understand anyone's objection to having clarity, openness and transparent information - especially when it relates to residents physical and mental health.

LTN quiz! Who said: "Complaining that the South Circular has traffic on it is ridiculous. It the job of the south circular to carry traffic. Complaining about that is like going into a vegetarian restaurant and complaining that there’s no steak on the menu." a. Boris Johnson b. Simon Munk c. Rosamund Kissi-Debrah d. Richard Leeming

Ugh... nasty 😷. Well I’m in the Shropshire hills right now and the air smells amazing, not looking forward to going back to smelly air today 🤨

It’s complex but this is a nice explanation https://www.londonair.org.uk/londonair/guide/SummerSmog.aspx

The utter incompetence of Thames Water, Conway and Southwark Council...A confederacy of idiots.