BrandNewGuy

No it hasn't. Meadow have sent a "pre-planning" letter to the head of Southwark's regeneration dept. It's a legally meaningless piece of bog paper.

Oh good. My 2,500+ posts don't seem quite so logorrheic now.

I'll be 10 in October. Horrified to see that I've been responsible for 2,505 posts. What a lot of verbiage!

Yeah, Luke's a very talented local artist. Love his drawings. He's there for the next few weeks, then back again in September / October.

Interesting developments off the field ? the DHFC football committee chairman has confirmed the following: ? From the start of next season, the club will be run on a day to day basis by a new Executive Committee made up of the club's stakeholders from within the club and from local business and the council. ? We aim to shortly be able to attract new investment to the club through an issue of new shares. This will make sure the club is on a sound financial footing. So more council involvement and more money to support the club, which will either dilute or nullify the shares owned by Nick McCormack which are currently 'controlled' by Meadow Residential. We're promised more details soon. This is very good news in that it suggests the club can get itself onto a firmer financial footing and be immune to Meadow's attempts to destroy it. Although, of course, the ultimate goal is to return to Champion Hill.

Well in that case, whatever that "UN definition" of a forest is, it's silly. A cursory Google doesn't give any detail.

flocker spotter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is no shortage of tree cover in this > country, But it's less than nearly all the rest of Europe.

Yes, it's fundamentally OK, with a capacity of 3,000, though the club must show the possibility of increasing that in the future to 4,000. Some pitch perimeter fencing changes might be needed though. But nothing fundamental.

dazeykat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Swifts arrived yesterday (or that's when I first > heard,then saw, them)And I still haven't got round > to putting up a nest box. Next year..! Ah, thanks! I was in Mitcham yesterday biting my nails and then celebrating Dulwich Hamlet's victory, so didn't notice any local swifts :-)

Just heard the first swift of the year near Dulwich Hospital. Summer is definitely on the way. Here's how the arrival compares to previous years: 2011 ? May 9 2012 ? May 1 2013 ? May 17 2014 ? May 8 2015 ? May 9 2016 ? May 4 2017 - May 6 2018 ? May 8

Yeeeeeeesssssss!!!!!!!

Quia Differt Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well Done to the Hamlet. Used to go 45 years ago > when Corinthian Casuals and Chris Joy played > alternate weeks there. > > In brief seeing they are in their " temporary" > home does this mean they have lost their battle to > stay at Champion Hill. > > Please tell me not.... No, they'll be back, but it might take a while.

Get your tickets here for Dulwich Hamlet's play-off final v Hendon on Monday afternoon at 3pm. Only a tenner - fiver for concessions - and the weather's going to be glorious. Come and support your local team and cheer them on to promotion. https://www.seetickets.com/event/play-off-final-dulwich-hamlet-vs-hendon/tooting-mitcham-united-fc/1224961

James, thank you for your hard work on behalf of the local community. I hope that the Labour clean sweep in our ward doesn't make our councillors complacent.

Yes indeed. A nailbiting 1-0. Now for the play-off final at 'home' (ie Tooting & Mitcham) against Hendon at 3pm on Monday.

Just a reminder that the crucial playoff semifinal is tomorrow evening at Tooting & Mitcham's ground ? just 20 mins direct to Mitcham Junction from ED station. Tickets available here: https://www.seetickets.com/event/play-off-semi-final-dulwich-hamlet-vs-leiston/tooting-mitcham-united-fc-surrey/1222724

:-)

I'm up for June 7th. You might want to correct the date in the thread's title, oh Radiant Bhuna ? we wouldn't want to confuse Mick Mac again :-)

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm not suggesting meters, or any enforcement. > Just that by marking out spaces, you encourage > people to park tighter together. That's why I said > 'nudge'. My road regularly has cars almost an > extra car length apart from one another. If you > marked spaces, I believe you would reduce the > number of people doing this. Could always pilot it > on one street and see what impact it has on > behaviour. When the Grove Vale CPZ was proposed a number of years ago, it became clear even from Southwark's plans that marked out parking bays and double yellow lines would reduce the parking capacity of the zone sufficiently to create greater pressure on residents' parking even without any additional visitor parking. That was one among several reasons why I was very much against it.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Penguin68 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > People who want to enjoy the 'royal wedding' > (or > > the royal anything) should surely be left to do > so > > - nobody is obliged to watch it or care for it. > > > We are obliged to pay for it though, aren't we? > Security costs to public purse estimated at > approximately ?30M. Ditto the 2012 Olympics. Some people's bread and circuses are royalty, some are elite sports. I couldn't be a*sed with either but I'm not decrying others for their choices.

Yes indeed. Crunch play-off semi on Thursday evening. Get tickets here: https://www.seetickets.com/event/play-off-semi-final-dulwich-hamlet-vs-leiston/tooting-mitcham-united-fc/1222724

There hasn't been any planning application for building there, according to Southwark's planning site ? just a tarting up of the phone mast there.

Well, moneybags Billericay Town won tonight and are champions, so Dulwich Hamlet will definitely finish second and will have home advantage in the playoff semi-final on Thursday May 3rd. But come along anyway to their temporary home at Tooting & Mitcham on Saturday v Margate to give them a rousing send off for the league season.

Any more for Thursday?

They're probably Holly Blue butterflies, which emerge earlier ? and are more common ? than the other blue butterflies.