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BrandNewGuy

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  1. Property developers Meadow Residential are doing all they can to put Dulwich Hamlet out of business and are threatening to lock the club out of the ground before tomorrow?s home match. Their ugly, bloodsucking, predatory behaviour must be resisted. Watch this space for what you can do to help the club. In the meanwhile, there?s this happening this afternoon (from urban75): ?Short notice demo going down. 3 - 6pm outside Meadows offices First Floor, 50 Great Marlborough Street, London, W1F 7JS Bring banners and noisy stuff?
  2. An exchange on Twitter bemoans LL's 'naff' lights and wants the council to up its game [attached]. Whatever happened to the old-fashioned idea of a chamber of commerce whose role is to promote local businesses? If increased footfall is going to drum up more business, then get the businesses to pay. Ditto those bloody ?20,000 flags that were proposed a few months ago: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1787147,page=1
  3. intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No suggestion that the application was for > homeless housing or Mon - Friday workers . > > Just musing that it might be a good idea if it > were . There's maybe no reason, depending on price, why a Mon-Fri worker couldn't negotiate a long-term deal. I know several companies who have Travelodge deals for Mon-Fri staff. The hostel model is a very attractive one for large pubs ? no noise complaints from their residents and the likelihood they'll spend money at the bar. The Hootananny in Brixton and the Dover Castle on Great Dover Street are good examples, but perhaps they're a bit 'downmarket' for the Cherry Tree.
  4. I couldn't possibly comment... ;-)
  5. We're never going to get the tube nor were we ever going to, so there's no possibility of NIMBYism.
  6. But these transport links (or lack of them) are nothing new. I was quite aware of the travel options when I moved here 25 years ago. Apart from the Southern Rail / unions nonsense over the last two summers, the level of service on these links (rail and bus) is either pretty much the same or better. And as has been said several times before, if ED was on the tube, the area would lose its unique qualities and would look like Balham ? give me Lordship Lane etc any day.
  7. Just confirming I'm a 'yes'. Alas, Mrs BNG can't come as it's her work Xmas do that evening. Poor excuse, really ;-)
  8. A chance to revive the Dulwich Hunt ? a pack of eager Jack Russells yapping down Lordship Lane in search of Rattus norvegicus.
  9. DulwichLondoner Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > To each his own, of course. Needs and preferences > vary greatly from person to person. But saying > that transport links are OK in the area is, > honestly, quite ridiculous! They're OK, they're not brilliant. They're a damn sight better than they were 25 years ago. And North London has always been better for transport links.
  10. The trains to and from London Bridge from ED are pretty reliable, so I'm not fussed. You'll be aware that the situation in the summer (as last year) was to do with a long-running dispute between Southern and the unions and nothing to do with the infrastructure and plans for the future. The service is not actually 'noticeably poorer' than before. I certainly wouldn't think of moving away. Yeah it might be nice to have a few more trains but we're not noticeably worse off than those who live and commute in a number of European cities I'm familiar with (Amsterdam, Paris...). I understand the frustration when travel plans are thwarted, but I think some perspective is needed.
  11. A welcome reversal of policy by Chris Grayling: Grayling announces Southern rail is to be split up, with some services potentially being handed to TfL http://www.mayorwatch.co.uk/grayling-announces-southern-rail-is-to-be-split-up-with-some-services-potentially-being-handed-to-tfl/
  12. "Southwark Council looks set to introduce fines for drivers who leave their vehicle engine running whilst idle, in a bid to cut air pollution." https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/southwark-council-will-introduce-fines-drivers-leave-engines-idling/
  13. You'll be lucky to see one in Peckham Rye, but hop on a bus to Lower Sydenham and do the Riverview Walk to Catford and you'll stand a good chance of seeing them: https://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/openspaces/parks/Pages/riverview-walk-and-river-pool-linear-park.aspx
  14. Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What frustrates me as a driver and as a > pedestrian, is not being able to park a vehicle > outside your own property because of ?out of town? > commuters using my road like a car park so they > can travel into town on a train/bus. This is all > well and good when you?re younger, but for older > and disabled people this can be infuriating. > Having friends and family over to visit is almost > impossible during the week, if my vehicle is moved > for a second to go shopping or to the hospital- I > expect to be parking three or four streets away on > return. Adding yellow lines to junctions by 7m > will exacerbate this problem, unless a CPZ is put > in place. I personally would be MORE than happy to > pay for the privilege of parking close to my home, > to prevent the ignorance of commuting motorists. > > Louisa. The data collected from the shelved Grove Vale area CPZ a few years back showed that the actual number of 'out of town' comnmuters parking and catching a train/bus into town was tiny. Most parking 'commuters' were workers in local schools, shops etc.
  15. Jesus! Leave PSJ alone, you touchy lot.
  16. Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd like know re TM, why now? Maybe it going to > break how the Ruskies messed with the referendum. Looks like pure distraction to me. "Dear people of Britain, Brexit is continuing to be a train crash, so I... OOH LOOK, A SQUIRREL!"
  17. Indeed, and there's no need to bring up the whole 'offended' thing.
  18. Cardelia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Now, if we take ?5k per week as DHFC's wage bill, > that equates to ?200k over a 40 week season. At > this point it should be obvious that if wages = > gate income for DHFC, that doesn't leave enough > other income to cover all the other outgoings > associated with running a football club. Hence > DHFC is in trouble unless someone is willing to > put their hand in their pocket to bridge the gap. > Meadow claim they have been doing this to the tune > of ?170k per annum. I think that figure is too > high, but equally I have no doubt they have been > putting substantial sums into DHFC in order to > balance the books. And Meadow are withholding full information about bar profits, which is a huge moneyspinner ? never mind taking into account the monies that could be earned from a properly-run gym, venue hire, astroturf pitch etc etc.
  19. ... but that 'revisiting' will not include Green Dale, because Southwark have taken back the lease.
  20. "Mayor of London Sadiq Khan reveals 'deep concerns' over the perilous future of Dulwich Hamlet The club has been left with obligations it cannot meet, leaving fans resorting to helping out with the wage bill through PayPal for the foreseeable future Now Dulwich manager Gavin Rose is furious at Meadow?s claims in their own statement that the wage bill was running as high as ?8,000 per week, when the correct figure is just under ?5,000. ?The club?s playing budget has never been ?8,000 per week, not once,? Rose said. ?Even with bonuses it has not got close to it. These kind of numbers are thrown around without consequence but cannot be backed up at all.? " http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/dulwich-hamlet-southwark-council-meadow-residential-champion-hill-crowdfunding-paypal-a8043731.html
  21. DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BrandNewGuy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Surma? Haven't been there for ages. > > We haven't been anywhere for ages. Well, apart from Dulwich Tandoori five days ago :-)
  22. Gavin spoke to The Independent and said that, over the summer break, Meadow wanted to reduce the wage bill from ?5,000 to ?4,000 a week, but he managed to negotiate them back up to ?5,000, although I've also heard that the player budget is slightly less this season than last. Attached are the average attendances in DHFC's league and the one above from towards the end of last season. The revenue from those differences will be significant.
  23. Well, the wage bill is a huge part of the outgoings of any football club. But no-one else in the Isthmian Prem is pulling in an average gate of 1,400. Meadow are in the business of ramping up club-related costs ? look how they unceremoniously got rid of all the volunteer stewards at the first home game of last season and replaced them with security company goons. And ask them how much they spend on cleaning...
  24. Cardelia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The explanation is ?8k per WEEK on players' wages! > There are clubs in the National League that > operate on smaller budgets than that! For the > level of football DHFC are playing at, that's some > serious bankrolling. I mean, apart from Billericay > and Hereford, how many other clubs at Step 3 can > even get close to that level of playing budget? > > I know Meadow are coming across as the bad guys in > this situation, but if they've funded an ?8k per > week playing budget for the past few seasons then > as an investor they've actually been pretty nice > to DHFC. I wouldn't believe a word Meadow say. In this article in the Independent from just a few weeks ago, the figure was ?5K a week. Who knows if they have been nice to DHFC, given that they won't reveal any of the finances to the club, the supporters trust or anyone else? Their 'niceness' as I see it consisted in betting on a ?5.7million freehold with the hope that they could swing an ?80million development. They've lost the bet and are now taking it out on the club. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/dulwich-hamlet-future-southwark-council-developers-champion-hill-green-dale-meadow-partners-gavin-a7994291.html
  25. No, nearly all will be on a 40-week contract.
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