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I don't want more parking spaces! What I don't want is a school crowing about its green credentials when dozens of staff drive to work and park in nearby streets. Of course the kids can walk or cycle - none of them will be more than half a mile away. Every time someone mentions teaching staff not driving, we get the 'carrying home piles of books' scenario. This is 2015. When my father used to 'bring work home', he had a huge bulging briefcase. When I take work home, I carry a slim laptop. It can't be beyond the wit of the system to come up with a solution that works in every other area of work and society.

And the Daily Mail rails against something it spent seven years campaigning to introduce...

Agreed, but the school needs to be firm about its green transport policy. Why not fly the flag and aim for a 'zero impact' on the local area?

They could take the 'green' initiative and insist on staff using public transport. But I suspect they won't... As I mentioned to someone from the Council, if this isn't addressed satisfactorily, I would seriously consider a local CPZ (which I opposed before). The ball is in the school's court.

Interesting evening looking over the temporary and long-term plans. There's not much point going into detail here, as they'll be putting up pdfs of the presentation on the website tomorrow: http://www.chartereastdulwich.org.uk Nice to see that they're intending to keep the 'chateau' and entrance drive intact, but I still have concerns about the impact on local congestion and parking, given that there will be minimal provision for parking. Which is fine for the kids, as they'll all be local and will be encouraged to walk or cycle, but I'll be interested to know what they'll do to minimise the staff's use of private cars.

I didn't say it wasn't there. I just queried why your only possible explanation was that it might have been some sort of protest. For which you have no evidence.

That's fine, but they're not at the moment and the current signage is incomplete, confusing and incorrect. So no out-of-towner - or even out-of-borougher - is remotely certain of getting it right.

ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A bit like plastic bags > and smoking in pubs eventually it'll be forgotten > and everyone will accept it as the norm. The trouble is this is not a blanket national policy but a piecemeal one. How is someone from outside the borough supposed to know about the 20mph borough-wide limit if it isn't properly signed?

bawdy-nan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rode that junction with my 10 year old coming from > Calton to Townley via the new cycle path the exit > of which some knobber had parked across with their > car. I do hope this wasn't some manly small minded > "protest". And your evidence for that is what?

Either date is fine for us.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The mounds in Horniman Triangle Gardens (Sydenham > Hill) are in fact mass graves for hundreds of > victims of the great plague. The dead were taken > far away from the urban sprawl of London out to > the then countryside, presumably to prevent spread > of the disease. > > Louisa. Not according to this: http://www.dulwichsociety.com/newsletters/38-summer-2007/303-villagers-notebook

James, Just another quick nudge to see if there has been any movement on the development of the old garden centre site. Last news was February and with Morrisons selling off their M Local stores, what is the deal looking like? And if there's no prospect of immediate action, can the developer be asked to secure the demolished site sufficiently to move those horrible hoardings back off the pavement?

Received this note today: "Pre-Planning Consultation Public Exhibition of the proposed options for the new school building opening in September 2016. It is our intention to submit a planning application in November 2015 for the school to open in temporary accommodation on part of the site on East Dulwich Grove currently occupied by the East Dulwich Community Hospital. The school plans to open to students in September 2016. A further planning application will be made for permanent accommodation on the site in Spring 2016. Please come and discuss our proposed options for the new school buildings with the project team and put forward your views. These will be considered before a formal planning application is submitted. Public exhibitions Tuesday 6th October 2015 6pm ? 9pm (drop-in at any time) Saturday 17th October 2015 1pm ? 4pm (drop-in at any time) United Reformed Church East Dulwich Grove London SE22 8RH Alex Crossman, the newly appointed Headteacher, representatives from the local authority and the architects, as well as Trust members and local parents behind the new school will be present to answer your questions. http://www.chartereastdulwich.org.uk/attachments/download.asp?file=15&type=pdf

Had some great croissants in France recently (Castries, near Montpellier). Went to the 'boulangerie' nearly every morning for them. Packed with non-middle-class French people it was. The croissants were delicious - had them with apricot jam and a strong coffee on the side. I suppose they're pointless, though, as are most things I enjoy.

People who read a thread they have no interest in so that they can be outraged by it.

Will do - when I'm not crouched under a brolly :-)

Traffic tailing back east on EDG past Melbourne Grove at 8.10 this morning. And that's before most of the local school traffic kicks in.

wulfhound Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The problem is, most contributors on this thread > don't want to radically improve things for > cyclists. > > At least, not if it means compromising universal, > unfettered and easy door-to-door car access and > rat runs galore. Shutting those down is the only > way it's going to happen. Set up a straw man to knock him down. I don't recognise anyone on here having those views. > The money was there, the political will to do > something was there, but the Right-To-Turn-Right > mob torpedoed any chance of a good outcome. > Result? A watered-down scheme that p***ed a small > fortune up the wall. You really think the council > and their contractors weren't going to find a way > to spend the money just because people didn't like > their first design? We ended up with a huge scheme designed for cycling even when the right turn was reinstated. You'll know that what we have now is nothing like the scheme as eventually agreed. And that has nothing to do with any 'mob'. > I cycle everywhere & every day, but I'd much, much > rather the QW didn't happen at all than that they > spend ?3M on fancy paving because the public > aren't prepared to countenance the cheap, proven > interventions (road closures) that actually work. > But as the money's already allocated, ?3M worth of > fancy paving is most of what you're likely to get. So which roads would you close here? Townley Road? East Dulwich Grove?

I was thinking Dishoom for the fun angle - and that I think they would do very well on LL. I've always had good experiences in Ganapati - and never left hungry.

Absolutely. Or possibly the 'small plates' / tapas style of Dishoom.

We have as many Indian restaurants as we do because they fulfil a demand. Lots of people use them. Rather like estate agents shops in Putney, nail bars in Packham and brothels in Streatham.

Meself and Mrs BNG will be there.

Never been convinced about that 'green' pavement cleaning machine, The poor chap pushing it looks rather apologetic as it makes a few half-hearted sweeps around the station. It clearly doesn't clean properly and doesn't reach into corners or along walls.

But if they admit that there aren't enough signs, it'll be easy to appeal against tickets. Nice bit of sly revenue raising, though.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wouldn't mind, but most weekends there > are no trains... Actually, that hasn't been true for quite a long while. And it only takes a minute to check whether trains are running.