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Just a nudge to find out if there's been any movement with the old garden centre site.

ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No one was ever said that less > children will be driven because of changes to > junction. Yes, that is one of the aims of the cycling campaign and one of the reasons for the extra funding, to encourage children to move from cars/coaches to cycling. And I didn't say it wasn't good that the children asked liked it. I suggested that it was only a small part of how the changes should be judged.

tomdhu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > edhistory Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > I don't think it was ever established whether > > Alleyn's or James Allen's have many local > pupils. > > > EDH, > > We live on East Dulwich Grove and our two lads > attend Alleyns, having previously attended DVI and > Hamlet. How much more local do you want to get? > > Tom That seems a rather snippy reply to a perfectly fair question. Without that sort of information about pupils' journeys (as well as staff), it makes it difficult for anyone to judge changes and improvements.

Well, he said they walked, so I assume so. So were they driven before now because of the dangers of the junction?

Well, let's keep proper monitoring of all road users, rather than ask a few children and conclude that ?200K+ was well spent. As with Melbourne Grove, anecdotal doesn't trump all other sorts of evidence.

I think this thread has had all the debate we need - I've learned that the police say there is not a significant speeding issue nor any recent increase in traffic on Melbourne Grove, and that Southwark's engineers do not recommend a barrier. I sympathise with Melbourneresident, but this is a forum, where lively debate is essential. To come here, speak your piece and then leave is not in the spirit of a forum. It's grandstanding.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Plus Ealing charge for bulky item collection - > ?40 for 1-8 items, and ?25 per fridge or freezer. Oh don't worry, Southwark are also planning on charging for bulky item collection (Tory cuts, don'tcha know). Watch out for a big increase in flytipping.

Hear, hear. Breathtaking bullsh** from Cllr Barber and he knows it. Next time you want the road shut, do it in term time and see what happens...

Here's what the Townley Rd carriageway looked like at midday...

mockingbird Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BNG > How will cyclists use the road? Do they have to > now use the narrowed highway merged with the cars? Looks like it, but they have a larger box in front of cars at the lights and I think there's supposed to be an early start green light for cyclists, but the latter might be part of TFL's current concerns.

Yes, that's what I thought when I looked at the junction earlier. Apart from the build-outs and, I suspect, changes in the traffic light phasing, none of the nonsense with cycle gates etc have appeared, and despite what Matt Hill wrote above, I doubt whether these will fully materialise. So I wonder how this squares up with the ?200K lavished on the whole project? Maybe Boris and TFL should do a full audit, but of course there's an embarrassing underspend in the pro-cycling budget, so I doubt they give a monkey's. Absolute disgrace. Oh, and there will be chaos when the schools are back.

Agreed re InDesign. It's not cheap, but it will do everything you want easily. If you need to manipulate images or graphics, there are plenty of free/cheap packages out there that will fit the bill, unless you're going for really high-end print.

And they're doing tours on the Saturday of the Open House weekend next month: http://events.londonopenhouse.org/building/18764

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi hopskip, > I don;'t think you;'re correct. > Melbourne Grove residents originally asked for > full width road humps to replace the current ones > that can be ignored. > A fellow East Dulwich councillor suggested to them > several options including closing the road at the > northern end. > > The residents then went door to door on Melbourne > Grove and obtained a majority of residents on > their road agreeing. Agreeing what? That the road be closed? That some (unspecified) measures be taken??

Sue, I'll be able to do that with my (not free) pdf editor so if you're still stuck, drop me a line :-)

Went to the Cherry Tree lateish on Friday night (after a crawl from Belair House, The Lordship and the EDT) and liked it. The garden's looking great. Nice atmosphere, friendly staff and well-priced ale. Thumbs up.

North Dulwich Tennis Club is a friendly club, but not sure they offer temporary membership. You might need to drop them a line. http://northdulwichtennis.co.uk/index.html

There seems to be some confusion. The picture and text on Southwark's page make it clear: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/530/food_and_garden_waste Garden and kitchen waste goes in the brown bin, but can't include plastic bags All recyclable plastic, paper, card, metal and glass to go in the blue bin Everything else (in black bin bags if you wish) goes in the green bin

Oh great. I look forward to inundating the flytipping hotline. Still, the Council knows all about turning a blind eye to flytipping: http://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/contaminated-waste-to-be-treated-in-cemetery-woodland/

A while ago, Cllr. Barber posted how little the green bags cost the Council (in bulk) compared to what we poor punters have to pay ? and now the retail cost is passed onto us rather than us taking advantage of bulk wholesale buying through our council tax.. Classic frontline cutback to camouflage fewer cutbacks in less visible parts of the Council.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ... a traffic count > that showed significantly more vehicles than I had > appreciated... Significantly greater than your previous perception does not make it significant.

trinidad Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bob, all that is correct, but at the moment fusion > and the council are only committing to one year of > funding. > > there is talk of offering all adults free gym/swim > within southwark free also Well, it was a promise in Labour's manifesto. Let's see how it pans out. My money's on it being introduced just before the next local elections, with a proviso that the free sessions are on Monday mornings between 9am and 10am...

Absolutely. This doesn't look like it's muscling in on anything already there or taking resources from elsewhere in the area. Of course, they should get as many people on board as possible once the ball starts rolling, but to complain at this point seems far too premature. Good luck to them.

Well, according to the website it's just "anytime on Friday (subject to programmes and timetables) and Saturday and Sunday afternoons between 2pm and 6pm" plus "silver programme" sessions for the over 60s.