BrandNewGuy

Yes, by removing the proposed bicycle 'holding area' for nervous cyclists.

The junction is currently perfectly safe for those who walk. And for those who cycle, the one issue of any substance might be crossing from Green Dale and meeting traffic wanting to turn right from Townley Road. And that's it. So let's not exaggerate the 'problems' at a busy junction that has had three 'slight' incidents since 2005.

And it will add to the Melbourne Grive rat run from LL to EDG.

Just received notification from the Council of proposed changes to the junction of ED Grove and Townley Road. This is a junction that was completely redesigned only a few years ago and then resurfaced and re-marked last year. I haven?t got time right now to go into detail, but the main gist seems to be to remove the staggered crossings, to add ?waiting bays? for nervous cyclists and to ban the right turn from Townley Road into East Dulwich Grove (because of the space taken up by said waiting bay). My initial reaction is distinctly negative. The right turn into ED Grove is well-used because alternatives involve quite a detour. And I?m not convinced about the meticulous consideration for nervous cyclists. The dilemma here is that for the remainder of their journeys, these cyclists will be expected to merge with the traffic along with everyone else. Unless you make the whole of the road network as ?cycle friendly? as this, it?s quite likely to be counterproductive. More when I have the time. Here?s the online consultation. Replies needed by December 12th. http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200308/current/3639/townley_road

It's maybe interesting that three of the four winners are not recent arrivals.

The winners RESTAURANT: Franklins CAFE OR COFFEE SHOP: Blue Mountain SHOP: The Cheese Block PUB OR BAR: The Great Exhibition The runners-up RESTAURANT: Toasted CAFE OR COFFEE SHOP: Blackbird Bakery SHOP: Mrs Robinson PUB OR BAR: Crown & Greyhound http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/dulwich-and-east-dulwich-a-locals-guide

Socially networking an incomplerte sentence to describe something that just happened to you and then adding, 'That'. That.

That is unusual! It is possible that it had youngsters nearby ? crows can breed late in the season given readily available food supplies. But more likely is that it mistook your hat for another crow. Which is unusual, as crows are normally more intelligent than that. A robin, for instance, will often mistake a small red object for another robin and attack it, but robins are a bit thick compared to crows ;-)

You might like what they're doing at the Prefab Museum in Catford ? on the big Excalibur Estate of prefabs. Unfortunately they had a small fire there recently, so the museum's currently shut, but it's well worth a look round. Lots of stories, pictures and videos of south London prefabs on the website too: http://www.prefabmuseum.uk/

It was no spelling mistake ? Time Out have repeated the 'Easy D' tag on their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/TimeOutLondon?fref=nf So Easy D it is. T-shirts and baseball caps are in production as I write.

"Bowyer Place!" I always hear that as "Know your place!" in a snobbish RP accent to all the oiks heading down Walworth Road.

Lack of punctuation...

People...

I don't think it's explicitly anti-car. I think it's simply an exercise in reducing the amount of parking space so that residents cry out a CPZ across the area ? a nice little earner for the Council with no long-term benefit to the residents. In these times of 'savage cuts', many Council activities are primarily geared up to revenue-raising.

newboots Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This just makes me nostalgic for the days when > Time Out was my most-looked-forward-to publication > of the week :( Or City Limits if you were a donkey-jacket-wearing leftie with a penchant for grim East European cinema...

Playing devil's advocate for a moment: "Bectu general-secretary Gerry Morrissey hailed the deal and said: ?We can see no reason why other cinema chains cannot follow the Curzon lead.? I can see a reason: Friday night adult ticket to see "Mr Turner" Curzon Richmond: ?14.75 Ritzy Brixton: ?13.50 Peckham Plex: ?4.99

... and they're unpaid interns who've been hooked by the lie that, "Oh, it's unbeatable experience for getting into Journalism..."

I'm not sure we are more precious. No-one in or out regards Dulwich Village as East Dulwich. And Thatcher's house in Hambledon Place, SE21, was most definitely not East Dulwich.

thebestnameshavegone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BrandNewGuy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It also says that ED might be a little bit edgy > ? > > and that Mrs Thatcher had a house here. Both > > completely untrue. Dreadful piece knocked up in > > about ten minutes. > > The story is that she panic-bought at the height > of the 80s boom and lived there for 'a few days' > before trading up to Belgravia. > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/3335682/Oops-T > heyve-done-it-again.html But that wasn't East Dulwich. It was Dulwich Common, SE21.

It also says that ED might be a little bit edgy ? and that Mrs Thatcher had a house here. Both completely untrue. Dreadful piece knocked up in about ten minutes.

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i'm just in awe of the work teachers do... > Bloody hard physical work teaching little ones . Whereas the rest of us slouch around all day, barely able to pick up a pencil ;-) > If it were me ,my choice would be to drive . Fine, but that would be your choice. When deciding difficult policy decisions to do with parking, transport, urban lving space etc, your choice doesn't trump those of others. And some decisions might make your choice more difficult to pursue.

But as mentioned, parents are unlilkelky to add to parking pressures, just the hassle of drop-off and pick-up. In Curmudgeon's case, a third of the staff drive to school, which is extraordinary given that "we promote public transport use". Nobody's expecting "all" staff to use public transport, but if schools can't come up with imaginative and compelling ways of actually doing something about reducing car use in crowded urban environments, the situation's unlikely to change. And the issue has got nothing to do with teachers having a "tough job".

Curmudgeon Wrote: > Yes it is, it's one of those PC statements we > allow to pass because public transport is so easy > (yeah right) It's not PC, it's a practical issue to do with the provision of parking when a major building (a school) gets placed in a largely resdiential area. Public transport is neither easy nor difficult ? you make your own priorities accordingly. > > That said ... People drive in London...just > because you don't or have different political > ideals it does not mean that you can dictate to > teachers and school staff. I'm not dictating, I'm just pointing out that for thousands of businesses in London there is no parking provision. > Young teachers are > hard enough to attract to the area, can they > afford to live in walking distance? Would they > want to live and work in the same area? Young teachers aren't being 'attracted' to the area at all, as far as I know. Walking distance is not an option for the vast majority of employees in London but we all get by OK. > Is our public transport really that good or reliable? Yeah, usually ? we have our moans and groans, but it's a big busy city. It's not 'PC' to suggest that car driving should not take priority over all other forms of transport in London.

Curmudgeon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > School staff do not tend to live within walking > distance of where they work, although a minority > do. There is always a demand for parking. So a > school of 400 with what? 30 or so staff, plus > catering staff and grounds staff? And no parking? > That is simply going to cause a strain on the > local roads. > I work in a school with insufficient staff parking > and no visitor parking ...it is extremely > difficult to manage. And I've seen this happen > with numerous flat developments too Is it too much to expect staff to use public transport? There might be problems from parents dropping off and picking up, but that doesn't impact parking ? those pressures can be relieved by a strong commitment from schools to encourage public transport use by their staff. When the 'research' came out for the proposed CPZ near the station a few years ago, it became clear just how many local school staff were parking in nearby roads. I work for a company of about 40 where not one employee uses a car to drive to work. Why should schools be so different?

Alan Medic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This thread is inspired by my son who recently > looked at a packet of red lentils and asked, why > are they orange? I was stumped for an answer. > > Feel free to answer if you know and/or ask your > own questions. It might not be the explanation, but until the 16th century, there was no word 'orange' in English. We'd have used ' 'red' for what we now call orange. Similarly, the ancient Greeks had no common word for 'blue'. They saw all blues as varieties of light or dark 'green'.