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YTC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 2. The Astroturf was run down by the club. > > This is technically true yes, the owners before us > were hardly fit and proper. This is why we fought > so hard to gain control of the club, so we could > make the positive changes we all wanted to see. Meadow took over the Green Dale lease four years ago and what did *they* do in that time with the 'derelict' astroturf? The only people to blame for the state of it are the club's previous owners and Meadow. It didn't become 'derelict' by accident - it was run down by neglect.

Sad news. This from the Evening Standard: Moxon's Next Door Only opened a couple of summers ago as an offshoot of the popular fishmongers ? quite literally next door, as the name says ? the small, fresh fish spot isn't coming back. "We won?t be reopening our little restaurant Next Door," Moxon's tweeted. "Many thanks to our customers, staff, and suppliers. We all created a gem we are massively proud of. Work will soon start to increase the size of the shop and incorporate a cafe and deli." https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/restaurants/london-restaurants-bars-pubs-wont-reopen-lockdown-a4463091.html

Froglander Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pick up of food waste bins and brown garden refuse > bins is being missed. Is anyone else having this > problem. Yes! I daren't open my food waste bin, which hasn't been emptied for a couple of months. I don't have space for composting, so unfortunately all my kitchen peelings etc go into the general rubbish.

Aaaaanyway... back to the matter in hand. Southwark News reports on local charity shops reopening. Please do what you can to visit them as I know that charities have suffered massively with the loss of revenue during lockdown. "Fashion charity shop TRAID started reopening its larger shops this week including its Peckham branch. The Rye Lane shop opened on Thursday, June 18, with social distancing measures in place. Its new window displays feature rainbow collections ? a nod to the NHS and all our key workers during the pandemic. Mental health charity Mind?s East Dulwich charity shop ? in Grove Vale ? is also now open. Donated good are being isolated for 72-hours before being sorted. St Christopher?s Hospice says the majority of its shops will be open by Tuesday (June 23). Till areas have been fitted with acrylic screens and contactless payment is the preferred method." https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/lockdown-clear-out-these-southwark-charity-shops-are-now-open/

It's pretty obvious - take your rubbish home. Anything else is stupid and lazy. Not sure why it being "the only place to go" means people are free to litter the place.

Lovely local brewery Clarkshaws are doing free deliveries to our local postcodes: https://www.clarkshaws.co.uk/shop.html#!/

The management and at least one of the players have tweeted their unhappiness about it too...

It is. The National League are going ahead with all games. Who knows, that might change before tomorrow afternoon, so watch this space.

All within 18 months or so. From 2014 to 2016. And the plant list over the same period includes a black poplar, Britain's most endangered native tree: Annual meadow grass Apple Ash Black poplar Blackthorn Bramble Broad-leaved dock Buddleia Burdock Cherry plum Cleavers Clematis Cock's-foot Coltsfoot Common chickweed Common daisy Common dandelion Common hop Common mallow Common nettle Common vetch Cow parsley Creeping bent Creeping buttercup Creeping cinquefoil Creeping thistle Curled dock Common daisy Dove?s-foot crane?s-bill Elder False oat-grass Field maple Field rose Goat's rue Goat willow Greater plantain Greek dock Green alkanet Hawkweed Hawthorn Hazel Herb robert Holly Holm oak Hornbeam Horse chestnut Ivy Japanese knotweed Lady's bedstraw Lime Lombardy poplar Meadow buttercup Meadow vetchling Mugwort Narrow-leaved ragwort Norway maple Oak Oxford ragwort Pear Perennial ryegrass Privet Ragwort Raspberry Red clover Red dead-nettle Red fescue Ribwort plantain Rue-leaved saxifrage Smaller cat?s-tail Spear thistle Sycamore Timothy Tree of heaven White clover White dead-nettle Whitebeam Wild cherry Wild teasel Yarrow Yorkshire fog

A list of invertebrates seen on Green Dale. An entomologist told me that about a third of this list are of conservation concern: Bluebottle Brown centipede Comma butterfly Common black garden ant Common blue butterfly Common carder bee Common centipede Common garden slug Common green lacewing Common honey bee Common wasp Early mining bee Field grasshopper Garden bumblebee Garden snail Gatekeeper butterfly Greenbottle Holly blue butterfly Housefly Jersey tiger moth Large black slug Long-winged cone-head grasshopper Meadow brown butterfly Orange tip butterfly Peacock butterfly Red-tailed bumblebee Roesel's bush cricket Rough woodlouse Small tortoiseshell butterfly Small white butterfly Smooth woodlouse Speckled wood butterfly Stag beetle Yellow meadow ant

A list of vertebrates seen on Green Dale: Red fox Hedgehog - of conservation concern House mouse Wood mouse Field vole Brown rat Common frog Common toad Noctule bat - of conservation concern Common pipistrelle bat Soprano pipistrelle bat - of conservation concern

Here's a list (not exhaustive) of birds seen on Green Dale (other creatures and plants to follow...). Those of conservation status RED or AMBER are marked. Red is the highest conservation priority, with species needing urgent action. Criteria include: - Species is globally threatened. - Historical population decline in UK during 1800?1995. - Severe (at least 50%) decline in UK breeding population over last 25 years, or longer-term period (the entire period used for assessments since the first BoCC review, starting in 1969). - Severe (at least 50%) contraction of UK breeding range over last 25 years, or the longer-term period. Amber is the next most critical group. Green is for species seen as not under any immediate population threat. Bar-tailed godwit AMBER Black-headed gull AMBER Blackbird Blackcap Blue tit Carrion crow Chaffinch Chiffchaff Common gull Cormorant Dunnock AMBER Feral pigeon Goldfinch Great spotted woodpecker Great tit Green woodpecker Greenfinch Grey heron Herring gull RED House sparrow RED Jay Kestrel Lesser whitethroat Long-tailed tit Magpie Mistle thrush RED Peregrine falcon Pheasant Pied wagtail Redwing RED Ring-necked parakeet Robin Siskin Song thrush Sparrowhawk Starling Stock dove AMBER Swift AMBER Tawny owl AMBER Whitethroat Wood pigeon Wren

Well, it sounds like he did commit a crime: Intentional harassment, alarm or distress is a statutory offence in England and Wales. It is an aggravated form of the offence of harassment, alarm or distress under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986.

"7th February 2020 Positive progress to report! In December we commissioned Fourth Street management consultants to undertake an outline operational business plan for rebuilding #Peckham #Lido. This work has now been completed and we?re in possession of an excellent piece of work. The report has raised many questions and areas that need further work, but Fourth Street?s conclusion is very exciting: ?On balance, we conclude that there is ample justification to believe that a redeveloped lido in Peckham Rye can produce a sustainable business that is not only viable in its own right but could generate a small surplus for reinvestment. The characteristics of the local market are encouraging for this type of offer and, as important, the concept goes with the grain of current trends in health and fitness generally and swimming in particular. Moreover, it is our considered view that Peckham Lido could be a significant economic asset for LB Southwark and for South #London, producing a valued new leisure destination, but also reinforcing the perception of Peckham as a great place to live and work and providing a powerful source of civic pride.? We?re now looking to meet with #Southwark Council to review the work. After this we?ll be back with a further update. Thank you for your ongoing patience."

SebsC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This weekend coming, 25-27th, is the RSPB?s annual > Big Harden Watch. [starts uncontrollably sniggering like a schoolboy]

:)

There's plenty of evidence that smaller birds are getting used to parakeets and don't see them as a threat. In fact, the perceived threat comes from them having curved beaks ? which most birds will see initially as meaning a potentially dangerous bird of prey.

That's a real shame. I know a couple of people who've lived there ? the squatters are mostly artists and musicians and I know they've maintained the place well and been good neighbours. A haven for impoverished creative folk who have precious few places to live in London these days.

Even without the light pollution, some species start singing through the night as the days grow longer ? robins and blackbirds particularly. The theory is that their ability to stay awake and sing heartily is a sign of their suitability as a healthy and fit mate. Much like the singaround at the Ivy House ;)

Yeah, sorry, that was me... [neither furry nor beaked]

They start singing in earnest once the days start getting longer. It's all about marking out territories and finding mates ? a bird needs both sorted out well before spring, otherwise it's another year of being single :)

Quite. You can't "clean" contactless transactions.

This really is shit news. I've lived in ED for 25 years and seen lots of changes and embraced most of the 'gentrification' of Lordship Lane and the area as a whole. And yeah, Brick House's bread wasn't cheap but they made wonderful bread that was nothing like the industrial crap that passes as bread elsewhere. Others have moaned about 'peak East Dulwich', but this news feels like peak East Dulwich to me. Coincides with me looking to move in any case. No way will I stay in SE22 ? why pay a premium for a postcode when the area is becoming more and more like a bourgeois dormitory town?

diable rouge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's Bob Buzzard's fault, I wouldn't mind but he's > a fooking construct! Bot Buzzard

Well, in that case there certainly aren't "loads" of them.