rupert james

Do you have to hav register number as the dropped kerb and drive has been in place since the house was built 1875. Never heard of this before. Is this yet another Southwark ruling. Appreciate knowing

Melph91 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This happened to my parents on Chadwick road > recently. Police and Southwark council can only > remove a car if you have a registered dropped > curb. You can register a dropped curb freely via > the council and when this happens they can send > someone out to ticket the vehicle and, eventually, > tow it. My mother was blocked in for almost three > days before she could get her car out. Not nice > for older people. To avoid spending lots of time speaking with the call center do you have the number to call please. Would be appreciated

cazzyr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sydenham Hill have a new enforcement camera that > slows traffic on what was previously a very busy > road. Forest Hill road a newly refurbished one > immediately outside Harris Boys. What does it take > to get cameras? Public pressure? Lobbying > councils? It still is a busy road and there are no traffic lights. Out of interest how many accidents have happened on this piece of road? It is more dangerous now than it has ever been with disbelief at having to travel at 20mph on a clear and broad road. Perhaps if the Council took account of local knowledge things would be better. Still most protesters still have to live in the real world and not their candyfloss dream. Speed needs to be controlled but common sense must prevail which seems to be lacking.

More people stepping off the pavement without looking.

Also at the bottom of Chadwick Road where it joins Lyndhurst Way, Southwark has allowed construction work to build houses entailing built storage structures into the road which has closed off half the road and 50 ft of pavement which is causing traffic build up. All it takes is one large lorry and that is it.

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If those are the figures one cannot disagree but what would be the accident injuries if the following was implemented. If pedestrians actually used the pavement to walk on and used official crossing points and looked each way before crossing giving the road and its traffic their full attention? Seems today's generation of people cannot seem to grasp this simple life saving fact. Unfortunately even with using the above accidents will happen but to a much lower degree.

Perhaps by the same token pedestrians and cyclists should up their game and take notice of their surroundings, before crossing roads and making turns. Not being distracted using phones, drinking coffee etc etc It is a 2 way street.

Why not push the cross over lines further back on the road as any traffic will be filtering left. Or is that too easy and will not produce any revenue

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That's a result! > > Good on Southwark Council! Only because they had been caught out from comments on this forum

This is why the Solomons Passage saga should not be allowed to drop of the radar. Wandle no doubt will have studied the Heygate battle in conjunction with their legal eagles and will I suspect be looking at CPO a cheap option.

Strange that meetings have taken place and residents do not know the outcome. Suspect the parties in the wrong hope it will quietly die. Where is the response from Harriet Haraman?

I like many others are very interested in keeping abreast of what is happening so feel that an update on the Forum would be a better way to inform all. Appreciate your reply. Look forward to reading this when you return.

I would hate you to have a heart attack and not be able to post any more.

I accept your apology.

As a matter of interest how did people manage to co exist in the past Was it just old fashioned common sense? 4 pages on how to use a park. Magic

Rollerskates, skateboards, tricycles I do not work that well on grassland etc.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rupert james Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > Ever since I can remember going back many many > > years the park has alway been used sensibly. > > > > Why should this question have been raised? > > > > The road was closed many years ago to allow > people > > to amble in safety. > > > > You said in an earlier post you have lived in > the > > area for a while, why did you not know this? > > The road was not closed to cyclists, was it? > Cycling is still permitted in the park and indeed, > as there is a cycle hire facility within the park, > it's encouraged. All I have suggested is that > certain people (a small minority), particularly > dog walkers, might improve their safety and that > of cyclists if they used the road less selfishly, > i.e. not completely blocking it or allowing > kids/dogs to run around from side to side. Why > not use the vast green spaces available instead? > > I've lived in this area for more than twenty > years, and I know you like to think your opinion > on local issues is more important than other > people's because you've lived here longer, but > that is in fact utterly irrelevant. Wrong again RH, my view is not more important than others. Cycling is permitted and is taken advantage of particularly by children, and the bikes hired by the cycle shed reflect this. If you want to pedal hard go to the cycle track in Herne Hill. I have never seen cyclist having a hissy fit when riding the road because there are people in front of them. Mrs H can cycling in a sedate manner and look out for obstructions, i.e. adults, children and dogs. I do not think most people consider it to be road more of an avenue to wander on.

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Poste's Child Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I do know what you mean, RH, but Dulwich is a > very > > safe, flat, child-friendly park so it's slow > going > > at this time of year, and I'm not sure it's > > reasonable to ask people to stay off the road. > If > > you want to improve your fitness, you'd > probably > > enjoy Peckham Rye, Nunhead Cemetery, Belair and > > Brockwell parks more, and you can loop them > > together with back roads that will be much > quieter > > than negotiating Dulwich Park. > > Thanks for the suggestions, I personally ride hard > on the road for fitness, Dulwich Park is just for > pottering with Mrs H. None of those other places > you mention have a wide road with a wide pavement > as DP has - I would feel people would have every > right to complain if we were cycling round those > places on the paths, where pedestrians should > definitely have priority. All I was pointing out > that Dulwich has plenty of space for both groups > if shared sensibly, so why don't we share it > sensibly? There's plenty of room there to paint > in a dedicated cycle lane, but with a little > common sense and common courtesy (on both sides) > it shouldn't be necessary. Ever since I can remember going back many many years the park has alway been used sensibly. Why should this question have been raised? The road was closed many years ago to allow people to amble in safety. You said in an earlier post you have lived in the area for a while, why did you not know this?

A real Hero. no just a resident.

Wrong. I never knew at the time time if I could, If I could not I lost what I had. At least we never moaned that the world was unfair. What most people forget when we bought If the area caught fire no one would piss on it to put it out. We put our money where our mouth was. Am I grateful for the financial input...yes Long may it continue. Many thanks

I was not lucky I worked my arse off to buy my house. I was lucky most of my friends had to move out to fields far away. Maybe the snowflake generation might like to consider giving up their I must have at any cost what is advertised or feel left out. You can continue this discussion on who has what but I and many others had to do it off our own back and this was when interest rates were at 18%. If people did not chase houses that clearly overpriced the world would be different. Houses are to live in not a financial opportunity. When I am dead what ever is there is of no concern to me.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bought in 1975 - salt-of-the-earth types who > worked their socks off to buy their home > Bought in 2015 - good-for-nothing slackers who > lucked out when their parents popped their clogs > > Glad we got that sorted out. You really are a prize pr..t

I was born and bred in the area, my grandparents and parents lived in the area and I bought my house in the area long before it hit the most wanted list. I also held down 2 jobs in 1975 to pay for it. When we and my generation bought it was it was very different. You did not take on debt if you did not have a pot to piss in. How different to today

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Louisa Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > lots of elderly people who were reliant on > > Iceland now having to struggle to Peckham or > > further to get their weekly shop. > > Surely some of them could release half a million > pounds or so of equity from the house they bought > back in the day for ?10 - and get their shopping > delivered by Ocado? At least they had to work to pay the deposit and mortgage and not rely on mummy and daddy falling off their perch to aspire to ED. Release equity get screwed seven ways to Sunday. Cost ?1 or 1 million not worth zilch until you sell.