Dogkennelhillbilly

Can't help you with the introduction to Joey, but just a random word of thanks to you @Herbie Russell Southwark News! Your name is on a lot of the Southwark News articles that get posted on here. There's no local democracy or local community without local media, so thank you for what you do! 👍

Thank you for your work, Steve!

Leave them on the pavement with a sign saying "free" - they'll be gone by tomorrow. Or if you want them shifted even quicker, make the sign say "£20 each, enquire within"...

That extending the event beyond 3 days is not just what Gala asked for at Peckham Rye, but also what already happens at other parks in London used for similar events. The facts are exactly opposite to your misinformed, angry waffle... ...buddy. 🤣

Birdhouse Brewing has opened up in the space formerly occupied by Canopy Brew Co, in the railway arches behind Norwood Rd. Cocktails, street food and DJs. Can do a little craft brew pub crawl with that and Bullfinch Brewery and the little wine bar under the bridge at the top of Half Moon Lane now... www.birdhousebrewing.com, I think

No. After a while, they take the bin back.

1) that's exactly what Gala Festival was asking for at Peckham Rye 2) that's exactly what happens at Brockwell Park and Finsbury Park already You don't know what you're on about, pal https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/news/this-year-is-the-worst-it-has-been-residents-near-brockwell-park-hit-out-at-festival-noise-levels/ https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2018/jul/08/parks-festivals-gigs-councils-local-authorities-open-spaces-spending-cuts-music-summer

Doh!

Oh come off it. The punters are fenced in for the duration of the event. You're talking about "footfall in the area" but that's the 2 minutes between them arriving in the morning and staggering home in the evening after 12 hours of cider and adulterated cocaine.

Maybe. How much profit does the Council make from it? We don't know. What would be a fair price to put on the environmental degradation of thousands of small pieces of plastic, cigarette butts, zip ties...?

No, I used to use Acre Lane Tyres, which is 12 minutes drive from East Dulwich according to Google maps.

It's true. Drivers will now have to travel as far as...about 150 feet to the huge Kwik-Fit across the road if they want to get tyres fitted.

This is a weird complaint. I'm not sure if you're the same person who made it last time there is a similar bus diversion. Councillors can't just spend all their time posting on forums about anything that vaguely relates to their constituency even if it doesn't relate to their responsibilities. Their access to bus stop closure information (!) is just the same as yours. This is a TfL question and they're the only ones able to publish reliable information. Besides, if your point is that OAPs don't have iPhones to access the TfL information, how would they be accessing the East Dulwich Forum? (All the OAPs I know are constantly on Facebook anyway...) https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/route/p13/

That's about what cargo ebikes cost. The motor and the battery are both amazing pieces of technology, but they don't come cheap. No-one looks twice at a £4000 car...

By chance, I came across the story below. Admittedly there are 1 or 2 other things going on in the same story... https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/swat-team-raids-innocent-family-over-stolen-airpods-dropped-on-their-street-42172867

The Burgess Park one referred to above is probablt Steptoe & Son. I've never been in. https://maps.app.goo.gl/RDNWA6vCifkTsdqg9

I just got a leaflet from Susan Hall. She's going all in on being anti-ULEZ and anti-LTN (a bold strategy considering when the local Tories tried to turn the last local election into a referendum on LTNs, they got pumped) and minimising any mention that she's a Conservative (the word "Conservative" appears once on the leaflet, which may be a clue that their brand is more toxic than a 20 year old diesel engine...).

...by the /London subreddit (forum) on Reddit, anyway.

Parking on zigzags is a police matter (as well as council, maybe?). You can report it within 7 days via the Met Police website. To make a prosecution viable, it's helpful to have clear photos or video of the offence, preferably a couple of minutes apart. Met Police will issue notices of intent to prosecute (NIPs) on the basis of photos alone - if they're decent quality and supported by a clear report form. https://www.met.police.uk/ro/report/rti/rti-beta-2.1/report-a-road-traffic-incident/

That's awful, I'm sorry to hear that.

It looks like there's a brilliant little playpark going into Victory Park, on Balfour St. It's a nice little open space in Southwark's busier, more dense north.

I dunno, I was a kid! I didn't really pay much attention to the South London Press. I bet if one trawled through the archives there would be plenty of crime reports. But in any case, the actual prevalence of crime, the (media) reporting of crime, and the popular perception of crime are three different things with only a weak connection to each other. It is romanticising the past to suggest that the worst thing that ever happened was the kids got a fat lip. When was this idyllic decade? Not the 70s...or the 80s...or the 90s... In the 80s and early 90s around here it was practically a monthly ritual to be burgled or have your car (if you were lucky enough to have one) broken into. Things certainly are bad at the moment - is anyone else noticing a lot of smashed car windows? - but they've been bad before too: 1977, 1985...

It is good, but it's a bit delicate. It's a proper meal with careful ingredients cooked well. It's not cheap and cheerful post-pub nosh.

When I was a kid (which was not recently) I was robbed at knifepoint in Dulwich Park and stories of the Chelsea Smilers terrified every playground. Things are worse now but let's not romanticise the past either.

Even the quality of the trolls has gone right down in recent years! In the old days, with a light touch and good timing, you could have got a good 5-6 pages out of that, maybe even a couple of forum flounces. This trolling here, though...sigh...it's just too heavy-handed and obvious. You didn't even connect it to some kind of culture war, like ULEZ or Brexit or vegans or working from home. Pitiful.