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James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi KK, > I'm not aware of a loop hole. > I am aware of people like Caffe Nero having very > deep pockets. I and my then ward colleague Cllr > Richard Thomas appears as the plannign appeal > against Caffe Nero. Caffe Nero were able to attend > with several planning barristers, and entourage of > their experts. Southwark had an officer a lawyer > and two councillors. But we won onthe > airconditioning and lost on the coffee shop due to > an inconsistency in the council evidence. Shame we didn't know about Nero's issuec with paying corporation tax then. Might have been a different story.

cle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There isn't anywhere in LL which does proper > 'third wave' coffee I believe. > All pint of latte and slice of cake with room for > a buggy... Cle - can you explain' third wave' coffee? Do you just mean a decent coffee that hasn't been messed about with or 'frou frou'd' up?

What Sue said...

JDR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We had professionals but that didn't work as you > need to keep sleeping in the room to draw them > into the poison. They are attracted out of their > hiding places by imperceptible increases in CO2 > levels.... > We did poisoning indep from a kit bought off > amazon. And we kept doing it.... And in lots of > rooms. Took about 6 months.... They can lie > dormant for upto 2 years so you'll need prolonged > vigilance. We've been free over a year so good > luck, you will win Jdr. Interested as to why this didn't work for you. Worked well for us. Had an infestation in one room so treated there to lure them in. One person slept there and the rest of us in another room. So yes someone was 'bait' but only short-term as after a few days v few bugs, after about a week saw no dead ones and officially bug-free after about two weeks.

Righto - I've completed it as well; although I suspect I might not be your target audience being a curator at the Science Museum ....

paddykelly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think it's worth pointing out that in 2012 > Ivydale's furthest catchment was 1062m and last > year in 2013 it was 516m. We are within the 400m > range and have not got a place and there are > definitely a lot more families in the area than > when we first moved. Where can I find out > information on how many places were turned away at > Ivydale? This seems like a vital piece of > information for all those parents currently making > decisions about accepting offers to schools they > have deliberately not applied for. > > On your other point I appreciate that space needs > to be accommodated up the line for new classes but > surely with a new campus on the horizon that is > less of an issue. > > I am concerned by the some of the suggestions on > this forum that the best option is to either rent > or buy near your schools of choice but to be > honest that seems to be the only way. Of the 10 > nearest schools to us we applied for the 6 in > order of preference, clearly I was under the > illusion of there being some sort of choice in > this matter. The council clearly are operating on > the policy of placing children where it suits them > rather than responding to the obvious needs that > are being expressed on this forum and elsewhere. > Paddy It's such a hard time and I really feel for people going through this now. What would have been the situation WITHOUT the new Harris opening? 'Choice' is an illusion and has been for a long time - getting a place is an achievement! You (not unreasonably) apply to your nearest and hope to get in. After all, the sense of community and friendships are built on going to a school near to where you live. Sadly Ivydale isn't a tardis and has a good few years before any new extra school is up and running. If you had children there you'd know how cramped it now is. There are simply more children needing places as the population grows and a finite number of bulge classes can be added - here or elsewhere. I remember friends moving to be within the 'catchment' area of a school and I am concerned about this like you are. In fact I'm personally morally against this as they are then 'denying' a place to someone else who can't afford to do likewise! Really hope you get sorted out and get a place. It's probably not any consolation at the minute when you're going through it but usually children end up at schools they're happy in. Boy, for parents, however, its can be an agonising process getting there...GinaG3's post is spot on. HP

theratprincess Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Renata > > Paddy makes a good point regarding the lack of > bulge this year at Ivydale, given the plan to > expand the school in the long term. I did directly > contact you to ask you to raise this with the > relevant authorities. You fobbed me off with > suggestions that I look at other schools (that I > already told you I had looked at). > > Did you raise this previously with the relevant > authorities? If not, why not? And more > importantly, can you please raise it now? > > Thanks Have to say that although I really do empathise (I still remember the Primary application worry) there isn't space for another class at Ivydale as far as we were told and I CAN believe it. The present bulge classes have to be accommodated all the way up the school of course. There is a limit as to how many extra years they can bulge given the physical space there presently ... Each year they do bulge of course raises the number of siblings also likely to be applying. Catch 22 to some extent... HP

Googled and have posted some more information from Southwark Council/ THe Building Exploratory whilst awaiting 'official' response/plans etc. See post here: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1302472 Can't believe that its Spring and if planning application is due to be submitted in Autumn that there's no visual plan available. Someone???

Well - as nothing had been posted by anyone 'official' involved yet I googled and got this: http://buildingexploratory.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/peckham-rye-park-common-proposals-to-be.html Sounds like a 'done deal' in terms of happening after all given the 'The Project will' section below - so I guess people need to know what the 'consultation' is designed to do/contribute to plans and how much scope there is to impact on these plans. Here's some of the text from it: "We are working with Southwark Council to consult with local people in Peckham about the proposed changes to Peckham Rye Park & Common. The proposals are to: Build a new One O'Clock Club (now known as a play room) next to the adventure playground Build brand new changing rooms near to the football pitches Remove the existing playroom building and changing room containers to make way for a fantastic new open access play area for local children ." Also quoted fmor the Southwark Council web pages: ' Final stage of ?2m Peckham kid's club re-vamp gets go ahead with council cash boost Published 19 March 2014 Plans to revamp a popular children's play room on Peckham Rye are set to move forward after Southwark council agreed to invest almost a million pounds into the on going project. The current play room is housed in an old prisoner of war hut on Peckham Rye Common. The building is on its last legs and discussions to replace it have been going on for some time, along with the need to improve nearby sports facilities and changing rooms in the park. Earlier funding had been secured through the Cleaner Greener Safer (CGS) fund, but not enough to cover complete the project. However, the project is now being given a cash boost of ?995,000, announced as part of Southwark Council's capital refresh at this week's Cabinet meeting. With the original CGS funding, plus previously secured money from Olympic Legacy funding among others, the total investment in the project will be around ?2m. The project will: Build a new One O'Clock Club (now known as a play room) next to the adventure playground Build brand new changing rooms near to the football pitches Remove the existing playroom building and changing room containers to make way for a fantastic new open access play area for local children Cllr Dora Dixon Fyle , cabinet member for children's services, said: "I am so pleased that we have been able to commit real funds to this project which will provide a bigger, better, safer and much more suitable play and sports facility to the Peckham Rye community." A planning application is expected to be submitted in Autumn this year and the project is scheduled to be completed by Spring 2016. '

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There is Peckham Rye Common and next to it Peckham > rye park, Took me two years to realised that there WAS a park beyond the common when I moved here 13 years ago... Thought it ended at Straker's Road. Doh!

we have a vac that also carpet cleans. Had it around ten years. Brilliant. Never gone wrong!

Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Paying living wage would ultimately lead to less > jobs. > > Leading to harder work for those lucky enough to > keep their jobs. > > I want people to be paid a good wage, I really do > (having done my time working for minimum wage), > but the reality is that it would benefit some and > mean less jobs for others because businesses are > unlikely to take the hit out of their profits. Outdated and discredited argument ... thank god! And ... back to the thread????

Renata Hamvas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >As far as I know there are no changes planned for > the adventure playground itself, nor the picnic > area or the current inside space. > > Renata HI there Renata - are you sure? I've heard from various people that the present basketball area/garden and some of the grass area in the adventure playground will be used for re-sited one o'clock club. Maybe this is all hearsay but we really need more information so if you can get that extra information available for all that would probably help everyone and lessen anxieties hopefully .. HP

ETA: Sorry admin - posted in wrong place! Have started thread in classifieds... HP

PokerTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And you couldn't afford to do that now > Sophron...that's the point. It's interesting that > you cite investment. That is part of the > problem....that housing has become an investment > over a home. And that long time span you mention > that comes accross as being deserving.....doesn't > time span also make those born and bread a little > deserving too? > > People of all economic backgrounds need to live in > London to work, and London needs people of all > economic levels to work as a city too. Southwark > is not Kensington or Chlesea (or Marylebone) and > never has been. ED is NOT central London. Yet when > something is decided to be done about the poor > design and social housing of Elephant and castle > for example, the solution becomes one of building > sizeable amounts of unaffordable private property > over affordable housing. It's profiteering at it's > worst, with no interest in community, dressed up > as urban regeneration, but regeneration for who? > certainly not the previous community, some of whom > had also lived there for decades! > > We need a range of homes in all areas, not a > ghettoisation of London from the centre outwards > for the above average earner only, with the > poorest being scattered on the fringes. > > There was an interesting documentary on TV this > week about Brent council having to move larger > families out of London because there is nowhere > they can live under the Housing Benefit Cap. This > has meant displacing families from Brent (hardly a > glamourous borough) to cities like Manchester and > Birmingham. We are not just talking about the > pushing out of the lowest earners from London, we > are actually seeing forced deportation of some of > the poorest families to cities they've never even > been too. Surely the time has come to say that the > private market is not going to correct itself > unless government intervenes. Spot on pokertime! couldn't agree more.

Hi there. Yes please re: info online. There wasn't much to comment on at the friday funday but maybe i missed the people to talk to?just a large plan there and feedback forms with no explanation. Hard to comment in those circumstances.

The 'sad reflection on society' is my view on 'entitlement' to live in an area being determined by dosh only - and that I'll stand by. (I"m not saying people/society as a whole agrees with this approach, but that's how its panning out). Yes gentrification ebbs and flows and has done so for a long time. Doesn't make it the only way/best way for communities to evolve/change. But then I'm somewhat left wing. Something's gotta give. Others will have their own stances of course but that's mine ... Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yeah of course it's a shame if people want to stay > in an area but can't. I'm not totally > unsympathetic to people in that situation, but > there is nothing new about rising house prices and > gentrification. I don't think it's a sad > reflection on society at all... areas change, > people move on. There are lots of reasons why the > current situation is bad, but I don't think this > is one of them.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Having grown up in an area does not, > unfortunately, entitle you to live there many > years later as an adult. Maybe not but its a sad reflection on society where the only 'entitlement' is based on 'loads a money'!

Hi there Renata - from what I've seen this sounds like a 'done deal'? I wondered how much consultation had been done with one o'clock club and adventure playground staff before the recent invitation to come along to 'consultation' meetings? I really wondered if the ramifications esp: for the adventure playground have been thought through. Did anyone go along before the consultation to see just how busy they are on a sunny day and how well-used all the space is? If so, I wonder how anyone you envisage giving up the present football/basketball area, garden and some of the grass. Perhaps this is the wrong forum to write this in - I left my comments on a sheet in the Adventure Playground on Friday. It also looked as through the adventure playground present indoor area ends up outside the dotted line - does this mean outside of the present adventure playground??? If so - how would that work?? HP (concerned and getting on her high horse)

katgod Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There's a thread in the main forum too. The one > i'click club building is to be demolished, few > more details in main forum from one of the local > councillors. No reply to the suggestion that the > council try to get their (our) money back on the > useless playground over there. I hope they choose > a different contractor and designer..... Sadly the same question - i.e. Getting the contractors in to sort out the pigs ear they made of the gravity-defying playground - was suggested some years ago. Don't know if anyone got anywhere....

been discussed a few times. Steaming wont work. Go to the professionals. Worth the money. Bed-bugs.co.uk the best! We used them. They only had to come once (you need to follow their instructions post-treatment). Worth ringing them for a chat. ETA after reading the next post - they don't use 'bombs'. Their website has a link somewhere to research showing why they're deemed to be often ineffective.

Fuschia Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://peckhamresidents.wordpress.com/2014/04/02/p > eckham-rye-park-changes-5-april-10am-2pm/#more-125 > 0 Thanks Fuschia - an email address at least, but not much more info/drawings on the plans there sadly. H

Seems like the present adventure playground looses out on a lot of space- basketball area, grass and garden and, although there wasn't anyone to explain the dotted line when I was at the adventure playground today - it looked as though they loose their room as well - or at least it moves outside of the new adventure area. Hope I'm wrong. Wonder if anyone on the planning team actually went to the adventure playground on a busy day(?) - its pretty busy and well used as it is! Adventure playground great as it is. Would wonder if older kids/teens would want to come to the area if they're sharing it with young 'uns. Anyone know more about the plans? Sounds as if its a fait accompli in terms of actually happening - despite the consultation now for ideas - and I'm not personally convinced its been thought through very well ...

Mum's friend taught a kid with dreads called Funky Omelette. Cool or what!

Family Room Moderator Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Please refrain from posting potentially libellous > comments on this thread. Personal comments about > the steering committee, relating to race, age, > "class", and financial situations are not > acceptable and will be removed. > > Many thanks. Or, god forbid, drinking habits!