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bels123 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://content.tfl.gov.uk/walking-cycling-economic > -benefits-summary-pack.pdf > > I wonder if the LL businesses have considered the > points raised here? A lot of positives if > customers walk/cycle v drive. TfL are quoting meta research (that's review of various other bits of research) by living streets.org.uk - "The UK charity for everyday walking" who assert on their homepage, "Pavements are for people - not for parking, clutter, or electric vehicle charging points." The actual report is here https://www.livingstreets.org.uk/media/3890/pedestrian-pound-2018.pdf It is a curated selection o research findings that support Livingstreets' objectives. Even the report itself actually says in the editorial that the evidence is not conclusive and that it's very hard to apply any given findings. This is because places vary a great deal in their circumstance and none of the findings are in a scientific context. They are just observations. Whilst it may be true that on Bloor Street in Toronto cyclists spend more than those who drive, it may also be true that those who cycle to Bloor Street in Toronto live nearby and are students and spend half their day hanging out in cafes and bookshops and those who drive to Bloor Street in Toronto live far away and drive in to work in the cafes and bookshops. We don't know. And neither do Living streets, and neither do TfL. And it's certainly a leap of faith to suggest that if you introduced a CPZ people shopping on LL would spend more.

Rockets Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was positively encouraged by both the huge > numbers of people who have signed the various > petitions in the shops of Lordship Lane at the > weekend and the passion with which the shopkeepers > are trying to fight the CPZ. I think, unfortunately, if even a very small minority of people on a very small number of streets support it, the council will roll it out in the whole proposed zone. I lived on the Shaftesbury estate in Battersea in 2001/2 and was astonished to find a CPZ was being introduced. When we lived there it was very unusual not to be able to park right outside your house. Council still put a CPZ in though. When I asked them why, they said a tiny number of people had responded in favour (e.g. like 23) to a consultation I did not even recall receiving. That was Wandsworth, but I'd expect Southwark to be the same.

rollflick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > bonaome - the reason is once you get in a car you > may as well keeping on driving to the supermarket > etc. That's why enabling people to walk and cycle > more is good for local shops. That conclusion doesn't follow. The TfL meta-research selected for the pack says that people on foot spend more (roughly double, I think it said) and that half as many people drive as walk (it actually says 40% - but to keep the maths simple ...) so, 2 people come on foot and spend ?10 each, 1 person drives and spends ?10. Total spend ?30. ?20 spent by people who walk, i.e. twice as much as the ?10 spent by the driver, who is outnumbered 2:1 by pedestrians. I'm not saying the above is right. But it does fit the statistics TfL offer. And another possible conclusion is that the only reason the driver stops to spend ?10 on LL is that they are already in their car on their way to Sainsbury's to do a big shop. If they can no longer park in the side streets off of LL and pop in for a coffee and a bun at Jade or busy a nice card from Greetings etc, then perhaps they simply won't come and spend on the lane will drop.

Zig-Zag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I imagine the reason they found people spent more > when they come to Lordship Lane by foot or public > transport rather than by car is because those > shopping by car only have a short window of time > to shop before they risk a parking ticket! Unfortunately, I think the answer may be even simpler. In the TfL research pack on the economic benefits of cycling/walking etc, next to the box that says people on foot spend up to 40% more, is a box saying people on foot also come twice as often. I'm reminded of when once TfL shared with me (on a professional basis - I once managed some of their advertising) the great news from a survey they had commissioned that cycling rates in London had risen dramatically! And the number of people thinking about cycling had doubled!! Sadly, they were looking at two waves of research, one conducted in November and one in July.

Peckhampam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seems we have a problem on Lordship Lane. Surma > has a 1, and Dulwich Tandoori a 2. By contrast > Ganapati and Jafflong both had 5 Looked these up recently and rightly or wrongly it has put me off the places with 1 and 2 stars. Most places on the lane seem to be 4 or 5 though. I get the comments above from a while back saying you can lose stars for a crack in the ceiling but without knowing why somewhere has a low rating ...... well, there?s lots of choice amongst the places that have 4s and 5s. Spice Republic has a 5 I think so I am planning to try a take away from there.

Intimate? In ED - Franklin's, Yamo Momo, or the new fish place next to Moxon's.

Might be worth thinking about Sydenham too. It?s girls day school trust. I only have direct experience of the senior school, which is great, but friends have daughters in junior school and all seem happy with it.

mayo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My eldest swam with tiger sharks for a > while and I didn?t rate their teaching personally, > I thought it was better suited for children who > already have good technique and wanting to improve > stamina etc with club style swimming. The guy I saw teaching there recently was new and was only taking little kids. Haven?t heard of Superkids but sounds great.

For the 1 year old, I take it it?s baby and parent splash sessions you?re after. I?m pretty sure Camberwell leisure centre, Peckham Pulse, the Elephant and Castle centre, ED leisure centre and Brixton Rec will all have these and it?s more about finding a time that suits you. AFAIK, they aren?t expensive and are all PAYG. But see below on water quality. The 3 year old can find ?lessons? at Beckenham Spa and Brixton Rec, and also the leisure centre at Elephant and Castle. Probably at the other places too but the advantage of these three is that they have dedicated toddler pools (Peckham Pulse May have too) which are very warm and very shallow and ideally suited to letting the little ones get really comfortable being in water, being splashed and maybe even doing a rudimentary doggy paddle. The 5 year old is ready for lessons lessons. By 5 they mostly (but not all) have a reasonable control over their arms and legs and can actually understand what the teacher is telling them. Swimming actually involves some very complex and sometimes counter intuitive coordination. Leisure centre lessons are fine. But check how many kids there are in the class. There should never be more than 12 and ideally you?d want fewer. Watch some of the lessons. Note progress and move if you are not seeing any. It will all boil down to the specific teacher you get. I personally find the water at Camberwell very heavily chlorinated. The Elephant and ED less so. JAGS bearly at all as they use UV light. The teaching overall at JAGS is good. Again, it?s down to the specific teacher, not the venue. The classes there do book out quickly, but I think they do everywhere. I?d probably take a view on class timings as much as anything else. One last thing to consider - Tigersharks has superb teaching and you can swim with the kids yourself too - though you don?t have to. They are a non competitive club. Look at the website and email them to see if they have space. If you want a competitive club, local ones are Dulwich Dolphins (Dulwich) Leander A(Clapham) and Saxon Crowm (Lewisham). They all have development squads. Ironically I think progress in these can appear to be slower than in leisure centres and at JAGS, but they are not in the business of trying to trot the kids through a curriculum and perhaps focus a bit more on getting it ?right? than getting it ?good enough to tick the box?. Maybe. Tigersharks May be the perfect mix as it has no levels to jump through and I?ve seen the teaching myself and it?s superb. Hope that helps.

If you have the option, choose a night flight. It'll be a nice calm, quiet, dark cabin, with few interruptions from the crew / few loud announcements etc. Give them a bottle / tippee mug to sip on take off and landing. It'll naturally help them equalise the pressure in their ears (which is otherewise a source of great discomfort, much upset and a lot of crying). Entertainment in-flight for 11 month olds is provided in the form of being able to post the flight safety card in different seat pockets, taking it out and reposting it. Hours of fun. Hours.

Beckenham Spa certainly used to take that age. All swimming classes round here fill up very quickly so I?d get on it ASAP. I think JAGS will have something too, and if not you could certainly organise 1 to 1s there until a class place opens up. Brixton also a good shout I think in that like Beckenham it has a specialised dedicated teaching pool with very very warm shallow water - which can make all the difference to confidence and willingness to go etc.

HMS Belfast is very good. Also - the bike hire place in Dulwich park has all those interesting recumbents and 4 people bikes etc.

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > When the Grove Vale CPZ was proposed a number of > years ago, it became clear even from Southwark's > plans that marked out parking bays and double > yellow lines would reduce the parking capacity of > the zone sufficiently to create greater pressure > on residents' parking even without any additional > visitor parking. That was one among several > reasons why I was very much against it. I think that the reduction in spaces was a function of introducing pay and display bays and extending double yellows plus plans to restrict other parts of streets - e.g. with single yellows. It?s not connected to what rahrahrah is taking about which is just demarcating whatever legal parking space there is into car sized blocks. E.g. like the car parking lines in Crystal Palace sports center. There is no enforcement, it just encourages - nudges - people to park considerately. I?ve seen it put to very good effect in Australia.

We ended up not going after more than one person told us that it?s a bit of a party place for backpackers and moreover looking at photos of the places on the web - traveler photos and Google street - just didn?t look that great. The final nail in the coffin was someone mentioning the fairly open prostitution - including kids - in the area. Don?t know where you?re going in Cambodia but if you?re including Siem Reap in the itinerary I can recommend DaNang in Vietnam for a beachy part to the holiday. There are direct flights and I can recommend specific beaches etc. let me know if interested.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi DuliwhcLondoner, > The classic way is to record all numbers place by > location and time slot for a weekday and a at the > weekend. > With number plates you can then find out the home > postcode to postcode area to see if local or not. > I was planning to ask if the council had this from > the last CPZ study that wasn't written up into the > report. Someone earlier in the thread suggested > officers had stated it was local East Dulwich > commuting and not out of area commuting. It wasn?t in the published data, it was from the discussion here on the forum from people on the effected streets observing when cars were arriving and leaving. Be great to know if they do have actual data from the study - although I think the study only covered a very small number of streets.

janepinkcat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > YES I do want a CPZ. We live on Tell Grove and > are constantly forced to park streets away from > our house due to commuters leaving their cars all > day, while they go to east Dulwich station, or > drop kids at nursery then go to work. We're only > asking for a two hour CPZ during the day, people > can still park if they need to for shops etc, > although if you're local you could walk. I don't think people drive to East Dulwich to commute from the train station. I think people commute to East Dulwich to work in the offices, shops and schools. I think the last time a CPZ was discussed the cars parking near the station were reported to be there after 8;30 and gone by 5:30.

Tried a pre-cinema dinner in Signoria the other night. We had a bruchetta and beef carpaccio, a spaghetti gamborini and a pasta dish with aubergine. All very good. Service nice. Wine fine. Didn?t strike me as overly expensive. All in all we thought it was super and will go there again pre-cinema or just for dinner generally. I am not being paid for this. I have no connection with the restaurant other than having eaten in it once, as described. I am a reasonably regular poster, I think. And I am a real person, as far as I know.

Try Playa Blanca in Lanzarote. I can recommend the Princess Yaiza. https://www.sovereign.com/holidays/spain/lanzarote/playa-blanca/hotels/princesa-yaiza-suite-hotel-resort/ The link is to Sovereign but there are several others you can get a package with, or you can book the hotel separately and sort out your own flights (which will be cheaper, but you?ll have to organise your own transfers etc). Playa Blanca is a lovely area, ideal for families with young kids. There?s a marina and nice market and a long esplanade all the way from the marina, past the Yaiza and on into the little town. There?s some lovely restaurants and the beach is one of the nicer ones on Lanzarote with white sand (unlike the volcanic black sands and hence the name, playa Blanca means white beach). The Yaiza itself is a lovely hotel, two large swimming pools, excellent kids club and activities, great food (we?ve only been b&b as prefer to go out in the evenings) there?s a mini disco etc and a show in the evenings. Nothing goes on too late either in the hotel or in the resort so it?s quiet enough by bedtime etc. Nice family, friendly vibe to the whole resort.

A bus has broken down on the Goose Green roundabout. There is a queue of busses behind it stretching most of the way back to East Dulwich station. Nothing can get past southbound. I went past at 07:15. You might want to check situation on TfL if you need a bus that way this mornjng

Thanks all. I reset the network settings on my phone and that seems to have solved the issue.

I've just moved to EE for 4g. Service keeps dropping to 'no service' all around ED. Is it a service issue or just me?

https://www.exodus.co.uk/thailand-holidays/family/jungles-beaches/fit-10197#itinerary I think it?s pretty safe for families nowadays, and no longer quite as off the beaten track as once was. This is a group tour, but you could of course make your own itinerary.

I swim at JAGS and they don't mind paddles and pull buoys and kickboards (in fact they have loads and don't mind you borrowing them which saves bringing your own) but you'll only be allowed fins if there is no one else at all in your lane. There is Windrush triathlon club there on Friday nights - you don't need to join JAGS for that, you need to join Windrush. There's a guy called Lido Mike who runs sessions at JAGS, at the Lido and at Dulwich College. Google him. ETA Southwark do Swim For Fitness sessions at ED Leisure Centre and at The Elephant and Castle. Ed pool isn't great for swim training - too hot, no deep end - but better than nothing, and the elephant is quite good. The Swim for Fitness sessions are "fin and paddle friendly".

Beckenham Spa used to have great lessons for little ones. Worth checking out.

tomskip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can't imagine why you would walk past a very > good primary school to go to another one further > afield. Make your life easier if you can! It only > gets more difficult and more complicated as your > children get older. This. Our daughter has just left Heber after 7 great years there. She thoroughly loved it, and so did we, we found it, overall, to be an excellent school. If I were in your position I would embrace the convenience and relax in the knowledge it's a super school with a really strong and stable senior leadership team and a great set of governors. The fact that they are being so careful in their approach to replacing David says it all.