Lordship Lane street party for Royal Wedding?

[silverfox]

What do people think about closing off Lordship Lane for a huge street party to celebrate the Royal Wedding?

We'd need a planning committee, local shops could contribute and the community could come together for a good knees up.

[Peckhampam]

NO! and I don't often shout.

[Fudge]

Sounds a great idea.

I remember when Charles and Diana & Andrew & Fergie got married, Burbage Road (Dulwich Village) held great street parties for both. Good fun and lots going on involving everyone - young and old.

[edcam]

No.

[expat]

No

[Narnia]

You must be joking.

[ecphoto]

Yep! Ace!

[Keef]

Why are the no people saying no out of interest? I dont really care about the wedding, but this sounds a lovely idea. Besides, taxes are paying towards the bloody wedding, so why shouldn't we all have something nice to do?

[Narnia]

I've no reason to celebrate a royal wedding Keef.

[citizenED]

I'm assuming Silverfox means the 'Strip' portion of LL rather than the bit by the Harvester. Probably not a good idea due to it being such a Main route. If it needs to be a destination point then Northcross road would be better. Better still would be any of the residential roads which could be more easily closed to traffic.

[TonyQuinn]

Please God, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Keef]

Narnia Wrote:

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> I've no reason to celebrate a royal wedding Keef.

Neither have I.

[SeanMacGabhann]

It's like Christmas - thanks for the time off work and everything but I'll skip the mass/celebration thing if it's all the same

[Peckhampam]

Why celebrate posh toffs getting married? How about May 1st instead?

[Twirly]

citizenED Wrote:

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> I'm assuming Silverfox means the 'Strip' portion

> of LL rather than the bit by the Harvester.

> Probably not a good idea due to it being such a

> Main route. If it needs to be a destination point

> then Northcross road would be better. Better still

> would be any of the residential roads which could

> be more easily closed to traffic.

Totally agree. I don't think that you'd get permission to close Lordship Lane anyway.

Not fussed one way or another to be honest, doubt I'd join in. And whilst I wish them every happiness, as I would any other couple, I'm really not that interested.

I'm much more interested in celebrating my own first wedding anniversary, which will be the very next day :)

[SeanMacGabhann]

Twirly and MrTwirly - I wish you both all the best, but if you carry on posting as you do, I wouldn't count those anniversary chickens just yet ;-)

ahem

[silverfox]

From the Library down to Goose Green would be ideal. However, given the gradient of the hill for tables, stalls etc, perhaps more practical would be from the Magdala down to Goose Green and sideways along North Cross Road.

There could be clowns, magicians for the children, bands, street performers, neighbours could come together with their own picnics, local shops, restaurants could have their own food stalls, coffee/tea stalls, the pubs would be open all day.

[Forestfolk]

Yes.. why not...better than staying at home and watching it on television!

[philiphenslowe]

I don't think it would work on Lordship Lane at all. Not all of us will be getting a day off work + where would the buses be diverted to? I remember an excellent street party on Darrell Road for Charles & Diana's wedding

[Twirly]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> Twirly and MrTwirly - I wish you both all the

> best, but if you carry on posting as you do, I

> wouldn't count those anniversary chickens just yet

> ;-)

>

> ahem

Nah - he knows his place >:D< (and was very well fed in return)

[silverfox]

Buses could be diverted down Barry Road and back round to Goose Green.

[Loz]

Not LL, but perhaps North Cross Road??

[Tarot]

May day celebration sounds good. Goose green the venue.

Maypole, olde pipers,morris men.craft stalls,etc.

It used to be fun until, the socialists and Russians ruined it.

Nice time to celebrate spring.

But as for celebrating with a street party,no I dont agree,

They were for Coranations and victories origionally.

Best kept in the city.

[James Barber]

The best street parties I've helped with have lots of keen residents. The part of Lordship Lane you propose has relatively few residents.

The bus route diversions would be complicated and that a lot of bus routes diverting even for a bank holiday. Equally its main emergency service route without any traffic calming.

What would work really well is side roads having street parties and I hope lots do use the royal wedding to hold a street party. Fingers crossed it s a sunny day.

BUT if anyone is thinking of holding a street party you'll need to get cracking as the noticing etc of closing a road and getting police, fire, ambulance agreement takes 6-8 weeks and the that bank holiday is only 14 weeks away.

[ortmann80]

Well my contribution to the wedding is my middle finger pointing upwards!!!!!!Why not just have a street party at the weekend down one of the side streets for FUN