Trouble in peckham?

[RebeccaG]

Just come out of peckham pulse and there was a big crowd on the main road and lots of people running to get away. Apparently they were breaking into ladbrookes. The staff at the pulse were closing up with quite a few people still inside. We thought we'd make a dash for it to avoid being stuck in there. Sad times.

[gk]

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[ratty]

Disgusted. Makes me want to go out and start reclaiming our streets in our town!

[jctg]

thebestnameshavegone Wrote:

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> I'm expecting Ocado literally any minute - does

> anyone know if they've been able to get through

> Rye Lane?

Post Of The Year.

[SCSB79]

Sky News now talking about Peckham and showing pictures of burnt out bus...

[ratty]

SCSB79 Wrote:

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> Sky News now talking about Peckham and showing

> pictures of burnt out bus...

Quite scary. Bottom of Lyndhurst Way by the looks of it

[CF]

bus on fire now on rye lane, picture on sky news

[sandy_rose]

Sue Wrote:

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> Outside the FIRE STATION?????

Yes, the one on the corner of Talfourd Rd.

[WS]

Cycling home past peckham pulse. intending to go down bellenden rd past B.King. Saw smashed bus with a row of riot police by it. People milling round with the odd rock / missile thrown by masked individual - not sure how far rye lane the trouble goes. Groups of people milling around. might need to advise those who are not online etc.

[Cam123]

hubby on train from victoria has just reported that the train is not stopping at peckham rye due to a security alert

[SCSB79]

Petrol bombed??

Sounded like the eye witness just said that.

[ratty]

I fear the news outlets are fueling it judging by the retards that are turning up to wave at the helicopters.

Send in the troops!!

[bonniebird]

I just left Surrey Quays was watching Harry Potter, they have closed the shopping mall down, I heard about the bus on way home on Eddie Nestors show :'(

[comonup]

RebeccaG Wrote:

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> Just come out of peckham pulse and there was a big

> crowd on the main road and lots of people running

> to get away. Apparently they were breaking into

> ladbrookes. The staff at the pulse were closing up

> with quite a few people still inside. We thought

> we'd make a dash for it to avoid being stuck in

> there. Sad times.

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No way.

What are the odds of that?

[Applespider]

I usually cycle home via Brixton and thought I'd go home via Peckham and pick up a few bits of Rye Lane. Got to Camberwell, saw 3 police vans with guys in riot gear screaming past towards Peckham and decided just to head home..

[Beej]

Why was this topic lounged????!!!

....ahhh I see the moderator has come to his senses!

[jim_the_chin]

Just came back through bottom of lyndhurst way with two lines of riot police at the junction with peckham road. Saw lots of hooded yoot around the burgess park area - thought they were heading for walworth road, but maybe heading away from peckham.

[Salsaboy]

Sirens aplenty. Just driven through Penge (someone has to) and lots of rozzers hanging around. Could it be a pincer movement?

[craigy]

According to eddie Nestor show they have just broken into tescos at top of rye lane!!!

[trizza]

Trains no longer stopping at Peckham Rye. Just cycled through - felt v dodgy. Lots of people just hanging around and discarded bricks/bollards around Aldi. Police formed up blocking off rye lane just past the station. I'd stay away.

[ratty]

Someone said Sainsburys is shut but I think it might be BS. Seen a few people walking down the road with shopping bags.

[Sonners]

My husband was just on a bus on the walworth road which got caught with the police on one side of it and looters on the other. The bus kicked everyone off and the looters kindly let the passangers walk back towards elephant. Choose another way home folks, not sure any buses will get down there for a while.

[Alex K]

The Dog Kennel Hill Sainsbo's was open a quarter-hour ago -- all shutters rolled down, security personnel tapping batons into their palms outside. Erm, make that two security guards and three blokes in J Sainsbury livery, one walkie-talkie amongst the five.

If you had a tan from your holiday you weren't allowed in. Please discount that statement as well.

However, my housemate, who described the scene there in somewhat **cough** inflammatory terms, says, and this is a TRUE, that from the window of the 68 he saw three separate muggings between Burgess Park and Camberwell Green -- a moped stolen and two bicycles stolen, knocked off whilst riding and scarpered on the stolen goods.

[Mikandnik]

Building on fire opposite Netto and next to Greggs bakery on Rye Lane by the looks of the footage on BBC News

[david_carnell]

Greggs and one other commercial premises now on fire. A sad day for Peckham.