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Its Fair day and Dogs are running amok in the Floral Garden - you know where it says "No Dogs" I approached one chap and asked he knew it was "NO DOGS" He said thats why Ive got in on a lead I Said thats not what it says' So he Says - "whats it got to do with you?" ? Well any local resident should be able to protect their park but I took a deep breath and said. Ive beein involved in Financing the Park, I am a Local resident, I have been a Friend of the Park and I am an Alderman. He said "good for you" And continued to remove his dog from the Floral Garden. Its funny because perfectly respectable people with young kids were also flouting the rule. I cant understand whats wrong with them But maybe if Judge Dread wandered the Park we'd have it treated better.
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When I was a kid, all the parks, even the small gardens had 'Parkies' Park Keepers

They were dressed in Brown with flat caps and were really strick and scary.

They 'lived' in a little Wooden Hut and would decend from nowhere.


No kids messing around. You would get a clip round the ear. and no one sued any body.


No dogs crapping on the paths. No body dropping litter. Well there was the occasional scrap of paper

but the Parkie had a little stick and a small bag to deal with that.


I suppose I will get critised for harping on about the past.

But people really did have more respect back then.


Peckham rye is beautiful with wild bits which are great for kids to explore.

The gardeners do a great job keeping the park nice.

Some dog ]owners spoil it for others.


Most of the young kids around the cafe are well behaved because there are things to do.


Why do we not have 'Parkies' any more. I suppose they would not have the same impact today.

They would be told to go do something.


Fox

I think that he means the flower beds inside The Oval? They've got a very low black fence around it, with signs that says No Dogs. The area outside is fine for dogs, but not in by the flower beds.


The only other area where dogs aren't allowed, according to the Southwark website, is the Arboretum: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/461/a_to_z_of_parks/662/peckham_rye_park_and_common/1

DulwichFox:


Great picture of the Exeter Council park keepers, but it does not help us establishing whether London County Council park keepers had flat caps or something like a trilby (with a badge at the front).


The picture I uploaded dates from before 28 June 1905 and sows a LCC park keeper standing next to the lake in Peckham Rye Park. He is not wearing a flat cap.


What we need is a family photo taken in the 1950s or 1960s that has a park keeper in the background.


John K

My Mum's Uncle was a Parkie so I remember him coming round in his uniform when I was about 5 years old.


He was in Addington square Camberwell.


My mum used to tell me he was a Policeman and it was time for me to go to bed..


Did not argue even though he was a kind man..


Fox..

Thanks for the clarification, DulwichFox.


Addington Square Open Space (formal title) was a Camberwell Borough Council "park". The Council finished laying it out in 1938/39 by which time the total capital cost was ?31,112.


I suspect Camberwell Council park keepers had a different uniform to LCC park keepers.


The Camberwell Council open spaces in East Dulwich were:


Cox's Walk

Dulwich Library Garden

One Tree Hill


so it would have been quite possible to see a Camberwell Council park keeper in East Dulwich during the 1950s.


John K

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