Jump to content

Newspaper availability at Grove Vale Library

Brideshead

By Brideshead
in General ED Issues / Gossip

 Share

Recommended Posts

Brideshead

Brideshead

Posted
Posted

Hi EDF-ers!!!


Sad to report that the daily newspapers are already going wrong again? after just only 3 or 4 weeks.


Last Monday there were NO newspapers at all at 1400. No explanation, no apology, no information.


Today - inexplicably - no Daily Mirror.


No explanation, no apology, no concern by staff. Just ?it wasn?t in the delivery?.


Two failures in one week? Maybe chase up the supplier? Maybe that?s way over dramatic!


Wonder if Southwark council - that is you & me - the taxpayers are still being billed for literally, well, nothing? Send your answers in on a postcard, don?t even waste EDF server data storage!!!


Maybe local government Southwark are trying to match the Boris government at national level. Dysfunctional, unaccountable, ineffective, inconsistent & unable to achieve even the simplest thing. (Disclaimer: Last sentence is a ?Personal opinion?).

colville09

colville09

Posted
Posted
Oh no, how terrible. It?s a sign of the times, what with WW3 breaking out and all. How did you survive no Daily Mirror for a day and worse still the poor hapless staff not falling on their knees with apologies before a tax payer. I really feel for you, the world is so unjust
jazzer

jazzer

Posted
Posted

"Oh no, how terrible. It?s a sign of the times, what with WW3 breaking out and all. How did you survive no Daily Mirror for a day and worse still the poor hapless staff not falling on their knees with apologies before a tax payer. I really feel for you, the world is so unjust."


👍👍👍👍

😂😂😂😂

Dogkennelhillbilly

Dogkennelhillbilly

Posted
Posted

Bit of a waste of the EDF this discussion tho? if a missing Daily Mirror is the worst someone encounters in a South London library in 2022, then it?s passed me by that we have achieved utopia. 🤪


Maybe I?ve missed something about this post!

https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,2255773,2262584#msg-2262584

Chick

Chick

Posted
Posted

Are you for real?




Brideshead Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Hi EDF-ers!!!

>

> Sad to report that the daily newspapers are

> already going wrong again? after just only 3 or 4

> weeks.

>

> Last Monday there were NO newspapers at all at

> 1400. No explanation, no apology, no information.

>

> Today - inexplicably - no Daily Mirror.

>

> No explanation, no apology, no concern by staff.

> Just ?it wasn?t in the delivery?.

>

> Two failures in one week? Maybe chase up the

> supplier? Maybe that?s way over dramatic!

>

> Wonder if Southwark council - that is you & me -

> the taxpayers are still being billed for

> literally, well, nothing? Send your answers in on

> a postcard, don?t even waste EDF server data

> storage!!!

>

> Maybe local government Southwark are trying to

> match the Boris government at national level.

> Dysfunctional, unaccountable, ineffective,

> inconsistent & unable to achieve even the simplest

> thing. (Disclaimer: Last sentence is a ?Personal

> opinion?).

Sally Eva

Sally Eva

Posted
Posted

Pugwash Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> There are far more important things in life than

> having free newspapers available in a library.

Can I disagree with this in principle? A democracy needs a well informed public. Someone who read the range of newspapers available in most public libraries would have the opportunity to be well informed. I think that important.

Moovart

Moovart

Posted
Posted

Sometimes it feels like the Thought Police are monitoring and posting on this forum.


What's wrong with expecting that a service provided by Southwark libraries should actually be provided reliably.


What's trivial to one person may be important to another and shouldn't it be ok to state a view seemingly trivial or otherwise without being patronised?

ianr

ianr

Posted
Posted

> Maybe local government Southwark are trying to

> match the Boris government at national level.

> Dysfunctional, unaccountable, ineffective,

> inconsistent & unable to achieve even the simplest

> thing. (Disclaimer: Last sentence is a ?Personal

> opinion?).


Do you think a diktat could possibly have been issued?


> Wonder if Southwark council - that is you & me -

> the taxpayers are still being billed for literally,

> well, nothing?


The accounts are usually open for public inspection for a period during the annual audit. That's usually in the summer.

In the meantime, have you emailed the office, if your interrogation methods have failed with the on-site staff?

RoundTable

RoundTable

Posted
Posted

For some people, leaving their home once a day to read a free daily newspaper in their local library can be an emotional and/or physical lifeline, so think beyond the headline.


Luckily in the UK we are free to choose the type of mogul-sponsored press-releases drivel that has become of the British so-called media (aka ?cut and paste the press-release machinery). But that?s a different thread. In China, for example, there is just one type of state sponsored drivel, so count your blessings that in the UK we can chose from a wide range of press release drivel.

Dogkennelhillbilly

Dogkennelhillbilly

Posted
Posted

Moovart Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> What's trivial to one person may be important to

> another and shouldn't it be ok to state a view

> seemingly trivial or otherwise without being

> patronised?


You'd have thought so... 🤣

https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,2255773,2259390#msg-2259390

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
  • Advertise Here

  • Latest Discussions

    • JMK
      Assistance Dogs - Autism: any experiences?

      By JMK · Posted

      https://www.assistancedogs.org.uk/information-hub/assistance-dogs-emotional-support-dogs-and-therapy-dogs/   hello   i’d be interested to understand if anyone.has experience of Assistance Dogs especially for autistic children of different ages for emotional support and therapy   There was a prior thread on this topic on EDF 10 hrs ago but it had limited experiences and there was a (claimed) change in UK legislation in 2019. Whilst the industry appears unregulated/unlicensed, there are several providers (approx 15, perhaps more) who claim to have fully trained dogs or say that they can help families to train a puppy/young dog over the 18-24 months.  The latter obviously comes with a need for strong commitment to the challenge. Costs for a fully trained assistance dog are quoted at £13-15k albeit they claim £23k total cost to train the dog. On the one hand, this could potentially be a useful solution for some families if such a dog was truly trained as their websites claim and such a dog was accepted in public places and schools etc… On the other hand, I don’t think that I’ve ever seen an assistance dog of this type or in this context (only for a blind or partially sighted person) and hence a real risk of fraud or exploitation! The SEN challenge for families coupled with limited resources in schools or from local authorities or the NHS as well as the extremely challenging experience of many families with schools offering little or no support or making the situation worse leaves a big risk of lots of different types of fraud and or exploitation in this area.          
    • jeffersjd
      Missing Cat

      By jeffersjd · Posted

      Hi there  We live on Woodwarde Road backing on to Alleyns Top Field.  Our cat Gigi has gone missing — it’s been about 24 hours now. She is a cream Bengal. Could you please check sheds, garages, or anywhere she might have got stuck please? And if you could keep an eye out or share on any local groups/forums, we’d really appreciate it. Photo attached.   Thanks so much! My name is Jeff on 07956 910068. 
    • ruffers
      Cat Flap

      By ruffers · Posted

      Colin.    One for the old school.   Just saying.
    • Sue
      Fireworks

      By Sue · Posted

      Signed, and I will share it elsewhere, thank you for posting this. It's got nearly 70,000 signatures at present, and apparently runs till February.

East Dulwich Forum

Established in 2006, we are an online community discussion forum for people who live, work in and visit SE22.

Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...