whateley rd, peaceful this evening? (Lounged)

[Shaggy]

Chav, with your claim to have legal training and you forensic line of questioning I think you may have outed yourself. Either you are the Director of Public Prosecutions or the Lord Chief Justice. Which is it?

Alternatively you could be an irritating know-nothing who spends too much time posting on the forum out of your arse.

[Monkey]

Because their rehoming was the result of a long process and I was kept aware of the steps that were being taken. Basically the situation was untenable for neighbours but also for members of the family who were at risk of harm from each other. A solution had to be found and that was in everybody's interest. I say it again: they have not been chucked out on the street. The council even arranged for a removal van to take them and their belongings to their new dwellings.

[benjaminty]

Chav,

I think Monkey's detail from earlier in the thread pretty much shows this is more the speculation. Many residents have been in contact with agencies over the last few months.

The council taking action was never to pass the problem on elsewhere, it was to address all issues as best they could and offering a new start to those memebers of the household who wanted it.

I think by the sounds of it, everyone is happy (or happier at least).

Just waiting to see if anyone starts to squat in there before new residents are moved in. Every single window is open at the house for some reason.

[Keef]

Shaggy Wrote:

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> Keef, I doubt they will struggle to meet the

> approval of their neighbours, whoever they turn

> out to be. The residents of the area certainly

> don't have a problem with council tenants. Is it

> nice being so self-satisfied?

Nice to hear you speak for all the residents, but judging by the previous threads about these people, I'm not too sure that you're spot on. Oh, and I do know a thing or two about being a resident of the area, the road in fact.

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

"Alternatively you could be an irritating know-nothing who spends too much time posting on the forum out of your arse"..

- pot and kettle spring to mind.

[SteveT]

They are probably airing the place

to remove the stench of the animals and their pets.

[Mabel]

I just feel sorry for the whistling man who seemed to enjoy their company raving at all hours on their front step drinking got knows what in a high vis jacket. Little Britain couldn't write a better sketch!

[Leaving for Exeter]

I like to call it Kevin Whately Road

[sweetgirl]

the whistler is back on duty again, directing traffic! i saw him in peckham......

earlier this week i came out of my house only to be greeted by him! the first thing he said was "what you looking at?" he was armed with his can in his hand, i guess he was drunk!

nothing new.........

[SteveT]

Tell his 'mother'

[sweetgirl]

lol, she can't do nothing. she chucked him out from her house a while back, now he's back there again! he became homeless after his whateley rd buddies asked him to leave their home.

i feel sorry for the lady!!!!!!!!

[FrustratedLawyer]

I used to live on Whateley Road, fun time indeed. My favourite memory of the 'eccentrics' was one Saturday afternoon seeing one of the men in a green tie-dyed shirt doing this rave dance, along to their musical doorbell. He was really going for it. Reminded me of that chap from Spaced.

[crispy]

Hi , sorry to jump in here, I was just searching to see if anyone had mentioned the whistling man, and this is what I saw, just curioius about him, i have seen him twice now, once a week ago on underhill road, and then in Peckham at the weekend...does he just whistle and try to dance to the traffic??, or does he try to approach people?..

[SteveT]

some have been intimidated by him when he gets on the bus and sits next to the ladies, and following them home.

[crispy]

Really?....he has seemed very " oblivious" to anything but his own mind to me...so has he been reported?...sorry to sound a bit dramatic ( or maybe i have missed a point earlier in the thread), it's just that i walk along whatley road after dark alone quite a bit!:(

[SteveT]

There is a thread on him, but I do not have the computer skills

to make the link, sorry crispy.

[SteveT]

Do a search entitled "whistling man"

[crispy]

Thats what i did, and ended up here..not to worry though...i can walk the other side of the street, he seems more interested in cars than people..thanks anyway.

[Monkey]

Just for the record - the whistling man does not live on Whateley Road and there is no more of a problem walking down Whateley Road than in any other street on East Dulwich.

I happen to know however that the Whistling Man has got an ASBO against him. The courts have ordered that he must not:

- Assault, threaten, abuse or insult any person in or residing in the London Borough of Southwark

- Be drunk in a public place in the London Borough of Southwark

- Cause any noise so as to cause or likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to any person in or residing in the London Borough of Southwark

If he does any of the above, you can call Southwark's ASBO line or 999.

[sweetgirl]

to my knowledge he's already been nicked for being drunk & disorderly in a public space, & spent a couple of nights in the nick!

just for the record he lives directly behind the back of ed police stn. he's always patrolling the streets though, not just whateley road!

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

Monkey - How do you 'happen to know' so much about your neighbours?

[SteveT]

He sits in the trees, watches and listens, he is a primate with a brain.

He said if I give him enough peanuts he will teach me how to do it.

[jimmy two times]

I don't know anything about the people who have been evicted from Whately road, but I know the type. I know it may ruffle a few feathers, but I have to say it depresses me that people such as this should always be given all sorts of help when they don't deserve it. Someone said they have been rehoused in better accomodation and even had their removals sorted out for them by the council! Why do they deserve this? I was born and bred in this country and I'm in my forties. I have always worked and contributed to society by paying my taxes. When I divorced a few years ago I applied to the council to be rehoused. I have 3 young children and wanted to stay close by and give them a roof over their head so that they could stay with me every weekend. My earnings fall way short of buying a property and it's a real struggle to rent privately. I have never owned a property and shared council accomodation with my ex when we were married. I'm still waiting to be rehoused by the council, 5 years later, because according to them I do not have enough points. In my opinion these people do not deserve rehousing and quite frankly I could not care what happens to them aftwerwards so long as they are not making someone else's life a misery.

[Keef]

Fair enough if that's how you feel, very much doubt you're on your own. Only thing I'd pick up on would be that I'm pretty sure they were born and bred here too.

[ratty]

It's a question of vulnerability and support. Looks like it was deemed that you were a functioning human being enough to sort your own problems out, others do not have this capability. Yeah it seems wonky when you spend your life paying taxes, but that's the way it goes in a society like ours where there are safety nets for the vulnerable.

Just for the record, even vulnerable homeless people are now being told they must rent privately for their re-housing.