Peckham Rye Park Closed?

[AK]

I went for a wander round Peckham Rye Park this morning at around 10am and all the gates were shut; like others, we climbed over a fence to get in and enjoyed a lovely stroll; but is there a reason the gates were not opened? Please don't tell me it was for health and safety!!

[boosboss]

Spoke to the Head Gardener this morning and Yep H&S madness! Plenty of gaps in the fence tho, so not stopping many! Even buggies are being lifted over! >:D< SC

[victor]

The gate behaind the cafe (by those unused buildings) is open!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Just push open the gardeners' gate and sidle round fence to path. Or there is a dirty great gap in the fence up Peckham Rye, just past the school that's being knocked down.

It was great early this morning - only a handful of people in the park.

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Health and Safety?

You don't know how much that infuriates me as only yesterday I was amongst hundreds in Oxleas Woods, Eltham watching the kis and dogs have the greatest fun.

Every type of device was used to sledge down the hill and I thought "this Country ain't so bad when all these people can have so much innocent fun and be so adventurous with their improvisations and no "H and S" Czar can spoil it!

Absolute Rotten B*****s:X

[honk]

Someone didn't open a gate but you managed to get into the park anyway. Yeah, we're going to hell in a handcart for sure.

[legalbeagle]

Dulwich Park was also closed at 10am this morning - same health and safety reason given there too. I don't know if it has opened since but there were lots of disappointed people gathered around the gates looking cross!

[SeanMacGabhann]

Shall I do it again? Oh fuck it why not

When people give out about H&S, what is it they are really giving out about?

I THINK they are giving out about "the council/The Man/inpetitude/broken britain/Littlejohn is right" etc etc but that is usually wrong

What is behind a decision to close a park on "H&S" grounds is the fear of being sued by YOU the public. If people stopped suing for every fekkin thing then there wouldn't be this fear of health and safety

It really is that simple.. so if you are going to vent, have the right targer and stop hitting people with a blunderbuss

[snorky]

How true.

I am shocked & hurt by the uneducated rants that blame H&S political coreectness gone mad for all societies ills

and I want compensation for my hurt feelings

[boosboss]

The parks are probably safer than the pavements at the moment! Let's see the council close the pavements in fear of being sued!!!!

[legalbeagle]

I wasn't really passing comment on the necessity of closing the park, just passing on information. I'm sure it's right that if councils weren't scared of being sued they wouldn't be so cautious.

[Brendan]

Well I for one find it disgusting! It?s like when they took my gun away. ?Human rights? apparently. I?ll ?human rights? them.

All these people breaking into the parks, do they have dreadlocks?

[SimonM]

It may not even be the Council's fault, but their Insurance company insisting on it!

[SeanMacGabhann]

sorry legalbeagle - cross posted with yours - but I wasn't having a go at you. Easy enough to spot who I was targeting ;-)

[DeborahC]

Just back from Peckham Rye Park

It's not closed due to H&S but apparently the locks on all the gates had frozen...

[honk]

DeborahC Wrote:

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> Just back from Peckham Rye Park

> It's not closed due to H&S but apparently the

> locks on all the gates had frozen...

So boosboos is actually a liar posting what he wants to believe?

this calls the integrity of several other threads into doubt too. haha

[macroban]

Are there no real men left in East Dulwich who know which tools to use to un-freeze a lock?

[Marmora Man]

Shall I do it again? Oh @#$%& it why not

When people give out about H&S, what is it they are really giving out about?

I THINK they are giving out about "the council/The Man/inpetitude/broken britain/Littlejohn is right" etc etc but that is usually wrong

What is behind a decision to close a park on "H&S" grounds is the fear of being sued by YOU the public. If people stopped suing for every fekkin thing then there wouldn't be this fear of health and safety

It really is that simple.. so if you are going to vent, have the right targer and stop hitting people with a blunderbuss

The head of the HSE was saying much the same on the radio last week. However, she also said that the number of litigation cases of "the public" suing councils / schools/ public bodies over perceived safety issues are, in fact, very few.

I'd agree that some insurance companies take a ridiculously avoid all possible risk stance. Within the health service (something I do know about) some TRusts have taken to defending all claims for slips & trips - where previously they would pay a "no fault" compensation to avoid the costs of defending silly claims. The new policy saved money in the end as the number of claims fell.

So, to summarise, everyone in authority and the general public should have the balls to allow individuals to take risks and expect individuals to take personal responsibility for their decisions about personal risk.

Don't cut down trees in case a conker falls, close parks in case someone slips over, ban snowball fights in case someone gets hurt etc etc.

[alla]

I agree

[Cassius]

There's a bit of me that wonders if perhaps we all enjoyed ourselves FAR TOO MUCH yesterday and that we are now being punished for it! Smiling, laughing and enjoying ourselves - don't we know there is a credit crunch going on?

[alla]

Is it still closed?

[mrsorganicsausage]

There should be a piece in The Evening Standard's later edition on Peckham Rye being closed today. It's hilarious that they can close all the school in the area and the parks? All due to snow. Still they don't bother gritting the pavements and roads!! Someone somewhere has made the very important decision that today NOONE is allowed to have anyfun.....

[SeanMacGabhann]

There is that "they" again....

tcha

[EDOldie]

Dulwich Park was closed today because of a snowball fight which was getting out of hand yesterday and the police suggested it was closed because of this. Obviously a threat to the very fabric of society.

[red devil]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> Shall I do it again? Oh @#$%& it why not

>

> When people give out about H&S, what is it they

> are really giving out about?

>

> I THINK they are giving out about "the council/The

> Man/inpetitude/broken britain/Littlejohn is right"

> etc etc but that is usually wrong

>

> What is behind a decision to close a park on "H&S"

> grounds is the fear of being sued by YOU the

> public. If people stopped suing for every fekkin

> thing then there wouldn't be this fear of health

> and safety

>

> It really is that simple.. so if you are going to

> vent, have the right targer and stop hitting

> people with a blunderbuss

Slightly off topic, but how long will it be before a forumite sues another for giving bad advice/recommendation etc?...