crystal palace road next to the actress pub, Building being demolished What is happing there ?

[nxjen]

first mate Wrote:

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> I very much doubt that Victorian engineers had any

> idea of how the population might explode in the

> future nor that every family would have sometimes

> multiple bathroom, washing machines and so on.

There was an interesting thread a couple of months ago regarding the population of East Dulwich ( http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1382242,1386631#msg-1386631 ) which seemed to conclude the population of East Dulwich has not exploded that much. We do use much more water per person than we did even when I was a kid when for example we only washed our hair once a week (gross!) and very few people had cars to wash. John K though is asking about the amount of sewage - I really wouldn't like to hazard a guess and will leave comments about the increase of high fibre foods to other people.

[Sue]

MarkT Wrote:

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> The building facing the actress, opposite, on the

> other side of Crystal Palace Road, was indeed,

> originally, a police station. It is marked as such

> on the Council's on-line 1896 map and on the 1914

> OS map.

>

> MarkT

I stand corrected!

:)

[first mate]

nxjen,

yes, fair points but see http://www.thameswater.co.uk/about-us/10092.htm

All your sanitary waste (dishwasher, washing machine, baths, sinks, loos etc.. ultimately drains into the sewers). Not many of those in days gone by.

[healey]

edcam Wrote:

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> Thanks for clarifying re the police station James.

> We're still none the wiser about where this

> development is though!

At the old police station across from the Actress!

[healey]

Henry_17 Wrote:

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> edhistory,

>

> Why are you particularly concerned about sewer

> capacity?

>

> Henry

Something to moan about.

[edcam]

Thanks healey, so not next to The Actress. Forgive my anal pedantry.

[first mate]

Healey, re Sewage read the Thames Water link I posted before.

[healey]

first mate Wrote:

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> Healey, re Sewage read the Thames Water link I

> posted before.

Yes, London has Victorian sewerage systems that will need updates. Are you seriously suggesting that this is a reason to stop the building of a few houses in East Dulwich?

[first mate]

Healey,

I posted in response to your dismissive reply to edhistory's cautionary observation about the sewage system - 'something to moan about'. Given the rate of development in the Capital, together with Thames Water's own warnings about overloading the system, I think his comment is worth some thought. I'm not clear that anyone has said these houses should not be built...have they?