Jump to content

Best place to watch the fireworks on NYE

sonnywebb

By sonnywebb
in General ED Issues / Gossip

 Share

Recommended Posts

sonnywebb

sonnywebb

Posted
Posted

Hi all,


Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions for the best view of southbank skyline around Dulwich... We have some family over and didn't buy tickets early enough so might go for a walk tomorrow evening and try and get a view point from around here.... Any suggestions?

computedshorty

computedshorty

Posted
Posted

My wife is recovering from a double heart Operation ( the first one failed ) in St Thomas' Hospital and can see the barge where the fireworks will be lighted,after six weeks here this be interesting for her.

But would willingly miss it to get home.

Penguin68

Penguin68

Posted
Posted
Dawson Heights gives a good vantage, and in the past the crowd there has been benevolent, but if the going gets 'soft' (as it is forecast tonight, despite this morning's frost) then the slope can become very slippy, particularly close to the access path; it is worthwhile wearning shoes/ boots with some grip (and which you don't mind getting muddy).
Sue

Sue

Posted
Posted

computedshorty Wrote:

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

> My wife is recovering from a double heart

> Operation ( the first one failed ) in St Thomas'

> Hospital and can see the barge where the fireworks

> will be lighted,after six weeks here this be

> interesting for her.

> But would willingly miss it to get home.



Hope your wife is able to go home soon, computedshorty, and that this time the op was completely successful.

computedshorty

computedshorty

Posted
Posted

Sorry to deviate from the main subject Fireworks.


I believe that my wife is on the sixth floor of St Thomas? Hospital looking down, I have not been able to get there for a visit due to my own illness, but phone three times a day, she has her Mobile phone, that I have topped up by ?20.00. so that she can take pictures of the fireworks just below the Ward.

Her first operation was on the 23rd December but it did not work properly, she had a second on 24th December the operation to remove the fitted one and fit new parts, but the return to health after all this is very slow.

Yesterday while having an Echogram the Student learning about X-rays said to her, ? how good to see you again I was present at your operation it was very complicated, I recognised you from your name, glad to see you awake again ?

A long time since her Emergency admission on Tuesday 18th November at another Hospital with Pneumonia, then Pleurisy, then 4 Dental Extractions, and facial surgery, that had to be done prior to heart surgery.

I think I might buy her a new Mobile phone as a late Xmas present as she was unable to hang up her stocking Xmas Eve.

Thank you for your good wishes on her recovery.

Shorty.

DulwichFox

DulwichFox

Posted
Posted

Ken Livingstone told us to stay away when he was Mayor.


Why not have the display in Hyde Park ? Plenty of space for people to gather and surrounded

by dozens of Bus Routes and Tube Stations.


Too simple. No lets have it in a congested area and collect ?1M in ticket sales and deny 1,000s

of people a chance to see them.


Whilst the rest of the world put on Free displays for all to see.


DulwichFox

Penguin68

Penguin68

Posted
Posted

Why not have the display in Hyde Park ? Plenty of space for people to gather and surrounded

by dozens of Bus Routes and Tube Stations.


I believe that the logic (if I understood a 'spokesman' correctly) was that the display was optimised around being broadcast on TV (thus the backdrop of the Thames and the iconic buildings around that part of it) - certainly the TV broadcast was seen by many millions (more) than could even get into even Hyde Park - those people crowding in to see the spectacle live and unmediated by technology were not the intended audience, and the numbers had become so large that they posed real dangers to themselves (and I suppose a potential target to those less well disposed to the UK and all it does). So the sealing-off of the area (and the rationing by ticket) was quite intentional in increasing security and crowd safety (note what happened elsewhere, in China, this year) by reducing numbers.

katanita

katanita

Posted
Posted

I get the logic, from twitter last night it looked like the aftermath was badly handled though. There were photos of thousands of people being basically kettled in the Cut and taking hours to get home from around Waterloo.


and
(more tweets https://twitter.com/se1/with_replies). Glad I wasn't there!
computedshorty

computedshorty

Posted
Posted

Disappointing my wife did not see the Fireworks from St Thomas? as it was closed to all entry even the next night shift nurses, only one nurse was there in Ward, she tried her best to move the patients to an open widow to at least hear, they did hear the singing, unfortunately my wife was wired to a monitor so could not go to the window.

We have in the past been there waching so she can recall seeing it then, but that was years ago.

katanita

katanita

Posted
Posted

That's a shame. It's not the same of course but you can rewatch them here http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04wjfwq/new-years-eve-fireworks-2014. It will be up there for a month so hopefully your wife can see them when she gets out. Wishing her a speedy recovery.


computedshorty Wrote:

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

> Disappointing my wife did not see the Fireworks

> from St Thomas? as it was closed to all entry

> even the next night shift nurses, only one nurse

> was there in Ward, she tried her best to move the

> patients to an open widow to at least hear, they

> did hear the singing, unfortunately my wife was

> wired to a monitor so could not go to the window.

> We have in the past been there waching so she can

> recall seeing it then, but that was years ago.

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

    • Sue
      Dawson Heights again

      By Sue · Posted

      Did you try the emergency number posted above? It mentions lift breakdowns over the festive period outside the advertises times. Hope you got it sorted x
    • Sue
      Be careful in local shops

      By Sue · Posted

      People working in shops should not be "attempting to do the bill in their head." Nor if questioned should they be  trying to "get to an agreeable number." They should be actually (not trying to) getting to the correct number. I'm afraid in many cases it is clearly more than incorrect arithmetic. One New Year's Eve in a restaurant (not in East Dulwich but quite near it) two of us were charged for thirty poppadoms. We were quite merry when the bill came, but not so merry as to not notice something amiss. Unfortunately we have had similar things happen in a well established East Dulwich restaurant we no longer use. There is also a shop in East Dulwich which is open late at night. It used not to display prices on its goods (that may have changed). On querying the bill, we several times found a mistake had been made. Once we were charged twice for the same goods. There is a limit to how many times you can accept a "mistake".  There is also a limit to how many times you can accept the "friendly" sweet talking after it.
    • malumbu
      Bitey Fox.

      By malumbu · Posted

      Adapted not forced.  As have numerous species around the world.  Sort of thing that Attenborough features.  Domestic dogs another good example - hung around communities for food and then we become the leader of the pack.  Not sure how long it will take foxes to domesticate, but some will be well on their way.    Raccoons also on the way https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1j8j48e5z2o
    • Jenijenjen
      Excellent Christmas meal at Franklins!

      By Jenijenjen · Posted

      My memory, admittedly not very reliable these days, places the shop on the block on the left hand side just before Burgess Park going towards Camberwell. Have also found a reference to Franklins Antiques being located at 157 Camberwell Road which is on that block. This is a screen shot obtained from Google maps of that address which accords with my memory except the entrance door was on the right hand side, where the grey door is, rather than in the centre.

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...