Green Goose Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Had a walk through Dulwich Village on the way to the post office this morning and found that someone had blitzed the place with adverts for a "Garage Sale". There was about 15 posters along a distance of about 300m and they were attached to trees, lamposts and bus shelters.Surprisingly, the one place without a poster was the community notice board outside St Barnabas Parish Hall!I take a dim view of flyposting and feel it should be not be tolerated as it creates a negative impression and degrades the community, leading on to other problems like littering and grafitti.I'd be interested to learn how others feel about it. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villager Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 This is Southwark's take on it http://www.southwark.gov.uk/YourServices/environment/streetcleaning/flyposting.html but it's a pity that Southwark contributes in its own way to making the environment untidy by not removing all the out of date planning notices it attaches to lamposts. They put them in plastic bags now which fill up with rain water after a few weeks. Very unsightly. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-200711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorky Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Bollocks the the sanitised private estate world of Dulwich Village - they can look after their own manor. I shed no tears for any erosion in their environment.ButSouthwark have been very proactive in pulling down fly posters- even one with a community bnefiot, eg boot sales etc - in ED itself Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-200716 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 If the poster takes them down after the event then what's the harm? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-200718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
snorky Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 garage saley typs usually do clean up after themLost cat owners do not - they still think that felix is trapped in a shed somewhere & leave their notices up, despite the ominous presence of a furry tabby pancake in the next street.Does anyone actually read one of these notices and then rush home to check their shed ? I didnt think so. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-200721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckhamRose Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Oi, stop tarring everyone with the same bruch. I check the garage when I see nearby lost cat posters and I did take all the posters down I put up when my cat went missing. As for Southwark notices, once again they are being hypocritical - it's a bit like the BBC who DO show adverts, but for their own shows. Southwark notices often do stay up beyond the reply-by date, and so some of us tear them down for them. We really should be more proactive and do things ourselves and stop whinging. ;) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-200725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 I'll start comparing BBC adverts to commercial channels when BBC interrup programmes several times to show them.. until then they are promo material outside shows and I don't mind it as muchFlyposting generally - it doesn't bother me too much at present. Not even that scary man using Courier typeface and his end of civilisation ones... And I agree with PR - if you are walking past one that is out of date just chuck it in a bin Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-200735 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Only me! Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Is fly-posting any more unsightly then the clapped out red vans dotted around the postcode,that don't seem to be moved on, or ticketed?Judging from the holes in the bodywork I'd be very surprised if they are road worthy, if they run at all. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-200757 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Only me! Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Is fly-posting any more unsightly then the clapped> out red vans dotted around the postcode,> that don't seem to be moved on, or ticketed?> Judging from the holes in the bodywork I'd be very> surprised if they are road worthy, if they run at> all.Sorry to go OT but actually it's only very recently that I've realised they are not all the same van.There's one that's parked in some flats in Coldhearbour lane in Brixton, that was what suspicioned me to the truth.I've never seen one in motion and I suspect they are in fact installations and not for hire at all. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-200764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomdhu Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Very satisfying ! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-200767 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Many many people have gone through the same process.. Just recently I had a heated argument with someone who wouldn't have it that there was more than oneThey do get used tho' although I haven't seen a positive review yet Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-200772 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenk Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 HonaloochieB Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Only me! Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > Is fly-posting any more unsightly then the> clapped> > out red vans dotted around the postcode,> > that don't seem to be moved on, or ticketed?> > Judging from the holes in the bodywork I'd be> very> > surprised if they are road worthy, if they run> at> > all.> > Sorry to go OT but actually it's only very> recently that I've realised they are not all the> same van.> There's one that's parked in some flats in> Coldhearbour lane in Brixton, that was what> suspicioned me to the truth.> I've never seen one in motion and I suspect they> are in fact installations and not for hire at all.I've seen them being driven around. There's one down by Camberwell Green as well. Seeing as they aren't actually parked illegally I can't see why they would be moved on. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-200788 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Goose Posted May 12, 2009 Author Share Posted May 12, 2009 SeanMacGabhann Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> > > Many many people have gone through the same> process.. Just recently I had a heated argument> with someone who wouldn't have it that there was> more than one> It's very much on topic as the red vans are effectively flyposters on wheels. The person responsible has at least 5 vans. He was exposed in http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1050948/Exposed-The-man-menace-rusty-red-vans-blighting-suburbia-ads.htmlSouthwark can't do anything about it as the vans are taxed and MOT'd. He only ever mioves them to get the MOT once a year. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-200791 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Green Goose, I, too, was fed up of those yellow and white A4 pages sheathed in plastic and that tell the public about planned developments in the area. I wrote to the man whose name often appears on the bottom of these pages and was told that he could understand my frustration that 'something would be done'. Sadly, it hasn't, so I encourage you to pull them down but only after the three week consultation period they mention has expired. Or you could send them to the person whose name appears on the sheet, with a covering letter explaining why you are doing it. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-200806 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenk Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Green Goose Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> SeanMacGabhann Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > > > > Many many people have gone through the same> > process.. Just recently I had a heated argument> > with someone who wouldn't have it that there> was> > more than one> > > It's very much on topic as the red vans are> effectively flyposters on wheels. The person> responsible has at least 5 vans. He was exposed in> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1050948/Ex> posed-The-man-menace-rusty-red-vans-blighting-subu> rbia-ads.html> > Southwark can't do anything about it as the vans> are taxed and MOT'd. He only ever mioves them to> get the MOT once a year.Please don't use Daily Mail articles to make a point on here : ( Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-200825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
minder Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 A lot of community church halls etc. don't want to know when asked to put up a poster for something like this. Anyway, as said on another thread, that's how I got my lost cat back through flyposting. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/6255-flyposting-and-the-community/#findComment-201050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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