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Thank you to all the lovely people who stopped to help and gave first aid, the shop who provided ice and the person who called an ambulance when I tripped over a raised paving stone in Bellenden Road yesterday afternoon and fell on my face (literally).


My face looks rather scary today but I didn't break anything (except my glasses are the worse for wear) and I didn't need stitches. Spent the afternoon in A&E instead of at the Pexmas Christmas market, however :(


A passer by said she had broken her arm when tripping over the same paving stone, so I wonder how many more of us there are. The stone was outside (or near) Casa.


Please PM me if you or someone you know has also tripped over this stone, as I intend to contact the council before anybody else is hurt.

Sorry to hear that Sue.. Hope you soon recover... It can really shake you up..

There are so many bad pavements.. I've gone flying a few times myself..


They need to sort these out but I suspect the paving budget would of been bust after all the less

important aesthetic work carried out at the North Cross / Lordship Lane junction.


Foxy

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Sorry to hear that Sue.. Hope you soon recover...

> It can really shake you up..

> There are so many bad pavements.. I've gone

> flying a few times myself..

>

> They need to sort these out but I suspect the

> paving budget would of been bust after all the

> less

> important aesthetic work carried out at the

> North Cross / Lordship Lane junction.

>



Thanks Fox, I was very shaken after it happened but all right now.


It could have been very much worse, and given that somebody else fell in the same place, I do think this particular stone needs sorting. I agree the pavements are bad everywhere though.

it is the council's responsibility for the pavements to be safe.


I would inform James Barber - if this has been reported before and not fixed, I would hope he would be able to advise.


You may be due compensation.


I hope you're feeling better today.

Bellend road where this happened is in SE15 I think and so nothing to do with Barber.



Sue Wrote:

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> Yes I will tell James Barber.

>

> Yes feeling much better thanks!

>

> My partner says I need to wear a bin bag over my

> head with eye and mouth holes cut out to avoid

> scaring the locals :))

Sue Wrote:

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> My partner says I need to wear a bin bag over my

> head with eye and mouth holes cut out to avoid

> scaring the locals


Nah... you don't look any scarier than usual... ;-)


Hope you feel yourself again very soon, Sue. x

If the council come back with a ridiculous response that they dont consider that particular spot a "trip hazard" (as they often do) keep on at them.

Sorry to hear of ya ouchies Sue. I fully sympathise - i had a collision with a pavement during the summer (not round here) nothing broken, lots of blood, ruined spare glasses and a bruised ego (left feeling incredibly stupid)... (((you)))

James's remit does not extend as far as Bellenden Road, though he may be able to point you in the right direction.

The pavements along LL, opposite the cinema, are forever ponding and ought to be repaired soon, lest another person be injured.

Sounds a really painful trip for you and others. Although I am a councillor for East Dulwich that is a councillor for the London Borough of Southwark. So you can report any issue to any Southwark councillor but usually your ward is recommended.


Considering the number and degree of trips caused an urgency to avoid further people suffering I've reported this moments ago.


GET WELL SOON Sue.

Most of the ponding I see in the areas mentioned belong to the businesses they are outside of as they are within the curtilage of the business premise and therefore the responsibility of the business. These businesses are making money hand over foot and are health & safety duty bound to ensure safe entrance and exit to said premise. I would not want my council tax illegally spent on this.


Nigello Wrote:

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> James's remit does not extend as far as Bellenden

> Road, though he may be able to point you in the

> right direction.

> The pavements along LL, opposite the cinema, are

> forever ponding and ought to be repaired soon,

> lest another person be injured.

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