Jump to content

Next EDF Drinks - Tonight - 8th Jan - at The Lodge


Recommended Posts

Mick Mac Wrote:

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

> Just home.

> I left Daizie and LM chatting to some famous guy

> in the Bishop....they did not know him, but I

> think he was famous ?


Still trying to figure out who this american guy was who was talking to Daizie briefly - he was part of a group of americans standing outside when I left - may have been filming something....don't suppose you asked him Daizie?


Little ugly guy ::o in a baseball top - do you remember?

Glad I made it along last night...my first outing since our 2nd baby was born.


Great to see familiar faces includin Raj, Sean, Lady Muck, James Cornell, Mazza, Mazzas mate, Daizie etc


Also nice to meet some new faces including Hibbs,Mick Mac, ???? etc.


My first time at The Lodge...and I liked the venue. Plenty of space to sit relax and chat.

And nice bar staff, who managed to knock me up a Pina Collada (in case anyone was wondering the milky drink I had!)


I dont feel too bad today considering the mix of drinks I had!!

shame I missed it last night, sounds like you all had fun. The Lodge may be the venue for the 80s Disco In May.

Il try and organise a mini EDF outing with LM and Mick Mac and whoever else up for it. I will have more time on my hands now, hubby is going to Belfast for a wee while.

daizie Wrote:

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

> Yes I remember him, he did say who he was and what

> he was doing but I cant remember what it was ! LOL

> . It may come back to me in the course of the

> day.. Maybe LM will remember !?



Heck no! I can't even remember how I got home! Though I do (vaguely) remember being thrown out by the Bishop's Security Team! Great evening though...the best drinks so far in my extremely humble opinion. Met lots of lovely new people and it was nice to catch up with others too. Fabulous. Once again, mega-thanks to Georgia for arranging.

I have a great pic of some of you guys at the Lodge but it says it's too large to attach... Is there something i can do?? It's 2.07 MB.... Or John - can you grab it from Facebook at all? Cheers all - had a great night and sorry to DC for brace-induced bruises!

JoJo - when I next get home I'll try and pull the pic from facebook. Work doesn't allow access so it'll have to wait


LadyMacGabhann however has expressed disapproval of the state of me in the picture so any delay isn't unwelcome in my house

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
  • Latest Discussions

    • I thoroughly recommend Jay from JK Electrical Contractors who is an NICEIC registered. NICEIC is the UK's leading certification body for the electrical contracting industry and conducts regular audits and assessments on all its members. It is the specialist trade body which certifies professional electricians.  Jay completed the installation of a 19 way consumer unit for us and works to the highest standards and our entire electrical installation is now fully compliant with 18th Edition of the electrical wiring regulations. Before installing the new CU he traced and corrected faults that had developed over the last 25 years -some of which were my DIY bodges that were non-compliant.  We now have an installation that is 100% safe and  reliable . His contact details are :- 0208 150 6450 [email protected] Here is what he installed for us.
    • I fully support this petition, however it will need to be shared far & wide to be effective. Also there is always a huge amount of interest / objection during the festival, but not so much when they start consulting for the next one, usually around January. It's crucial that everyone that has been impacted makes their voice heard then.  A couple of points which may be good to include in the wording (if it is still possible to amend?) - The total tickets sold are way more than 3000. The licence allows a capacity of up to 9,999, but this may include staff & performers etc. The published attendance for 2024 was:  Friday – 8,999 / Saturday – 9,512 / Sunday – 9,422 So that's c.28,000 people trampling & littering our park over three days - people who have no need or desire to take any care or consideration of our park.  - Gala claim for 2024 that "62% of all ticket holders were from Southeast London and 18% of these were from hyper-local postcode areas SE15 and SE22." So a bit of maths shows that means that around 89% of attendees were not what most people would term 'local'... - Gala have ambitions / plans to extend the number of event days to 6, over two weekends. They applied for a licence for this in 2024, but then withdrew it. Instead they added a "free" event, billed as a community day, to the existing 3 day festival, thereby increasing the event days to 4.  This would appear to be an attempt to set a precedent for increasing the number of event days, and it's inevitable that they will attempt to secure the 6 days they desire for 2026, to increase their profits further. Two weekends in a row of noise, disturbance & disruption would be unacceptable, plus an extra c.18,000 trampling & littering the park... - The site size has been increased. The claim is that it is to compensate for lost storage space due to recent flood alleviation works, but the area has increased by more than the area lost, and appears to have been used for attendee activity rather than site storage. Gala have often stated that the festival can only be located in the park because the footprint has been designed specifically for that area, and yet this year the footprint had been amended & extended without any apparent issues. Surely this proves that it could be relocated?  Apologies, I just can't help going into rant mode on this issue, but hopefully some of the above may be helpful in increasing the argument presented by the petition?
    • Best to just get in touch with the council. You need to see what works were approved and the scope.  It's probably advisable to get an independent legal survey (not a standard RICS) and look at current condition, what they said they'd fix, if they did what they said and what the problems are with what they did. Was it just your flat and the other flat mentioned? Asking in case there's any other leaseholder/ tenant involved  
Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...