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Dulwich College had the "luck" of those allegations landing right in the middle of COVID when the media and everyone else was a bit distracted. And then to make double sure the discontent was suppressed, it threatened kids who wanted to demonstrate with police action. The kids at the time said: "Dulwich College has for years totally ignored, dismissed and condoned by turning a blind eye, this predatory behaviour by students... A protest was students’ only way to pressure the headmaster to actually tackle the sexual violence at his school.” The march by pupils of several schools was advertised on social media as “a demonstration against the predatory culture of Dulwich College and the school management [which] condones it". https://www.theguardian.com/education/2021/mar/26/dulwich-college-head-warns-pupils-over-culture-protest

@Cyclemonkey@Penguin68 Yes I heard that... I thought it was thunder at first and it did indeed sound like shelling

So if we were to give the council the benefit of the doubt there is a chance this might be net beneficial to Peckham rye? There’s a slim chance someone somewhere has crunched the numbers and not done this purely to annoy us?

In the past such details have always been described as commercially sensitive, which they possibly are. So we've never really known what the deals actually were. And whether they represented value for money for the council, and hence us.

Apologies if this has been asked before. But has the council posted any black and white facts about what income gala brings in and therefore what it funds in the long term? appreciate it causes a commotion for a few weeks but if it brings in enough revenue to fund the park being a nice place for the rest of the year it feels worth it.

This is a fair point Glemham, although I don't think it is as straightforward as it looks. In essence, the Scheme of Estate Managment 'tithe' goes into maintaining the area, and the costs associated with that, such as planning consents and the like, and as you rightly point out, is ostensibly ring fenced. However, it seems likely to me that the results of the 'tithe' would impact on the level of commercial rents the Dulwich Estate are able to command, and how much they get when they sell off a piece of land - it is after all a prime area. The 'tithe' is in my view ultimately, even if indirectly, a contributor to the Estate's ability to generate a surplus. Of that surplus, 85% is directed at the private schools, which seems at odds to me with the spirit of simple instruction of the original Edward Alleyn will to 'educate 12 poor scholars' He didn't suggest they should go to Eton on bursaries. I think the Estate need to be doing far more for local state schools, who are all struggling with estraordinarily tight budgets. I also feel on a personal level uneasy in potentially contributing in any way to an institution such as Dulwich College where the question can be asked - are they struggling to manage successive generational waves of toxicity? The evidence that the Guardian has amassed from the Farage period looks pretty damming to me, and I find the more recent allegations deeply unsettling, although clearly they have been subject to less scrutiny.

I have done this in my flat with reclaimed parquet, it worked well. I would not recommend doing this with wider floorboards as they move too much to be glued down on concrete. Installers typically are not keen on reclaimed material as it is labour intense.

Thanks Joe. Sorry to the poster of that thread if it was my comment. It was just that none of it made sense to me.

Come along to sing or listen to your favourite carols. Plenty of refreshments to enjoy as well as stalls selling produce and cakes. Large toy stall selling selection of good quality secondhand toys and books. Santa will also be making an appearance.

https://love.lambeth.gov.uk/lambeth-new-approach-to-brockwell-park-events-programme-proposed/

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Yes, you are quite happy (or perhaps unaware) that you are stoking up this nonsense that there is a culture war the poor drivers vs the rest of the world. As for your cycling you, and most adult cyclists, would benefit from some training. That applies to all road users, including pedestrians crossing the road. I could say a lot more but then I'd need to reread and would have to delete it. Thankfully others are not so guarded.

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