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It looks as though there will be 10 of us! We are going to Love Dulwich again for a lunch and will checkout their 'normal' menu - from what we remember from the last 2 times we went = there was plenty to satisfy every one and they were happy to take party bookings.- Hubby and I have worked out that if all our daughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren were to come - there would be 20 of us!! As it is - the Essex family branch live too far away to come over for an evening - so we will meet up in Essex at a later date.

Tend to use 37 or 42 bus as rarely been able to find parking space. Sods Law - there is sometimes a few spaces when I bus it.!

Just to warn anyone thinking of employing or engaging Chris and Anna Richmond, that nothing has changed. The accounts above from others are all too familiar. A job that we were told would take between 6-8 months is now entering its 23rd month. They have taken enormous amounts of money from us, finished nothing, and the quality of the work that they have delivered is poor to substandard. They take no responsibility themselves - there are endless excuses and everything is someone else's fault. They do not care about the impact that their actions have on anyone else. They are, at best, chaotic. They have not delivered as the designers or project managers that they claim to be. They are rarely on site to monitor the progress or quality of the job that is being delivered and they and manage their largely non-English speaking workforce by WhatsApp and Google translate. There has been little evidence that they employ the skilled tradespeople needed to lay tiles, install bathrooms and kitchens, decorate and complete to the standard that we have paid for. I cannot stress enough, that if you are currently in discussion with Anna and Chris Richmond about a future job or have paid them money up front for a job that they have slipped in delivering, to quit while you are ahead. Things won't get better.

@rollflickHow would you cut traffic on Underhill? Genuine question. I've asked this of some of the more prolific posters objecting to measures introduced by local authorities and cross London but it seems to be easier to object, rather than come up with some constructive proposals. I'm not inferring any criticism of you. I'm all for reducing car journeys through more efficient use of vehicles (the no brainer is lift sharing/higher vehicle occupancy), use of public transport and active travel. But driving for many is such a difficult habit to break, and there are those that agree that we should do more to cut carbon emissions and pollution, as soon as they are personally affected then it is a different story. I believe this is called attitude-behavior gap, a form of cognitive dissonance.

"not currently a priority...[that is] a priority commitment for this year. We will try to do our best" Southwark's deepening dysfunction really shines through! That said, this is hardly new, in 2019 TfL derided the borough for not being able to prioritise nor having adequate governance in place. But isn't the biggest issue here is how Southwark is not planning traffic management holistically across areas, joining up thinking about its wider commitments like routes for buses, walking and cycling, let alone its targets to cut car use? Instead we see a street by street tussle around various acronyms (DHB=devolved highways budget), while most of the big pledges fall by the kerbside. It's three year's now since its Streets for People strategy made bold promises, then last January: "The Streets for People delivery plan follows on from the strategy and outlines what we will do from 2025 to 2030. It sets out to deliver the things you asked for, transforming streets and communities, improving walking and cycling routes and changing road layouts to improve bus journey times." Attached is the ward map for the Streets for People delivery plan. I'm all for trying new layouts etc. out but am struggling to see the sense of this or how this scheme aligns with that? Surely the priority should be cutting motor traffic on Underhill Road to help the P13 plus walking and cycling, then cutting traffic on Dunstan's Road, which is also an active travel route.

@CPR Dave Sadly, as I expect with many if not most motorists you are ignorant both about cycling and the Highway Code. Rule 72 Road positioning. When riding on the roads, there are two basic road positions you should adopt, depending on the situation. 1) Ride in the centre of your lane, to make yourself as clearly visible as possible, in the following situations on quiet roads or streets – if a faster vehicle comes up behind you, move to the left to enable them to overtake, if you can do so safely in slower-moving traffic - when the traffic around you starts to flow more freely, move over to the left if you can do so safely so that faster vehicles behind you can overtake at the approach to junctions or road narrowings where it would be unsafe for drivers to overtake you I've underlined for your benefit. Should Barnaby's son veer slightly it is because he was then a seven year old. On looking at the video he is more aware than many adults. Should Barnaby come out a little further it is purely as he has a responsibility for his son. Also worth a reminder of the space that drivers should give vulnerable road users when overtaking: Rule 163 Overtaking Includes give motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders and horse drawn vehicles at least as much room as you would when overtaking a car (see Rules 211 to 215). As a guide: leave at least 1.5 metres when overtaking cyclists at speeds of up to 30mph, and give them more space when overtaking at higher speeds I expect that you would benefit from doing the sort of course Barnaby offers. Or the ones aimed at professional drivers when they get them out on bikes to better understand vulnerable road users. https://www.jaupt.org.uk/course/crs96481742 I hope that my explanation helps you become a more aware driver better at sharing the road with all users.

This is really bad for Southwark Labour. It is an utter disgrace. Some of them are abusing the powers given to them with the office they hold.

Yes - these are further excerpts from another email. The whole exchange totally undermines any confidence residents might have in the trustworthiness of local councillors. "This is being championed by the ward councillors at the request of some residents of Ryedale, in response to perceived issues with speeding (however, it should be noted that average speeds on Ryedale were recorded as 18.7mph in April this year). This proposal will likely have a knock-on effect on Dunstan's Road and St Aidan's Road. Before we proceed with an experimental order, we were advised that it would be best to carry out informal consultation in the area to gauge the actual appetite for these changes. Another issue to consider is that the introduction of a modal filter will also require a turning head. Vehicle tracking (attached) has shown that any vehicle larger than a 4.6t light van will be unable to turn in the available carriageway (a 4.6t van would actually overhang the footway while turning), therefore anything larger than this (e.g. a scaffold lorry) would be left with a 170m reversing manoeuvre to exit the road. Advance warning signs are proposed to mitigate this issue. This will also need to go through the SfP Technical, Comms, Delivery and Strategic boards and LMB before we can implement it. I would recommend that we carry out an informal consultation before implementing this as an Experimental order, as it is likely to be a contentious scheme, with not much evidence to justify it.

Hi All, I’d like to recommend Aaron Manser, who several others on this forum have also used. Aaron is an excellent plasterer, and has just finished a complicated piece of plastering work for me, including a large expanse of ceiling. His work has been of the highest quality, his attention to detail is exceptional, and he’s also very quick, and tidy too. As an added bonus he has a lovely singing voice. Happy to provide any photos of the work he has done. This is the third time over the past few years I’ve had Aaron back. Aaron Manser - 07773 410661 Regards, Damien

Indeed, the content speaks for itself. The initial complaint was speeding and the majority came to the conclusion (in the unofficial questionnaire) that full carriage length speed bumps would be sufficient.

Wow. There's some fairly shocking correspondence in there. Lots of stuff that demonstrates utter disregard for local residents but these are the worst for me: "Need to be clear that there will be displacement and there is no plan or resource in place to address this." "Hi all As discussed, I will not be part of this process, due to the issues I have raised with you all on this scheme. Thanks [NAME REDACTED]" "I am concerned this could be unpopular and just before an election..." "If we're really lucky, the consultation results will give the councillors cold feet. This is not the sort of scheme we should be rushing through." Followed by "[NAME REDACTED] understands risks of accelerated delivery and is willing to accept and own backlash and bad press, therefore officers were instructed as follows:- * To not undertake informal consultation or any SfP governance boards" And from the company that manages the waste lorries that will have to circumnavigate this calumny: "It would more or less double our traffic along Rydale, and I doubt much other heavy traffic goes through there." and "The two one way streets would result in our vehicles having to loop multiple separate times around the block via Forest Hill to be able to complete collections - which includes four separate vehicles (one each for general waste, food waste, garden waste and recyclable waste). That is a huge increase in movements ofa heavy vehicle along quiet residential streets - and each cycle by the individual vehicles would have to be undertaken in fairly rapid succession. This would be a big increase in heavy traffic along Dunstans Road in particular. I'd also be concerned that this prevents an RCV from taking steps to avoid traffic - by forcing it to go right, regardless of conditions, the RCV could end up adding to a logjam heading towards Forest Hill Road - eg if two larger vehicles were trying to move in opposing directions. I understand the general reasons for LTN measures, but apart from the added operational cost of having RCV driving rounds in circles, this seems to make the problem of heavy traffic worse, when I'd assume it is intended to make it better. Is there any context for this - what traffic issues are you aiming to address?" "

This! I would also like to know why the council has been in such a hurry to drive this through?

It beats me that you are more concerned about a command than the content of the FOI and lack of Council ethics. If you are not prepared to read through it & make your own opinion as I have done then it says more about you than me.

I really have to smile as I was the one, years ago who posted about what Gala was.. had not a clue, but drove and drive regularly. Felt such a fool at the time but wow, years later post still comes up.. with comments. Still don’t understand why a lot of park is cordoned off and glad not a resident overlooking park.. must be so noisy but now dates have been kindly supplied, those that don’t want to chill and listen to music in their flats/houses can up sticks and explore UK or abroad. Totally understand that in a built up area and millions in London, music events take place all over the capital to allow access to all. Brockwell Park, Dulwich Park, don’t hear anything going on in or around Telegraph Hill or indeed Horniman Gardens.. Crystal Palace I believe do their own thing. Do these events , clearly charge, provide their own insurance, public liability, crowd control, first aiders, security and policing? Rubbish clearance etc

A synopsis is a concise neutral summary. If you ask an LLM for a synopsis or a summary of material, it doesn’t critique the actions or motivations of the authors. Your so called synopsis is nothing of the sort. You’re clearly not being honest about the prompt you used. You want us to believe that you asked for a synopsis and the opening line in the response was: “1. Pre-determination and outcome-driven approach…”? Embarassing.

Personally I think the second weekend has always been a tactical ploy with no real intention of going ahead with it. The council then turn it down (saying they have listened to us, which of course they haven’t) and announce that they will only license one weekend. GALA get the result that they want - job done. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the council even suggested this ploy, they are so desperate to keep the event.

I think if you're in the relevant group your knowing isn't an issue as regards confidentiality. Nothing has been breached. If you're not then the question arises as to how you know. If the individual concerned has shared their views outside the group, then, again, no WhatsApp group confidentiality, as to author, can be said to have been breached.

The irony is strong with this one