Goose

Funny isn't it. You ask a question on the forum and the healthcare commission send you a report on exactly that. Sounds like St Thomas' as they are 'better' and Kings are only 'fair'!

I know this has been discussed ad nauseam, but be careful what you wish for. IF they were to close Nero, what would replace it? Might be derelict for a year - Are we better off? Nero has been popular and would leave a gap in the market for easily available coffee on Lordship Lane (I know there are a few others but...). So within a year or two, another chain like Starbucks muscles its way in. Have we gained? I think not.

. . . and back to the original question about unfair ticketing! There is an area at the end of East Dulwich Road near the roundabout, the part of the road behind Goose Green. Parking is allowed on the pavement along the road on the side of the houses as it is narrow. This ends with a box painted on the pavement that is almost invisible. The yellow line does not start for two car lengths and so cars are always parking on the pavement in that area before the yellow line. Wardens on scooters come to this spot deliberately several times a day, seemingly at any time of day or night and ticket these cars for having their wheels on the pavement. There are no signs whatsoever. I'm sure a lot of people appeal and get off, but as the post above said, i wouldn't be surprised if some people pay with the threat of increased fines and court. I think that is what the researcher is after, not moral issues about parking in bus lanes...on that note, I parked on Lordship Lane opposite cafe nero at 0715 to get a coffee (please don't start on the morals of that either). In the 2 minutes I was in there, a scooter pulled up and ticketed me. Technically of course he was right and so i paid up but very irritating - that cup of coffee cost me ?52!

If they were to be closed down, what would people like in its place? A derelict building? Or maybe another estate agent! Cafe Nero has had a positive effect on East Dulwich. It is always busy and there isn't really a similar alternative. I would however be interested to know if the coffee shop on North Cross Road has suffered since Nero opened?