Katy Tonbridge

Here's a thread from ten years ago suggesting a shuttle bus to Denmark Hill. Plus ca change!! http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,6561,6561#msg-6561

If it's true that they've decided to go ahead with all the yellow lines then this is a very disappointing decision. One of my concerns is that clearing lots of junctions might actually have the opposite effect from the one intended - i.e. it will be easier for cars to go fast around corners. Keep fighting it, James!

I filled this in and the party I scored highest with (by a small margin) was.....UKIP. What the???? I would never dream of voting UKIP, and I told the survey I was against Brexit, which is surely the whole point of UKIP. Methinks one can take these results with a pinch of salt.

Dear Admin - has it been established that Le Chardon is NOT being sold? If so, this thread is spreading a misleading rumour which is unfair to the restaurant and should be deleted.

I'm 100% in favour of children of teachers having a priority. If we want our local schools to have good teachers we need to give them every possible incentive to keep teaching in SE22 once they have a family (when, chances are, they have to live somewhere quite a distance away that is more affordable).

Does anyone have any news on progress with building the new school? There seem to have been diggers clearing the old hospital site in the last fortnight. There's no update yet on the ED Charter website, I'm hoping that will be updated soon.

When we visited Charter ED before Christmas, I think we were told intake would be 120 for the coming year 2017/18, and will expand to 180 in 2018/19 if building etc is on target. Their website is due to be updated in the next month or so, I believe.

Thanks for this welcome note! - I have sent you a PM

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The landlord is testing the market to see if it > will take the necessary rise to make BTL still > work. If not, they will sell the property. ...they will sell the property...which means that somebody down the chain who would otherwise rent will now buy. So the rental population reduces. So why should this force rents up?!

To hear landlords bleating that the removal of this tax break means they have to increase rents sticks in my craw. It's a matter of supply and demand. The number of people needing somewhere to live in London is X. The supply of housing is Y, either rented or owned. The supply and demand haven't changed, so all the tax should do is move the demand from renting to ownership. It won't happen instantly - landlords may try to increase rent - but in the end, if the market can't afford rent landlords won't receive it, will have to sell - and property prices might even fall a little, as supply of houses for sales increases. And by the way, I'm a landlord (lady?) who thinks many renters get a shocking deal and that the buy to let changes have been broadly a good thing. (Though I'd be more in favour of adding an extra couple of council tax bands at the top end).

I noticed this wall was bulging and cracked in September. It's astonishing that Building Control or somebody hadn't picked this up on a routine inspection. Maybe it's a case of everyone (including me) assuming "This must be safe or somebody would have done something about it". Well done Awkward Knee for doing it.

I'm against destroying the integrity of a Victorian terrace, but take a look at 30-40 Hindmans Rd on street view. It's hardly a preserved Victorian strip - look at the haphazardly bricked up shops and modern windows. I think in this case the new development would if anything improve that section of the road, and since No.30 is a peculiar detached house with a different roof pitch from the other houses I can't believe that replacing it would set a precedent for spoiling the Victorian character of this or any other road in East Dulwich.

For balance, I was in Co-op at lunchtime and there was a queue for the manned till and all the self-checkouts were busy. bit quieter than last time I was there, but certainly not quite the picture of a ghost town that people are painting.

I don't like the result any more than you do, but imagine if Remain had won 52/48 and Farage had demanded another referendum 'because 8 million didn't vote'. He'd have been laughed out of town. (And by the way, do we know that all 3 million who have signed up were eligible to vote in the referendum? I'm sure lots of 15 year olds are signing the petition, along with Canadians, Americans, Dutch....)

I was expecting the police station demolition to have been well under way by now. Has it been delayed?

I seem to be in a minority of one in that I actually quite like the Co-op, both the ambience of the shop and the fact it has a decent range of the essentials on those days when I don't want to do battle in Sainsbury's.

The computer specialist shop on Pellatt Road usually seems happy to take old laptops to recycle (he extracts useful components as far as I know).

Indeed, what a waste of prime land. I'm sure Charter could make good use of it, but life's never that simple (q.v. Dulwich Hospital site).

I know it's 100 yards outside SE22, but does anyone know what the story is with the detached house in front of the second Charter School entrance (next to St Faiths), that's been boarded up for years? I'm just wondering if Charter has its eye on that plot of land for future expansion.

Thanks all, son is relieved it's only compulsory for three years, he was assuring me he'd be having to do it until Year 11.

My son at Charter School really doesn't enjoy drama, it's his least favourite school activity (and I have to sympathise, I didn't have to do any drama after the age of 11 and have no regrets). Does anyone know at what point drama becomes optional at Charter? He's currently in Year 7. Thanks.

Renata - I totally agree. Renata Hamvas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've signed the petition. > It was the Head of Harris Girl's ED I spoke to, a > while ago now. She said there was no free/surplus > space on the site. It is a sports specialty > school. Part of the site which was used for sports > was used to temporarily house their 6th form while > the 6th form block was being built. A member of > staff told me that after that part of their > grounds was used for this it would take some work > to get it back into shape for sports use and it's > this area that has been used for the temporary > siting of the Harris ED Free Primary until 2016. > this date is significant as I believe the Harris > Free School Nunhead is due to open in September > 2015. The timeline for the temporary location for > Harris ED means that the pupils wouldn't be on the > former Police Station site until after the Nunhead > school would be due to open, so it would be > challenging to use it for Harris Nunhead even > temporary basis. I believe the letter I saw from > Harris said they would have liked to put it on the > Harris Girl's site, but it's not possible as it's > metropolitan open land, so I don't believe that > Harris have pushed for this location themselves, > also it would be 4 minutes walk to the Ivydale, > Stuart Road site (by my walking speed). > > There is demand for primary school places further > north in the Borough, so I think if I was in > Harris's shoes I would set up a primary school in > a location where there is a predicted need for > more primary places within Southwark. I am > flabbergasted that the Harris Nunhead application > appears to have been piggybacked on the signatures > of parents in the southern parts of East Dulwich > which were already used for the support for the > application for Harris ED. > > We need another secondary in the ED area to cope > with the increased numbers of 11 year olds from > 2016 onwards. I don't want to see the facilities > of a new secondary compromised due to Harris > Nunhead being squeezed onto this site. A local > health care centre for local people is also > necessary, an adequate space also needs to be > allocated to this too. A pie cut into too many > pieces is not the best solution for local > residents. > Renata

Thanks kdsd77 for this dignified explanation of the background to the story. kdsd77 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am the mother of four and unfortunately for my > family and I this story has become something it > was never meant to be. I knew Richard in passing > for as long as we lived here and Tayo knew more > about him than I did. My horror was not about the > source of the maggots, my distress was initially > about maggots that seemed to appear from nowhere > in numbers. The papers failed to mention I spent > all weekend trying to get someone to check on my > next door neighbour and that I called the police > on the Saturday. I was distraught when I > discovered what happened to him and somehow > believed I could have saved him even though I was > away when he may have passed on. There was no > smell until the Monday we found him, he was very > private and I did all I could to get someone to > check in on him. This story was meant to be about > Richard and how he was alone, it was meant to > highlight the incompetence and lack of care of the > Housing Association. It was not about me, the > maggots or my disgust. Had I been so disgusted, I > would have left my house and demanded compensation > and all the other things ppl do in this > compensation society. I stayed to keep my home > clean and to make sure that Richard gets a decent > burial and his personal belongings do not get get > discarded as if he meant nothing. He deserves > better than just being the deceased man in my > story. I hope that clarifies things.

OK, can somebody who stayed for the second hour answer the following: - What seems to be their preference for the criteria for entry, will it be distance, 'ability'-bands, affiliation with local primaries, or some combination of these? - It will be a mixed school but will there be single-sex classes up to Year 9 as I believe they have in one of their other schools. - Does it sound like there be ways for children living miles away to go this school (via music 'scholarships' or whatever?) - Apart from music, will they want to be known for any other specialisms? - How big do they anticipate the outdoor playground/sports area will be (they presumably have a rough idea of the building footprint)? Do they expect all sport to be done on-site, or do they plan to share facilities elsewhere as Harris Boys Academy does. - Do they have anything to say about the rival Charter bid? Why go with Haberdashers instead of Charter?

And another thumbs up for Alleyn Park.