It seems Dulwich Village was a popular venue for collective demonstrations in the 1930s. ?The NSL held a number of meetings in Dulwich on the corner of Calton Avenue and Dulwich Village, outside Dulwich Library on Lordship Lane and sometimes inside when permission for the use of St Barnabas? Parish Hall in Dulwich Village was refused).? ------------------------------------------------------- > @DulvilleRes and @NorthernMonkey > Whether it was 300, 500 or a thousand, it was > still a signifcant turnout for Dulwich, not an > area know for its demonstrations, and on a morning > which until about midday had been drizzling and > wet. And remember this was also the start of > half term when many residents with families may > well have gone on holiday. > > And, despite the weather, the turnout completely > dwarfed the number of people who attended and > supproted the propaganda concerts funded and > marketed by council taxpayers money. > > But, as we know from the figures in the > consultation that Southwark tried to conceal, the > vast majority of local residents are agasint the > DV junction closure so the high turnout is not > really surprising. > > It is a shame our local councillors, or indeed > other Southwark Labour councillors, seem to have > been unable to attend the event to hear the > concerns about displaced traffic and the > frustration of so many people about the > undemocratic and biased process used to push it > through.