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Pure curiosity but I wonder why all of these activities are always in the morning as opposed to the afternoon? I understand that some people might have school pickups if they have multiple (older) kids, but it's so hard to find activities for toddlers in the afternoon anywhere...

I love how the info provided in the online stakeholder consultation differs from what they posted to local residents....specifically omitting to mention the Provisional event day on 22/5... no surprise there

Just got in touch with the MP, but other than that I can barely see a way out of this? News articles have been written in the past and got us nowhere. Don't want to be too negative but trying to be realistic on what can be achieved at this point. Someone more experienced than me might beg to differ- please do, as I'd so love to be proven wrong on this and see some light at the end of the tunnel!

A tracked 48 parcel dispatched on 22/9 (!) turned up yesterday. So much for the 2-3 working days! Do we have to constantly write to the MP? I mean, what can really be done about it - it seems like our voice isn't heard or they simply don't care? Plus the working conditions in the sorting office must be insane from an organisational and motivational point of view...

Hi, I am a native Italian speaker who would love to organise play dates for my little one (21M) with Italian speaking children (similar age or above) as to keep up the language. The few friends who were raising bilingual children have all moved abroad and my current mates have kids who only speak English, so would love to connect with those in a similar situation. Don't mind if the parents aren't native Italian speakers themselves as long as the child knows and wants to keep up Italian! PM me if interested.

What's the situation with parcels? Been sent a first class one on Monday- still no sign of it. Is it the usual "first class means 2 weeks minimum" round here?

I don't think anyone on this thread said anything negative / dismissing about any postman. The reason we're complaining is that MANAGEMENT (not poor postal workers) failed time and time again. I even asked my postman if the complaints would reflect badly on him before I complained, but he actually encouraged me to complain and be vocal about it. Same with the lady in Peckham - she strongly suggested us to complain in writing. Sometimes when you buy certain items there is no alternative other than RM and occasionally people might want to send you items using RM. I told all my friends not to send me anything for the foreseeable but don't think it's the answer. We are complaining about lack of accountability, which is something I believe postal workers agree upon when thinking of management.

I pushed on with the CEO office and this is what I've got. Basically empty words, you judge for yourselves. And no parcels received for over a month now. Dear , Thank you for your email to my colleague, Rebecca. I appreciate your frustration with the situation and once again I offer our deepest apologies. Regrettably I am unable to provide you with a materially different response to that which you have already received. We are doing all that we can to provide the best possible service to our customers, including those in your area. This is a challenging time and there is not a simple solution, but the staff in your local Delivery Office are doing everything that can be done to minimise any disruption and process the mail as efficiently as possible. Kind regards, Luis Ponte

You're right. I received the exact same thing and it originally ended up in my spam folder as well! Haven't been given a reference number though so not sure I could take it further (ie Postal Review Panel). Not that it might make a blinking difference seeing how 'seriously' they are taking the whole affair... I suspect many of us on here have received that exact same cut and paste response. Farcical that they are still blaming the CWU strike.

Given up on ever seeing those parcels from mid-October TBH. Got mail delivered this morning, but haven't seen a parcel van for several weeks now. Our postie said to avoid RM for the foreseeable, which speaks volumes. Will this ever be sorted?

Thanks green bean, sorry to hear about yet another ruined birthday...