MoysieC

About 5.10pm last night (Monday) a group of teenage boys gathered on our drive by our car and one of them then rang our doorbell (see attached picture). They were laughing and acting suspiciously and ran off when my husband called out of the window to ask if he could help them. My husband then chased them down the road and caught up with one who denied doing anything and said he goes to Kingsdale school. When we got back to the house, we realised they had punctured the back left wheel of our car leaving us with a flat tyre and an undrivable car until fixed. They have used a screwdriver/ knife to puncture it. We just wanted to let others know to be vigilant - we live near Dulwich library. Also, if anyone happens to recognise the boy, please let us know ? we would love to have a conversation with his parents!

I fully support your plea alji and it is entirely reasonable. Too many dog owners don?t follow the rules and think everyone finds their dog as appealing as they do. Only recently a dog with muddy paws jumped up on my daughter, which startled her as well as smeared her coat in mud. The dog owner shrugged and gave a half hearted apology as if to say ?it?s out of my hands?. But if my child approached an adult at full speed which startled them and then smeared their muddy/ dirty hands over their coat, I wouldn?t expect them to be fine about it. Dog owners should have full control over their dogs and be able to call them back at any moment. If not, they shouldn?t be off the lead in public. Responsible dog owners understand this. alji Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I would like to appeal to dog owners to stick to > the rules about where dogs can be off the lead in > Dulwich park. The path around the perimeter is > where dogs can be let off the lead, but there are > clear signs around most of the rest of the park > indicating that dogs should be kept on a short > lead. > > I walk in the park with my toddler and baby most > days, and almost every time we are accosted by > dogs off the lead where they shouldn?t be. This > morning a dog jumped up into my toddler?s face > which was terrifying for him, but sadly not the > first time this has happened. I asked the owner to > put their dog on a lead but they walked away > without doing so. The park is for everyone to > enjoy and so I would like to plead with people > with dogs to abide by the rules. My toddler has > been jumped up on several times and now is > starting to be afraid of dogs. > > Thank you for taking the time to read.

Thanks Cora. I?ve added comments. It?s my understanding that development to this height should not be allowed as ED is deemed a suburban area (vs Peckham which is deemed urban) but I have less and less confidence that Southwark Council will follow its own rules these days. I found the link above didn?t work so adding again here: https://planning.southwark.gov.uk/online-applications/ You can find the application by searching 3185

I agree with the sibling policy for primary and junior schools (when parents need to take their children to school). But I don't see why senior schools have a sibling policy when most senior school children can make their own way to school.

If you're interested in supporting the campaign against City and Heathrow expansion locally, there's a HACAN East faciliated meeting on Tues 22 October at Herne Hill Methodist Church (the Dulwich end of Half Moon Lane). Below is an extract from an email sent by John Stewart of HACAN East: 22nd October: Dulwich/Herne Hill ? Herne Hill Methodist Church, 155 Half Moon Lane, SE 24 9TS, 7.30 -9pm (aimed at people in Dulwich and Herne Hill) The purpose is to allow you to meet fellow supporters in your area to see if there is an appetite to be active locally in campaigning against London City expansion plans. A number of areas are also affected by Heathrow planes and we can consider them as well. I will facilitate the meetings.

gkb, thanks very much for sharing the suggested bullet points - really helpful. I have just sent my response email.

Another plea for as many people as possible to submit comments to the Heathrow consultation and ask for respite from flights over our area. The deadline is Monday 4 March. See BB Camberwell?s post on 16 February above for relevant links. Even if you are not personally disturbed by the noise currently, it will get worse as the arrivals/ departures to Heathrow will nearly double. Due to stacking planes we are overflown by noisy, relatively low flying Heathrow planes from 4am to 11.30pm every day when it is a westerly wind, which is at least 70% of the time. We are also overflown by City airport planes the remaining 30% of the time as there is no joined up thinking by the Government on the impact of flight paths. This is a valuable opportunity to make the case for the provision of respite for our area. Some parts of West London currently get respite so it can be done.

We have family staying over Christmas one of whom is severely allergic to nuts. We would like to eat out before Christmas and usually go to Pizza Express as they cater but just wondering if anyone knows any other nut allergy friendly restaurants in the area? Thx a lot

My husband?s chiropodist recommemded Thuja (which is a natural remedy that?s also great for molluscum) for my daughter?s verucca. We hadn?t found Bazuka to be effective - just made her foot sore and bleed. Thuja has got rid of it after applying daily (well most days!) for around 4 to 6 weeks. We didn?t bother covering it with plasters/ tape. It is much more gentle and ultimately effective so definitely recommend. You can get it from Healthmatters.

It?s not Pilates but Tania Brown does a Thursday evening vinyasa flow yoga class in St Barnabas Hall, Dulwich Village which parents/ carers are welcome to attend with their tweens/ teenagers. She?s an awesome teacher and this is coming from someone not very flexible or into yoga previously! www.taniabrownyoga.co.uk

Thanks for sharing this. I?m a member of HACAN but hadn?t seen it. Great to have the data to show that our patch of London is now constantly subjected to loud flights overhead and how much this has increased over recent years.