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"How did thy know to deliver one bill and no Christmas cards or other letters" This is what I don't understand .Random break through post arriving while stuff posted weeks before remains undelivered .I guess there is no system whereby the backlog is held in an organised way .Either by date or postcode?? Which makes me think that even with more staff it's going to be difficult to deliver the backlog ,that the longer this goes on the worse the situation will get .And that post will be simply "lost" .

Really interesting posts Sue and Penguin ,thank you . I fear,as Rockets has said ,that much post will simply get lost and never reappear. And hear hear to same poster's comments to Cllr Mcash.

Oh Foxy ,you poor thing! Constipation is the pits and such a close bedfellow with operations .As if you don't feel bad enough. Nothing compared to the morphine induced hallucinations - I was convinced I was back in the 1950s and those wall mounted anglepoise type lights morphed (see what I did there ? ) into giant crickets . Let me know if you need a hand with anything .We have met ,I got some proving baskets for sour dough .

We received 2 Christmas cards yesterday ,One from abroad postmarked 13 Dec and one from SE26 postmarked 19 Dec . I can't understand why those two got through and not others .Why would they be special ?

and 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 bingo this thread is locked .

If some of the post is sorted and sitting waiting to be delivered wouldn't it help if individuals could go down and collect it ?

Yesterday ,29th Dec ,we received one card posted 16 Dec . I don't understand how one piece of post gets picked up and delivered and not others . Could it be that the sole item we got through the door had been caught up with another resident's bundle and then kindly onwardly delivered by that resident ? I know I've had occasion to do this .

I spoke to a postman on Barry Road yesterday .He said letters /cards were in their slots .So I'm guessing they are largely sorted ? I'm beginning to brainstorm here and wondering if Highshore Road could have some dedicated open days where eg residents of certain postcodes could come down with ID and collect their post themselves?

I wonder if cards/letters might be sorted and could be collected ?

Have people been successful in calling at Highshore Road and asking staff to look for their mail ? I'm wondering about going down there .

lindylou - it's rarely washers now ,it's all ceramic cartridges and a million different sizes

Bic -does the recipient live in SE22 ?

TBH I don't care too much about late deliveries of cards and parcels - happy to have them brighten up the post Xmas period . Sad for younger ones not getting stuff on the 24/25th though .And sad for us both if the volume of backlogged stuff results in things getting lost .

"Your parcel from Covid 19 Home Testing Programme is due to be delivered: Today, Sunday, 19 December 2021* by 7:30pm" and then "Sorry, we were unable to deliver your parcel from Covid 19 Home Testing Programme today, Sunday, 19 December 2021. We will attempt to deliver it on the next working day. We're sorry for the inconvenience." I so don't envy the poor buggers trying to deliver stuff .

Interested in how people are getting on . Posted priority box on Monday - still no news .

Possibly HealthMatters ? I think virtually every other shop in LL sells incense and cones .Farmers might have some that are reasonably priced .

boosters for those eligible New Cross To enjoy the festivities safely, people from south east London are being invited to receive COVID-19 vaccinations at a walk-in clinic at the Waldron Health Centre in New Cross. Those who attend will be able to receive a first, second or booster dose as appropriate. People who are eligible will be able to receive a flu jab too. The week of vaccination clinics at the Waldron Health Centre are the result of collaboration between the NHS and local authorities in Lewisham and Southwark. Walk-in, clinics, no appointment needed. Location: Waldron Health Centre, Amersham Vale, London, SE14 6LD Dates and times: Tuesday 14 December, 9am to 7pm Wednesday 15 December, 9am to 7pm Thursday 16 December, 9am to 7pm Friday 17 December, 9am to 5pm Saturday 18 December, 9am to 4pm Sunday 19 December, 11am to 5pm Further information: This clinic is for anyone age 16+ Pfizer vaccine offered First doses offered - it is not too late Second doses offered if it is at least eight weeks since the first dose Booster jabs available if eligible You do not need proof of address, immigration status, ID or an NHS number Please see NHS South East London CCG website for more clinics across Our Healthier South East London

Nigello if you get details could you pass them on to me please ? I've inherited a box of those little pencils with a metal washer type thing at one end- for the spine of diaries and I don't rea;;y want to throw them away /

Not the best of pictures ,apologies.

In a car the other day ,stopped at crossroads Gallery Rd and South Circular and noticed the plethora of signs ahead . The red rectangle outlining the hours when access through DV are prohibited is obscured by the new ULEZ sign . If you stand next to the little group of signs it doesn't seem as though one obscures the other but viewed from a car at the other side of the lights the prohibitive sign is not readable . Another sign on the south side of the junction would sort this .

"Can the CGS (or whatever it?s called now) fund be used to buy one?" excellent idea !

Sadly not a precedent ,all too common . Any organisation can argue that they listened ,were influenced and set priorities as a result of consultation . They can also say, as said to me ,and trotted out on here before "A consultation isn't a rolling ballot ,you can't just vote for what you want ." Steve Farnsworth Westminster Director of Schools 2007 -2008 https://www.theguardian.com/education/2007/oct/23/schools.newschools

Seems like it to me legal .Poor old shattered education system .

Thank you for this thread, legal. Fascinating and scary . Apologies for ignorance but what does PA5 stand for?

Off subject a bit does anyone remember (from the distant past ) what the rationale for closing Gilkes Crescent was ?