Penguin68

The maximum weight for Royal Mail parcels is apparently 20kg. Over that it must go via Parcel Force.

I think delivery problems are chiefly for post, not parcel post, as regards delivery by Royal Mail. However do remember that large parcels are delivered, or not, by Parcel Force, which is a separate operating company from Royal Mail. But I think 'Royal Mail' should mean what it says, in which case parcel delivery is prioritised over normal letter post

There was also an off licence I think in the 1980s. Indeed the whole row was shops, now only two left. The CTN couldn't survive once it lost the sub post office trade.

That's per dozen, not just one pint. 2/6 (12.5p) was the price per pint of good bitter in 1968!

Trying to divert attention eh Mal?

I had thought it was possible to cross-connect once in, happy to stand corrected. It's not a facility I use.

For that to work they would need separately monitored entrances to the pool and gym sections - with no cross-over allowed between them (and separate changing rooms perhaps?). And gyms actually make their money from people not using them. 'Members but not users'. Of course what you suggest would be sensible and convenient as regards the members - but that isn't the game they're in, is it?

I think it was me saying I lived in Underhill and then pointed out things that were no longer there. Mal appears to have picked up on that and started a new thread. But he only ever claimed to have passed through Underhill I believe. Librettos is probably the best butcher in ED. It opens on very declared hours. It shuts over a longish break in August because most of its customers are away enough to make opening loss making. It was open throughout lock down and a life saver then. Kim Libretto has served the district for 40+ years when he bought the shop as a going concern. As it very much still is. As a sole trader with no staff he closes for lunch for obvious reasons.

Did you write it?

Clearly their 'nuclear' intent to impose blanket CPZs across the borough - which were overtly not triggered by parking pressures (the only legal justification) but for political (equal pain) and clearly revenue generation intent - both illegal reasons - I'm guessing they were advised of this by their lawyers as something which might then call into question all the borough CPZs and have now gone back to their sleight of hand approaches - piecemeal and allowing their cohorts of willing idiots to 'vote' willy nilly and without regard to actual 'interest' in any proceedings, but with sufficient deniability that they can claim anything for any result. There are many good things that the borough does, but these do not excuse or validate their underhand double dealing as regards privately owned vehicles in the south of the borough comparatively poorly served by alternates - and where the topology militates against the human powered alternatives they favour.

But also note that water tables in London have been rising as a consequence of industry closing down. A bit swings and roundabouts. And removing trees as well can cause movement.

As the Moor Park Hotel has been closed and converted to flats for at least 10-15 years, and was a seedy dive for some years before that, its glory days long past, you either have a Tardis or you are not as much a local frequenter as you imply. Oh, and Wood Vale News has been closed almost as long. Newspapers are still available from the Wood Vale supermarket.

Before we all get to irated about all this, it does seem likely, based on my own observation (I quite regularly have to use that road to access, eg. Croydon and places south) that it isn't being used by cyclists, at least not noticeably. I can quite honestly say that I have not seen a cyclist in the dedicated space for - well, I can't remember seeing one at all (although I do avoid rush hour when I can). It clearly does slow traffic down, it clearly doesn''t actually benefit many real cyclists (and indeed its topography would militate against regular both-way use, save by the very fittest). So it was either a trojan horse to get speeds reduced on that road or (and?) it was a complete waste of money as regards meeting cycling needs - it certainly wouldn't have brought new and inexperienced cyclists out. All those encouraged to vote 'for' who weren't local wouldn't have know that, of course. Because it remains broadly unused its actual effect is to annoy other road users, because it is visibly pointless, and, I believe, gets the cycling lobby a bad name. It seems a greedy take of road space which isn't actually being used by its dedicated users. It turns out that when quite steep hills are in question - 'build the road and they will come' isn't actually true.

I actually live in Underhill, you don't even live in Southwark. I recognise that you are trolling here, but sometimes you step over the mark, as you have done here.

It used to be until the Dulwich LTN was implemented. Now it's one of the few routes to the South Circular.