Archive for February, 2011

Bicycle security in the Blue (update)

by admin on 9 February, 2011

I got an email today telling me the new stands are being ordered. No more details, but really good if it’s true!  bit of an ongoing with Southwark Cyclists and Labour member responsible for cycling in Southwark   .                    <-letters in today’s Southwark News-> Furbogate ?

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Catlin Street up date

by admin on 9 February, 2011

I’ve just got an email from Southwark’s Road Safety Officers saying: “The Metropolitan Police Motorcycle Tasking Team will be carrying out enforcement in Catlin Street” So Watch out speeding drivers! and thanks to every one who signed our petition!

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Brunswick Park By-Election

by admin on 8 February, 2011

The Brunswick Park by-election campaign has started. Leaflets have started reaching letterboxes in the Camberwell/Peckham borders. Here’s the link to the Brunswick Park site. I love a good campaign, and the next five weeks we will be setting out our visions for Camberwell, and Southwark.

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            I’ve been on to council officers for some time about the state of Stevenson Crescent SE16 3EW, SE16 3EN, SE16 3ES.                     The situation has improved, but only because our sweepers have been working harder. We’ve now informed the local Housing Associations that it is time to sort out their rubbish problem. Basically […]

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First Saturday – two surgeries

by admin on 7 February, 2011

I’ve managed to get the best from the first Saturday of every month…. first my 10.30 – 11.30 surgery at Rock Grove ‘Pop in Parlour’ in the Blue opposite the Library….. .                                                                                                                                                                     Then I go to my second surgery at Wessex House on The Cooper’s & Astley […]

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Bicycle security in the Blue

by admin on 6 February, 2011

The new bike racks in the Blue are not universally loved. They have been derided by many a cyclist. It seems they were chosen by non-cyclists for aesthetics , rather than practical values. I’m not sure why council officers didn’t ask the wonderful Southwark Cyclists. I’m sure they would have requested Sheffield racks  – the […]

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Egypt, Mubarek, Kinnock, Amnesty

by admin on 4 February, 2011

Support for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak‘s National Democratic Party (NDP) from Britain’s Labour Party appears to be ebbing. The NDP was re-elected in an uncontested election in December last year. The EU and US critised the poll. This week Mubarek’s party was finally kicked out of the Socialist International (honorary president Neil Kinnock). For decades, […]

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Visitors numbers up .

by admin on 2 February, 2011

OK, I’ve been blogging for just over a week, and now I’m getting 1,000 hits per day. Seems like here’s been some Tweeting going on. Thanks.

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Post delivery – getting better ?

by admin on 1 February, 2011

Happy with your post? I’m not. Do you ever wait in for a parcel, then find a red card hanging through the letterbox, telling you to go to Mandela Way sorting office to collect a parcel? Solution: simply print this poster, and leave it pinned to your front door. This ‘sorry I am in’ poster […]

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