hungry_squirrel
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Brockwell Park is closed tomorrow
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what are they meant to say ?
We know that we have a very important role to play in what is a time of great distress for many of our residents. Unfortunately a small minority are making the parks unsafe by collecting in large groups (unconfirmed as out of date pics in press). In order for everyone to continue using the park to maintain their physical and mental health, we will be taking new measures such as signs, tape and redeployed staff to manage crowds and keep everyone safe.
So they shouldn’t close the parks ?
They should not. Was I not clear enough?
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floofy
Maybe parking wardens could have been redeployed as park rangers, dispersing groups. They know how to handle conflict and the revenue from fines would be of interest to Lambeth.
Could have had staff on the doors monitoring how many people in at any one time, even issue tickets with time stamps. I think there were options other than just shutting the park.
Could have had staff on the doors monitoring how many people in at any one time, even issue tickets with time stamps. I think there were options other than just shutting the park.
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hiraethified
I think it's just today because the weather is going to be scorchio.
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floofy
Maybe. Lambeth in crap communications shocker.
Love Lambeth
Brockwell Park will be closed to the public on April 5 to comply with the national guidelines on social distancing needed fight Covid-19
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I think parking wardens are better at producing conflict than handling it tbh
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
The next step is to ban outdoor exercise totally. That has happened in other places such as South Africa and if people in the UK can’t be responsible then we shall go down that road too. Yesterday saw people sunbathing in parks, BBQs in Hove (two people off to court over that). Today I have just seen some bloke walk past my house, heading for the canal with a paddle board under his arm and a car has gone past with a canoe on the roof.
This is not social distancing and will mean that people die.
South Africa is a terrible example. Only the rich are able to practise social distancing. Most of the population live in overcrowded, unsanitory conditions and will definitely be forced out to avoid starvation.
The park in question was a model of social distancing when i was there. And as said, other measures could be put in place.
Parks are not the reason people are dying. As someone posted earlier, her friend is cabin crew flying in from the US with 100s of passengers who aren't even being tested. Why isn't that in the news?
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
The growing anger over flights is very much in the news, google ‘Why is Heathrow open?’
And yeah, people in South Africa are in trouble, they are allowed out to the supermarket (no booze or fags on sale), so they won’t starve until they run out of money, but seeing people here treating it as an extended bank holiday is not going to end this thing.
Sorry, i meant the public outrage. It seems very much directed at the parks, one would imagine very low risk of transmission, rather than other areas like flights, very high risk of transmission, and lack of good gov response.
South Africans will have already run out of money, most live below the breadline. Without work, they won't just be going to the supermarket. Also their homes won't be providing sanctuary without places to wash hands and with ramshackle dwellings right next to each other.
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hiraethified
Also posted in the Brixton coronavirus thread. If social media is anything to go by, the answer has been a resounding 'yes.'
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Opinion: Was Lambeth right to close Brockwell Park today (Sun 5th April)?
Yesterday, Lambeth Council announced that it was closing Brockwell Park today in response to what it described as “unacceptable” behaviour from a minority who were “sunbathing or…
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The amount of people at the entrance to the park last week was astounding
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hiraethified
I don't get why people hang around the entrance like that. The last time I was there it was fairly quiet but there was still people standing right by the gate making it impossible to pass by with 2m clearance.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Solutions that just draw more people out to manage are not very useful.
I don't know what the alternatives are. If I did I wouldn't be having to go out myself.
I don't know what the alternatives are. If I did I wouldn't be having to go out myself.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Summoning people to court for not keeping their distance from others seems poorly thought through.
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hiraethified
Lambeth parks update Lambeth issues update asking residents to ‘Help Us To Keep Your Park Open’
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hiraethified
Park should reopen tomorrow
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Brockwell Park set to reopen to the public on Monday 6th April, 2020
We’ve just learnt that Brockwell Park is expected to reopen on Monday 6th April 2020, after Sunday’s closure due to ‘unacceptable’ behaviour by some users.
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jimbarkanoodle
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From the Guardian website
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working out how
Picked up by More or Less on Radio 4 who extrapolate that by normal standards the park was quiet.
It is still understandable that it was closed as the warmer weather on Sunday could have attracted very many more people and therefore much greater jeopardy ....
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
I heard the More or Less piece. I would have said Mr Harford was rather sceptical about closing Brockwell Park - taking into account high density Lambeth living where people often don't have gardens.
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Two park updates
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Lambeth Council reminds park users – ‘No BBQs or Picnics in our Parks’
As the weather heats up, Lambeth Council has tweeted an update reminding people that it is not permissible to use their parks for BBQs and picnics, adding, “Don’t be tempted by the suns…
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Mighty Hoopla and Wide Awake cancel 2020 Brockwell Park festivals, but pledge to return in 2021
Following yesterday’s announcement that the Cross The Tracks festival in Brockwell Park has been cancelled, the Mighty Hoopla have also confirmed that their festival scheduled for June this y…
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hiraethified
Opinion piece here:
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Opinion: ’12 sensible reasons to keep parks open during the Covid-19 crisis’
Last Sunday, Lambeth Council sparked off a lively debate when they closed Brockwell Park in response to what they described as “unacceptable” behaviour from a minority who were “sunbathing or in la…
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hiraethified
BMX track has been closed down
Lambeth blocks off the BMX track in Brockwell Park as coronavirus precaution
Lambeth blocks off the BMX track in Brockwell Park as coronavirus precaution
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hiraethified
You can now only use the park for a walk or run
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Lambeth: You can now ONLY use Brockwell Park for a ‘walk or run’ – or face a fine
New signs have appeared on the taped off benches in Brockwell Park stating that the park can now only be used for your daily walk or run – and absolutely nothing else.
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