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CH1 said:
I had a couple of questions about deliveries - esp since the GPO seem to have consigned both my subscribed copy of Private Eye and its first class replacement into the dustbin of history.

My neighbour (but one) came round yesterday searching for a signed parcel - which she hadn't received - thinking it had been left with me for some reason. On the other hand I have had the opposite experience myself - the courier firm Hermes - which is now re-badging itself as Evri - left an item for me with a neighbour, but they did also put a card through my letterbox so I could collect the item.

I'm wondering about the Royal Mail and Evri and Whistle. Has Royal Mail now lost the Whistle contract?
Yesterday I got a email from Hermes (Evri) telling me they were delivering "my package" between 7pm and 9pm [this is a Saturday]. I knew what it was - a book from Blackwell's about Donald Trump and the Fascist Alt-Right.
I took a chance that Hermes (Evri) would be able to find my letterbox, and sure enough on returning from my concert of Brahms German Requiem in St Peter's Streatham, there was the Trump Pedagogies of Hate book on my doormat (inside the door). Not only that Hermes/Evri had emailed me to tell me they had put my package through the letterbox.

A couple of weeks back the opposite to this happened. I had a jiffy-packed book via Royal Mail and the postman had decided not to put it through the letter box - I had to go to Wynne Road to collect it. Even though it was not a signed for item.

So my question is this - are the GPO losing their grip?
It's the second time in about 4 years they have fucked up on Private Eye.
And if Hermes/Evri can deliver on Saturday night and do all this emailing, how can they afford it?
Are their couriers on piece-work?

I would be gratified if Hermes/Evri were able to guarantee my Private Eye in a timely fashion - because Royal Mail can't. Or maybe it's the printers? Maybe the cover will still be relevant, but why am I still waiting 10 days after publication? Its getting like a bad day on Thameslink when the service overtake one another BACKWARDS. Over to Mr Smug-faced Hislop - AND Simon Thompson Chief Executive of Royal Mail (£596,000 p.a.)
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The GPO lost its grip in 1969 when it was abolished.
 
ChrisSouth said:
That was 1963.
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That was the speech - presumably left to Postmaster General John (Reggie Perrin) Stonehouse to implement as regard posts and telecoms 6 years later.
"I didn't get where I am today by being a Labour Party apparatchik - but I did stage my own disappearance in Miami in 1974 - and end up in Wormwood Scrubs."
 
November 2022
at Lambeth council Borough Plan workshop
Brixton Windmill, 6pm to 8pm. Click here for Eventbrite

This month LJ Neighbourhood Forum will take part in Lambeth council's Borough Plan workshop for neighbourhood forums taking place at the Brixton Windmill from 6pm to 8pm. Please book your place using the link to the Eventbrite website above.
 
There is a meeting today to discuss the development of Hardess Yard.

Hardess Yard

hardessyard.co.uk hardessyard.co.uk

This development was previously rejected for various reasons, and how now been altered and is being pushed through again.

Would be a big change to the area: https://hardessyard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Site-plan.png

It would be good to get thoughts on this from people who live and work locally. The meeting is today 4-8pm Unit 1 Hardess Yard SE240HN

There is also a feedback form on the Hardess Yard website if you're unable to attend.
 
I went to the Hardess Yard consult. Some of the things I was told are

  • It is going to be 300 homes for single people which are rental only - studios with some communal areas and workspace areas aimed at the 25 - 35 yr olds
  • The building runs along the entire stretch parallel to Wanless Rd and is 14 storeys high with a terrace at 12 storeys for all the inhabitants to use, looking South
  • The access route being made much of, between Hinton and Herne Hill Roads includes walking through a tunnel like area underneath some of the building
  • There is zero parking, so anyone with a car will have to park on a neighbouring street and should be able to get a parking permit
  • the building will not affect anyone's light or privacy
  • it shouldn't cast a shadow over all the properties below
  • the people on the roof terrace or in the studios will be so far away that they won't be able to see into any homes of gardens

...... errr, the sun goes down right behind this building which is like a 14 storey wall.....


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JSR said:
I went to the Hardess Yard consult. Some of the things I was told are

  • It is going to be 300 homes for single people which are rental only - studios with some communal areas and workspace areas aimed at the 25 - 35 yr olds
  • The building runs along the entire stretch parallel to Wanless Rd and is 14 storeys high with a terrace at 12 storeys for all the inhabitants to use, looking South
  • The access route being made much of, between Hinton and Herne Hill Roads includes walking through a tunnel like area underneath some of the building
  • There is zero parking, so anyone with a car will have to park on a neighbouring street and should be able to get a parking permit
  • the building will not affect anyone's light or privacy
  • it shouldn't cast a shadow over all the properties below
  • the people on the roof terrace or in the studios will be so far away that they won't be able to see into any homes of gardens

...... errr, the sun goes down right behind this building which is like a 14 storey wall.....


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there is a thread for this site


Post in thread '29 and 20 storey tower blocks proposed for Hardess Street /Wellfit St, Loughborough Junction.' 29 and 20 storey tower blocks proposed for Hardess Street /Wellfit St, Loughborough Junction.
 
GuyBoi said:
There is a meeting today to discuss the development of Hardess Yard.

Hardess Yard

hardessyard.co.uk hardessyard.co.uk

This development was previously rejected for various reasons, and how now been altered and is being pushed through again.

Would be a big change to the area: https://hardessyard.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Site-plan.png

It would be good to get thoughts on this from people who live and work locally. The meeting is today 4-8pm Unit 1 Hardess Yard SE240HN

There is also a feedback form on the Hardess Yard website if you're unable to attend.
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thread on this site here

Post in thread '29 and 20 storey tower blocks proposed for Hardess Street /Wellfit St, Loughborough Junction.' 29 and 20 storey tower blocks proposed for Hardess Street /Wellfit St, Loughborough Junction.
 
JSR said:
I went to the Hardess Yard consult. Some of the things I was told are

  • It is going to be 300 homes for single people which are rental only - studios with some communal areas and workspace areas aimed at the 25 - 35 yr olds
  • The building runs along the entire stretch parallel to Wanless Rd and is 14 storeys high with a terrace at 12 storeys for all the inhabitants to use, looking South
  • The access route being made much of, between Hinton and Herne Hill Roads includes walking through a tunnel like area underneath some of the building
  • There is zero parking, so anyone with a car will have to park on a neighbouring street and should be able to get a parking permit
  • the building will not affect anyone's light or privacy
  • it shouldn't cast a shadow over all the properties below
  • the people on the roof terrace or in the studios will be so far away that they won't be able to see into any homes of gardens

...... errr, the sun goes down right behind this building which is like a 14 storey wall.....


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I think its unlikely planners will allow residents to get parking permits. It is normally written into planning agreements that car free developments dont get permits.
 
The road looks a bit of a mess north side of CHL at the Shakespeare Road junction. Masses of water flowing and 2 mini sink hole size holes in the tarmac. Hope they don't need to turn the domestic water off...
 
CH1 said:
The road looks a bit of a mess north side of CHL at the Shakespeare Road junction. Masses of water flowing and 2 mini sink hole size holes in the tarmac. Hope they don't need to turn the domestic water off...
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been going on since at least 6PM so supply probably safe.
 
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Romance fraudsters came from Loughborough Junction


Diji almost exclusively targeted gay men for his fraud, though there were some examples of victims who believed they were speaking to a woman. Many of the victims were also older or suffered with poor health.
from Romance fraudster jailed after scamming 80 people out of £400K

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CH1 said:
Romance fraudsters came from Loughborough Junction


Diji almost exclusively targeted gay men for his fraud, though there were some examples of victims who believed they were speaking to a woman. Many of the victims were also older or suffered with poor health.
from Romance fraudster jailed after scamming 80 people out of £400K

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Reminds me I read this a while back.

www.theguardian.com

‘It felt like losing a husband’: the fraudsters breaking hearts – and emptying bank accounts

Romance scams robbed Britons of nearly £100m last year. Thanks to online dating and the pandemic, these cruel crimes are more sophisticated and prevalent than ever
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

To my mind the sentences they got do not reflect what they have done to vulnerable people.

The kind of people who do this are garbage.

Preying on the emotionally vulnerable and those who are seeking some genuine relationship.

It is a form of abuse to take advantage of people who are emotionally needy.

I think the term Romance fraudsters is to benign. Its emotional abuse. With long term financial and psychological affects for those who are the victims.
 
CH1 said:
Romance fraudsters came from Loughborough Junction


Diji almost exclusively targeted gay men for his fraud, though there were some examples of victims who believed they were speaking to a woman. Many of the victims were also older or suffered with poor health.
from Romance fraudster jailed after scamming 80 people out of £400K

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Predatory scum
 
Talking of people who wind me up.

Boxing day my doorbell rings. Was this something my partner ordered to be delivered?

No it was the God Botherers.

I was about to give him a piece of my mind when I say his little son look up at me and try to give me a leaflet. So thought better of it.

I get quite a few doorbell rings from people who think I should be saved.
 
i remember going into a little back street caf some years ago and it was very small and had at least one caged bird in it, maybe more (my memory fades)...possibly portugese run? any ideas? is it still there?
kind of ramshackle inside
 
ska invita said:
i remember going into a little back street caf some years ago and it was very small and had at least one caged bird in it, maybe more (my memory fades)...possibly portugese run? any ideas? is it still there?
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That sounds like SEM. The birds have gone now, sadly, but the cafe itself is still excellent.
 
This is SEM. I must go again soon.

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Lunch at the Sem Cafe, Padfield Rd near Loughborough Junction

Tucked away around the back of Loughborough Junction is the Sem Cafe, a traditional greasy spoon with Turkish-Cypriot roots that remains popular with cab drivers and local workers.
www.brixtonbuzz.com www.brixtonbuzz.com
 
I used to love a greasy spoon fry up but now struggle with paying for low quality meat. I know there are exceptions but too often it's cheap sausages, bacon etc which is a bit grim for all the obvious reasons.
 
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