Comments on: Camberwell Arts Festival

By: Regeneguru

Regeneguru — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:46:49 +0000

By all accounts, a lot of motorist-sponsored carnage locally, outstripping knife crime casualties. Refreshingly, for once, the Courts haven't watered down a driving charge. Murder - like so many too often charged as dangerous. Why not campaign for mandatory custodials for all careless and dangerous causing death and serious injuries, plus driving bans for life? Start by writing to your MP.

By: Phil G

Phil G — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:16:37 +0000

The lady I saw was, I think, in a regular electric wheelchair. Didn’t seem to be an organised protest. She had just parked in front of a double decker and was refusing to move. It was mad. Big crowd. Long tailback of traffic. People videoing it on the phones, etc. An interesting protest. Wish I knew what it was about. That stretch of CWell pavement near DRINK STORE is near impossible for wheelchairs and prams etc.

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:13:20 +0000

180 southmark — it had three wheels and a seat rather than a saddle so either a recumbent trike or maybe a ‘dragster’ wheelchair. either way it wasn’t looking repairable.

having said that there was no terrifying pool of congealing blood like there was when i saw a motorcyclist killed near oval last month, so maybe this critter got away with his life.

i used to cycle the A23 to work in croydon [which was bad enough…] but i stopped because the drivers were just all too murderous.

By: D-MAN

D-MAN — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:33:21 +0000

Odie & Amanda — good call. My wife got some wedding gear there. Not xactly cheap, but it is local.

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:44:36 +0000

A large dirigible has passed over Walworth again today. There has been filming outside a house on Camberwell Grove. The Freightliner Class 66 “Hamburg Sud Advantage” passed through. Hamburg Sud is a shipping line. These engines have 3,300 horsepower and weigh 127 tons. Only a few are named. One is called the Drax Flyer. So unapologetic are Freightliner, that it is listed on their website as “Tha Drax Flyer”, tha knows.

By: southmark

southmark — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:22:08 +0000

Drew,was it a recumbent bike or trike? If bike, I wonder if it was the chap you see going down Coldharbour lane every day around 5sh. He’s been around for 5 or so years!

By: Regeneguru

Regeneguru — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:25:03 +0000

Drew — haven’t been in Brixton for a while, but my views on the general standard of urban driving are well known…

I wasn’t on one of my rare ventures into the Green yesterday evening, but from PhilG’s description the incident sounds interesting. Camberwell is so intimidating for wheelchair users that a protest was well in order. The only apparent consideration for the disabled by local planners thus far is the toilet on the Green, and no more need be said about the very public nature of business done there, with vantage points along major thoroughfares to North South East and West.

I did however see a cyclist cum pedestrian cum lorry accident on the New Road this morning.

Credit to Newroad for getting stuck in back there.

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:33:56 +0000

169 Phil I did see on Monday afternoon the result of a recumbent trike going under a bus, outside Marks and Sparks in Brixton. Nasty, but it occurs it might have been a non-standard wheelchair; if I was forced to take such risks with the traffic daily I’d be up for protest too. You heard anything ‘guru? Drew

By: copeywolf

copeywolf — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:16:22 +0000

Was she the one with the boobs or the gob Alan?

Elneedsadress — tried Odie & Amanda? They design and make their own stuff. And they’ve put some faith in Camberwell.

By: Kamera Obscura

Kamera Obscura — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:46:00 +0000

Hello, EIneedsadress. Please could you give me further details of your complaint at info@kameraobscura.com and I will investigate it further. We have never had any complaints about friendliness before, and pride ourselves on the level of personal attention given to each client.

I believe the pricing is fair given that the designs are all unique to us and made on the premises from the pins up, rather than adapted. Dresses are made by or under the direct supervision of the designer.

Most New Bond Street stores sell ready-to-wear dresses which are then adapted, for which the price could be the same or even greater due to the central London location.