tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992424551262159571.post7763570684055950570..comments2024-01-24T20:08:39.217+00:00Comments on Peckham Rye Labour: Honor Oak Rec: The latestUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992424551262159571.post-41753276650002783992011-09-09T19:01:18.484+01:002011-09-09T19:01:18.484+01:00Hi
The post of 29 July makes some rather sweeping...Hi<br /><br />The post of 29 July makes some rather sweeping statements and I wonder whether it was actually written by someone working for Southwark Council. How does this person know that using the rec for extra burial space is the least preferred option? I have heard rumours that is it the preferred option as it will work out cheapest. Also, to say that Lewisham residents are better off because they can afford to live in Honor Oak is non-sensical - Southwark is full of equally nice areas and I know plenty of Southwark residents who want to keep this park. The fact is that the needs of the living are more important than those of the dead - this park is used for exercise and generally improves all residents' quality of life as it allows them to enjoy a wonderful outside space. Please sign the petition at http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/savehonoroakparkrec to keep it as a park - thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992424551262159571.post-75295220626841701622011-07-29T13:00:39.895+01:002011-07-29T13:00:39.895+01:00The problem with this kind of local interest is th...The problem with this kind of local interest is that the locals who use the park on occasion will always be more vociferous than those who will need burial space in the local area. <br />The people who have started the petition are being very dishonest when they say the Council want to use the Rec as burial land, it is actually the least preferred option at the moment.<br />However a huge number of people opposing the use as a burial site are Lewisham Residents. They don't pay for the upkeep of the Rec and they won't have to pay the extra costs of providing more expensive burial land in the future. This will be bourne by Southwark residents, those who probably aren't as well off as those Lewisham residents who can afford to live in expensive Honor Oak.<br />The land is owned by Southwark and was bought as a cemetery. Sensibly the Council only used small parcels of it as it was needed rather than having one sprawling cemetery. However the remaining land is now needed for it's original purpose.<br />I used the Rec as a child and now live in Southwark and I want to be buried in Southwark when I die and I don't see why Lewisham residents should prevent that happening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992424551262159571.post-40204970171559216412011-03-05T21:05:19.331+00:002011-03-05T21:05:19.331+00:00if there was nothing underhand why have the counci...if there was nothing underhand why have the council seemed fit to deny the public to the park before the hours of 8a.m.this is what caused all fuss - denial to the park, and now no mention is made of thefts. as this now all ceased because the public can no longer use the park before the hours of 8.a.m.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com