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Safety for women at night.

Barbara Stevens ● 567d9 Comments

Well Richard, it makes a change from your unpleasant comments.  Perhaps you rub off on people.

Barbara Stevens ● 565d

Unpleasant comment as usual - and Philippa wouldn't have had to post the link if could have been bothered to.

Richard Carter ● 565d

This safe space at Clapham Junction a 3m x 3m gazebo runs between 9pm to 1am.Is this what we have become?It is sad that this is probably an improvement on the current situation!https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/community-safety/vawg/safe-space

Ed Robinson ● 565d

Philippa, come to Putney from Ealing and find out for yourself. This is about Safety for women at night. Not where a night rider can have a pee.

Barbara Stevens ● 565d

Barbara:  Not all of us are stuck on one side of the river all the time and to make it easy - Putney has... a bridge! There used to be a problem with the food delivery guys on scooters not being able to find a lavatory - and not being allowed to use those in the take-aways etc that they collected from.  They often used to be hanging around these shops waiting for a job.  Is this still a problem?

Philippa Bond ● 565d

I think the aim is to have more places - cafes, restaurants, shops, etc - where one can go in the evening other that just drink in pubs. Have you tried finding somewhere to go for a coffee with friends in the evening, all the cafes close around 4-6 pm.Will it work, who knows. I guess they're hoping if here are more people around who haven't been binge drinking and there are more places open that don't encourage it then that will moderate the overall behaviour? Perhaps more police patrolling on foot in the evening and more bar owners taking responsibility for the welfare of their patrons would help? But as you say, it seems aspirational, I'm not sure how it will be implemented. 

Michael Ixer ● 566d

Hope I'm reading the front page wrong, but it seems the strategy for reducing late night drunkenness and urinating in thd street is to invite more businesses to stay open later. Surely that will make the problem worse as it invites more people to the area for longer.Most of the rest of it seems like a wish list. Wonder what will get done on that list.Let's hope it works.

Andy Pike ● 567d

Philippa,thank you, but we do live in Putney. Perhaps you should spend more time helping Ealing.

Barbara Stevens ● 567d

http://www.putneysw15.com/default.asp?section=info&page=ldrsnighttime001.htm

Philippa Bond ● 567d