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Right, i'll move this in here rather than on the wed/south thread cos its relevant to the Open.
i followed up on the two calls i made to southwark. nothing had been done to remedy the broken lights at newington, so the cust service rep raised a new action/call number on their system. i'll follow it up again next week if it hasnt been sorted. i have a record of all the names of the people i've been dealing with and the logged action numbers.
also, i called two councillors for the ward about the lights, one of whom called me back almost immediately. her name is claire hickson, labour, and she was very friendly. i explained to her that i'd raised the problem again, and she said she would help out if it wasnt sorted by next week. when i mentioned the location, straight away she said to me "oh thats the place where they play bicycle polo!" and was really positive towards it, she sounded like someone it would be good to liaise with again in the future.
whatever about throw-ins, it'd be great to have the lights sorted out for the Open.
If anybody else wants to ring up and do the same thing, please do.
i imagine the more people that call, the more likely/faster it'll get fixed.
the southwark parks number is 020 7525 2000.
dial 1 at the options, and report the lights have been damaged by vandalism.
if you do call, make sure you get the name of the rep dealing with you, and ask them for the log number they raise on their system, so if you call back, you can quote it to them.