Southwark Review of the Year 2022: The Weirdest News Stories – Southwark News
Weird News 2022: From trying to kick rats to death to a car getting stuck on the steps of a Dulwich pub.
An anonymous person who runs @CamberwellGreenRats said the green off Camberwell New Road has been “surrendered to the rats” and is trying to get Southwark Council to take action.
In one post, they wrote: “I’ve been spending my days conspiring against the rats and the majority of my evenings trying to kick the rats to death – which I’m unfortunately nowhere near agile enough to do. Surely there’s a way @SouthwarkCouncil?”
The account is still active, and its latest post urges for a “24-hour armed police presence” until the issue has been resolved.
“I spend my days trying to kick rats to death”: Camberwell Green anti-rat Instagram account emerges
One mum-of-three from Eynella Road, East Dulwich, whose 4×4 was hit, called the perpetrators “absolute a-holes”.
The eco-group didn’t leave without an explanation –leaflets they’d left under drivers’ windscreen wipers said: “SUVs are the second biggest cause of rising carbon emissions in the last decade. This is why we have disarmed your SUV by deflating one or more of its tyres.”
Parents fuming after eco group ‘Tyre Extinguishers’ deflate Dulwich and Herne Hill SUVs
Thankfully, no one was injured, and no offences were identified that day.
One passerby, noticing the sticker in the car’s window, joked that it was a “National Trust member gone rogue”. Maybe they’ll get the bus home next time.
Car gets stuck on stairs of West Dulwich pub
The pink-toed tarantula – thought to be an abandoned pet – was rescued by Mat Hawkins, an RSPCA officer and taken to an animal hospital in Essex.
Tarantula spotted on London Bridge train after being abandoned by owner
Winner Harry Phillips, from New Cross, walked away with the unusual trophy and debunked some myths about what makes a ‘winning conker’.
He said the age-old trick of putting it in the oven to harden it ‘didn’t work’. Instead, he said ageing it in his garage was the secret to hardening the conker. “Some of them will rot over time, but the ones that don’t will become solid.”
Peckham conkerers: Hundreds competed for 22-carat gold conker, the much coveted ‘Nugget’
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