Times have changed. In the 1920s and 30s there were very few cars. People walked and they pushed massive prams. Many roads were laid out very narrow with wide grass verges and adequate pavements. As cars increased people started parking on the grass verges which ended up being asphalted and added to the pavement. I see no reason why people shouldn't be authorised to park on those verges, in suitably marked boxes, so as to leave room for cars to park and pedestrians to push their buggies on the pavement. Like it or not, we now have far more cars and far fewer pedestrians - so long as there are pedestrian facilities, let's not unnecessarily obstruct cars. Certainly there are places where the pavement is not wide enough for parking - including parts of Devonshire Road and I would not advocate permitting their use. I'm actually very surprised that parking has been permitted on the pavement in parts of the hill in Honor Oak Park where the pedestrian width seems inadequate.