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LOL. Don't remember that particular pub or quiz. But I do remember how much some pubs did for their community. Not always profit focussed. Having roast potatoes and fresh sea food every Sunday at The L&B in Queens Rd Peckham. Hit pancakes on Shrove Tuesday/Gammon n Mash etc. All free for regulars. Was fun times Soz not an East Dulwich Pub. But the pubs where all similar back in the day.

I thought they would get busy again with the school runs back on. Nasty lot of criminals.

I don't know any of these people or many places but it is good reading x

I don't even know what blue mountain is. And I lived in Peckham until about 3 years ago.

Hi Pugwash, It's crazy how much we take for granted now. I can't imagine another family walking through my house to get out to the toilet. Or even going out side to use my own toilet. Look what happened in COVID. It is brilliant to hear about the not so distant way of London life. I remember not having any central heating and we had a tiny toilet downstairs next to the kitchen when I lived in SE23 / 1970s I think we had a gas fire in the living room. When I went to Ireland as a toddler I asked why my Auntie was burning stones Thanks for sharing.

LoL. Megan's food is OK. But I admit the 20% service charge is ridiculous especially when I have been there only twice. Both times we had to order at the counter. It was difficult to get a tap water etc. was told by the staff in female toilets it's alright you can go a wee when they were having a good old chat in the very small toilets. GOSH. Where did that rant come from.

It surely isn't the worst place to live in this country or the world. Really I still 💖 the UK. And Dulwich is pretty 😍 😍

Brilliant response to the whole incident. I hope that Ellie Reeves can offer you and us some support. Maybe a good one to ask at PM's questions....

Ohh Alison. It is so awful. I am glad you are not hurt. There aren't any words really that you could use on a public forum to describe the true feelings and thoughts that I and others all have. I guess you didn't have any dash cam footage. On the slightest off chance it is possible that anyone has video doorbell footage. It is beyond a joke. The next thing it will be a parked car that blame..... Could you describe the model type of moped driver etc. I wonder do know if it is registered locally. Stupid question I suppose. How would we know and what good would knowing do. Just glad you are OK. Please do report this to whoever you can local MP and other in government. Try to get this out forward as a serious issue. Some other people on this forum have made some great responses and recommended a good course of action. Take care.

Hi Pugwash. TY for the info.

Ohhh Nutty. The culture in Japan is all built around respect and compliance. They even have beautiful music playing in the toilet to cover anyone's private embarrassment. I personally would love kids to be safe riding on the pavements. But I can't see it working here. Only last week I just dodged a speeding cyclist a teenager who was flying down the pavement. The road was empty at the time. The cyclist had no regard for others. Imagine the damage a speeding cyclist would cause to a small child or elderly person. I love cyclists but I am hoping that they are going to be forced to register and get insurance. LOL Malumbu. I await your response.

See you learn something everyday.

Handyman I agree there has been a big improvement but as you said starting from a point that was scandalous. I agree with you Again (I hadn't really thought about it B4) this notion of private companies owning/operating NHS services especially a GP surgery. At the end of it they are only interested in profit at our loss. When a patient has to go to AnE for treatment that could and should have been provided by their GP practise it must cost a heck of of a lot more to process the now potentially dangerously sick patient. And the privately run practice faces no cost for that. It is the emergency service at the local AnE that gets lumped with those costs. It demonstrates a general lack of reasonable responsible morale planning of provision of services for service users. It is rather scandalous...

You have a fair point. And cyclists can be very aggressive in lets say their "riding style" and if you get hit by a speeding bike on the pavement or otherwise it does bloody hurt.

LOL. Although it isn't funny I called for over 4 hours the other day pressed every option available. Needless to say no one answered or returned my call. I have however managed to now get on the ask my GP app. After a few years of trying due to an error in admin. They seem to be very short staffed with admin support etc. I have been able to get a fit note within a few minutes from a real GP who I have actually seen. But I did have to in and sort it out at the desk with a chap who seems really busy but good at his job. I don't think the app showing availability of GPs is correct as I noted the GP who dealt with my online request was not showing as available at that time on the app. And now it seems that all appointments are screened for urgency and then dealt with by a phone. Etc.

As I have said. I am not aware of cyclists being involved in crash for cash scams. But I have witnessed mopeds. Maybe the cyclist thing is the delivery cyclist that might happened to be a "Witness" and film the result of the so called accident. I have seen that B4. On Crystal Palace Rd. Another thought do cyclists have insurance. Similar to car insurance. Because I thought the crash for cash scams worked so well for the baddies because of the quick exchange through motor vehicle insurances. Someone will not doubt know more about it than I do. Any thoughts??? Plus there are more than one individual doing this. It will increase again. As I said B4 the school runs are back on. And other posts have stated that the scammers like to pick on pricey cars with a woman driver and a car full of kids. But I am sure that they will pick on any vehicle other than a police car.

I am not aware of cyclists doing this but it wouldn't surprise me. Plus I have seen a moped doing doing this. So who knows. Maybe it is a free for all. As in free for for all except car drivers.

English as a Additional Language.

Best advice I have ever seen here on this topic is get front and rear dash cams. The incident I saw involved one chap pretending to have been hit and one chap filming obviously after the initial contact/ deliberate crash into the car by the moped. I saw from the filming part. My husband then said after when I mentioned something that it was a probably a crash for cash scam. If we see anything like this again I hope that we would stop and offer support to the car driver who is the real victim. And it is fine and factual to mention a person who is using EAL as an angle in their professional criminality.....

The tree people in Southwark only remove or work on trees that are diseased or have issues with structure and cutting back to improve health and growth. As far as I know.

It is horrible. And so wrong that insurance companies are doing Jack'''':::: about this. Other than paying out and costing us the consumer huge hikes on our policies. It really isn't good. It will get worse again when there are regular school runs.

Sad that this happening Sad that we no longer seem to have any community police teams to deter such events. I don't how the police could identify these children. Unless they are back at school and in uniforms. Sad that these children could be being groomed by older children and crimes could.escalate. No one wants to see them being arrested. But a little old fashioned chat with their parents could put them off of this behaviour.

I do think it might be stupid tik tok thing. Other members of EDF said this was happening just as the schools were finishing. The saddest thing is that some of the incidents seemed to mention younger children with older children. I hope that the little ones are not being bullied or groomed by the slightly older children. I personally have a huge dog and other adults in my home. But I would not open the door to investigate. Who knows what the next thing will be.