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Southwark residents can get into Tower Bridge for one quid. https://www.towerbridge.org.uk/learning/communities/community-ticket-terms/ and you can get the kids in free.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > budleigh Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I'm sure if she didn't need to do it, she > > wouldn't. Only on EDF would someone be offended > by > > a poor person stealing their trash. > > > > P.s. Shred/burn your paperwork. It's common > sense. > > > Burn isn't an option if you live in flats (unless > there's an incinerator somewhere around we can > take out paperwork to) > > I've got statements going back 20 years I'm > beginning to chuck in a clearout and shredding > takes ages. John, we use these guys. https://shop.restore.co.uk/product/confidential-paper-security-sacks/ Contrary to what is stated on this page, we weren't charged for collection. Brilliant service.

You can properly avoid most human contact in a Wetherspoons by using their app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wetherspoon.orderandpay&hl=en_GB Doesn't work for guest beers, however, which is often the draw.

Ah, I think I had the wrong Shoreham, Shoreham-by-Sea near Brighton.

I would think a good place to start would be joining the Route 21 at Ladywell or catford, then picking up Route 20 for onwards from Crawley. https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/21909#map=11/51.1703/0.2314

Gina Miller's new site may help: https://www.remainunited.org/be-tactical/

The swifts are back in force over Scutari Road

My oldest friend and I are going to drive his classic Alfa back through Europe, and we're meeting in Naples. I'm hoping it will be a bit like the Trip, but it almost certainly won't. Anyway I want a hotel in Naples with good food and great atmosphere, where I can strut my M&S white linen jacket and the car won't be stolen. Sea views a bonus. Please advise.

Jenny1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes. Do spread the word. But it's important not to > keep the page open just to watch the numbers rise, > satisfying though it is, as I believe this risks > overloading the site. Use this instead: https://petitionmap.unboxedconsulting.com/?petition=241584

It will be a track straightener. A huge huge machine dragged along the tracks by hydraulic arms. Sounds like a monster.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A couple of times at our gigs, we have had people > saying they never carry cash, and being annoyed > when we say we don't take cards! > > Luckily, the lovely Ivy House gives cashback at > the bar :) We just got one of these: https://www.izettle.com/gb/card-readers Only 1.75% transaction charge, and got the reader for ?19.95. Really good and arrived in 24 hours.

Wells-next-the-sea (north Norfolk) is good for kids and toddlers, and maybe 2.5hrs by car. https://www.wells-guide.co.uk/

Hi Renata, Khristy, Echo Thanks for your kind words and sorry all for my minor rant. I'm just so frustrated as this has happened on every primary and secondary admissions day we have suffered. Our kids are 9 years apart, so never benefited from the sibling thing. We know most of the secondary schools pretty well, as we know friends' kids who went. I know it is a waiting game, we have been there and done the tribunals and all that. It has worked out for us in the end before, it is just a dull slog and stressful for the kids. All we want is localish schools that aren't a real slog to travel to, where there may be a few friends from primary. Echo, I know Deptford is good, a friends son did well there, but his mates don't live close by so he always came home on the bus alone. Anyway, as I said, it isn't the end of the world, just really really annoying. Good luck all.

Ah well, as expected nothing from our list, instead Harris Acedemy Peckham. Didn't want that for our dyslexia challenged girl. Here come the waiting lists. I'd suggest the oversubscribed schools really shouldn't bother with open days, there is no point. It is just a lottery, and is just will upset kids who then set their hearts on something. I also think the sibling thing is quite unfair at secondary. By then all kids are making their own way to school. Spitting feathers, we have had this fiasco for 15 years with our kids. Invest and build more schools you austerity obsessed tossers.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Equally it does seem odd that > quite so many drive to a park. especially when > quite so many bus routes pass so close to Dulwich > and Peckham Rye parks giving many real public > transport options in addition to walking and > cycling. Buses for many are not free, so a trip to the park could cost a few quid.

I had to open up 3 different browsers before the other images finally started to load - I realised the trick was to keep scrolling. It does strike me as a slightly pointless effect. Why the need to scroll to initiate the load?

rollflick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The CPZ has very noticeably freed up space on the > Grove Hill Road side of the hill - but the streets > just outside are now rammed. It took 18 months > from consultation (incidentally which was clear > about the pay bays) to going live. Does that mean > those of us next to it could have to wait until > July 2020 for the totally obvious knock-on effects > to be tackled, even if the consultation for an ED > & West Peckham CPZ happens soon? > > Southwark has very limited CPZ coverage compared > to other inner London boroughs. With the > commencement of the Ultra Low Emission Zone in > April 2019, our streets will become the dumping > zone for those who don't want to pay 24/7 ?12.50 > daily charge as we're the nearest free parking to > central London. It's bad enough already with all > the abandoned taxis. No one in the council seems > to have thought about this though. > > At least Zipcar offer residents a handy way to > avoid the ULEZ charge, such as if you need to pick > something up, and the money they pay for their > permits goes to road repairs etc. It's great > they're giving people the option of electric cars > without the cost of buying them. I thought, as the whole of East Dulwich is within the south circular, we will be in the ULEZ, so I don't think we will be the dumping zone, that would be Forest Hill.

I think it is, they have a notice on their door saying if they are open the Post Office is too.

jimbo1964 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Would be better if the event were held on the > common. Despite promises last year the damage to > the grass was never put right. Actually the repairs were made in the last two or three months and the area is currently fenced off. I think they had to wait for the rains to soften the ground.

MarkT Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Johnie, > I have this one reservation. > the guides (I have 2 books - Collins Gem Guide and > Blacks Nature Guide) seem to make a point about > the snakeskin stipe as an identifying > characteristic. In Lee's photo, like the ones this > year in my garden, it seems smooth > http://www.gallowaywildfoods.com/parasol-mushroom- > edibility-distribution-identification/ > > However, looking again at the first photo in the > link, that looks smooth. The confusion would be > with the shaggy parasol, which at worst according > to the link "doesn't agree with some people". - > small risk. I'm regretting now I didn't eat mine. > MarkT I have Roger Phillips - Mushrooms and other funghi of Great Brittan and Europe, MacMillan. I think it is a Shaggy Parasol, Lepiota rhacodes, but best to do a spore print - it should be white

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Umm......I hardly like to raise this and it's only > my preference but does "me only " sound odd to > anyone else ? > > Or is it only me ? I think it sounds odd to you, and you only.

Yes, parasol, they are tasty. However, foxes seem to use them as markng posts quite often.

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pugwash Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Bromley charges per item , I think it is around > > ?20 per item. They also do not have wheelie > bins > > and recycle boxes are open topped so rubbish is > > blown around. Family members living in > Orpington > > are 'envious' of our bins and waste collection. > It > > is a Tory borough and has been for years. > > Bracknell Forest is Tory and has been for years > and their recycling and waste disposal is > excellent....why do you people ALWAYS have to > bring in your lefty agenda! But pretty expensive: https://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/bulky-item-collection/how-much-does-it-cost