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Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------- > > Joking aside there does seem to be a lot of > immature name calling on the forum lately, maybe > we need age verification of posters and a compos > mentis test when people sign up > I don't think it's anything to do with age. Possibly immaturity. Possibly malice. Or both. It wouldn't be so bad if it was funny 🙄

I rest my case

Patrick DiPosta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My old mum used to reuse those stamps. As good as > cash Good thing everybody didn't do that. The posties were paid a pittance as it was, without people reusing stamps and thereby losing Royal Mail money. The letter still had to be processed and delivered, even though it hadn't been paid for. What would your best friend in the sorting office who is so helpful to you think about that, I wonder? ETA: And I see you have only just joined, and posted twice. Your style seems strangely familiar .... must be my imagination ..

What was that place called under the cafe next to the Palmerston? It was great. John Lynch (I think) and his partner were there more or less 24/7, they sold vinyl and music related stuff. Sometimes they had live music. You could get a pint from the Palmerston (or a can from the offy) and stay down there for ages 🙂

Crikey,memories eh. Inside 72 was great. Anyone remember the Drum (I think it was) on North Cross Road? It was in the days you could still smoke inside. It was very small and full of smokers 🤣

wordsworth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Don't feed the troll .... > > > A expected response from you. You don't think he or she is a troll, then? And you tore yourself away from your many many posts on the word game just to post that? Dear oh dear. ETA: Looking at the few other posts you've made which aren't on word game threads, it seems that you would get on very well with him or her!

malumbu Wrote: -------------------------------------------------- > PS Sue we had ex-friends, one a green councillor, > who came down from Yorkshire by train with three > kids, tent, wheelbarrow etc the Cambridge Folk > Festival. They managed for several years > travelling home and away like this. They were > wonderful role models, but then he passed his > test, and became a bit of a petrol head. Many many questions spring to my mind 🤣🤣🤣

Don't feed the troll ....

singalto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I had a home COVID test in May delivered and > collected by a courier. The second home test in > December was delivered by Amazon. Are postal > deliveries dire all over the country or is the > Peckham office particularly appalling? Yes same here, delivered by courier in May and others later by Amazon. I'm extremely surprised they are using Royal Mail, if that's true, given the other pressures on Royal Mail at the moment. Whose decision would that be?

Pugwash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > I am also awaitin test results from Kings. Might you be able to get your test results by phoning either Kings or your GP? Hope all is well.

Just seen this posted on the Nunhead Rocks Facebook group: Dear all. Local councillor has replied thusly to a neighbour regarding the lack of mail delivery. ".......The situation within Peckham Sorting Office is currently pretty dire. They have sadly lost staff due to Covid and several staff are currently off sick or are quarantining/shielding. The extra staff recruited for the Christmas period have had their contracts extended but they are still very short staffed. Staff are working overtime, 7 days a week. Royal Mail is dealing with Covid test drop off/pick up and this is taking priority over other deliveries (and is very time consuming). The next priority are parcels and packets and then signed for/recorded deliveries. Due to the sheer volume of deliveries and staff shortages letter deliveries have suffered in the local area. They have a huge backlog of letter mail that they are trying to clear. It is not something that is particularly affecting Rye Hill, but all areas served by Peckham Sorting Office. (I do believe this as today, I received my first letter post since the 19th and it included post sent first class on the 18th December, I?m on Linden Grove). I was told the post will be delivered but they couldn?t tell me how soon. It was suggested that post could be collected from the sorting office. They are allowing people to collect post for their neighbours as long as they can show either a print out or photo of their neighbour?s ID (so one person can pick up for a few households)." End of quote.

singalto Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I contacted the RM CEO yesterday and received 9 > items of post about an hour ago! Thanks singalto, seems that's the way to go, then!

Pigeon was still hiding under the Acanthus, but when I got near it flew into the pear tree and now it's sitting there very still 😭

elloriac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, you could try approaching it and see if it > flies away? If you can catch it, then it's not > well. :-) > > I've taken a poorly pigeon to the Neighbourhood > Vet before, they have a connection with a wildlife > rescue. If you can get it into a box, you could > take it there? or ring them for advice? Thanks, I did get quite near it, but then it flew away. It came back to feed, but now it's hiding under a large Acanthus mollis I have in the garden. Unfortunately I can't take it to a vet even if I could catch it, as I'm shielding, but thanks if it is still in the garden later I will phone them for advice.

That wood pigeon (or a different one) is now asleep on the ground at the back of my garden, in full view and in easy reach of cats It must be ill, surely? 😭

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We have a very small brown bird that I suspect is > a wren. It's so shy we never get a close look. It > has a sharply up-pointing tail. Yes, that's a wren, they are very sweet.

"Posted by rupert james Today, 04:41PM Can anybody remember when you could go to Dulwich Park when there were no problems? Seems to have changed when money invaded the area." But what also "seems to have changed when money invaded the area" was that the fights every Saturday night in what is now The Actress and was then The Uplands Tavern stopped happening ..... Swings and roundabouts .......

I got a Christmas card today, posted a week before Christmas. And a letter dated 20 December giving me "important advice" about "extra precautionary shielding measures" because of Tier 4. Oh, well done, Royal Mail, that's arrived just as we are probably about to go into Tier 5 ...... I still haven't received my "urgent" letter, though, GRRRRRR. What I wonder is how all these letters are actually stored in the delivery office. Because surely the obvious thing to do would be to sort them into streets as they come in, or at least to take some time to sort the piles out now into streets, but that can't be happening, otherwise they wouldn't be being delivered in tiny dribs and drabs?

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "There are a lot of assumptions being made on this > thread! > > If you are concerned I suggest you phone or email > to find out what the actual true situation is. > > If you don't want to look at the link I gave > above, here are the contact details given there:" > > Sue do you know who and why has organised the > closure of the access opposite the ex Grove Tavern > pub ? > > I've clicked on 5 of the links on The London > Wildlife Trust site that you linked to but there > is no mention of the closure . No I don't know! The only reason I posted that link was because it had contact details and I thought those people may know the situation if somebody wanted to contact them. But from more recent posts on here, it seems that they don't

Chickpea stew or curry.

Thunderblue600, I don't think you should be putting these people's names on here without their knowledge? Unlike this forum, they are their real life names Can't you just post the content of the posts without any identifying features? In some cases young people are also mentioned who could be identified from their parents' names.

decca Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello. Appreciate it?s just out of your ward but > presumably lots of your constituents value > Sydenham Hill Woods just by the plough which is a > community open green space but has been padlocked > off. No communication and would really value > someone taking a look into this. Thank you. I have posted contact details of where you are more likely to be able to find out more directly on the Cox's Walk thread. ETA: And yes, Cox's Walk is opposite the derelict pub (ex Grove, ex Harvester) which now homes a skate park. The Plough is opposite Dulwich Library.

There are a lot of assumptions being made on this thread! If you are concerned I suggest you phone or email to find out what the actual true situation is. If you don't want to look at the link I gave above, here are the contact details given there: Contact us Contact number: 020 3897 6151 Contact email: [email protected] There is also a relevant Facebook page, The Great North Wood, which has some other contact details: https://www.facebook.com/TheGreatNorthWood/ There is a different phone number, and you can also send a message via Facebook.

There is a contact number and email address at the bottom of this website: https://www.wildlondon.org.uk/nature-reserves/sydenham-hill-wood-and-coxs-walk I don't think people should be taking matters into their own hands. There is a very dedicated team associated with the woods. I recently "went" to a Zoom talk by one of them about the history of the woods.

alice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No Not sure what this is in answer to. If to my post above, are other/all entrances to the woods locked? If so, AnotherPaul may be right?