Sue

It has finally worked for me, so hopefully they have now ironed out all the glitches!

Thanks ianr! When all this is over, I will investigate!

That seems an extremely odd thing to do. Surely having two identical cards would increase the security risk? When you phoned Barclays, did you phone a number which was independent of any number given on the text, or given on any link from the text? Or did you mean they've issued a new card with a different security number on the back?

womanofdulwich Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > SUe, you need to store them where you can plug > them in to charge them up . Ah. The battery doesn't come off, then?

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ask all your neighbours that are affected by it, > rather than those who are not. Sorry to nitpick KK, but how would you know who was and wasn't affected, unless you asked them all?

I also live in Ulverscroft Road, just round the corner from the market. I moved there nearly thirty years ago. Obviously there have been many changes in the road/area over that time, including more large cars and more difficulty in parking due to skips, builders' vehicles etc. However I reckon I've only had to park in another road half a dozen times. I can almost always find a parking space in the road. For me, the benefits of having the market far outweigh the disadvantages, plus presumably it also brings additional business to the local shops in North Cross Road and Lordship Lane.

mayumi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thank you everyone. I?ve just spoken to said > offender, and thankfully, they haven?t lit another > since. Made a note of the previous times and dates > for the fires and getting a long lens ready in > case they light a third. Somebody near me (North Cross Road/Crystal Palace Road area) has just lit a bonfire or similar outside. I have had to close the window. Smoke gets into the lungs. We are in the midst of a pandemic which is killing people via a virus which attacks the respiratory system. Has Southwark Council issued any guidance on bonfires? I understand that other councils (?Lewisham?) have. I did a search on the Southwark website but couldn't find anything relevant.

richard tudor Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Probably like me 8~9 is for elderly and disabled > customers. There are ways of getting your shopping which do not involve going physically to the shops yourself. Local people have been really helpful in offering to do shopping for those who need assistance, plus supermarkets offer deliveries. > > Also if you are anywhere you have to be be on a > bus before the rush hour or you cannot use the > pass. Many pensioners like me only have a freedom > pass so in essence I am being locked down unable > to go anywhere as using busses in the rush hour > period will be expensive. My day suddenly becomes > very much shorter or a great deal longer if I have > to wait for the rush hour to end. As I understand it, the restriction on use is only between 8 and 9 am. Would you rather be crammed into a bus with no social distancing because people who have to get to work are joined by older people who don't have to get to work? > > How many pensioners actually take public transport > in the rush hours. Also what happens if you have > an hospital appt in the afternoon and are delayed > for whatever reason. Most hospital appointments have been cancelled, as I understand it. > > The freedom pass should remain as it is as elderly > people do not abuse it. I don't think anybody is suggesting that elderly people abuse it? And it has always been the case that you can't use it on trains before a certain time in the morning. > > The more Mr Khan thinks the worst it gets as he > does not think things through to a sensible > conclusion. > > I do think you have to ask the question "Would you > buy a secondhand car from this person with > confidence. I would happily buy a second hand car from Sadik Khan :) ETA: I am also a pensioner. I can't use public transport anyway at the moment, but even if I could I would avoid it under the present circumstances, let alone in the rush hour! ETA: I have just seen on a local Facebook thread that if you incur travel expenses for hospital appointments you may be able to claim them back. PALS at the relevant hospital can advise. The thread particularly related to someone having to be driven there by car as not able to use public transport for obvious reasons, and thereby incurring congestion charges each time. Obviously that is rather more than a bus fare, but it's possible that the same applies.

The restriction is at peak times, for obvious reasons in the current circumstances. We are lucky to have a freedom pass at all, and I am very grateful for mine. Dulwich Fox, why do you need to do your shopping between 8 and 9? There are many other hours in the day. Also, many supermarkets and local shops will deliver to your door! Alternatively, we have a great What's App group in our road, plus other local help groups. To the best of my knowledge you aren't yet on it? A note with contact numbers to be a part of it was put through everybody's door, as far as I know, when all this horrible time started. I'm sure there are many neighbours and others who would be only too happy to help you get your shopping! ETA: And unfortunately you do seem to have a real hatred of Sadiq Khan. Do you think Boris Johnson, for example, did a better job as mayor?

I couldn't do it at the moment, but can you store an electric bike in a hangar, or are they too big?

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I?ve had them pop by for a day or so then never > return. I don?t have a niger feeder so if I got > one perhaps they?d come back. If not, do other > birds eat from this special feeder? I've seen a sparrow on mine, but I don't think their beaks can fit through the narrow slots which stop the niger seed falling out everywhere.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I wasn't able to use this app due to glitches, and > when I contacted them to say so I just got a > standard email response. > > I still keep getting notifications to fill it in > "today" though ..... > > Hopefully other people will have better luck! I still can't use it. I tried again today. I answer one or two questions and then it won't move on. I will email them at the address above.

seenbeen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Re the high level of sickness, I read recently > > that Peckham had the highest level of virus > > sickness in London (I may have misremembered > this > > - it may have been in Southwark). > Peckham is the worst hit area of Southwark. From > 6th May > https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/coronavirus-d > eaths-southwark-areas-revealed/ Yes, thanks, I did know that but as for a while at least Southwark was also the worst hit area of London, I wondered whether Peckham may have also - then or more recently - been the area with the highest level in London.

lameduck Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How the hell did they nick them at that time of > day? A few years back I had three window boxes stolen in the middle of the afternoon :(

Express Dairy was a chain, and was certainly still going in the fifties :)

Re the high level of sickness, I read recently that Peckham had the highest level of virus sickness in London (I may have misremembered this - it may have been in Southwark).

One poor spider wove a web in the corner of my kitchen window, but the wind the next day demolished it to a sort of linear web rope :( I don't know what happened to the spider :(

I think probably times have changed due to current circumstances and staff absence etc.. Also there may have been social distancing issues with taking your letter. Which doesn't excuse rudeness, of course.

There is a discussion about all this here: /forum/read.php?5,1984285,page=7

Great photo! Lucky you!

NewWave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------ > > > Its a real worry..I dont drive can't ride a bike > and aged over 60 I dont want to try and learn on > Londons roads. Obviously they aren't happening at the moment, but you can get free cycling lessons. They are one to one, and they start off in the park (Dulwich or Peckham Rye). I can't remember who runs them. I was well over 6O when I had them. Also, there are routes through London which enable you to avoid the busiest main roads and interchanges (not sure that's the right word!)

I do however have a toad! No idea how it got here! There have been frogs in the garden for some years, but I've never seen a toad before!

gromit3:16 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > they need to be making noise continuously for > seven days for Southwark to take action. Rubbish

BeatriceH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm pleased to say that my pot has been returned! > > Thank you, East Dulwich Forum. Stay safe and well. So so pleased to hear this. Amazing! I love auriculas :)

Zig-Zag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Give your goldfinches some niger seed and your > garden will fill with goldfinches. Last year I > counted more than 20 at one time in my garden > squabbling at the feeder! Has not worked for me :( Much Niger seed. One goldfinch last year (spotted by my partner, not me :( )