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They all were, the Firkin pubs. What happened to them all? I vaguely remember the very first one they brewed the beer on the premises and you could watch. When was that? Early eighties? Or did I dream it?!

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Mechanical vehicle? 🤣

I don't remember the Phoenix, that's quite a way out!

You are lucky to have such a big garden! I am rethinking my tiny garden to have more wild flowers - or at least to let more of them stay rather than "weeding" them out (I'm looking at you, dandelions and Spanish bluebells) or but there's no way it is big enough to have a meadow! Easy to do No Mow May though, as there's nothing to mow!

Yes I think you're right, my memory is crap at the best of times, and this was a long time ago!

I can't see any information about the cost anywhere?

🤣 Give us a chance, we are working on it! Just busy!

Maybe relevant to the cars parked on the loading bay/pedestrian area?

LMFA0 at the video 🤣 Where abouts in Melbourne Grove are these? They're horrible (in my opinion).

Great! I can't say there has been a vast number of interested people so far. Maybe it's a case of "if we build it they will come", as it were. We will get on the case and try to find a suitable pub venue, and then a date. But I have a feeling the pub will want to be sure there will be a reasonable number of people there buying drinks, if we are booking a room, and at present I don't think we can give them that guarantee. Does anybody know how the people who organised it (I think Georgia was one?) did it before? Please PM me if you would rather not post it on here, thanks.

And then the answer "Of course you can" 🤬

I'm reviving this thread in order to have a moan. Dive. Deep dive. I'm not sure why, but recently these words seem to be in everything I read, especially online, and I am finding them REALLY ANNOYING. Why not just say, I'm finding out more about this, or, now I am going to tell you much more about this? AAAARGH. (It's also annoying that the local swimming pool isn't deep enough to dive, but that's a totally different issue.)

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/29/the-poop-scoop-is-bagging-it-really-the-best-solution?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Sorry, I hadn't actually read your explanation 🤣

Malumbu, this thread is over eleven years old! Do you spend your time trawling through ancient EDF threads? Btw John and Willy are returning to The Ivy House in 2026 👍

Wizz Jones. A great singer and guitarist and a lovely man. R.I.P.

Not sure if this is exactly nature, but does anyone else have Holboellia in their garden? It's an absolute thug of an evergreen climber, and it seems to grow at about a metre a minute in all directions, but it redeems itself at this time of year when it's flowering. The scent is absolutely wonderful, even with just a few flowers presently out, and I can even smell it inside the house. Apologies to anyone whose garden mine has wandered into, but do take a moment to appreciate the scent before you cut it back! ETA: I have a zillion things to do, but I'm sitting in the garden watching the insects. One very small hovering thing with apparently no brain (or whatever passes for a brain in insects) just flew to my Libertia, attempted to do something with a load of unopened buds, failed, moved to a just beginning to open bud, failed, and then flew off, completely ignoring all the open flowers on the same plant. Maybe it's a reincarnation of someone like Trump.

I know that for some people, particularly those with small children (and possibly also those with mobility issues) the convenience of having a surgery within a very short walking distance outweighs any other considerations. Also, there is parking available near DMC for those living further away. I guess it is a matter of weighing up pros and cons. Plus, familiarity is important to some, and also many people don't realise how easy it is to change surgeries. Btw none of the above is supposed to imply that pressure shouldn't be put on DMC to improve. Though maybe a load of their patients moving elsewhere might help focus their minds!

Whilst I agree, it's a very long walk from one end of Oxford Street to the other, and getting a bus is much less hassle than the underground.

Maybe once you have left and have nothing to lose, name and shame him on appropriate local forums? Assuming he doesn't have loads of mates who would then make life "difficult" for you,of course ......

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I have heard them round here in past years. It is quite a distinctive sound.

They have been awful for years. I moved ages ago.