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RubyGraeme Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the freehold is owned by John, a community > run bookshop sounds a brilliant idea....along the > lines of The Ivy? Is there anyone out there who > can advise? The Ivy House had grants and loans. Its community shares are only a relatively small part of its finances. And the turnover/profit on a pub is surely far far greater than anything a bookshop is likely to achieve, particularly given it is competing with the likes of Amazon, let alone Kindles etc. Plus, it may sound a brilliant idea, but it needs a strong core of very committed and very hardworking people to make it succeed. The Ivy House had (and has) that, and has gone from strength to strength, but I'm not convinced a small bookshop could work on a similar model.

Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Could have something to do with people driving too > much and concreting over their front gardens to > install their cars, thereby reducing the amount of > greenery available to host insects (and do other > beneficial stuff). Like many things, each of us > can help change it for the better but there's also > an excuse, eh? Many people are also concreting/paving/decking their back gardens. There is usually at least one thread on this forum offering topsoil :( I have a paved garden myself, which I inherited from the previous owner - it is very tiny though and it would be an absolute pain to have to keep a mower to mow such a tiny patch of grass. I have been gradually removing paving stones to increase the number of plants I can cram in, however I am a bit worried I will end up with just a few stepping stones amongst a tiny jungle :)) However, sad as the loss of urban plantlife is, I think the main cause of the problem is the commercial/agricultural use of pesticides. They don't just kill the pests that attack the crops in question, they kill other insects as well, and that has a knock-on effect on the things which eat those insects, or did do. But there are loads more birds round here than magpies, crows and parakeets - blackbirds, sparrows, blue tits, great tits, goldfinches, wrens, sparrowhawks, seagulls, robins, pigeons, collared doves, probably loads more but I have seen all those in my garden. Plus jays and magpies I have seen elsewhere, and woodpeckers I have heard. And long tailed tits I vaguely remember seeing in the woods, though I may be confusing that with another wood elsewhere. Fair number of butterflies too, but I don't have any plants at the moment which specifically attract them.

Eh?

I think you'll find the rent would be too high for that!

Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Dulwich Tandoori? Double check your bill. Just saying .....

rendelharris Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I agree that the carpets could do with a deep > clean (or preferably being taken up and > incinerated) but in PP's defence it has (at least > in the gents' version) some of the most salubrious > lavatories in this neck of the woods! The Ladies aren't bad either :)) But yes it would be good to see those carpets disappear ...... Went to see Blade Runner there last week. Six quid (for the 3D version). Compared to fourteen quid in East Dulwich (not for the 3D version). Worth the walk :))

John is hoping that it can stay a bookshop, but at the end of the day that may not be possible.

To be fair, if these people have only just moved in today, they have probably got more on their minds than not slamming doors. Like getting all their stuff into their new home. Might it not have been kind to wait a few days before starting a thread about them on here? Or maybe gently ask them not to slam the door? They have probably got absolutely no idea that it might be annoying you.

Excellent news! Thanks for posting it, rendelharris!

It could be put on the roundabout! 360 degree traffic fumes!

Heartwarming thread, thanks x

Crikey, kids in the fifties used to throw fireworks about in the street all the time around 5 November. Admittedly it was quite scary, but I expect that was the intention.

I saw Blade Runner yesterday. The light is just like that. But yes, apparently sand and stuff blown over.

Already a thread ..... http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?30,1871600

ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Real ladies use the lavatory. > http://www.lady.co.uk/people/8352-pardon-that-s-pr > actically-a-swear-word The Lady - "For elegant women with elegant minds." :))

I'm wondering how 'Ladies' are different from Ladies :))

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > There was a major problem with the drainage right > along that side / end oh LL at that time. > All outlets were affected from the Palmerston to > the EDT > In the Bishop there is a Drain cover in the back > bar area that would of been there when it was the > Foresters. > The smell came from there, not the gents. > Strange the smell got stronger the nearer you were to the gents, then .... :)) And it was a smell of piss, not of drains ..... :))

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Foresters was a Great boozer. It was horrible! The carpet was squidgy, and you could smell the stench from the gents from just about every seat in the pub. ETA: Admittedly I'm only going back, oh, maybe twenty years?? So maybe it had passed its prime .....

Ah, thanks, that's good to hear!

Bet it was quiet though :))

That's eighteen years in total for all of them. Not eighteen years each, sadly.

spark67 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We've a den on a patch of land behind our garden, > my cat runs up there as soon as she hears them.... > I'm a bit worried she likes to watch 😶 :))

hammerman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not sure what you're trying to say Sue as you > didn't quote all of my post but I like to set an > example to children and adults alike when crossing > the road. I didn't quote the first part of your post because it wasn't relevant to my point and I didn't want to clog up the page with unnecessary words :) I thought my point was quite clear? That we should be teaching children to stay safe on the roads, which is about far more than just "waiting for the green man". Quite apart from anything else, there may not always be a pedestrian crossing anywhere near where they need to cross. As I said, or thought I had, teaching children only to "wait for the green man" in every circumstance is counter-productive, as everybody with half a brain cell can see that if there is not a car in sight - nor likely to be within the time it would take to cross the road - "waiting for the green man" may be a complete waste of everybody's time. It needs wider training about identifying where a vehicle could come from unexpectedly (eg a side road or a speeding vehicle round a corner) and taking that into account when deciding when and where to cross - and indeed, whether to wait for the green man, which is mainly useful in circumstances on main roads where there is likely to be a lot of traffic. Surely once a child is old enough to be out by themselves, they are old enough to understand that? If they aren't, they shouldn't be out by themselves.

mrsparker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you're > going to pretend it's a period property at least > put down a decent hardwood floor (their flooring > makes me want to weep) Yeh I noticed the hideous flooring too :(

mrsparker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ah I like that one, this is the one that irks me > > http://www.acorn.ltd.uk/property-for-sale/4-bedroo > m-house-in-landcroft-road-east-dulwich-se22-P21098 > 2/ OMG that's truly hideous :(