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If you think that was bland, I'd be interested to know what art works you consider to be less bland 🤣 But anyway, it's already gone.

I liked it! I'm very glad the one on the side of what is now The Lordship has gone though. But sad about the one which used to be up by The Plough and was painted over with something else completely.

It wasn't one of the murals connected with the project reinterpreting paintings from Dulwich Picture Gallery, so far as I know, so I guess nobody was protecting it or bothered about it, sadly.

Have you seen the new guide? It doesn't say anything at all about food waste compostable bags. It says to put food waste directly as it is from the kitchen caddy to the larger outside caddy. What do you mean by "small leftover waste"? Recycling waste always goes in the blue bin? Surely we aren't meant to be wasting black plastic bags every week by always putting non recyclable items into a black bag before putting them into the green bin? Surely the whole point of the green bin is to avoid using one-use-only plastic bags? I'm even more confused now 🤣

We probably all got one of these guides, or soon will do. I'm confused about two things. First, food waste. It seems you are supposed just to empty food waste into the outside food waste bin without any containing (compostable) bag. Is that right? Aren't you then going to be constantly washing the outside bin? Not that it matters much to me at the moment, as my outside food bin was just thrown over the garden wall after emptying and the lid broken off (which then blew away). Second, rubbish. The guide says "the small amount of waste left after recycling should (sic) be placed in a black bag." But it has a picture of both a black bag and a green bin. Surely you aren't supposed to put your non recyclable rubbish into a black bag and then into the green bin? And if not, why does it not mention the bin, when the recycling section clearly says bin OR bag? Does nobody read this stuff through before it goes to print? Or is it just obvious to everybody apart from me?! I've just seen in last year's guide that they gave away a one off free roll of compostable liners with it. And also, that they said " You can also use newspaper to line your caddy." When I did that, the bin men just threw the newspaper on the pavement and left it there 😭

How would you have phrased the letter then? And what are these services they provide that "people pay for in droves that commercially justify keeping it open"? If keeping it open was commercially justified, then presumably they wouldn't be considering closing it. Have I misunderstood you?

Non-tribal? James was an excellent councillor, but he was Lib Dem. Is that not "tribal", then? And what are your reasons for thinking the "Labour incumbents" are not sensible or committed? And what on earth has any of that got to do with locks?!

That's a good well considered letter 👍

They weren't my pics! We were too hungry to take pics!

There's a great big space, but where's the link?!

39 Grove Vale SE22 8EQ 0208 693 9749 It's on the other side of the road from ED station, on the left as you go from the station towards Goose Green (or on the right as you head towards the station from Goose Green). See the photo someone posted above! I don't think they have a website - it's a small place - but their Instagram according to their menu is @chernthai though I haven't checked it out yet. They are closed on Tuesdays, otherwise open 12-3 and 5-9 or 10. I think that varies at weekends.

We went there yesterday for lunch, which was really delicious and excellent value. A starter plus a main is £11.95 for their "lunchtime special". Just a main is £8.95. We had excellent gyozas to start, then I had pad thai and my partner had a stir fry, both with tofu. They were large helpings, freshly cooked, with fresh veg. There is the option to have chicken or beef (prawns are £2 extra) Also they now have Thai beer (Singha) on draught or in bottles (previously it was bring your own alcohol). The service was also good. We were sorry and surprised not to see more people in there, particularly as there was a match on. It is really worth the short walk from Lordship Lane!

I remember farthings. And threepenny bits I used to buy balls of wool at a shop in Streatham for sixpence three farthings.

So does anybody know why all these police were there, apart from doing their shopping at Tesco and keeping warm with their car engines running (to be fair, you can hardly blame them for that, this weather)? Are they still there? How many of them are/were there? Has nobody asked them what they are doing there, rather than asking on here?!

Which end of CPR? The leisure centre end presumably, if they're shopping at Tesco?!

Yes, ED were definitely involved in previous years.

Ah, thanks, I hadn't realised that!

John Prescott. R.I.P.

But the sign being discussed here is a joke sign, not an official sign! He gave up using this website because some people on here gave him a really hard time.

I think this could go on endlessly, so I suggest we finish it here! But why don't you track down the makers of the sign? Which hopefully has amused a lot of people, as well as brightening my bus journey. Tell them that their directions to Dulwich are not only wrong, but they do not seem to know where the "real" Dulwich is 🤣 I'm sure they will be delighted 🤣

Which junction is this?

Eh? Straight ahead of what? If you turn left at Goose Green, as you also posted above, you end up at the library. Then the Grove. Then, unless you turn right at the South Circular, you end up at Forest Hill!

On another thread it says that the next meeting is in the evening. But I'm any case, there must be other ways to ask the question rather than direct to the police, eg via councillors, MP or mayor's office.

It's easier to turn left at that junction than to go straight ahead, though, because if memory serves there are only two lanes, and buses turning right (there is no right turn for cars) clog up the right hand lane. And the distance driven is probably about the same.