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DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Afraid the Goose Is Out! night on Friday 27 > > September with Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick > has > > now completely sold out (we had already sold a > lot > > of tickets before the concert was transferred > to > > The Ivy House, as they had been on sale since > last > > September, and once it was publicised to > > shareholders it completely sold out). xxxxxxxxx > Does that mean that only people with tickets can > get in...?? Genuine question.. not being > negative. > > Is there a separate bar/area for other drinkers.. > > Foxy. xxxxxxxxx Only people with tickets can get into the area where the gig is on - otherwise there would be not much point in selling tickets (and we could not afford to book artists of this calibre). Yes there is a separate bar area for other drinkers. The gig is in the back room which has the stage. :) Edited to try to make it clearer who said what.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Some pics below. > > not such a miserable mangy old fox. > > > Foxy xxxxxxxxxx I like the tee shirt Foxy :))

The tree in Ulverscroft Road is no more. Even the stump has gone now. All that remains is a tiny scattering of sawdust over the tree pit. R.I.P. tree. BTW I saw notices near Grove Park yesterday (or maybe in Grove Park itself, I can't remember exactly which road it was) to the effect that Southwark Council were giving residents a grant of ?600 to plant up tree pits in the road, as part of the Cleaner Greener Safer initiative. Very praiseworthy (though it seems an awful lot of money for a few plants, especially as many of the pits in the road are already planted up with hardy geraniums). Maybe the council could come and put some perennials in the holes left where they have cut down trees :(

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Did not go to Richmond to walk around the shops.. > otherwise I would of gone to Oxford Street. > They may well of proved worse. > > xxxxxxxx So you did not take food or much water with you, but did not want to "walk around the shops". How were you expecting to eat, then, if you didn't want to go to a cafe or restaurant, of which there are many around Richmond and quite a few around Kew? If memory serves there are shops where you can buy food right next door to both Richmond and Kew stations, which is hardly "walking around the shops" :)) Does anything make you happy, Foxy? Ever?? :(

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I do miss the serve and volley thing a bit > though. > > I know what you mean. But in the 90s I seem to > remember people complaining that there were no > rallies any more! xxxxxxx That's true - but it seems to have gone from one extreme to the other!

MrBen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- There is a manager > appointed, builders are finishing the > accommodation upstairs and a Goose is Out night > has even managed to steal a night of it's own > before any official launch. > xxxxxxxxx Afraid the Goose Is Out! night on Friday 27 September with Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick has now completely sold out (we had already sold a lot of tickets before the concert was transferred to The Ivy House, as they had been on sale since last September, and once it was publicised to shareholders it completely sold out). However tickets are still available for our second Ivy House concert on Friday 25 October with the wonderful Scottish singer Ewan McLennan. Last time Ewan came to The Ivy House we also sold out, so if you'd like to come buy your tickets now! You can find out more about Ewan (and the excellent support acts) from: http://www.thegooseisout.com/events.html#ewanmc and buy advance tickets online from: http://www.wegottickets.com/thegooseisout Advance tickets will also be available from The Ivy House once it re-opens, or you can buy them from us at any of our gigs (though we don't run any ticketed gigs over the Summer festival period). We are so looking forward to being back at The Ivy House!

It's probably too late for you now, but Snapfish often have offers on (30% off at the moment). It's very easy to upload pix to their website, and they have very speedy delivery (mine arrived in two days.) I got 100 6X4 prints for just over six pounds, with free delivery. Saves you a trip to Boots and all the hassle you seem to have had. And the quality of the prints is very good, in my opinion. They're always having offers, though their half price 7X5 prints one has just finished. ETA: I can't find a way to link to the Snapfish page without it coming up as my account, probably because I'm permanently logged in or something, but if you google Snapfish it should come up first.

Fox, I'm sorry you had a bad day, but Google (before you set out) is your friend :) There are often transport issues in London at weekends. And Kew hasn't been a penny to get in for - oh, about fifty years :)) And surely you could have taken food/water with you or found somewhere to buy some? There are shops in both Richmond and Kew (by the station). And to expect anywhere near the river, especially which has riverside pubs like Richmond, not to be rammed on a scorching hot Sunday was a bit naive, maybe? Personally I think it's quite nice to be somewhere where there are lots of people on a lovely day all enjoying the weather. And the walk from Richmond to Kew along the river is a very pleasant and leafy one, if memory serves, I can't understand why you thought otherwise. You should have walked round the corner to The Actress and watched the tennis, instead :))

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Speeches ( winner and loser) were small things of > beauty > > Made me feel world can be better place. > > That's sport xxxxxxx Totally agree. Great match and lovely speeches. I do miss the serve and volley thing a bit though.

mlteenie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- The cops > said they know a stall at E&C market where stolen > phones are sold. xxxxxx So why aren't they doing anything about it then?!!

NomDePlume Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > After five years of continued disappointment I > finally managed to get into full time paid > employment, quite an achievement for a 55 year > old. > The government in their rabid kneejerk response > have cut all return to work provisions, There was > up till April a "job grant" and a run on with the > dole payments to tide you over until your 1st > pay-packet. > My question that nobody at the jobcentre or work > program has an answer for is.... between the last > benefit payday and work payday is a six week gap > in income "how the hell do i live on f@ck all xxxxxx Congratulations ono your new job, NomDePlume. This income gap has always been an issue when you are paid at the end of the month. Would your new employer give you a loan on your first day of work to cover the gap, to be paid off over maybe your first few months? I remember when I first started work (many many moons ago as I'm now retired!) companies used to do this, precisely because they realised that you would have no money for a month. The upside of course is that if you leave a job, you have your month's pay on your last day but so far as I know you are still entitled to claim Jobseekers' Allowance (or whatever) from your first day of unemployment. That at least used to be the case. Though that pay would presumably count towards your savings, if that was an issue because you weren't eligible for contribution-based JSA, or whatever it's called. So the system actually balances out.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the test should be how they would react if > you did complain about the take away - it would be > nice to think they would compensate you in some > way and show you that they value your custom. xxxxxx I can't understand how a fish shop would not notice that they were cooking bad fish?

Laminate also seems to make a horrid crackling noise when you walk on it. And it never really looks like real wood. I can see the temptation, but I think it's a false economy unless, as Lowlander says, you need a quick fix but won't be staying to see it in a few year's time.

Thanks LucyA. No pigeons in Trafalgar Square any more? That used to be one of the highlights of my childhood :)

hoot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I really hope that the trees are replaced as I > hate opening my curtains of a morning to a sea of > huge plastic bins! > > Matt xxxxxxxx Same here. I have noticed quite a few trees in Ulverscroft Road have disappeared over the years, and never seem to be replaced. I had to really push the council to replace the one outside my house (the original one was removed because it was damaged).

hoot Wrote: He in fact gave > me the Latin genus of that particular tree and > many others in East Dulwich! (not remembered I'm > afraid) xxxxxx Gingko biloba? I'm pretty sure from the trunk that is what it was. There are a few other Gingkos planted in Ulverscroft Road. It's an interesting tree with unusual leaves. "Ginkgo biloba, or maidenhair tree, has been described as a ?living fossil? because it is the sole survivor of an ancient group of trees older than the dinosaurs."

Keane, that is another issue which is covered in another thread. Absolutely disgraceful and thoughtless, I agree. Poor birds. Judging by what's left of the trunk, this particular tree in Ulverscroft Road was a Ginkgo biloba. According to this website (about the effect of trees on subsidence in clay soil), they have a very low water demand. I'm presuming that's one of the reasons they are planted as a street tree. http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/Soil/whattodoaboutsub.html

Thanks all, great suggestions.

Renata Hamvas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Sue, > I have made enquiries about this one, yes this > tree has been causing subsidence problem and this > is why it has been cut. > > Renata xxxxxx Thanks Renata, but if that tree has been causing subsidence problems then surely so are all the rest of the street trees in the road, and indeed the whole area? It was a very small tree, as can be seen from the diameter of the remaining stump.

This was a very small tree and I can't believe it could have been damaging the house. InTexas, you are right about the bays. I had a pin put through my bay years ago because of cracks caused by differential movement of the bay and the house, but as you say it was because the bay had no foundations. The insurance company didn't even mention the tree outside my house. I am really sick of people just destroying nature. I want to see greenery in my street, not a bloody tree stump. I'm sure it can't have been the council, who would have removed the whole tree I would have thought, not left several feet of it. I suppose whoever did it couldn't be bothered to do the job properly.

Thanks ontheedge. I agree re the little legs and the pushchair, but unfortunately the pushchair/buggy has been given away to a cousin of theirs ...... and she is too heavy to carry!

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RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How many of these moaners are fecking us all > forever with their insistence on antibiotics for > the common cold? Tw@ts. xxxxxxxx Eh????

Somebody appears to have taken a dislike to a tree outside 17/19 Ulverscroft Road. There is nothing left but a stump. Can anybody shed any light, because as far as I am concerned this is vandalism :(