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Sayroo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ... Or indoors? My partner and I are moving to ED > shortly. The Victorian terrace (who'd of thought > it?) we're buying has original fireplaces but the > flume has been closed off. Have others reinstated > these despite being in smokefree zone and managed > ok with smokefree fuel? xxxxxx Yes you can burn smokeless fuel fine in the original fireplaces. I've been doing that for twenty :-$ years in my Victorian terraced house.

He's a lovely lovely man and he once gave us a free pie because we had ordered one fish between us and he must have thought we were paupers (not far off the truth). Sorry to say I'm not too fond of his chips though (soggy) - maybe I've just been there at the wrong times.

Impressive speed, thanks :) :)-D

jimmyay Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Black youths do nearly all the mugging and robbery > round here. Sad but true. Not racist to say so. xxxxxxx That's not the point. The point is that in this particular case the attackers were black. If nobody had seen whether they were black, white or something else then it would be racist to assume that they were black when looking for them, regardless of statistics. "Nearly all" is far from being the same as "all", and even if it had been "all" you can't extrapolate from that to make an accurate assessment of a new case. You might be able to give a probability, that's all, which obviously would not be sufficient identification.

Sorry LondonMix, but I disagree. If somebody reading the OP had seen three young white men of the heights given in the vicinity of the incident at around this time, then they will know that they weren't the attackers. However if they saw three young black men of those heights in the area at the relevant time, then it's possible that they were the attackers, and they may have information which could help the police, eg to say in which direction they were heading. ETA: And I believe that if they had been white, then that would have been included as part of the description. However in this case they were black.

mynamehere Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We're setting up Neighbourhood Watch for the > length of Upland Road and Piermond Green. xxxxx What happened to the Neighbourhood Watch which was supposed to be being set up in Ulverscroft Road? This must have been over a year ago, and I've heard nothing since despite volunteering to be involved with it.

tiger ranks Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i thought it was a good day but need a few more > food stalls as the queues were to long for food xxxxxxx The problem is that the turnout must be very dependent on the weather. If there had been more food stalls and the weather had been rubbish (which very very luckily it wasn't) none of them would have done much business. It must be almost impossible to get the balance right.

"Black" is part of the ******* description, ffs! What was the OP supposed to say, "three people" attacked a woman? That would be really helpful in finding them, wouldn't it. Duh.

Monkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just received a letter after I complained to the > PCT. They have three female staff on maternity > leave and are having to use locum GPs. One would > have throught they would have planned for this > given the fact that women do have to inform their > employer when they are pregnant. Unacceptable > shamble. xxxxxxx But if they are using locums, how is that not planning? They can't replace somebody who is on maternity leave with a permanent GP, in case the original GP returns to work.

Gidget Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > mrure Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > No matter how small a budget you have (and mine > is > > small), it is possible to eat healthily and > from > > scratch by buying carefully. I wouldn't buy > from > > Iceland if I was paid to do it due to the > inferior > > quality of products. However, except for the > odd > > treat (and I prefer Waitrose) I wouldn't use > M&S > > either - too expensive. Not all who live in > East > > Dulwich and environs are upmarket! > > Are their frozen vegetables and fish inferior? > Their crumpets? Inferior to what exactly? xxxxxxx Exactly. I notice no difference between Iceland's frozen fish and vegetables and that from anywhere else. Except in the price.

minder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Good idea gedwina, it does seem strange that > there's a native of America living in a London > park. Maybe somebody let it go into the pond > because they couldn't look after it anymore. xxxxxx Ooops I think I just sent this reply to someone as a PM by mistake - apologies :-$ People buy terrapins when they are tiny and don't realise how big they get. When they can't keep them any more, they put them into ponds. When I lived in Ditchling, there was a large terrapin I used to see quite a lot swimming in the village pond and sunbathing on a rock. Then one day I saw three together and realised there was more than one of them! I also once found one walking down a path at the horticulture department at Stanmer Park, near Brighton. I had no idea what to do with it, so ...... I put it in a pond ......

meister Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > How great M and S in East Dulwich. It'll give all > the local doley population something to do with > their time, they'll have to get the free bus to > Peckham to do their shopping to buy a meal for 8 > for ?3! xxxxxxx That is one of the nastiest posts I've ever read on this forum.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There are plenty of examples. Frozen cheese and > ham sandwichs are just one, doner kebab pizzas > another (?1 at Iceland). You won't find these in > Sainsburys (for example). Take a walk around > Iceland and look at the type of cheap, highly > processed convenience foods they specialise in. > Yes, in my opinion they are one of the worst > offenders when it comes to peddling this type of > junk. > xxxxxx Some people can't afford anything else. Schools, apparently, also no longer have cooking lessons. If you don't have much money and you don't know how to cook, what are you supposed to do? Starve? Sit outside an M&S or a Waitrose and hope somebody with (a lot) more money than you takes pity on you and throws you a few expensive, non-processed, highly nutritious scraps from their brimming trolley?

Great pictures! I have a family of Great Tits living in my garden. The babies seem to be several times the size of the parents, and the parents seem to be spending all their time feeding them, even though they (the babies) can peck on my feeders themselves. Last week there were goslings and baby coots on the lake in Peckham Rye Park. Note to the mother who told her children that the baby coots were baby swans: a) There are no swans on the lake b) Coots do not, so far as I know, feed cygnets, even in the absence of cygnets' parents. Duh.

Great day, great people, great weather :) :)-D ETA: Thanks to Angela Burgess for organising it all so brilliantly xxx

Dulwich Festival Fair on Goose Green tomorrow! Craft stalls, lots of activities for kids and big kids, food and drink and FREE LIVE MUSIC! For details of the music - artists and running order - see http://www.thegooseisout.com/events.html#dulwichfair

Nero Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you want to ring Rail Enquiries but not using > the 08xx number, use this one: 020 7068 0519 . It > is good for mobiles which would usually cost you > an arm and a leg. xxxxxx I tried that number twice today and it was "not available". Hope you haven't caused them to withdraw it Nero :)) ETA: Got through on it today though, must have been a temporary glitch

Looby5 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > the weather is > meant to be good!! > x xxxxxx Really? Fingers crossed :)

There will be a Goose Is Out! live music stage at the Fair on Goose Green on Sunday, from 11.30am to 4pm. 11.30am - Dulwich Folk Choir 12 midday - James Riley 1pm - The Dulwich Ukulele Club 2pm - The John McLean Band 3pm - The Shakermakers And here is some information about them all! The Dulwich Folk Choir. Led by Aimee Leonard, who has recently moved here from Orkney, this will be the first public performance from this enthusiastic local choir, who will be singing a few traditional songs in three part harmony. James Riley Described by Reverbnation as "A fiendishly proficient guitarist and singer", and still only 24, local lad James has turned heads the world over - he has appeared on the same bill as blues legend Buddy Guy in Chicago. The Dulwich Ukulele Club This local big band with small guitars rocks up a storm wherever they go. "The Dulwich Ukulele Club are a must see. No kidding." The Guardian. The John McLean Band Local folk, blues and soul legend John McLean returns again to Goose Green following his fantastic performance at the Dulwich Festival Fair last year. John sings from the heart, and it shows in the warmth that exudes from the stage whenever he plays. The Shakermakers Finishing the afternoon's live music are seven musicians who hail from the heart of East Dulwich. "The best blues and R&B band in South East London" - Rock 'n' Reel. Don't miss them! You can find out more about The Shakermakers from www.theshakermakers.co.uk Edited to add: Click here to see YouTube clips of some of the artists! and edited to correct links :-$

Thanks people. I wouldn't rely on a bus replacement service, you can get normal buses from London Bridge to ED anyway :)

aicardo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Here here! I can't bare the crapness of products > sold at the Co-Op and those flaming queues! xxxxxx Never a queue at the wonderful M&S, of course. And a lot of the stuff the Co-Op sells is very good.

grabot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've lived in East Dulwich > for some time and been to Iceland perhaps 10 > times: weird place, not cheap, not particularly > nice food. Pointless. xxxxxxx Eh? It is cheap, and the food is absolutely fine for basics like frozen vegetables, frozen fish, natural yoghurt etc.. Whereas last time I was in an M&S food store, the price of basic things like that was much much higher.

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not from East Dulwich. You can always check by > putting in your journey here - and it will let you > know if it's running normally or if it's a bus > replacement service. xxxxxx Hmmm. Just tried that for this coming Sunday (13 May), but it just gave me train times from London Bridge to East Dulwich, nothing about a bus replacement service. But when I phoned the number Nero gave above, they said there was a bus replacement service that day. So now I have no idea whether there is or not!! Need to find out for somebody else. :-S

Vik Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There's an Iceland just down the road in Peckham, > I shop in Iceland when money's particularly tight > but would just pop to Peckham if the LL branch > went. xxxxxxxx I sometimes shop in Iceland, but I wouldn't bloody trek down to Peckham to do that, it's around an hour's round trip compared to ten minutes for me. Personally I'd be sorry to see Iceland go. We don't all have loads of disposable income to spend on highly priced M&S food.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > *pulls up chair, opens beer and sits back with > popcorn* xxxxxx :)):)):))