Sue

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My small brown bin wasn't emptied for the second week running yesterday. I only have a small green bag of food waste each week, but if the brown bin isn't emptied next week either then it will be full. But I'm losing the will to live with keep contacting the council re recycling issues (apologies for grammar) :))

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > M&S and a well linked tube line have done little > to gentrify Brixton beyond what already Had taken > place in the preceding 20 odd years. xxxxxx Brixton has had an M&S in exactly the same location as it is now since at least the mid-sixties and probably earlier. And the new "Brixton Village" in the market, I would suggest, has gentrified Brixton out of all recognition over the past year. I was there on Saturday and I was astonished at the changes.

Just wanting to get this day known by as many people as possible, so we can raise as much money for the community garden as possible :) Do come and bring your children - it will be a great day! And one of the sealed-bid auction items is a year's family membership at Hamlets Health Club - worth ?1000!!!!

They have been moved to the "for sale" section :-S So just in case anybody should read this thread but not be looking to buy anything, here's what they said: Raffle thread: As part of the fundraising day this Sunday 22 January (see the links below if you don't know about it) there will be a fabulous raffle! Tickets will be available at only a pound for a strip of five - and the tickets will be separated when the raffle is drawn, so for a pound you will have five chances to win these fantastic prizes kindly donated mainly by local businesses and residents. Prizes include a ?40 voucher to spend at The Actress, a box of goodies from SMBS and a voucher for any pair of men's, women's or children's shoes from any Central London branch of Camper Shoes. For a full list of the prizes so far confirmed, please see the attached list! The raffle will be drawn at 6.45pm before our headliner Wizz Jones plays. Sealed Bids Auction Thread To help raise money to fund the new Dulwich Community Garden, a Sealed Bids Auction will be held at the fundraising day on Sunday 22 January (see the link below). There are two fabulous things being auctioned: A year's family membership to Hamlets Health Club, WORTH ?1000 and A bespoke metalwork gate, mirror or sculpture WORTH UP TO ?450 by Heather Burrell, the talented local resident who designed the beautiful metalwork gates in North Cross Road, including at the back of The Palmerston. Click here to see more of Heather's work! If you would like to bid for one of these items but you aren't able to attend the fundraiser (see the link below) please PM me with your bid and contact details, saying which item you are bidding for, and I will arrange for your bid to be entered into the auction. Bids will be opened at 9pm on Sunday night, and the winners announced. Click here for information about the fundraising day at which the bids will be opened Edited to change the value of the health club prize, which I had understated, sorry! And to add how grateful we are to both the very generous donors :)

Just trying to get as many people as possible to see this, as apparently the thread can't be moved back to it original section :-S Edited to add: And we'd also like to say thank you to all the very generous donors of the raffle prizes.

LaffBorough, the church this thread relates to is in fact - a church. In a church building.

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Nobody's going to see it here - they're on sale in aid of a community project, which is somewhat different from somebody offloading a sofa .....

Why on earth has this been moved into the "For Sale" section???

the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do you mean Migraine Sufferers? xxxxxxx You must be very bored if you feel the need to correct people's punctuation - did it make you feel better to do that?

Where have my threads gone about the raffle and the sealed bids auction? Anybody know? We're trying to raise money for the community garden !!!!

I've just added another couple of prizes to the list attached in my original post :)

Very sorry, we did consider that, but we thought that it would become too complicated, and also disappointing/boring for people who are there if none of them win any of the raffle prizes! If you know someone who is going, maybe they could buy raffle tickets for you? The only reason we're allowing sealed bids for the auction beforehand is because there is potentially a greater amount of money involved to benefit the garden.

In case you've missed it elsewhere, I thought it would be a good idea to put a thread in the Family Room. The Goose Is Out! is organising a fundraising day for the new Dulwich Community Garden, to be built in the grounds of Dulwich Hospital. There will be live music from 2pm to 9pm - see below for the line-up. Everybody involved is giving their time for free, including all the musicians, and all proceeds from tickets, the cake stall, the raffle and the auction will go directly to the garden. We have planned the day on the assumption that probably if you have younger children you may want to come earlier, but children are welcome to stay till the end. There will be room for them to run around, and there will be cakes to bribe them with ( joke :) ) In order not to exclude anybody because of cost, tickets are only ?5 for the whole day and children under 12 are free! We hope though that if you can afford more than a fiver, you will donate more for this worthy cause. The bar will be open all day for the sale of alcoholic (including real ale) and non-alcoholic drinks, and there will be hot food and hot drinks available too. Once you have your ticket you can come and go as you please, but do note that if you arrive late without a ticket and the venue is full, we will not be able to let you in, so if you want to be sure of seeing the later acts including Wizz, we do suggest you buy your tickets early - see below if you'd like to buy them before the day. Here's the running order - please note that it may be subject to change if there are circumstances outside our control. Each set lasts 45 minutes and there will be a 15 minute break between each act with DJing from our very own and very lovely FlapJackDavey :) 2pm - Rob Anderson And The Wayne Drury Project 3pm - Fran McGillivray & Mike Burke 4pm - THE DULWICH UKULELE CLUB 5pm - Joe Wilkes 6pm - The John McLean Band 7pm - WIZZ JONES 8pm - The No Frills Band Click here for lots of info about the event and all the musicians! Click here to buy tickets online now! The online booking fee is only 50p, but if you would rather donate that money to the community garden, advance tickets are also available from Health Matters on Lordship Lane. :)-D Oh, and in case of misunderstandings - the day is inside under cover in a nice warm room at DHFC (next to Sainsbury's on Dog Kennel Hill) and NOT outside in the community garden itself (garden festivities are planned for the Summer, we understand :) ) There will also be a raffle with fabulous prizes, and a sealed bids auction with even more fabulous items to bid for!

As part of the fundraising day this Sunday 22 January (see the links below if you don't know about it) there will be a fabulous raffle! Tickets will be available at only a pound for a strip of five - and the tickets will be separated when the raffle is drawn, so for a pound you will have five chances to win these fantastic prizes kindly donated mainly by local businesses and residents. Prizes include a ?40 voucher to spend at The Actress, a box of goodies from SMBS and a voucher for any pair of men's, women's or children's shoes from any Central London branch of Camper Shoes. For a full list of the prizes so far confirmed, please see the attached list! The raffle will be drawn at 6.45pm before our headliner Wizz Jones plays. There will also be a sealed bids auction for two even more fabulous prizes - see the separate thread! Click here to find out more about the fundraising day!! And even more information here!! Edited to update the list of raffle prizes.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The New Crossing should be by the Co-Op. Where > there are no road junctions > That is where most people Cross the road. (Jay > Walk.) > > Putting the crossing by the Bishop will mean > People will still try and cross by the Co-Op. > xxxxx Maybe, but it will still make it a lot easier to cross the road opposite the Bishop without taking your life in your hands each time :)

ralee Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Rose on forest hill road would be good as they > have a stage and space to dance! xxxxxxx Ivy House does too :)

kristen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >> > Wish I could get something for the gas meter > though as that's my biggest expense. xxxxxxx Gas is probably a bit easier to monitor yourself than electricity, because it's probably just running the cooker (if it's gas), central heating and hot water (unless you have gas fires)? Thermostatic valves on all your radiators help, plus turning down the central thermostat to the lowest comfortable temperature, and I've taken to doing all my clothes on a cold water wash unless they're really dirty - seems to work fine. Also using the smallest possible ring to cook things so you're not wasting gas round the sides of the saucepan, and cooking a lot at once and freezing some (or cooking more than one thing over the same ring, eg put a steamer on top of the saucepan). Blimey I'm getting very frugal :)) Sorry admin, don't want this thread lounged as the initiative is still live in East Dulwich, so if the above is not relevant please delete :-$

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Ms B Wrote: > > The last time I went past it the board outside > said the pastor is 'L Bent', arguably the greatest > name ever for a preacher. xxxxxxx Yep, I posted that in the Lounge on the thread "Things which have made me laugh" :)) :)):))

Run of bad luck? This is over the last forty or so years !!!!! :)):)):)) PipD Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Or stuff happens to some people Sue! Sounds like > you've had a right run of bad luck there.

Why don't you approach the pubs and ask them? Many are always looking for good live bands which will attract the punters. Hoopers and The Ivy House are two which spring to mind immediately :)

Surely this is the same everywhere? I live round the corner from both North Cross Road market and the mosque in North Cross Road. At certain times/days of the week I also sometimes find it difficult to park near my house, and occasionally in my road, if I'm not already parked there. It's just a fact of city life, surely. And probably country life too in certain places, eg near pubs. If you have a pressing need to park near your house, maybe you should move somewhere with off-street parking?

peterstorm1985 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > > > To my eternal shame, I've had mine sitting on a > > shelf since Dennis came, and haven't even > checked > > out any readings yet :-$ > > > > Sorry Dennis, but in my defence I do try to > turn > > lights and stuff off when they're not in use > :-$ > > We got one of these meters and had great fun for > the first few days - proving that everything we > know uses lots of power really does. The trouble > is it doesn't actually make anything use less > power so once you're got over the novelty it's a > bit redundant, at which point you wonder how much > energy it cost to produce and how much landfill > will be taken up with all these bits of plastic. > It might be better if they just let you have it > for a few days - to realise how much those > spotlights are really costing you - and then pass > it on to someone else. xxxxxx Isn't it supposed to make you realise where you are using power unnecessarily, rather than power you actually do want to use?