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the-e-dealer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue what was the Furore last year? xxxxxx One of the stalls at the Festival Fair on Goose Green (not the hospice, I think it was one of those retro furniture places) was selling golliwogs. I didn't see them myself, but somebody posted something on here about it and started a heated discussion. I can't remember the subject title of the thread. So far as this year's are concerned, there were two very different types of golly being sold on the hospice's stall on Sunday, and I'd be very surprised if the same person makes both types. One lot were like little statues and looked like the old Robertson's jam ones from the fifties (?), and the others were made of material and stuffed and were much more in-your-face. They were being displayed next to each other. I saw the Robertson ones first and made some comment to the stallholder, but then I saw the other ones - which in my opinion were much worse - and that was when I told her that they could cause offence. I was very surprised that she seemed totally unconcerned, but I really didn't want to ruin my (and probably her) afternoon by making a big issue of it.

Yes I'm sure it's rape. Funnily enough I said to my OH yesterday that I could smell rape, and that it was the first time I had smelled it this year. I know it's flowering at the moment because I passed fields of it on the way to Whitstable on the train last weekend, and said at the time that it was odd that I hadn't smelled it yet. I don't know where the nearest plants are to ED though???? ETA: I also smelled it really strongly this evening, and in fact the smell was so strong that I thought it must be something else.

After the furore last year - on this forum at least - I was somewhat surprised to see that the hospice stall at yesterday's festival was selling two different types of golliwogs, and didn't seem at all bothered when I pointed out that they could cause offence to some people.

Lowlander Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We burn Homfire smokeless coal in our open fire > through the winter, approved for smoke free areas > > You can buy it from any petrol station in the cold > months or online from coal merchants > > Regular coal and logs are widely available (again > petrol stations) although clearly marked "not for > use in smoke free areas". I suspect a lot gets > burnt after dark. xxxxxx The DIY shop in Lordship Lane at the Goose Green end also sells smokeless fuel.

Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We toured a few houses today. Great fun and some > lovely work but it does feel a bit odd going into > someone's private home. xxxxxxx I think the homes are as interesting as the art :)) My highlight art-wise today was Simona Aru's photographs - brilliant.

Yawn .....

If she was there "officially" then Angela Burgess (the fair organiser) will have her contact details - see the Dulwich Festival thread in this section for Angela's email address (it's in one of the last posts).

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 :)