Sue

Hi Monica, hope you had a great break! Is the garden going to be in that fenced off bit on the right as you face the hospital? It looks like quite a large piece of land!

Saw four green parakeets fly over Crystal Palace Road this evening, squawking loudly (possibly attempting to compete with civilservant's dog!) My theory is that the parakeets are making a bid to take over East Dulwich prior to taking over the world. Sydenham Hill Woods are full of them :))

ironjawcannon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not sure plant pots can be recycled. xxxxxx They can be recycled by giving them to somebody else to use again as plant pots :)

woodyp91 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > brilliant! If it that Monica - I will do as you > suggest. Thanks - Rix xxxxxxx Are you That Rix?? The one I know?? :))

mike e Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Get the iphone app that traces your phone if you > activate it, if you do it quick enough and call > police when the robbery happens and not 20 minutes > later or whatever,they can trace it and follow it. xxxxxxx Bit difficult to call police when the robbery happens if somebody has nicked your phone .....

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Sue, > I was highlighting an outlet for people that few > know is available to them. > Equally anyone can ask a public question about any > subject related to what the council does or should > do. xxxxxxx Did you mean this to be in reply to Bellenden Belle's post??

Bellenden Belle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > James Barber Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I don't believe a visual assessment was made > > before the proposed changes......The shade of > blue of the new blue wheelie bins > > seems far brighter than the shade of previous > blue > > wheelie bins. > > The older shade isn't anywhere as offensive as > the > > new shade of blue. > > > > Anyone heated about this want to ask a public > > question about this at the next council > assembly? > > IF anyone does get in touch with me. > > > Seriously James? You really think the colour of > our bins is the most important question that can > be posed at the next council assembly? xxxxxx Nobody's suggesting it's "the most important" question, are they? I happen to think that the visual environment is extremely important to people's mental health. These bins are like visual noise. If the relevant team wasn't consulted before they were introduced, then I think that's terrible. But I guess too late now to change the bins.

Items for sale described as "tasteful", "elegant", "lovely", "beautiful" etc.. I'll be the judge of that, thanks very much :))

zeban Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue, Vintage doesn't mean that at all. Some people > do however misuse the term. xxxxx According to Wikipedia (yes I know, may well be wrong): Vintage clothing is a generic term for new or second hand garments originating from a previous era. The phrase is also used in connection with a retail outlet, e.g. "vintage clothing store." It can also be used as an adjective: "This dress is vintage." The word vintage is copied from its use in wine terminology, as a more elegant-seeming euphemism for "old" clothes.

computedshorty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You should enquire near Crystal Palace Railway > Station that is in SE 19. > Across Anerley Hill facing is Palace Road. > All your roads are there: > Palace Square. > Pleydell Road. > Sorry I could not help more. > Shorty. xxxxxxx You could try asking in the bookshop in the Crystal Palace Triangle, can't remember it's name but they seem to be quite involved in SE19 community events.

computedshorty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue. > You may remember that Palace Road from your > school to Streatham Hill was an unmade road, in > the fifties I was working as a driver for Francis > and Son a High Class Grocer nearly facing Tulse > Hill Station, I delivered to most of the houses in > the area, thinking back I had to mark their Ration > Books as things were still Rationed. xxxxxxx Yes that's right, it was unmade, it was parallel to Christchurch Road which wasn't unmade. It's all changed now down there, it used to be great big houses (including my primary school) in both Palace Road and Christchurch Road, now it seems to be mostly flats. Don't remember Francis and Son as we lived in Streatham, our local grocer was Peachells just opposite Streatham Station, or else Home and Colonial on the hill up towards St Leonard's Church. Don't remember either of them being particularly high class, but I do remember ration books :)) Also remember the first supermarket opening, it was a (what would be now) small Waitrose, very exciting serving yourself with a basket and smelling chicken on a spit! Sorry admin, as you were ....

freddy10 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello.Thanks for replys.I thought the address was > Palace road,but as it was in Crystal > palace,Crystal palace road must be the right > address.Again many thanks,and keeping my fingers > crossed. xxxxxx Crystal Palace Road is, confusingly, in East Dulwich SE22, not Crystal Palace/Upper Norwood SE19 :)

Bit odd if someone's taken over a business which is losing money due to Sainsbury's. What are they going to do to make it viable which Nisha hasn't already done?

woodyp91 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dear Monica, Do you have any idea how I could get > my class at Goose green flyer put up in the > community notice boards around here? > Thanks - xxxxxx I think Monica is on holiday at the moment, and nobody else is dealing with the notice boards, however usually you can just take the flyer in to her at Health Matters on Lordship Lane and she will put it up for you if it's appropriate.

Yeh it has been an excellent year for fruit, but there's always loads of spiders about at this time of year. I always forget to duck when going down the side of my house into the garden, and end up with my hair full of cobwebs (and if I'm really unlucky, the spider as well :)) ) Luckily I don't mind spiders too much, but in my hair is a step too far :)) Sloe gin - excellent! If anybody has any spare sloes, I'll gladly take them off your hands!

computedshorty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Freddy > Palace Road is in Tulse Hill, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx It actually runs between Streatham Hill and Tulse Hill. Google Map of Palace Road My school was at the Streatham Hill end.

lilolil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?2 > 8,750707 > > The owner?? xxxxxxx Not according to previous posts on this thread

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sue Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Let's hope they improve the food as well as the > building :)) > > Indeed. The only two times I've eaten there, the > food was pitiful. xxxxxxx Worst meal I've ever had anywhere, ever, was at the Dog.

Palace Road is in Streatham Hill, SW2 (my primary school was there in the fifties!). Don't think there's a Palace Road in East Dulwich. Do you mean Crystal Palace Road?

wee quinnie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >> > As for making your roads/terrace > unsightly....funny no one ever mentions about all > of the cars parked along the streets looking > unsightly.... xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The cars are not all bright blue, or weren't last time I looked :))

A friend of mine recently cremated her mother in a coffin covered with pictures of bluebells, and then scattered her ashes in a bluebell wood :) ETA: Perhaps the wheely bins could be dual purpose? It's all recycling, after all ......

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interestingly, the first application was for an > illuminated hoarding measuring 11m x 8m. This was > dismissed on the grounds of "appearance, scale, > height, location and illumination would result in > an incongruous and obtrusive element within the > street-scene, and have a materially harmful effect > on the visual amenity of the area." > > The new application is for an illuminated hoarding > measuring 10m x 7m. That they could even consider > the new proposal to be materially different to the > first application seems unlikely. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Very refreshing to read that somebody at the council has some sense, and hopefully yes, the new proposal will be rejected on the same grounds as the first application. Fingers crossed.

Thanks for that, DaveR, that's very interesting information, particularly the bit about Southwark's strategy for Lordship Lane.

Let's hope they improve the food as well as the building :))

My mind is boggling, but if it was found in Crawthew Grove it probably came from either the dry cleaner next to the Post Office or else the one on the other side of Lordship Lane near the EDT, so they might have a record of whose it is?