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The Foresters is now The Bishop! It was a rather unreconstructed (?) pub, the sort where you were worried the carpet sort of squelched as you got within the smell of the gents 😂 And how about the pub which is now The Cherry Tree. Can't remember what it was called before, though I think its present name is a blast from the quite distant past. The beer used to be really badly kept, but complaints were let's say not welcomed. For a very short while after that it was very well managed by an excellent couple who brought in an absolutely fantastic chef, but that ended in tears when they all got sacked by the then owner, presumably pissed off because the pub was bringing in a lot more customers than he had ever done. Ah yes, The Drum. Full of smokers (and smoke), and after hours drinking if you sneaked in round the back 🤣 Is that the greengrocer which was in North Cross Road? I don't remember that at all! I probably didn't go in that direction that often.

Inside 72 was great! There was also a sort of antique type shop on the same stretch as the weird military shop. I think it was where Spinach is now, though there was at least one shop in between (?tea shop?) My friend and I once did a cocktail crawl down Lordship Lane, starting at the Black Cherry (now Franco Manca I think). We ended up with her with a set of crystal glasses and me with a stick back chair staggering drunkenly from said antique type shop back down what apparently we must now call "The Lane" 🤣

It moved from Peckham? I didn't know that. Where was it in Peckham?

What and where was The Yellow Door? I don't remember that, and I was here when the Blue Mountain opened (before Grace and Favour, if memory serves).

That's appalling. That's also appalling.

You would think a firm of solicitors would have more of a grip on how their clients could contact them, under the circumstances, wouldn't you? Could they not have put up a temporary website with contact details, or contacted individually every previous client with any kind of unfinished business with them? Instead of, apparently, just a scrappy sign with a phone number on outside their old building? A phone number which according to a post above is of no use in contacting anybody who can help? Am I just being naive?

Where did you get that information? Someone further down the thread says that Clutton Cox say they have never heard of Glazer Delmar?!

If you have chased and chased, how about contacting your MP? And/or a local councillor? Obviously they don't have any direct influence on this, but it's amazing how a letter from an MP can focus people's minds 😂

What did the neighbour say when she spoke to them? Were they receptive? What sort of thing is the neighbour shouting? Does the snoring and shouting happen every night? Has your friend recorded it, so they can demonstrate the loudness of the snoring etc.? Their neighbour may not realise how loud it is. I did this with my partner 😂 There are several free recording apps for mobiles, eg Dolby On. I definitely would agree that they contact their GP. Who hopefully is one of the good ones. There are various things that can be done for snoring, depending on the cause. Depending on the nature of the shouting, the neighbour might find therapy helpful (available on the NHS in six week stints, which can be repeated if necessary). They can self refer, that doesn't have to be done via their GP. I can't see there is anything else which would help, apart from the noise insulation suggested above, unless the neighbour (or your friend) could sleep in a different room. They aren't aware of their snoring and shouting when it happens, as they are asleep, so it's hard to see what the council could do. I'd say it was very important to be sympathetic, demonstrate the nature of the problem to them and suggest appropriate courses of action. If your friend antagonises them (I'm not suggesting she has) the neighbour is not likely to be inclined to do anything about it.

Years ago, I asked an estate agent about the effect on my house value if I got a loft conversion (this was in the days before everyone in SE22 started having loft conversions). The estate agent said there was no point - given the small size of my garden, nobody would want to buy a house with four or five bedrooms. I never went ahead, but he was wrong.

I think these articles just pick places at random, or on a rota, as their lists seem to be constantly changing 🤣 https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/24577631.east-dulwich-one-uks-best-places-live-2024/ Oh! Just noticed this article is based on ONE person's opinion - a blogger 🤣

I have just noticed that this thread was started in February.

That's appalling. Why would somebody break into a food bank?

I'm confused. Have you changed your forum name, or are you a different person from Tim2706?

Not a good sign when it's is used instead of its, malumbu. Its! It's its! Not it's 🤣 Definite sign of decline there 😛 Sorry admin, as you were. I notice the OP has not posted again in response to any of the comments Very fishy.

What has the Post Office got to do with it? Also, what do you mean by "no avail"? Have they refused point blank to tell you what the engineer's report said, and if so what reason did they give, or have you just had no response? If you are talking about Thames Water, they have many different departments, and you need to persevere until you reach somebody who can actually help.

Crikey! Their Tower Bridge branch has got its own song 😮🤣 https://www.josephsfishandchips.com/tower-bridge Scroll down the page ....

What do you mean by "final date"? As in "use by ...."? So a "best before" date which has passed would be ok?

Longer users of the forum! Did "crushed and devalued" spring to anybody's mind when they read the OP, or was it just me?

You joined the forum two hours ago specifically to post this? I haven't been there, but I have only previously read good things about Joseph's on here. I'm also wondering if you took up your complaint with the shop. If so, what did they say? If not, why not? Especially given that you had paid nearly thirty pounds, it would seem the obvious thing to do, to ask for a replacement or your money back?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/sep/06/price-uk-first-class-stamp-rise-royal-mail-letter?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other £1.65 for a first class stamp from next month 😮

Sorry to start another thread on food banks, but I've done a search and none of the existing threads seem relevant to this specific issue. I have several canned items which are past their "best before" (but not sell by) dates by one or two years - specifically, jackfruit in water and coconut milk. I'm sure they are fine to eat, and I would use them myself, but my diet has changed and I'm highly unlikely to. To save me phoning round, does anybody know if local food banks would accept them?

You are nearer to the delivery office there, aren't you? I wonder if that's why?