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Stars of Stage and Screen, your very own local folk promoters sing Shepherds Arise, accompanied by Bellowhead and sundry others. Strange how we only got around five seconds (erm. Edited to say, around two seconds), but you can see our moment of glory (or see us disgrace ourselves, you decide) around 2 mins 15 seconds into the following:

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > It's a potential muggers paradise with these early > winter nights with no lighting. xxxxxxx Yes exactly, but according to notices at the gates it's supposed to be locked at dusk - so why isn't it?

I always get it, I live off North Cross Road, and I do actually find it useful :)

Glad to in the new year, but Southwark Council horticultural/park staff will be well aware of the criteria, and I am currently laid up with flu/flu-like symptoms :-$ But if Sainsbury's are responsible for this park, would there be any grounds for getting them to improve it? I think it's quite a well designed park, clearly designed for low maintenance for obvious reasons. The main problem apart from lack of lighting at night is that the designer didn't foresee the straight "desire line" which right from the start people used to cut across the grass taking the shortest route, and has now been made into an unfortunately placed "proper" path.

Someone I know (not a million miles from FlapJackDavey's flatmate) put a large plastic crow on his balcony, with black feathers glued all over it, to deter pigeons who were nesting on the balcony. Sadly, real crows attacked it and pulled all the feathers off :)) If squirrels have predators you could try something similar ..... Something to deter them I mean, obviously, not to cause them physical harm ....

Can anyone tell me what are the dimensions of the Virgin TV box? Particularly the depth?

Sounds like you're already creating your own hell ...... :-S

Gonna Send You Back To Walker - The Animals

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > managed to placate her with an old Brentford > Nylons valance xxxxxx Oh the memories you have ignited :))

Circle round the Sun - John Renbourn

I hear you Sean. Am I just allowed to say that Father O'Connor is an individual and not the Church, and Quids' post was totally out of order. Also just goes to show that irony is not always picked up. Not by me anyway. And no I'm not a Catholic, I just hate this kind of mindless stereotyping.

Yeh I'm not terribly clear why it wasn't sorted at the time. I assumed shock :)

Well done to you for owning up to it and taking responsibility, hope you find him and sort it all out

OK thanks. Shall add to my very long list of things to do writing to Sainsbury's to enquire why they are not locking it at night when there is no lighting in the park. I actually think the park is quite well maintained, and I'm a Green Flag judge, however must admit usually have other things on my mind when walking through it than Green Flag criteria .....

Bellerophon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ???? Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I wouldn't want anyone from a catholic church > > collecting my post with a young baby about..... > > How do you come up with these hilarious posts ??? > - You're a genius...... > > xxxxxxxxx I thought it was quite an offensive post actually, unless I've misunderstood it :-$

Yeh much easier just to get on the 37 in ED and get off in CJ rather than messing about with trains, unless you happen to live near Denmark Hill Station and know all the train times. And yeh, around half an hour depending on traffic, roadworks etc..

According to the sign at the gate, this park is supposed to be locked at dusk. But it isn't. Given that it isn't, shouldn't it be lit? Does anybody know who is responsible for it? Is it Sainsbury's, or the council?

You could phone the school and let them know you have the bag? Might put someone's mind at rest?

No, if you're addressing that to me you misunderstand me, I meant that the problem was unlikely to be due to the person being deaf as that would just result in the music being loud, not in the swearing and shouting as well. Edited to add: But in the case of my noisy neighbour, he was/is mentally ill - which doesn't mean to say that the person in Tyrell Road is,

OMG that youtube clip wasn't even so bad it was good, it was so bad it was awful. Now I need a nice cup of tea to recover :))

Same with my daughter - no side-effects at all.

The screaming and shouting may be a bit of a giveaway, though, no? In our case as well as music you could hear from the end of the street, the guy also shouted, including many choice swear words, and kept his windows open all year round including in the bitter cold.

Should have added, in my case, it took a very persistent campaign by four sets of neighbours (including me) to both the council noise people and the housing association the guy was a tenant of before anything was done, and in the case of the housing association everybody we spoke to or emailed kept passing the buck, but eventually we succeeded. That was also a mental health issue and we were all also scared to approach him because in addition he appeared potentially violent. Also, the one time (Christmas Eve, four in the morning) it all got too much for me and I went to complain in person, he couldn't hear the doorbell because of the noise.

SimonM Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting piece in today's Guardian, admittedly > by an American journalist, but it read pretty > convincingly to me. xxxxxx Is it online? Can you post a link?