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dimples may be right: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/17/swifts-decline-uk-birds-swift-bricks

Could it be dog pee that has done the damage?

Huzzah!

You could be creative: Homemade seed paper by Nancy Birtwhistle https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1154726356338721

Am I the only one to mourn the loss of Poundland? Will no one think of the peeps who need to buy cheap cigarette papers and filters in bulk?

If you don't mind al fresco, there is a huge food market by the Royal Festival Hall: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/food-and-drink/southbank-centre-food-market/

Old Spike, Peckham Rye.

Shame they didn't quite reach 500. Will England declare overnight?

I can't link, but Daily Mail has article on Brockwell Park possibly having to cancel events after court hearing. Just checked, Guardian has reported it too!

I haven't eaten there, but on Instagram the vegetarian food from Persepolis looks scrummy. At a talk I went to, Sally Butcher and her husband cooked wonderful tasters so I can rate their food.

I saw "A Man for All Seasons" at Canterbury a few months ago. It was superb and surprisingly, Gary Wilmot was excellent. It is coming to London in the autumn and is well worth a trip. Wed, 6th August 2025 to Sat, 6th September 2025 Harold Pinter Theatre

My dentist has moved to Peckham High Street. They now have fab rooms and have employed more local people.

Can't help, but good luck.

Artichoke Place, same side as the Green.

This is rather twee, but quite a good idea: https://shop.nationaltrust.org.uk/woolie-the-sheep-with-bird-nesting-wool.html

I've used Mattress Man twice, can thoroughly recommend. It is worth investing in a good mattress (£400 plus), since you spend a lot of time in bed and they will last for years. I favour a firm well-sprung mattress which I find gives good support. Don't forget to turn your mattress regularly: side to side every couple of months, and top to bottom at least once a year. This will ensure even wear.

Is it safe?

Plus ca change During WWI, Vera Brittain worked as a VAD nurse at the 1st London General Hospital, Camberwell - the military extension of St Bartholomew's Hospital. The satellite hostel was nearly two miles away on Champion Hill. "...it seemed strange to be the quarter-possessor of a bare-boarded room divided into cubicles by much-washed curtains of no recognisable colour, with only a bed, a washstand and a tiny chest of drawers to represent one's earthly possessions... to meet the needs of about twenty young women, was one cold bathroom equipped with an ancient and unreliable geyser...which took about twenty minutes to half fill the bath with lukewarm water." Edited to add source: "Testament of Youth" by Vera Brittain published 1933.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13498937/suburb-crows-Families-London-neighbourhood-attacks-Birds-school-pupils-warned.html (Sorry, Malumbu)

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/jul/19/crochet-drama-and-first-dates-inside-a-community-pub-photo-essay

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1. Brunswick House - LASSCO - England's prime resource for Architectural Antiques, Salvage Curiosities (v. expensive) 2. There used to be one on Lewisham Way, don't know if it's still there. 3. Ditto Burgess Park

@MrsR I've seen mistle thrushes on the running track at Peckham Rye Park. I don't know if they're gregarious like starlings, but there were quite a few.

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