Peckhamgatecrasher

As long as he didn't have the colly-wobbles in his tummy, that's alright.

Calm down dear, it's only a catchphrase.

Alas, David Sutch died in 1999.

A big no-no is a short-sleeved shirt with a tie. Just doesn't work.

"formerly the parrot"! Is it an ex-parrot?

Burkah in pale colour - I burn!

Goodo - keep the ED flag flying!

"fiends who are teachers" - is that communist-speak, Brendan?

I vaguely recall reheated rice being the source of tummy upsets? Not that I haven't done it often and got away with it.

Text books in state schools?? Surely you mean scrappy bits of photocopied pages.

South Bank by the Oxo Tower

In today's SLP they mention that Cafe Rouge in West Dulwich are starting up jazz nights on a Thursday. Their number is 8766 0070

a scampi ruts

Jolly well done. I'm dead jealous.

turned [nice Dirk Bogarde reference HB]

From the you tube footage, it looks like the park near the Damilola Taylor Centre in Commercial Way.

I think EDT have jazz nights once a month - might be worth asking there. Also further afield, you could approach Pizza Express who have jazz in some of their branches and the Savoy cocktail bar.

I am terribly old and have no idea where the Peckham Bowl is but there is a skate park in the top part of Peckham Rye Park. On a street map, Homestall Road entrance is the nearest.

Shhh, Macroban - don't let the cat out of the bag. It's a tunnel to the wicked delights of McDonalds, KFC, Subway, etc on Rye Lane (as the blessed Ms Spark hinted at in "The Ballad of Peckham Rye").

But the reason that the antiques people moved was because it was so damp. That's prob. not very good for records.

I don't remember the Brown Derby looking that good! And what is a waitron? Sounds rather robotic - that could be fun.

Dear CamberwellOz, what besets you? I shall pray for your soul.

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Brendan, if you don't know your r's from your end, you're in trouble.

LgD - the dog I was walking comes from a family of 6 children, two of whom are under 5. All I was trying to point out was that the best natured dog, used to toddler excess, can revert to instinct when surprised. That is, I concede, an argument to keep a dog on a lead at all times. However, the corollary is that parents also have a duty to supervise their children. It could have easily been another child that they ran up to and threw stones at. The father of the children was so busy having a chinwag, he didn't even see the incident.