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The changing room was warm on Friday evening.

The is very low water pressure in the middle of Friern Road this morning.

The pool and showers were a good temperature yesterday.

Yes. Google street view shows one on this spot from 2012 to2020. I agree that they provide a useful service. I recently passed one and it was being used by someone who looked like they could be 'of no fixed abode' making a free call.

The Sky article says the manager has apologised. Apparently, according to the article the person who said they'd apply on Rachel and her husband behalf left and didn't hand the job on. Here's the article https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-reeves-rent-mistake-labour-starmer-asylum-budget-tax-farage-reform-12593360?postid=10440668#liveblog-body

Sky say they have been told it's Harvey and Wheeler. Apparently they offered to apply for the licence, but never did. There are confirmatory email that have been passed to No10 and the ethics committee.

I've just walked up Friern towards Lordship Lane and turned down Etherow. I couldn't see the cameras you mentioned. Where exactly are they please? I don't want to make a mistake accessing Friern during the active periods. Also I've looked at the council section on school streets and buses aren't affected by these schemes.

I've seen it in the same place the past two Fridays. I'm assuming it's some sand that's left over from when the old sand filters failed. When that happened there was lots of sand on the bottom. I'm guessing it'll only go if they use a pool vacuum to clean the bottom.

Went to the Dulwich Leisure Centre pool last Friday. It's been a long wait, but it has improved. The pool water is crystal clear. The men's changing room is also a lot better with new nonslip mats and all the showers have been given a makeover. New doors, new shower heads that stay on longer than the five seconds of the previous ones. More importantly, all the cracked and discoloured tiling has been replaced with sealed white boards and the ceiling and lighting has been replaced.

No. Do you mean the pool at the Dulwich Leisure Centre? I've just checked my app and it shows all of today's sessions are going ahead.

Shield bug nymphs

Seen lots on Bawdale Road this week. Even seen them going into the roof space of a couple of houses. They land on the wall just under the gutters and crawl up behind the board the gutter attached to.

Dulwich Test and Auto Centre, Tyrrell Road have always been excellent.

I sent an email a few days ago to the counsellor who has responsibility for leisure in Southwark, Portia Mwangangye. I also copied the generic leisure email address and received a reply from Phillipa Gillespie, General Manager of Dulwich Leisure Centre. She apologised for the lack of updates and explained that the there had been an unforeseen and catastrophic failure of the filtration system. The replacement system has been ordered and they are awaiting delivery and installation, but she could give no timeframe for this. All very disappointing.

If you mean proper nurseries where they grow plants and not just garden centres there are several on Woodmansterne Lane just south of Wallington. I prefer going there as you get a lot of plants you don't see in garden centres. The two I go to most often are Flittons https://www.flittons.com/ and Barnes https://www.barnesnurseries.co.uk/. There are a few others on the same road and a large Dobbies if you want a garden centre that sells other things.