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Mr Ko grew up on Vegemite and loves the stuff. He doesn't mind marmite if there's no vegemite. Our suitcases always have a few jars of the stuff when we return from oz. I've tasted it a couple of times and it just seems strange. Bizarre.:-S

They're trying very hard to please and listening to locals, so well done to them!(tu)

Snowboarder - sounds exciting (and fluffy!) When do they arrive? Anna - I too wondered about Audrey's name. You're right, she really does look like Ms Hepburn!:))

Ok, I am truly sad. A few weeks ago, when the council posted the booklet "An A-Z of Services in Southwark, I actually kept it and put it on my bookshelf!! One particular entry caught my eye: Blue Plaques. They want us to nominate famous people, places and events (past and present) who we think deserve a Southwark Blue Plaque (like English Heriatge Blue Plaques, but voted for by us in Southwark!) There is a vote every year for the favourite Southwark icon. They also put up plaques for chosen nominations - they put up 30 such plaques in 2003 when the scheme first started. How about we submit some suggestions?? Deadline is 31 August. It would mean we would need: (1) An exact address or at least a rough idea of where any plaque should go (2) A date (3) A brief desription of who the person was in case they are unknown to the person at the council doing the deciding. What do people think? Blue plaques 2007 - nominations open Voting for this year's blue plaques will start in September so now is your chance to nominate a person, place or event that you think should be remembered. Email your nomination here today (vote4icons@southwark.gov.uk) or send it in the post to: Blue Plaques Southwark Local History Library 211 Borough High Street London SE1 1JA Please send your nominations to us by Friday August 31. The people's plaques It's true that other councils run similar schemes, and of course there are the famous English Heritage blue plaques, but we believe Southwark is the only borough which allows residents, tourists, history buffs - anyone in fact - to decide who gets the recognition. They truly are the people's plaques! Down the centuries Southwark has undoubtedly been home to some of Britain?s most famous and influential people and places. To celebrate them, Southwark Council's blue plaques scheme was born in 2002 giving residents and visitors the chance to decide which local icons, past and present, they want to see remembered with a plaque. Over 10,000 people cast a vote for their favourite Southwark icon in the first year of the scheme and in the summer of 2003, 20 plaques went up across the borough to luminaries including Michael Caine, Sam Wanamaker (founder of Shakespeare's Globe), and Charles Dickens. The scheme has been run every year since and now is your chance to get involved. Contact us Tel: 020 7525 2000 vote4icons@southwark.gov.uk Blue Plaques Southwark Council Southwark Local History Library 211 Borough High Street London SE1 1JA

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's like asking for a Big Mac without the gherkins, it just > wont happen in the UK. My friend goes into McDonalds and asks for a Cheeseburger without the burger and always gets it...

Good work Monica, Bellenden Belle and others. I now always have 2 reusuable bags in my handbag. I'm amazed at how many plastic bags I used to use. All the little things help to make a difference.

Thanks for the info. I will look up a pic of Haslar - it sounds great. From memory, the plan re keeping some of the onions was not for them to house the new community hospital. They wanted to keep some onions on land not needed for the community hospital and instead use it for other facilities and use funding from other sources, not the NHS. I completely agree that it is not feasible to refurbish the Victorian buildings for the new hospital and that the NHS doesn't have money for this. The Administrative Law aspects were very interesting but not something which we should discuss on this forum. Very sad that Haslar might be lost too. :(

I've always found the food to be good. We took some friends out there and they liked the food too. Haven't been since last Christmas though. It is a bit pricey though for the overall package. The service isn't great, but it is a lot better than it used to be! I think I remember when the service was really bad and now I have low expectations, so I am always pleasantly surprised now that the service is a little better! When the service used to be really bad, I asked a couple of times for the discretionary service charge to be removed from the bill and they didn't make a fuss which is refreshing.

macroban Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If West Dulwich is SE21 West of the railway line > it's the sort of place you drive through and don't > bother to stop. No offence intended! I just meant that its seems most incomers are in the younger bracket (all my new neighbours over the last few years seem young), although there are all ages in terms of people who have lived in ED all their lives. Before a lot of people would automatically look at the village as the best place to live, but now the facilities in ED are very good and ED is attracting people who want everything on their doorstep. ED wouldn't be as good if we didn't have older people as well! Now I'll say something really contentious - ED also wouldn't be the same without all the babies in their bugaboos (is that what that pram is called?)! :))

I hope so - the station is awful!

Hi William The Dulwich and Sydenham Golf course is on the outskirts of Dulwich. It touches Dulwich Village on its north side, West Dulwich on its south side and Lordship Lane/East Dulwich on its north-east corner. I'm pretty sure there's a cricket club next to the golf course. There's another thread on this - search under 'golf'. In terms of the communities in each area, each area has a good feel. Dulwich Village is the most picturesque, but expensive. Might not be too expensive if you are renting though. East Dulwich has good facilities and a great atmosphere - its where people in their 20s/30s/40s like to be - good shops (supermarkets, butchers, greengrocers, and shops to buy most other things too), restaurants and bars. West Dulwich also has a small parade of nice shops on Park Hall Road. In terms of public transport, North and East Dulwich stations go into London Bridge so its very good if you are based in the City for work. West Dulwich goes into Victoria, good for the West End. Bus services are best in East Dulwich, with a number of frequent buses running up and down Lordship Lane. Green spaces - Dulwich Park - pretty much easy access to one of its gates from all areas of Dulwich. Also Peckham Rye Park and Common on the East Dulwich side. I think you'd be happy in any part of Dulwich! Let us know if you have any more questions. :))

Good idea. Its a bit like the 'say hello in Dulwich' thread - lets be friendly and happy! (Although maybe not so much on Mondays, but there's definitely something to smile :))about on Fridays!)

A well-respected architect came up with some feasible plans. The ear-marked onions would have been on land not needed for any building work. The plan was to retain some of the onions, not all. Funding could have been applied for from other sources. Looking at the various documents produced and the way they went about things, it didn't fill me with much confidence in how things are run. In my opinion, there seemed to be a lack of transparency and accountability. That's politics.

Asset - I went to bring them in but they were gone. A guy emailed me to ask if I still had them, thinking they were his, but they had gone by then! Cathinka - sorry, there wasn't a chubb.

Dulwich Hospital was the last remaining pavillion-style hospital in England. The Dulwich Society were involved in trying to get English Heritage to list it (on two occasions I believe). There were options to keep the onion towers AND have the modern hospital, options which may have been financially viable, but the PCT had other ideas. Unfortunately, I think it was all about politics, rather than what could have been the best result all-round. It reminds me a bit of what is currently happening with the Harris Boys Academy. However, at the end of the day we should get a good modern hospital. Its just that they could have had this AND kept more of the historic building. A real waste.

Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! They look just gorgeous... Audrey's brother looks very happy to have her back. I'm glad she's safe and well. I hope all the ED 'old-timer' cats were nice to her!

Big Dad - you're right, it is serious. The Harris website says: "The Council and the Harris Federation are working together to ensure that students have access to the sports facilities that they require. The majority of these will be provided on the site and with the support of the Harris Girls? Academy. Other sports facilities will be provided off site [Peckham Rye??? - my words] in close proximity to the Academy to ensure students and staff do not need to travel too far during lesson times." This is what the website says now, but we still have to see how things will pan out in practice. The lack of consultation is not the best way to go about it. It would be good if they could come up with some decent sports facilities. Hopefully the facilites inside the school will be pretty good. I think compromises are going to be made, and not necessarily for the right reasons. The difficulty with the whole schools issue is that a lot of it is political - eg Labour wanting to promote the Academies programme (although I've read a bit about the Conservatives liking the Academies idea as well, but who knows how they would handle the whole Academies thing if they were in power). Lord Harris and his federation have 7 Academies, so he's obviously important to the government in helping along their Acedemies programme. I wonder what Tessa Jowell's take on all of this is?? I think one way to ease pressure on the boys' site is to have the whole sixth form on the girls' site. They have different ideas though...

I wish Harris would just be more open about their plans and reasoning. Eg What is the reason for the 6th form being on the boys site (is it a financial issue?) - there seems far more room at the girls site. Also, it would be good if they could be more open about how sports facilities for the children will be provided. They need to engage the local community because otherwise all they succeed in doing is to cause suspicion.

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >>> It's amazing how much antipathy/envy a woman who > (*gasp*) doesn't have a job (other than looking > after the kids - and c'mon.. how long can that > take?!) can stir in people, regardless of whether > or not they actually get any time to do any of the > above. Just interested - have you seen such antipathy/envy? (this is not a trick question!)

citizenED Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > mogs/the administrator/mumra? Well done! I was beginning to feel a bit mean!

I first heard the term Milf at a work party where a lady in her 50s (high up in the company) was dressed in a plunging red PVC mini-skirted nurse outfit, complete with black fishnet stockings!

And the 3rd person loves cats...

Another clue - one of the people is a yummy mummy (someone other than dulwichmum) ...

Somehow I don't think its: M: Mommy's I: instinctive L: love for F: family

Asset Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ko give us a clue. Is it Marmora Man or Domitianus > using the N (or neither)? > Sorry, been away from the computer. Its neither. Clue - its your favourite person...