AnnaSimmonds

Battersea zoo was asking for towel donations for the animals this week

Sorry Bob, realised there is a lost and found thread on this site! I now understand 😂

Found looking a bit worse for wear near Dovercourt Road - sadly not chipped but very friendly so assume must have been owned by someone. Looks to be young, 1-2 years old ? Any one recognise?

So sorry to hear this - I hope his family read this and know how loved he was by all. His friendly ?good mornings? always made our day. Thank you Len for being a cherished part of our son?s childhood, he will miss his ?lollypop dude? x

If they are struggling to make deliveries because of staff shortage then they should not be taking people?s money and falsely representing that their property is safe and will be delivered as promised. Surely it can?t be brushed aside as ?one of those things?.

Thanks James for raising this. My mum has had to step sending gifts to her grand children as the parcels never arrive. She was particularly upset that the last gift for my kids, sent a couple of months ago, never made it. What is even more infuriating is that there seems to be no recourse. What other business would be able to deliver such shocking service, losing valuable property placed in its charge, with zero apology or accountability !?

There are police stationed on the south circular every day doing ANPR checks and pulling people over. The guidance is not to leave your local area for exercise so it?s likely you would be stopped if spotted.

Do you genuinely think people are leaving their house just to go look at how busy the market is so they can complain about it? Come on! I absolutely love that market and fully support all the local businesses that make this area such a special one. I can?t think of anything more sad than it needing to shut- oh yes I can, people starving of oxygen and dying alone without their family around them because we all fancied a hog roast and a chat... No one is denying the horrendous impact this pandemic and the restrictions are having on so many different people in so many different ways. The economic and mental health impact is just awful and I agree that it?s hit certain groups much harder. I think everyone can understand the desire to find ways around the rules and seek out social contact and of course the need for vendors to keep working and making a living. The struggle is that the more we are complacent/make exceptions and don?t comply, the more people will get sick, the more likely the NHS falls over entirely and the longer we all have to live with our lives restricted.

I must say I?m inclined to agree re: whether this sort of thing should really fall under the ?essential? bracket. I saw a group stood eating falafel wraps chatting wondering if that really could be classed as essential food? It makes me sad that we even need to be trying to convince younger people that covid could affect them too; why can?t it be enough that their actions could indirectly lead to a horrible and lonely death for someone older or more vulnerable? There seems to be a disconnect between ones individual actions and the wider impact - everyone thinks it?s someone else?s problem. I don?t care that I?m unlikely to get very ill, I just couldn?t live with myself if I knew my behaviour had contributed to another person?s untimely death. Even if one does believe that food stalls fall safely within the permitted parameters, it still needs to be accessed safely and there is no way this is the case with the market as it stands. Obviously we all want to return to normal life ASAP and want small businesses to survive, I love the NCR market, but the longer we are complacent the longer this all takes and the more people and families suffer

Food and drink may be classed as ?essential? but i am very surprised Southwark allowed it to go ahead. Obviously I can entirely understand the instinct of the vendors to want to keep going with their small businesses but it did not look in keeping with the spirit of lockdown at all, lots of people maskless and in close proximity to one another. In an area where 1 in 20 are estimated to have covid, it did seem irresponsible. But then probably no different to how busy the rest of Lordship Lane was today. I Was really surprised to see it open though!

Annoyingly I paid by PayPal and for some reason they won?t provide a refund.

Thank you so much for your reply and suggestion. I have been in contact with their central customer care but they seem to pass enquiries immediately over to the franchise to deal with rather than have a central department which isn?t very helpful if you then want to complain about the franchise itself. The customer service person for the franchise did initially reply to say they were sorry and would refund me immediately but then didn?t do it; and is now ignoring me... All very odd. I?ve never had an experience like it. Despite it costing ?30 to issue a small claim, I?m minded to do so just out of principle.

Thank you! That?s really useful, I?ll try him on LinkedIn. I did actually copy him in to my emails with the franchise but no reply... I think I will try him on LinkedIn directly though as you suggest as I was just so shocked to be laughed at. It?s not about money so much as the ethics. I?m being laughed at about them not sending me a refund for a service they never delivered. I obviously have better things to do with my time than chase up ?30 but hard to let a business get away with such contempt for their customers.

At the outset, I write this realising we are talking about takeaway pizza during a global pandemic.... But I wanted to warn other East Dulwich customers about the experience I have had with Dominos Pizza Dog Kennel Hill so that it might help inform you which pizza place to pick should you be in the market for a takeaway any time soon! Dominos failed to deliver my order a month ago, they couldn?t explain why it never got to me, but agreed to send me a refund. I was told this would take 3-5 days and thought nothing more of it. The refund never got to me and since then it has gone from the ridiculous to the absurd. Every time I have chased it up since, I have been consistently lied to and fobbed off by the Store Manager. When I call, they laugh down the phone, give fake email addresses for the Area Manager/Directors etc. Told me they can?t give me customer services or area managers contact details for data protection reasons. I have never experienced anything like it from a company. It was a ?30 order but the bewildering lack of integrity and customer service on display will hopefully make others think twice about where they choose to spend their money.

I?m so very sorry for your losses

Do you know what, ive just driven through dulwich and Herne hill and it really does seem like people have given up with following the guidelines, or at least many are liberally interpreting ?essential? - not sure walking with beers or chatting on a bench in the sun counts as exercise. It was shockingly busy just now. There are just too many people in London to be able to stay 2m clear. I wonder if we will need more stringent measures if we don?t see a dip in numbers soon.

I don?t think it?s helpful to pit pedestrians against runners. It should be about everyone treating each other with respect and following the government guidelines. I?m a runner and go out of my way to do so carefully, I cross the road if I see pedestrians ahead, run into the road or a drive if I need to avoid someone and if that?s not possible to do so safety whilst running,I stop entirely and move out of someone?s way. The govt guidance is clear that daily exercise is permitted and it?s essential for physical and mental health so it would be a shame to ban it entirely. Most people are being respectful but I?ve seen bad behaviour on both sides. I saw a male runner spitting in dulwich park yesterday, I was absolutely horrified. But I?ve also seen families walking 3 or 4 abreast on the pavement making absolutely zero effort to make space or go single file. I?ve seen mums with toddlers weaving all over the middle of a path making it impossible to pass safely, even when I?ve asked I have been ignored. We just all need to be a bit more self aware. Blanket fury at a whole group is dangerous and unhelpful. There?s nothing wrong with ?joggers? in and off themselves, it?s thoughtless people that are the problem. I think London is probably just too densely populated for so many people to be out walking / exercising so often the stress isn?t coming from individual behaviour but just being confronted with how difficult it is to be outside and avoid contact.

Our son recently started there and we are delighted with it so far. They?re so kind and gentle and child centred and he seems to be settling in well. We haven?t for a second felt uncomfortable, from the minute he started we trusted them. We feel very lucky to have a place there and you are too!

Also weren?t they the shop who had that terrible incident happen with that poor man who was killed recently. By all accounts they were really shaken by that and tried to help him. I get you are upset you lost your belongings but I think you?ve missed the mark publicly shaming an independent business owner. They have a hard enough time. It?s your fault you lost it. He had no duty to look after it hoping you?d come back for it. Have you seen how packed their space is, there is no room to store something like that and also arguably a health and safety issue if someone were to trip over on things laying about.

My midwife recommended the group so that sounds like a good choice, and I like that it is in a pub (even if we can't drink)! Good luck to you too :)

ED mums, which antenatal class did you go for and what would you recommend? The choice is overwhelming.. I'd prefer something focused more on the baby side of things rather than pregnancy/birth if that narrows it down and more interested in meeting other mums than anything else (due end July time) Thanks in advance for any tips :)

These flowers are absolutely beautiful, and knowing a local member of the community planted them just out of kindness is just wonderful. Thank you so much :)