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Would not M&S be a threat to the East Dulwich Deli though? And why think that a library would necessarily increase pedestrian traffic? WOuld you / do you all use your local libraries? I hardly ever do. I went to one a few weeks ago - I think I mentioned it - and asked if they had a Chekov play book and the Librarian told me that in the whole of Southwark Libraries there is not one Chekov book. Good computer system tho.... If people and the market economy needs more flats then more flats it has to be. Personally I think it should be a big post office with forecourt parking, but - you know - it's not about what we WANT.

That's two teas then please, and I'll have a donut. That's one n. Meanwhile, it is very interesting this rule on what constitutes something in one country. We Brits are not allowed to call our perfectly good sherry sherry anymore, has to be called Fortified Wine. Champagne can only come from France. And there's loads of other examples. What's that all about then? Isn't it one rule for Europe about everything?

Louisa I shall assume there was some tongue in cheek there.... Being forced to travel to Homebase? You poor dear. I get all my flowers and bulbs and plants from the lovely man who has a shop along the parade from Lomax vets at the top of Lordship Lane. I highly recommend him and his service. AND his plants and bulbs! If you refuse to use public transport because it is oh so overcrowded then perhaps a taxi or even a private car will get you there and back as you can park on the forecourt area if you are not going to be long, though doing so on a Sunday is easier. Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Plus I buy my spring bulbs from the Dulwich > Garden Centre, I dont wish to be forced to travel > to Homebase in Penge every March thankyou very > much. > Louisa.

I absolutely have NO sympathy for traffic wardens at ALL. They are the scum of the earth. And I don't even own a car. They are second in line of scum only to the managers who control them. Don't hesitate to photo and/or film said wardens breaking laws, wasting time/fuel and our taxes. Email your councillor AND the local community council area you are in AND Southwark Council's Highways Department AND the evil Daily Mail and the South London Press with the photos and film and if you can not get them uploaded tell them you can come in to all their offices with the evidence and THEY can do it. This is a good story. ALSO - at the time you are witnessing the offence, get a friendly looking witness to stand next to you, then tell the wardens to their face that you are going to report them and say out loud: 1) the registration number of the vehicle they are in 2) any identification number badge they are wearing 3) the date and time so that they know you are serious. This works with bad company car drivers too. The other day I was nearly knocked off my bike by a large van and as I inevitably -without hurrying- caught him up at the lights, a woman in her car was next to me so I shouted at the van driver his registration number and the name and phone number of his company and told him I would be reporting him. To my utter surprise the woman in the car next to me said she would do so too, because he'd nearly got her before he nearly got me! Got home, and had forgotten the number. It's not easy remembering phone numbers and I was on a motorcycle so could not write it down easily. I hope the woman did though and even if she did not the van driver looked pale which was pretty rewarding to see. Back to topic: Absolutely get these traffic wardens in trouble and I hope they all lose their jobs and I hope I am wrong about there not being a hell and heaven and they all go to hell. Apart from this I have absolutely no opinions on the matter at all. I'll get me coat.

I've been a few times. Thought the decor was nice as it was. Not making a thing of it.

KalamityKel Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It obviously can't be all bad otherwise no one > would go there... No-one would buy Chat or Heat or the Sun or eat McDonalds or KFC if that were the case. We get/eat/buy/ what we deserve. I hate all these chain coffee shops. Don't all the other independent cafes and bars up Lordship lane do coffee? Exactly, so why do we need those chains? God I'm feeling bitter. Need a cuppa off my Argos coffee machine. That's ?2.50 to you. And no fancy plastic wrapped biscuit, mind!

Hope you don't mind me bumping this to the top but I am wondering if as it relates to us all it can remain near the top? Maybe in each of your areas you can post the safer neighbourhood phone numbers you can all have. It is an important issue really, specially when there is a number of burglaries that happen.

What was wrong with it as it was?

Brendan Wrote: All this fuss about shampoo. Ahhahahaahahahahaaa And anyway isn't it just cake minus fat? What's the fuss?

Nope, I never had to sing or dance, it was early in my career and I was a glorified extra who was a regular visitor of one of the men in the wards, and had to react in close up when he does all that swearing and cussing - which of course was hard work as everyone was giggling.

They are traffic angering measures. They make nobody "calm". They are dangerous and do NOT encourage good safe driving because of the dependence on short term driver-planning. Please do not insist they go everywhere. They are also dangerous for people in ambulances and so on. AllforNun Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- could they find it within themselves to give us a few traffic calming measures on the road on the othreside of the Peckham Rye park

Errrrrr (at the risk of getting a slap) 25 mins tops on my motorcycle... (at the risk of getting another slap) I'll get me coat.

If you are first aid trained then calling the ambulance first is not always the best thing because in that time you could have saved the person's life, and also you could have made assessments so the ambulance folk know better what to expect. Get first aid trained! Ant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Call an ambulance. Worry about first aid after > that's sorted.

May I make some suggestions and advice on making sure we help keep one another safe and look after neighbors and so on? I refuse to be paranoid or live by fear. But I do think it is very important that we are pro-active and take part in community safety when our councils work at making things happen. Here in Nunhead and Peckham Rye we have a number 020 8721 2443. This number is transferred to a mobile phone and whoever has the mobile phone, whether it be Community Warden or PSCO or even an actual living breathing police officer, they are all linked to one another by radio. So if you see something suspicious that does NOT warrant 999 then you phone the relevant number. Whoever answers the phone will, if deemed necessary, radio the rest of the team with the information you have provided. This worked recently for me (I posted in another topic about it). Sometimes you will get an answerphone message and will have to give your information that way. But it won't be ignored. And if you think it is ignored then phone back and speak to someone, attend meetings and ask questions so you can familiarise yourself with the system and put faces to the names and they can see you are serious too. Be safe and take responsibility! Perhaps we could all use this thread to forward phone numbers and other hints to one another about such matters. Lecture over. I'll get me coat. (Edited to delete an urban legend... Thanks LtP!)

Firstly may I strongly suggest that on the inside of your front door you have the telephone number of your safer neighbourhood team. Here in Nunhead and Peckham Rye we have a number 020 8721 2443. The other day something similar happened and as a neighbour had been bropken into only recently I rang this number and said someone weird had been seen running away when a neighbour answered the door. The phone number is transferred to a mobile number and whoever has the mobile whether it be Community Warden or Support Police answered me. They then said they would radio everyone on the SNT team. 5 mins later a police man came to my door and took information. Sometimes, just sometimes, it can work. I have no idea about what happened as a result, as that is their issue. But we have to report what we see. I shall copy this posting into a new topic entitled SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

I was in Singing Detective. Just had to share that with you. I adore him. And I saw that make up (and Joanna Whalley) close up. Ick ick I mean, they named a CORNER after him in Top Gear. What better award could someone possibly have?

Get a bike...

Sorry but I hate traffic angering measures (I mean "calming" measures. They punish us all for the sake of a few idiots whilst making it dangerous for everyone in a different way. Biker friendly lumps in the road (I mean "cushions") mean that drivers do the most dangerous thing to avoid them. When learning to drive and especialy for advanced drivers one is taught to look ahead and plan as far ahead as possible. You can't do that with bumps because you are looking at the road immediately in front of you to try and ride your sets of car wheels over them which usually means driving / serving into the middle of the road and not seeing the other traffic coming towards you, which is nasty when you're a biker or a cyclist. And you think this is better?

Just gonna whinge on here and not all turn up to the Community Council?

13th February 7pm http://www.southwark.gov.uk/YourCouncil/CommunityCouncilsSection1/howcommunitycouncilsworks.html Follow the links to learn about the Community Councils. Personally I think they're talking shops and very reactive when we should be pro-active. But anyway, if we all turned up we could make a difference. But it didn't work last time! I can't guarantee I shall be there either as I often work evenings. But it's in my diary, if I can.

What? No real ale on draft?

Hi I live on Peckham Rye East Side the SE15 side, so turning right up those traffic lights is also a nightmare. Now, when the traffic lights were first put in I tried really, really hard to get a filter light put in, and had suggested a roundabout instead, to get the council and TFL to realise how dangerous those two right turns into Peckham Rye SE22 and then Peckham Rye SE15 are. We went to Community Council meetings, and spoke with the transport people there and still they did not listen. May I make a suggestion: We all go to the next Community Council meeting and try again? Whinging on this site does no good, but whinging at Community Council meetings also does little good but if all of us go to it and speak in front of councillors, they at least have to write it down and maybe get the TFL people to come to the next meeting or to answer us in the meantime. I tried really hard on all this years ago. Maybe time for a second attempt but not alone, this time!

Blankers.

Oooooooh LostThePlot what did ya write! LostThePlot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > posting removed for libellous content - The > Administrator Was it along the lines of Screw the Monarchy and tell them to stuff their award? Also, was it along the lines of "Why ask our opinion or was it just a way of showing off your achievements without telling us what they were anyway and by that method letting us know what a wonderful person you are without actually telling us why in a sort of passiveaggressive way? Sort of AggressivePassive?" Nah, dint think so.

I've joined "Jeremy Clarkson for MP" on Facebook. Just to wind you up obviously. What I like about Facebook is you can most definitely delete stuff you don't want including the posts people send you. Just don't use your own name. I still had a photo tagged of me (with my real name) and I simply politely asked the acquaintance to untag me and they did. End of. God I can't believe I just wrote "end of". I hate it when people do that. I will start a Facebook group called "End of 'End of'".