PeckhamRose

I found some on Etsy the other day. I was thinking of doing some in the kitchen with herbs. But I can't find it on Etsy now. Your plan sounds fabulous! We don't have a big kitchen but I am sure what I did see would suit a big wall.

The Peckham Society does do direct debit now and also whilst it tries to be inclusive it would be fair to say its membership is not representative of the Peckham we know. So it is up to folks of all backgrounds to join it and make it what you want it to be. Having said that, it is a great source of historical information. Its website is not updated regularly enough but it is back to the usual thing about any local interest organisation / special interest organisation. They tend to be run by volunteers who have full time jobs. https://www.peckhamsociety.org.uk/ I realise the original post was about Austins but I hope my post is acceptable! On that note, Austins was down the road from me and I also loved walking around there. My American relatives visited it with me and wanted to ship much of it across to USA had they been able to afford to do so! If memory serves, it closed down because the younger members of the family did not want to carry on running it.

Thank you so much Nigel! Many of us don't have gardens but do have plant filled balconies we also love and care for. On one south facing balcony I have a very big pot with a 15 year old Wisteria that has never flowered. Any idea when I should trim it back and by how much? No worries if you have no time to reply! Sure I can found out elsewhere.

Husband a professional photographer who does pinhole photography work and abstract photography (and makes his own pinhole cameras). Ohh yes. And then there are a lot of my photos too. And a massive map of London. And a massive satellite image of South East England. Also some of my own art works, including covering the pipes in the flat (it's an old block) with material in garish glitzy sparkly colours matching the walls and furniture. We prefer to use our own stuff and don't buy others. But thanks for asking. Oh and also, tenants can put their own art works on walls. Council tenants certainly. And I am sure some private ones too.

Highly recommend as someone else already has www.bedbugs.co.uk I have seen them at work and he's been on the telly a few times. David someone.

I totally agree with you. This is awful. I never use cards if I can avoid it. I always love using cash. Often, shops like it too. But you're right, many people don't have a choice. (Some of my clients still pay me by cheque!) Having said that, some people can't afford the sort of prices in many such establishments anyway. Certainly won't be going back to this cafe till they re-instate the use of cash. And they shall survive.

Ooooh let's all jump up and down on the rubber tubes. "Just for fun. For a laugh. Ha ha ha."

The Nunhead and Peckham Rye SNT also have meetings and they said they would advertise a bit more their meetings on the What's On section. We really all should try and attend Safer NeighbourHood Team Meetings because it benefits all of us and we are the people they need feedback from. I was sad to see no SNT police stand at the Fete though, just six grumpy silent police from the roads and highways team, I believe, trying really hard not to engage with or be engaged by anyone at all.

Hi, I have only just seen this post, so I hope my experience can still offer some help. My thoughts and suggestions (to you and/or anyone else reading this): 1) ALWAYS do it / them well in advance. 2) I had LPAs for Health and Welfare, and Finance, completed for each of my parents, done through SAGA. I would NOT recommend doing it through SAGA. Their solicitors were dreadfully incompetent, ridiculous expensive, and the solicitors' assistants made so many errors that I, as a former proof reader, felt very angry about. My parents paid for all of this. 3) I would suggest that as soon as they have been completed, and registered, you go to every bank / financial institution that is relevant to the person/s for whom you are acting, WITH them if possible, whilst they are able to accompany you, so that you can show the manager your forms and they can register this LPA and your right to act IN ADVANCE at each organisation. 4) NEVER use SAGA (did I say that already?!) 5) When both parents sadly got to the point of suffering dementia, the LPA was really helpful for me to organise their payments for things, and buy the things they needed with their money. And I was also listened to more seriously with the LPA for Health and Welfare matters, although I believe The State still has the final say in some issues. 5) There is also a form you can get from the social services which allows you to be the recognised responsible person to deal with on behalf of someone else who is under the care of social services. I seem to remember it is a form called something like BF57. That's also worth having. I plan to get LPAs done for my husband and I to act for one another. I am just going to copy type directly from the ones I had for my parents and see how that goes! I won't be able to get to the advice session mentioned above, but there is a lot of advice on line about it. Best wishes!

Never heard of lawn rust. Can't believe it is the first time this has happened in 36 years of living across the road from the park, and as someone who suffers fungal issues in the lungs, YIKES! Never noticed it before though!

1) a general hint: Never use the windscreen wipers when someone has thrown eggs on your windscreen. It will make things worse. 2) when I read the title I thought maybe they had actually thrown the well known Motorcycle cleaner GUNK on your car, in which case it would have been a hint to clean your dirty car, but this was not the case so I am sorry this happened.

Can't help you photographically but my teenage silver service waitressing skills remind me that the spoon and fork at the top of the plate need turning around the other way. The spoon handle to the left and the fork handle to the right under the spoon. Just trying to help. Also, looks like you have your photo!

OK I just saw the answer to my question in the other thread.

And me. And it was not about the money, it is helping to contribute towards knowledge and information about how our brains work and to be part of a "control group". Always useful to try and help. The money was a bonus. She is a very intelligent kind patient person.

Yikes! Very nervous patient as it is, but I do need an implant. If you have had experience good or bad of a dentist who has done a dental implant for you, please share. I need to make a judgement and a decision but personal recommendations first please. Thanks! PM if you're shy...

I think theft is wrong. However, in these days with sanctioned benefits and dying people being declared fit for work, theft is inevitable and it is the only way some people can survive. However, this was a group of young men, so it was malicious. How can this be stopped? People who want to be parents have to go to parenting classes and remain responsible for their kids. However, those same people may not be capable, or suffering depression, or any number of issues. There's never any easy answer. But theft is still wrong. HOLY CR@P am I writing on the correct thread still? All you children who are arguing about the pros and cons of the forum should take it to the ABOUT THE FORUM section.

Oh come on, PLEASE try harder than that to sound passive aggressive. "Can't believe no ones got the answer to this very simple puzzle"

What's the singular of Genuis? Or is Genui plural? in which case the superfluous 's' is worth minus 2.

I can spell "Genius".

You're welcome! I get a weekly and daily email alert to things happening in London, from TheLondonist and IanVisits.

Yeah I saw you in your Shard apartment thinking no-one was watching.....

Thanks folks!

Grander scale with Shard on right. Never did work out how to put the photo in the picture instead of the link!

Hi all, hope you like these. Taken from my 3rd floor balcony yesterday (flypast) and today very early (balloons over London). They set off from Battersea Park, though there were so many we couldn't figure out how there would have been room for all of them! Another photo follows this.

Which begs the questions: 1) Were you speeding 2) Did you go on the red light? Either way Appeal and show them the photo from the location. Let us know what happens.