PeckhamRose

That's hysterical! So who got in the van? You?!

I described them well enough, and no. I can't! Someone PMd me with who they thought one of them was, but it wasn't. Thanks though.

I took them on film.

1) It's a large dog and I am 99% sure it is a Boxer. And s/he's sitting down looking straight at me with his tongue out, and s/he has a dark blue bandana round his neck. There are two women I think on the other end of the lead (I did not photo their faces) and one wears a full length dark blue skirt with what looks like Crocs on her feet. It's such a good photo if I say so myself and if it were my pet I'd love this!

2) A massive black or dark brown dog, but not a Great Dane I am sure, has locked his chops around an ice lolly! The woman holding the lolly is sitting down and I am sure she is pregnant. She has beautiful shiny dark brown straight hair, below ear length, and a red strappy top, wearing sunglasses, jeans and painted toe nails. With her other hand she is holding a lead which leads to another dog not in the photo. The lead of Big lolly loving dog, which is thick rope-like, is being held by someone else not in the photo. There is, I think, a red kid's scooter in front of her also.

I'd love you both to have these photos so if you know of the identity of the people and dogs I have described please PM me. I took them on film and have been away so only just got them processed.

Thanks!

I highly recommend the Nunhead Surgery, Nunhead Grove, up the road from the Man of Kent pub.

They are a great bunch and the receptionists are helpful and friendly too.

I have been a patient there for about 20 years or so and my health needs mean I have to go regularly.

I attend their Patient Forums (All surgeries should have these now, so all the GP surgeries who you feel agrieved by, you should have the opportunity to complain in person at these forums.) Nunhead Surgery has people who answer the phone, and 020 landline numbers unlike some who have 0845 numbers and call centre type answer systems.

Nunhead Surgery regularly comes top or near top in the patient satisfaction surveys of the surgeries in Southwark.

Hope they're in your catchment area now I have praised them so highly!

I'm going to the drop in session, and will leak some information to you. I think 1600 to 1700 hours isn't bad.

I don't think so. This one has a dental surgery room right behind the reception so there's not much opportunity for any confidentiality.

My Dentist practice in East Dulwich - you may know the one, they keep you on hold for ages and the practice manager has 'attitude' but the dentists are lovely - recently told me that if something goes wrong and you have to come back to have it redone (a filling comes out after a week, for example), then you have to pay the ?48 or whatever you paid AGAIN if you see a different dentist within the same practice. And if you have to go back as an emergency because said filling has left the gap that now hurts, you have to pay the emergency fee on top because you're not seeing the same dentist. I said but what if the dentist is on holiday for a month, or has left. Tough, was the basic reply.

This sounded wrong, immoral, and just pants. But practice manager insisted she was right.

Meanwhile I had to wait 9 days to see the original dentist to put the filling back as I did not want to pay another ?48.

I rang the PCT and they agreed with me. You do not have to pay again if you see a different dentist within the same practice to fix the problem. Your contract is with the surgery/clinic and not with an individual dentist. The PCT are phoning the practice to put them right.

So if any of you have been told this and paid up, demand your money back!

Just thought I'd share the info!

Edited for clarity.

Thanks for all the info Eileen. Sadly I could not make the Sep meeting but look forward to the talk next week.

Ben O'Looney is a gem for the Peckham Society.

Are you ready Steve?

Edward Turner 8 Philip Walk

Triumph Motorcycles.

http://www.sumpmagazine.com/edward-turner-plaque.htm

Actually, like, literally.

LEASEHOLDERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWARK 2000 (LAS 2000), PO Box 23394, London, SE16 2WA

They are volunteers so don't have money for an office so work out of people's homes.

If you write and want some advice it would be polite to send an SAE.

They are only ?12 a year to join.

Here's the sort of success they can be proud of

http://www.anthonygold.co.uk/site/library/firmnews/andrew_brookes_in_victory_for_southwark_council_leaseholders

If you are going to be a leaseholder in Southwark, I recommend you (and anyone reading this) join the Leaseholders Association of Southwark. They are a group of leaseholder volunteers who have been so helpful to me. Southwark - 3 years after putting wonderful new double glazed windows in our flats resulting in me not needing to put the fire on during winter the last 3 winters - now have demanded an EXTRA ?2000 for the works.

LAS 2000 have proven helpful to me as I try and argue that this is a tad unreasonable.

Not fewer laissez-faire though. That wouldn't make sense.

So...

Like, no. So....

And don't call me Jay z. (!)

Back to the OP. I think the first time I heard the word dissect was at school when we were told to DYE sect a mouse. I refused. And not because I was waiting for the teacher to say DISS sect, but because I thought it was a wrong thing to do. But as the teacher had said DYE sect, it would not have occurred to me that she had mispronounced it! I have never heard anyone say DISSect, but since I respect PGC I shall consider using that pronunciation from now on. So...

Looo tenant. I find myself saying that even though I know none. I never understood how one could get Leff from Lieu. And since American films are or were the prevalent cultural source for many of us, we stick to skedules for Lootenants.

I agree about the misuse of "Hopefully", and I do try and say "I hope that.." instead. But people who end their sentences with so... Grrrrrr

So...

Don't care. Still love it. Good telly. Am sick of being pandered to with people trying so hard NOT to offend and be inclusive. I also wholeheartedly concur with James May's opinion that there should only be one law. "Don't be a prat".

They already have. Write to the council with your concerns?

Wouldn't bother me. I recollect that the tastist bits of a human body are the upper arms. Don't ask how I know or why I remembered that, I just do.

Got back this morning having done most of them. Really appreciated the PMs and comments on my earlier thread. Loved Stockbridge especially and Norman Rockwell Museum but you missed out what was also in Stockbridge. The ORIGINAL Alice's Restaurant! Anyway, thanks everyone, and yes we made it to Magic Hat Brewery tour too!

Don't have a car, love Top Gear. Loved the episode where they asked how fast we thought a caravan could go, then zoomed up to one hanging up very high from a crane, then let it go. ooooh it went fast! I love the editing and the silliness and just can't get worked up about the occasional offensiveness.

The tour was great and they indeed told us about how workers can take two tubs home a day. I forgot to askabout the branch here, but they did promise they only use ethically sourced products and are very green. The water flushing the loos, sorry the Restroomfacilities, was ethically dyed blue and was water from elsewhere in the factory. But they have no sway over franchises in places like EDulwich overcharging,probably.

It just so happens your humble correspondent in New England on a road trip should be hesding for the Benand Jerry's hq andfactory in thenext few days inVermont; l will ask them their plans!

Hey, thsnks so much EDF folk for your advice. Looks like we have slightly mistimed as the colours have not changed down south but as we have drivennorth they are turning slowly. Cape Cod was so astoundinly lovely and now we are in Stockbridge and seeing the Norman Rockwell museum tomorrow having met a man who knew him or szys he did.. And the original Alice'sRestaurant place too that Arlo Guthrie wrote about. Am having a grat time!

Sorry for mistakes had a large margarita at the Red Lion in Stockbridge. Treat this as your postcard.