PeckhamRose

I want a job.

On our local post box is says something about 7.30pm at Nine Elms.

It's not good in my own home either and I am on a hill. I believe it's because of the steel in our block of flats' structure even though I can get fine TV reception. Vodaphone (I refuse to use f for phone...!) told me recently there were two new masts going up in our area, one in Peckham Rye SE15 side where I live. I think they use a fake / dead tree opposite the old closed down toilet block on East Dulwich Road...!

It is interesting how this thread has changed from my opening post. I think I was more interested in how we tackle (and it MUST be tackled) parents who humiliate/abuse /punish their kids when the kids have done nothing wrong, or the punishment is way out of proportion to any apparent misdemeanour witnessed. Earlier posts have given me food for thought and I thank you for your contributions. I will not stand by quietly in future and I will say something. Specially if there are other people around (for protection and witness, even if they don't do anything which most people won't!)

Oh very funny MP. FWIW James Barber, if there were any joined up thinking with government and (bus) companies then they would be forced to go to Sainsburys because if they did I might not use my motorcycle so often to go shopping. Nahhhhhhhh you're right, riding a bike for any reason including shopping is good reason enough. But you get my point I am sure...!

Oh fabulous! Was this pressure from the public?

Sorry to disappoint, but MrPR says he has not got astrong enough telephoto lens. But I will persuade him to let me see the best he has and I will make a decision....!

It's effin Freezing! (Clue, joke about a baby polar bear.)

Thanks so much for posting this. MrPR got his tripod and best camera out as a result, and has been on the balcony ten mins photographing it. Maybe will post the result tomorrow. OK ok we all know what the moon looks like, but even so. What a great evening with a sky full of visible stars even in London!

A dog person, are you? ;)

I have changed my mind. I would not like to stay in my own flat (sorry to my lovely neighbours on here!) I would like to buy two entire floors in the upper reaches of the Shard! Now there's views. Oh, and the circular house at North Foreland, too.

The seven C's on Rye.

What sand in Brighton? A foot beneath the stones maybe. Loving Brendan's wit as usual...!

I know that some Ghanians in London send their children back home to boarding schools where they are exposed to severe punishments as they consider London schools too soft. Africans living near me - the kids have been known to ask to hide near us in case their parents see them and "they'd beat me about my head". I shall call SNT in future and have the number onmy mobile (whoever is doing the violent act). Thanks everyone.

Good call. Thanks for contributing to this. I shall think about that in the future. I feel so for the kids, they may get it worse when they get home.

Oh dita thank you for your contribution to this thread. I just do not understand why people don't realise you can get free contraception on the NHS! And thanks Bellenden Belle - indeed SNT means just that. Safer Neighbourhood Team!The above is linked to the Peckham Rye team but you can go into it and check for your own.

See above. You can get some but not enough help for costs from the state.Or You can opt for the funeral at the public expense. Meanwhile, and for the original poster, here is a website at the page of the DIY funerals. The Good Funeral Guide.

Jah Lush I know exactly where you mean, on Cheyne Walk. I believe Gerald Scarfe and his wife, some red head actress (!) live at number eight. My Gran lived round the corner from them on the Cremorne Estate. If ONLY she'd bought her flat... I love that area of Chelsea and if money were no object would like to have a third house there. But with no view! Actually if money were no object I would get up and out and just travel. Live in hotels. Bliss. San Francisco is one of my fave places in USA. North and South California are as different as north and south of England (or italy or New Zealand) are. I prefer the north. Let's go.

Thanks Jah. I just feel we're all in this life together and we should look after and care about each other. And this makes me so upset, but I was not going to say anything to the mother but was very tempted to call the SNT.

Is it? I have no idea. I never read the book or saw any of the countless film versions! I saw it on some location show a while back and was so glad when the people turned it down - the house I had in mind is a wreck so I'd knock it down and rebuild. And get that balding sarcy lush Kevin McLoud along too.

Although I live in a small flat I have great views of London and can not imagine I would want to live anywhere else tht did not have a great view. Except the sea. I grew up on the coast and love the sea and walking on the shore. So I would keep my flat and build my circular house on the private road in Kingsgate near the North Foreland Lighthouse which also has its own private stairwell down to the sea cut through the chalk. If money were no object, mind. I have the design of my house already. Some people have imaginary friends; I have my imaginary house!

Minefield alert! I was in Forest Hill post Office and in front of me was an African mum (or sounded it) with three kids of different ages. Her kids were not misbehaving but she was threatening the older one (about 12?) with smacks two or three times for not opening his bag quick enough, or other small matter. At one point, she insisted he come to her. "Closer" she kept saying, and he looked so scared. She hit him on the side of the face away from me but he did not seem to flinch. I know Africans have a reputation for being so strict with their kids, but these kids were not even doing anything wrong. But Africans or not, what should we do when we witness this sort of thing? Is it right to just not be involved and let the mother think it is acceptable to talk to their kids like this and hit them? I felt helpless and so sad for these lovely kids who are being brought up with fear and negativity. Discuss!

He was once white and is about 10 inches high when he stands up, which isn't easy. I carefully placed him sitting down in a recess of a big tree in the park closest to Harris Sports Academy on Copleston Road. And there he was at about 4.30pm, waiting for his Mum to come rescue him.

What do you mean? "However, if cremated you can choose your crematorium, but pay for each county/borough boundary the body has to pass through." The hearse takes the coffin through three counties from place of death to burial/cremation site. How to the boroughs know the route and why would they charge? (Sorry, am I being thick? What did I miss there?)

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