civilservant

John's post sent me back to look at the hedgehog website. It appears that I was wrong to suggest that hedgehogs eat frogs - and also wrong to think that they relish slugs and snails. I didn't see the info about fox population density, but suspect that we've got a few more than 6 fox families in our valley.

thirded, buggie

sweet! but alas I suspect that hoglets eat froglets... when I lived in Surrey, I supplied a hedgehog with a comfy cardboard box to hibernate in and took care not to disturb it all winter long, only to find in the spring that the occupant had moved out some time earlier without leaving a forwarding address!

Sadly not, it seems, edh I got in touch with Hugh Warwick at the British Hedgehog Preservation Society some time ago - his book here http://www.amazon.co.uk/Prickly-Affair-Charm-Hedgehog/dp/0141034297/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313268496&sr=1-1 - and one thing he said was that their hedgehog census showed that the hedgehog population is particularly low in SE London, which I find hard to understand given that we have big parks and so many leafy spaces. I'm sure that he/they can advise on what we can do in ED.

Rick Channing - your three days' worth of posts certainly looks like trolling to me. What I can't understand is why you choose to locate yourself and your family among a bunch of "f@ckin' hippies". If DJKQ and I (http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,722334,724666,page=3#msg-724666) can manage to find common cause with the Daily Telegraph, how come you can't find even one point of agreement with your neighbors?

o children - Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

riposte - Its actual title is For What It's Worth. But "The song's title appears nowhere in its lyrics; it is more easily remembered by the first line of chorus: "Stop, children, what's that sound?" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_What_It%27s_Worth_%28Buffalo_Springfield_song%29 so no we aren't back to Rise Jah Jah Children

stop, Children, what's that sound - buffalo springfield

solutions, SNT = Safer Neighbourhood Team Here is a link to the ED one - http://www.met.police.uk/teams/southwark/eastdulwich/

Who'll stop the rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Forum lefties and not-so-lefties will be no doubt gobsmacked to find themselves agreeing with the (grammatically correct) sentiments expressed here http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peteroborne/100100708/the-moral-decay-of-our-society-is-as-bad-at-the-top-as-the-bottom/

Get to station this morning with ample time to spare. Forewarned by forum postings, remember to touch in with Oyster, rush around the corner to wobbly bridge. Discover that bridge only allows two lanes of traffic, with no possibility of overtaking if there are people coming the other way. So at peak times, each lane travels at the speed of the slowest unit in it e.g. people bemused by new arrangements, clueless tourists, patients heading for the hospital, people struggling with small children and pushchairs. Miss train.

I've waited in vain to see someone post about hedgehogs in ED - there was a vague rumour some time ago that one had been heard snuffling around Nunhead. So in a week full of disheartening news about rioting and looting, here is more disheartening news: the hedgehog has now joined the list of Britain's 10 most endangered species. I used to champion urban foxes, but it looks like they may be part of the problem http://www.thehedgehog.co.uk/foxes.htm Can't we do something?

you make me feel like a natural woman - carole king

I would use this route much more if it were reliable. On weekdays, the service from Herne Hill to East Dulwich seems variable - some days I get a bus from the stop outside the station immediately, on others I have to wait ages. My last experience of using it on a weekend recently was of waiting over half an hour, during which two 37s went past empty. Then two 37s arrived together.

helpless - neil young (who else!)

endorse all the above posts and here's an additional resource - http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7130393-1001-children-s-books - also go down the page to some links to age-appropriate lists supplied by one of contributors. I haven't got the '1001 Books' book myself, but recently went with Junior civlservant to a book event run by Julia Eccleshare, and she certainly seemed to know her stuff

hmm... I'd love to be as sure as you are, Alan Medic, but happy to accept that child protection services would have to be un-crap especially when covering an area with Southwark's challenges

Girls just want to have fun - Cyndi Lauper

california dreaming - Bobby womack

ok - let's hope for the best! (it wasn't council tax bill, btw - I heard from a mum who's moving out of Southwark who may have lost her child's new school place as a result of Southwark inaction - "not our fault, we're short-staffed" insist the council...)

we've established that there is a problem, so what is red1 to do? she's gone very quiet - but unlike some posters, I don't think this is a wind-up it's wonderful to see that people so concerned about this situation, but if I was given so much good advice, I'd struggle to take it all in! Could we summarise by saying "call the NSPCC"? some people said "call the council", but from my own experience of the amount of time that I've spent hanging on to phones, waiting for emails, being fobbed off etc from Southwark, I'd say this is def. the last best option

hotel california - the eagles

do wah diddy diddy - manfred mann

action against dangerous dogs seems to be largely a local matter left to the discretion of local authorities. Something's happening in Southwark - here's an undated report (probably from end of last year) about Southwark's BARK initiative http://cms.met.police.uk/met/boroughs/southwark/04how_are_we_doing/news/new_initiative_launched_to_tackle_dangerous_dogs_in_southwark which talks about action to seize dangerous dogs I also note that a Southwark Dog Strategy 2011-14 has just been approved by the Council http://moderngov.southwarksites.com/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=2187 This has two priority delivery areas: encouraging responsible dog ownership and tackling dog related ASB and dogs dangerously out of control. However, delivery of the strategy depends on "any conceived restraints to resources and budgets" I suppose we'll have to wait and see what that means