niki_nje

Hello, are there any more fairs out there that might have spaces available?

Woo! Fair is open! Come along today!!

Just a reminder, the fair is THIS WEEKEND, 12-4!!!! Exciting first opening day of a series of craft fairs to come! Just in time for the start of the Christmas season (I know it's only November, but no harm in planning ahead!!) http://i58.tinypic.com/n5ldmh.jpg

Yay! I'll try and come along after work today!

Hello all! A brand new craft fair is opening up in Anerley near Crystal Palace and the first event is on the 8th November! Not only will there be a whole host of handmade goodies and yummy things for the grown ups (either for Christmas presents or well deserved presents to yourself), there is also a workshop for children running 12-4 with Crafty Hands. Please contact them to pre-book a space: https://www.facebook.com/craftyhands8 To find out more about the confirmed sellers so far check out the facebook group page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/503865493091864/ Or the Anerley Craft friend page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007986250177&fref=ts To get there from Lordship lane is a 10 min drive or you can jump on the 176 all the way. It is also close to Anerley overground station which is a direct line from Forest Hill, or Crystal Palace station from Peckham Rye. http://i59.tinypic.com/21b2151.jpg

Hello, thanks for the reply. Sorry for my delay in replying. Just moved house and everything is up in the air but yes I am interested! I will send an email!

This may be sacrilege but I was wondering firstly how "East Dulwich" this forum is? I.e. how many far a reach does the forum have? I'm sure bordering Peckham people must be here. This leads to my second question which is, are there any other forums as good as this one for "local" i.e. just outside of ED areas? Although I live near Goose Green I wouldn't mind travelling a little to find good stuff in other areas, and I wonder if it is all captured here, does that make sense>

Hello all, the Telegraph Hill Craft Collective are having another of their regular craft making days, this time it is for making your own Halloween mask! This would be great for kids but we always get fun grown ups join us as well! Is will be this Saturday, October 18th. There will be also be some spooky food goodies on sale and of course tea! The closest train stations to the Telegraph Hill Centre are Nunhead and Brockley, it is a 30 minute walk from Goose Green or a quick bus journey on the 484. Address: Telegraph Hill Centre, Kitto Road, London, SE14 5TY Our facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Telegraph-Hill-Craft-Collective/123382991087098 Twitter handle: @Craftonthehill

Thank you to those who have got in touch by PM. My other half is in the process of getting in contact to find your availability. If there are any other cleaners recommended (or if you are a cleaner/have a business), please get in touch. We need someone fairly last minute now unfortunately due to being messed about by our estate agent (Friday preferably). So if you can come at such short notice please contact me, we will be very grateful! Thanks!

Not sure if this is the right place for this so apologies if not, we need to get 4 curtains dry cleaned and wondered if anyone could recommend somewhere. To be honest we want as cheap as possible as they are old and knackered and barely worth the cost of cleaning but we have to get it done. We also need a cleaner, any recommendations for an agency? Thanks in advance for any help!

Otta, I used to tutor a boy in Crystal Palace, the money was good or I wouldn't have travelled all that way! It is over 40 minutes though still (I'm also 12 minutes from triangle). I will learn to drive my fianc?'s car, then it's only 15 minutes. I couldn't live near my parents anyway, not because of gentrification but because there are no jobs, I understand the reality, but I didn't expect to be priced out within 5 years of this area (well 2 in the end) who does? I moved from Camberwell to the Peckham border as the rent was relatively cheap and the area a bit nicer. If I had known I would have rented in Crystal Palace from the start (although true to a poster earlier, this used to be more expensive!). 5 years is the longest I have lived anywhere since leaving home (as I had to move around for jobs) and I thought I had found somewhere I really liked and wanted to settle. Hopefully we can come back one day, or maybe I'll live Anerley and not want to leave, who knows! Miga, I do agree, but when will it end?! And what will happen then? Will prices fall or just stop? I can't see how it can keep going on like this, but I also don't see how it will end. njc97 you have hit the nail on the head there, I am a normal person, not particularly well off and what I meant by 'gentrification' was simply a nice place with things to do (which is how everyone seems to use the word these days). Somewhere I will be happy, and that could be down to community too - that's part of what I loved about East Dulwich and Peckham. I think people are reacting to the word "gentrification" rather than realising I am just sad about having to move into a not so nice area because it is all I can afford!! Peckham has loads of green space as miga says above and lots of creativity which has inspired me too. Anerley doesn't (yet) have that vibe.

Louisa I'm very sorry to hear that about your family but I am not the cause of gentrification, I am also a victim being a millennial affected by all the crazy house prices. I have to work in London as there are no jobs for me elsewhere (meaning I can't live near my Mum either). If I could wish for anything it would be to live in a half decent area (not super trendy, or posh) affording a house and not spending my entire salary on living. Unfortunately that isn't the case so I have to deal with what I've got, including wishing the boring/cheap area I'm buying into will improve.

Miga I agree, but where are the young people supposed to go? Renting is one thing but for buying young people are priced out of most of the 'trendy' areas. I am one of the 'young people' by the way!! A couple of my much better off friends have bought in Brixton which isn't too bad, but they are on double my salary and not representative of the majority. With all the rent increases I don't know how people my age and younger will be able to afford anywhere vaguely central in future, after all commonly my friends pay around ?700 rent for a room a month in a reasonable area in zone 2/3 (although most North Londoners are zone 5), and that is cheap! Thanks Jeremy! Otta, which route are you using exactly, by public transport it will take 45 minutes or 30 min cycle ride, so no it isn't 15 minutes away. Also why do you feel the need to tell me about "reality" - I'm living it, dealing with it, that's my point. Blame the game not the player ;-)

Idealism is all well and good (especially if you already own) but unfortunately that isn't the reality. I'm making this move pragmatically rather than because I want to. With the deposit we have now we could have afforded to settle in Peckham/ED but two years ago that dream was shattered when prices doubled. I was and am still pretty devastated to have to move away from my friends and my home of five years (where I imagined having children) and we are buying partially as we can't afford to risk the rent increases. The area we have moved to really isn't that nice at the moment so yes I'd like 'gentrification' (which was said tongue in cheek anyway) because it would be nice to live in an area with things to do, places to eat, rather than settling for the idea of moving out of London or earning more and upgrading. What's wrong with wanting to live in a nice place? Yes gentrification ruined my previous dreams but could help transform and fulfill what I want in my new area.

Hello, I make jewellery from vintage books and I am looking for Christmas/autumn fairs to sell at. Can anyone provide me with any information on any I could sell at? My shop on etsy to give an idea of the style of my pieces is here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/trainstopjewellery Thanks, Niki

We are leaving East Dulwich after five years in a similar situation (absolutely gutted, priced out two years ago before we managed to scrape our deposit together). Priced out of Forest Hill about 9 months ago. We have finally bought in Anerley. We looked in Crystal Palace, which is becoming very nice, however you pay for the postcode! We are 12 minutes from the triangle but our place costs a third less than some only a 7 minute walk away which are Crystal Palace postcode. Apparently a micro-brewery has opened in Anerley which my other half is very excited about! So hopefully the gentrification is upon us!

After having paid for several very expensive and bad hair cuts in London (one made me cry) I was recommended headnizm by my boyfriend (who had longish hair at the time). They are cash in hand and very cheap but all the girls in there are damn good at haircuts, especially Rose. I don't know what they are like for colouring though, I haven't had that there.

Thai corner cafe is good for what you pay, i.e. very cheap (and BYOB ), very cramped but a lot better than most fusion/chain restaurants. I personally think the Begging Bowl is overrated, the food was good but very pricey and not everything I have there makes me think "wow", unlike some thai places in central London. There was a Thai place in Herne hill called Lombok I went to once which had very good food and was well priced, don't know how they are doing since the flooding though, I really want to go back there myself so I will have to look them up. Do not go to Sema on Lordship lane, very average and they were rude to us when we went so we haven't been back. Also I have had very good food in Buddha Jazz (Vietnamese) near Denmark hill but they can be a bit slow when it is busy, always polite though.

I have just had a sari blouse made for me for a wedding at the end of the month. I have had the top adjusted twice at the shop but they seem to be at a loss to what to do next. I am not Indian so I am not sure what it is supposed to be like but I know it is a bit uncomfortable. It is supposed to be tight but it is really rather tight at the front of the armpits. I am after a professional opinion first as to whether it can or should be alerted further, I can send photos or travel to you. I'd appreciate any help. Thanks, Niki

There is a new shop down Bellenden road called "Quaint and Belle" which has a random assortment of gifts, some hand made jewellery and other things for the home. I also sell my own handmade jewellery but don't sell somewhere physical in East Dulwich although I live here! I sell online but could do free pickup and I also can make custom items on request: trainstopjewellery.etsy.com

R Gutsell on the large charity debate, there are disadvantages to large charities but there also can be huge advantages! British Heart Foundation and Cancer Research UK give money towards scientific research in academic labs, smaller charities cannot afford this. A lab bench even before the cost of wages is on average ?150,000 per year due to costs of reagents and rent etc so smaller charities really cannoy scratch the surface. One thing people complain about with small charities is advertising, but they make more money doing this than they waste otherwise why would they do it?! People often need to be prompted/reminded to donate to charity and that is what the advertising is for. I've worked with large and small charities, and sometimes seeing the waste of money/resources of some small charities I think they would be better off teaming up to pool their resources. On the other hand there are very good valid small charities which do get neglected and whose visions are not covered by the large charities, but my point is that it isn't as simple as "big charity = bad and wasteful" and "small charity = good and efficient"

Main problem is, you have to walk a lot further from the pub to the platform now, boooooo!

Yes, please be careful about "rescuing" any cat on the street!! Those station cats have been there a while, there is a little elderly cat that lives down the street from us which people keep calling the RSPCA about, she is just old and doddery which is obvious to me but obviously not to everyone. It is really upsetting the owners! I did once see a fairly young cat on the street (about 6 months ago) but I knocked on the nearest house and they said he was being let out for the first time (so I was right about the age!) but he was ok to be out and about. If they are very little kittens they shouldn't be outside, but if you can, check if anyone knows who they belong to. If they are dirty like the ones mentioned above, it is a little more obvious! What is going to happen to the abandoned kittens?

I would say it is a massive shame, but everything I bought from there died really easily and all their plants always had diseases! I stopped buying from there after a while as I suspected all the diseases I was getting in my garden on my plants came from that place. Does anyone know of a good undiseased garden centre?

I am allergic to Lush unfortunately. I go in there and sneeze my head off! I am always worried that my skin will react to the overly perfumed products! i used to love bodyshop, but as a teenager, so I associate it with that time and buy more "grown up" cosmetics now.