Knomester

Hello Has anyone had experience in opposing the Council's plans to put in new speed bumps on their road in East Dulwich? We hope to convince the Council not to put in a full speed bump on our small road for various reasons, but not least because it simply isn't needed and isn't wanted by many of the residents. We just wondered if anyone has any help or experiences to share? Thank you :)

We had good service from Haart when we were looking to buy until it came to the offer stage - we put in an offer for the full asking price for a quick purchase only for Haart to come back and say they'd advised the seller to keep it on the market to see if they could do better than the asking price. It eventually went the same way as some others have mentioned (e.g. ziggy) with us being told we were bidding against another bidder... Thankfully we eventually backed out before we paid over the odds for the house in question. We eventually bought through Roy Brooks and, like Tommy, I can not recommend them more highly (from a purchaser's point of view). Very professional and 'by the book'. Kept us up to date constantly. I wasn't keen on any of the others we looked through including Bushells (everything was ?100k over budget), DVR (unprofessional), etc...

We're planning on going on Saturday afternoon / evening! The Herne is our local and serves really good bitter anyway so looking forward to sampling a few more... 20 guest ales you say....?? It could be messy :)-D:)-D

That's good to know about the beauty place Siduhe - I keep meaning to pop in for a price list. I might try on the way home this evening!

Great news - we'll give a whirl then! :)-D

Hi Sean For a small parade of shops I think it's really good - co-op for food, chemist, newsagents, launderette (no washing machine at the moment so it's a godsend!), post office, The Herne (does that count?!). The Co-Op is fine for basics and for very cheap nearly out of date veg (20p swede this weekend!) but it doesn't have the variety I need so we often go further up the road to the Turkish shop which sells everything. As MadWorld74 said the shops will most likely 'come up' as they say and maybe more eateries with the new development (anyone know what the progress is on that?). The new boys school (if and when it opens) may also have an impact?? So what's Si Mangia like - I've never eaten there and it usually looks fairly empty when I walk past....

We went in January (tickets finally booked after 4 hours trying to get through by phone on the day the tickets were released...) and bumped into friends who had queued (on a Saturday) from 6am to get tickets - they were 3rd and 4th in the queue. I'm sure if you get up that early you'll end up falling asleep during the performance thought... :'(

Thanks - tried the garden centre but no luck. Mum has already put air rifle on the Christmas present list for next year! >:D< I've hung the suet ball feeder off a hanging basket bracket attached to the side of the house but the tits haven't found it yet....

There was no sign of the kingfisher in Peckham Rye Park on Sunday... Mum was none too impressed at me dragging her out in the cold to look for it after a boozy lunch at the Herne! :-$ As for birds in our garden, the count so far is two blackbirds (one male one female), blue tits, a robin, a jay, two collard doves and a partridge in a pear tree. The tree rats (aka grey squirrels) (6) have chewed through the seed feeder and keep knocking the peanuts off the tree so I've moved the fat balls and the poor birds are now totally confused... Anyone know where to buy a stake with hooks at the top so that we can hang the feeders where the squirrels can't get them?

Ted Max Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Personally I go CPT > > Thanks. Think we might give EDT a whirl then this > weekend... > > No need to be rude, Knomester! Mmmm...I can see how that could be misconstrued! Maybe I should offer to try CPT next weekend???!

Thanks. Think we might give EDT a whirl then this weekend...

Cheers Keef. Are they much of a muchness as far as atmosphere goes during games?

Just wondering which pub in East Dulwich you would recommend for watching the Six Nations games - in particular the Ireland v Italy and England v Wales games tomorrow? EDT? Cheers :)-D

When we moved house we had a huge clear out - I took the majority (6 or 7 binliners and some huge framed pictures) to the Oxfam on Half Moon Lane and the rest (electricals which Oxfam can't accept) to the Mind shop. If you pull into the side street to the left of Oxfam and then right into the little carpark at the back they will take your bags through the back entrance and you won't get clobbered for parking without a permit. They were extremely grateful for everything as were the people in the Mind shop. I used to work in Oxfam in my spare time when I was younger and the staff could buy items before they went out onto the shop floor but only after they had been priced up and the staff paid the full price. I don't see anything wrong with that as the money still goes to the charity... In reality, in the shop I worked in the staff bought very little before it went onto the shelves. It's not the same for clothes being sent overseas being taken by local staff as Gerry points out. I didn't realise that happened.

I've only had veggie 'Sunday roasts' at The Bishop and The Herne so far and would recommend both. The Bishop's offering was veggie toad in the hole with the same roasties and veg as the meat Sunday roast and veggie gravy - I think it's nice to be able to eat the same veg etc rather than something totally different like mushroom risotto or wild mushroom pasta... I've only eaten at The Herne once (although it is my new local so will no doubt frequent it more now...) but the veggie option was good - a caramelised onion and lancashire cheese tart served with a rocket salad. Not quite so 'Sunday roast'-like but very good all the same.