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We fully expected the new owners to refurbish the kitchen and bathroom and possibly have a loft extension. It turns out that they are going to completely gut the house, have a loft extension and extend to the party wall (currently a fence) and return the extension to the rear of the property. They will like elsewhere whilst the works are carried out. Has anyone had this happen to them. We are concerned about the height of the party wall they will erect. The work is going to be so intrusive. They will be on our roof, in our garden, the fence will be down etc and we are understandably concerned.

Had you closed with Brad Pitt and not just Brad I suspect there might have been a few takers lol xx

I would be interested in the creative writing - not sure I could tap dance at the same time though.

I feel such a fool but I am unable to locate the address for tonight. I was sure I had an email but I cannot find it. I have sent Claudia an email using her hotmail but if she does not respond, would anyone be able to PM me or even send me an email [email protected]

The stress of the sausage roll challenge - and this is a new recipe - no tried and tested here lol xx

I will definitely be there tonight. I am in "team savoury". Looking forward to it. Janet x My plan is to make sausage rolls with chestnuts, sage and cranberry. That is the plan - what happens in the kitchen is another story :) I want to make them late so that they will be slightly warm when I get there.

Thanks for the warm welcome last night and it was nice to meet you all. See you next month. Think I am "team savoury" Janet

I have the address and will be there with my sweet back at 8pm - and a bottle of wine just in case the cake has not worked out !!!! x

That was interesting and thanks for you good wishes - it was upsetting but it could have been worse.

Volunteering at King's take a while - two months since I got through the initial interview and I have still not started - so good luck with that !!!!!

My husband and I were walking to Dulwich Park Sunday morning (about 8.30am) and we crossed over from Goose Green so we could continue up Lordship Lane There was a young black guy standing near the bus stop (opposite Goose Green) standing next to his bicycle. When you got close to him you could see that he had a triangular piece of material positioned across his face so you could only see his eyes. I passed him first but as my husband did, he went right up to my husband's face in a threatening "stand off" manner My husband just got out of his way and when we both looked around he got on this bike and began to follow us. We did not want to encourage him by looking around and eventually he cycled off. I know nothing happened to us but it was quite upsetting. I just thought I would mention it because had I been on my own, I would have felt quite scared.

I was just approaching my car (parked at the side of HSBC) at about 5.20 pm this evening, when a white guy in his late 20's/early 30's went running past me carrying a shopping basket from the Co-Op - the one you fill with your shopping as you walk around the shop. He ran speeding up the road and kept looking back to see if he was being pursued. A woman approached me and said she saw him with food in the basket in the shop and then all of a sudden he just ran out of the shop with the food and basket. Just thought I would mention it.

I would be interested in this. I do not have any special diets, although I do not eat a lot of red meat. I have sent you a separate message also.

If you are looking for someone to fit a London or Manchester bar, I have the name of someone who did some work for me. He also fitted window locks and for the moment at least, I feel a lot safer. He was reasonably priced and very reliable - tidy worker who turned up on time. Enough said!

There is someone on here called thedulichbeekeeper - find him under items for sale. He is selling all his equipment for ?600 but he may be able to give you a few pointers. He is selling for family reasons, not honey problems!!! Hope this helps

Never heard of this. Must say it is extremely worrying, especially from a safety point of view and bearing in mind how man people have external gas meters, they can have their pick! Whatever next!

We get lots of shop owners who park their large vans in our street to avoid parking charges - we have free parking. They take up so much space and are quite happy to bash your car about whilst trying to park their van in a very tight space. They tend to be old rust buckets covered in graffiti and should you be lucky enough to have one park outside your house, goodbye to daylight in the living room.

Thanks Holly. I already registered my interest when I first saw this. I just wanted to check everything was still on. Having read the other messages, I am starting to think perhaps I might do a savoury. Looking forward to meeting everyone. Janet

Lovely idea Can I throw my cake tin in the ring and say yes please. How funny if we end up with a dozen lemon drizzle cakes. Will make a note in my diary. Thank you ladies.

Grab yourself a clipboard or file put in your Southwark Council Tax bill or any other correspondence with Southwark Logo sticking out the top and walk around there - assuming they don't know you of course. Pretend to be from the noise control team. Be nice and say you have no option but to call on them because there have been complaints. Done it twice myself and it worked a treat. 100% more effective than ringing Southwark, waiting an hour for a call back and a further hour for them to come around and trample through your house to see if they can hear the noise and do nothing in the end.... I have tried it the proper way to no avail and I do not own a handgun - unusual for Peckham I grant you so my clipboard is my new weapon. Can be borrowed at a fee !!!!

Why don't you look for love on line. I know people assume all those who meet on line are odd but that is not always the case. Some people are in professions that make it difficult to meet members of the opposite sex. I know lots of really nice, decent people who have met that way. The stigma that used to be attached to meeting on line is long gone. Bon chance mon brave

Good idea - I am on the case.... !

Thanks for taking the time to share. It was interesting to see what others said. Another two that I forgot to mention were the endings of the films "Leon" and "The Usual Suspects" - both endings came as a surprise to me.

I was chatting to some friends and we ended up discussing surprise moments in flims/dramas, so I just wondered if anyone else wanted to share any. The following were surprise moments for me The Killing Series 1 (Danish one) - when Lund turns around and see "Sara 84" on Vaugen's sweatshirt Sixth Sense - when you realise the character of Bruce Willis was dead all long Manor des Source - when Cesar realises he caused the death of the son he did not know he had Au wiedersehen Pet - when Oz gets up on stage and starts singing really well to the surprise of his friends (and me!) Care to share?

I completely understand how you feel - I would be the same. I keep my bike inside and it is a real nuisance and eyesore but I know if I leave it outside it would get pinched. It is ridiculous but I have no choice. These buggers have no issue stealing bikes in broad daylight with people passing so what chance do we stand.