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I've read this thread several times but can't find a post or link which actually says that a bus driver was fired for driving at 36mph on Barry Road - emilydina suggests it might have been around 30mph. I think they have an excellent and very simple system in Portugal and can't see why it wouldn't work here. The Portuguese solution

@somehannahb I also had a parked vehicle written off on Barry Road (near the Underhill Road junction) when a speeding overtaking driver lost control during broad daylight. Two other parked cars were badly damaged too but the driver was just cautioned by the police.

Bluebird Records also had a shop for a while on Streatham High Road (in The High Parade).

CraigJam - you really ought to contact EDF member Leon Parker, who runs this site - British Record Shop Archive.

Also in the Brixton area - the left turn from Camberwell New Road into the top of Brixton Road has now been permanently blocked.

Is this the layby you're referring to, apbremer? http://i57.tinypic.com/vgn2mf.jpg

Thanks to everyone for the advice. I'll wait for a while before booking and will see how 2 single tickets compare with a return. Womanofdulwich - good idea, but flying's impractical because of the amount of luggage we'll have. Blah Blah - according to that link, MegaTrains don't operate trains from London-Edinburgh.

I don't travel outside London by train much and could really do with some help figuring out the best time to buy advance tickets for a return journey in December from London to Edinburgh. I need to buy three adult returns, leaving London on the morning of Friday 4/12 and returning the following morning. According to thetrainline.com, three Off-Peak Super Returns will cost just over ?402 if I book now. (I can't check prices on networkrail.co.uk because it's too far in advance.) Does anyone know if I'm likely to find cheaper tickets if I book closer to December? Any tips would be gratefully received.

When the Plough was called the Goose & Granite, the bus stop there remained "The Plough" and I seem to remember that there was a stop on Streatham Hill called "The Cat's Whiskers", years after that club became The Studio, then The Ritzy and finally, Caesars.

richard tudor Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Will there be a cheap Italian for all in ED. > > Italian food is good and affordable for all. > > Not in Ed it seems Except Il Mirto and Franco Manca, that is.

I haven't been there for a while but have enjoyed my visits. I'll go there for lunch tomorrow, I think - thanks for reminding me of this nice place, yas.

If it hadn't been for her and her office's help, I would have missed a close friend's wedding in the USA last year - and lost hundreds of pounds, too. Thank you (again), Tessa.

+1 to hoonaloona's post.

Shame about your one bad experience visiting FM, Laurent Quenelle - I've been going about 4-6 times a month since they opened and have never had anything other than great, friendly service. And really good value, tasty pizza. I've also eaten at the original Brixton location (when they took over Eco) and don't get your negative comparison. Where did you "find out" that info from? A former PE executive is mentioned as a shareholder in this article but not as the owner. Finally - do you ring other takeaway restaurants and ask the staff to read the menu over the phone to you? As has meen mentioned here, FM is usually quite busy...

DulwichFox Wrote: > This is what we are all missing.. > > https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B3nvC5LIQAAh1AH.jpg > Ah, I can see you're a bit confused, DF. That's not a photo of a Franco Manca pizza - this is one of their (?4.90) pizzas. http://www.ramsonsandbramble.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Franco-Manca-Pizza-A-Glass-Of-Wine.jpg?98eb40

Many similar experiences have made me decide to leave DMC, after 27 years as a patient there. It's an appalling "service" and as hard as the front-line staff try, it seems that the owners/managers are incapable of running the practice properly.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If it's a bargain you want then wait 'Orange > Wednesday' it used to be called, bogof on pizzas > at pizza express > > Louisa. *Pizza Express pizzas cost between ?7.80 and ?13.40 (yes, ?13.40) (menu). You can only get their BOGOF offer on one day a week and it's only for customers of a particular mobile phone network. *Franco Manca pizzas cost between ?4.90 and ?6.95, seven days a week - whatever network you're on. (And they taste much better...)

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Not that if ever entertain posh cheese on toast as > a meal option, but I was told that this particular > branch of Franco Manca is only open on weekends? > If that's the case that's just ridiculous. > > Louisa. According to Franco Manca's website, the actual opening times are Mon-Sat 12:00-23:00, Sun 12:00-22:30.

My family and I have been patients at DMC for 25 years (when they were in the house opposite the Upland Tavern, now the Actress). As they've become bigger and busier it seems that the centre is run more for the convenience of the practice rather than the patients - look at the appointments system, for example. In my personal experience, the prescription service is also terrible - I have 2 medications on repeat monthly prescriptions and there's been a problem every single month for the past year or so. Prescriptions aren't sent through to the chemist in time, wrong prescription etc. I think it's time I left DMC.

I've eaten at their Chiswick and Tottenham Court Road restaurants and thought they were both excellent.

davidallotey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was once told that the Gardens was > SE15 before some plum in the mouth snobs had it > turned into SE22. When did this happen? I've been here for decades and AFAIK the area west of Peckham Rye and south of East Dulwich Road has been SE22 for a very long time.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > It's been there for a lot longer than 4 years - > > try 12 or 13 years. > > Not in its current form.. > > It was once.. get permit .. turn up on the day .. > pay the market inspector. So using that logic, how many years would you say Camden Market has been going - 3? 5? 11?

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Have lived in East Dulwich since 1980... 34 > Years. > > So I survived 30 years without a market. It's been there for a lot longer than 4 years - try 12 or 13 years.

I'm going to Heathrow tomorrow and would like to be at T5 around 9am. If anyone is driving there and would like a paying passenger - or would like to share a taxi - then please send me a PM. Thanks.

TGTBT - with your family history, you could ask your GP to refer you to King's College Hospital or Moorfields for an examination.