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Thanks, Hbarbor - I'll try the LL shop.

Does anyone know where I can get pieces of foam padding cut to size? Preferably localish or central/city. Thanks.

I went to Shot By The Sheriff today and am very happy with the results - easy, quick, friendly and good value for money. Recommended - and thanks again, vch.

Thanks a lot, vch - I'll try them.

Anyone?

Can anyone recommend a good photographer (not a photo booth or a chemist with a camera) for a passport photo? Local, if possible...but will travel.

The original Brixton FM is tiny, so it's no wonder there are queues - however, I've eaten many, many times at the larger Chiswick FM and have never had to wait for a table. The ED one will be of a similar size, so I doubt that there'll be much queuing apart from at the obviously busy times. I'll miss the Draft House's burgers, but am looking forward to Franco Manca's excellent but inexpensive pizzas on LL.

This site is very good, in my experience - http://travelmoney.moneysavingexpert.com/ There's a bureau at London Bridge (Ace FX, where Richer Sounds used to be) and they're much cheaper than the post office.

Made my second visit to ToastED last Wednesday and had a fantastic meal with really good service and very fairly priced. Loved it.

eddie: I think the figure you quote for playing music in a shop is bit misleading. According to their tariff (here) the PRS licence for a shop up to 100 square meters - say the old chemist on the corner of LL and Matham Grove - is ?151 a year. Shops larger than 6,000 square meters (are there many on Lordship Lane?) can pay "up to ?2,000 a year" but only if they've been caught without a licence. The PPL licence (for record companies/performers) is at a similar level ("your music licence could cost ?122.64 a year").

Been going regularly for 20+ years and never had a problem - a great and inexpensive asset to the area, IMO. Do any of the posters who mentioned head lice and fleas have any evidence or is it just unfounded scaremongering?

After their first announcements here, the Flying Pig management now prefers Twitter: "As for the EDF you can spend all day getting tired [sic] up in reviews/feedback. We simply can't please everyone."— The Flying Pig (@TheFlying_Pig) September 5, 2013 It seems that the food is definitely not much of a priority: "... We want to operate a pub not a restaurant."— The Flying Pig (@TheFlying_Pig) September 5, 2013 Personally, I think it's a real shame - I was looking forward to some good local BBQ.

Another recommendation for Frank who helped me move some things today. He's efficient, helpful and very good value. A nice man, too.

Well, I've been using Haart SE22 for lettings for the past few years and I've found them pretty poor. Disorganised, not good on the property management liaison front and their communication in general has been less than good. But - it's great that you've had a really good experience, Edwina.

Our experience of the "Grand Opening" was pretty poor. They closed the kitchen down (after 3 hours) yet continued to give out menus without explaining this. The attitude of our waiter (middle-aged man, blue shirt) was patronising/sarcastic and somewhat bewildering. We left, shaking our heads. Later, a friend managed to get served a plate of nachos (they'd apparently run out of food by 5:30) and described it as "the worst plate of nachos of all time". Pub grub really doesn't have to be like this.

I certainly wouldn't suggest that you don't post your wacky and provocative opinions, Louisa - personally, they often make me chuckle. You might want to brush up on your "irony and sarcasm" though - it seems that many people here think you're actually being serious when you tell people there's only one correct way to eat poached eggs. Maybe using "smiley faces" would help?

Louisa isn't really serious about this and, as SJ says, she has a long history of posting just to wind people up. If you look back at her previous posts, you'll see that she orders a venison and red wine pie at the chippy and drinks fancy wine (?12 a bottle!) so her "anti-snobbery" poached egg posturing is simply classic trolling.

I know you're not really serious about all of this but don't you ever worry that you might come across as a bit...bossy? Telling people what's "acceptable" to eat at breakfast or how burgers "should be served" etc. Do people tell you that you "shouldn't" order a venison and red wine pie from a fish & chip shop or point out that spending ?12 on a single bottle of your sparkling Banrock Station is "snobby"? (After all - it's "just" fermented grape juice, isn't it?)

eddie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Remember that next time you go to the local ballot > box. Or..."remember that next time you decide to drive in the bus lane."?

Yes, it's all true. My mum's neighbour said that his friend's daughter overheard a bloke in a pub somewhere talking about a secret cabal of local politicians internationally-famous sculptors who had used their "Special Powers" to block Waitrose's plans for a fancy supermarket on the 10th floor of that Peckham car park. Prime real estate it is... You might laugh, but it's got to be true. Or a made-up "rumour". UncleBen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Rumour does not equal fact. Learn to read ld! > Maybe the local politicians were influenced by > celebrity status, yes think that was it. However > point still stands-no others use the carpark. . .

Invisible cyclists - Darwinism at work.

As steveo said, the owner enjoyed the "high life" and while he certainly lived it to the full, he did have a great business in the early days until stock became harder to find and more expensive.

Maybe the council were spurred into action by episodes like this? Raymond Blanc's lamb's liver off menu after poisonings (BBC)

Perhaps if people had a less grovelling and awestruck attitude to the royal family, a few more questions might have been asked - like "Can I have your name, please madam?".

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We also need to bear in mind > (as others have said) that morally, there is a > world of difference between consensual sex with a > 15 year old, and assault of a helpless young > child. That might be, but legally they are both crimes - that's why people are being (belatedly) questioned and arrested. Having (heterosexual) sex with someone under 16 has been illegal since 1885 in England.