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uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The shops are > still giving out plastic bags like there is an > infinite amount of oil available You may find that some "plastic" bags are now corn starch bags. John K

Oh dear. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2445885/Its-just-queue--really-irritating-M-amp-S-queue-Upmarket-firm-offers-worst-shopping-experience--frills-Iceland-best.html

rgctobin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > John K - would you care to elaborate on the > supposed architectural merit of your "worthy > candidate"? > > RT The starting point for context is the three comparators: The old Woolworths building The old Co-Operative building The present Co-Operative building All post World War II. All with the same design purpose of having economically viable ground-floor retail unit(s). Burbage has identified one of the key features likely to be of interest to English Heritage. John K

Is this the "Conway" that does East Dulwich? John K

The English Heritage approach to preservation of buildings now emphasises "sense of place" and townscape. This can be read about in copies of Conservation News which can be downloaded for free from the web-site. Since spring 1964 East Dulwich has lost many non-domestic buildings that made up our townscape. It is time to consider those few that are are still with us. The English Heritage application process is straightforward. Here is a worthy candidate. John K

Why does F.M.Conway still get contracts? John K

I'm interested in maps. I can't work out what your three taken together illustrate. John K

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > pathetic how firms employed by the council can > only make a pavement last 5-6 years before it > fails. puddles collect in the depressions, it's a > big con. Does Southwark use more than one contractor? John K

It's not really a debate. John K

May I refer you to the Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1991, Volume IX, page 469 for "math" and page 471 for "maths"? John K

The Tit's description of "art deco" tiles is a little odd. I'm pretty sure that is was a dairy the 1950s. But my memory is not always good. A quick email to the Peckham Society will probably produce the the answer. John K

Are you saying that estate agents are not reliable? John K

One calculation = math, multiple calculations = maths. John K

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do you think the interior is orginal John K ? > > If you've seen it of course . Yes, it's original, and they've taken care of it in their refurbishment. John K

Not Dalston. I am reliably told (by estate agents) that these and others are colonisers from the SW postal districts, both north and south of the river. John K

Did the developer "buy" the loading bay that reduces the "public" pavement to the road side of the studs to about zero feet wide? John K

Bowie's about 24,250 days old. That's a average of 2.88 books per day since birth. John K

BS detector: > But book lovers should pay attention too; the curators of the exhibit, who had to select a mere 300 items from Bowie's personal archive of over 70,000, felt it was important to include many books that have effected the cultural chameleon. Who selected them? Do the math. John K

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James Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think via Camberwell & Peckham then terminating > at Lewisham would be the best option. Does anyone > know if this would be feasible? This book: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thames-Water-Ring-Main-Engineering/dp/0727720031/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1380618222&sr=1-6&keywords=thames+water+main has a chapter about tunnelling under Tooting Bec using modern clay freezing techniques. As the formations under Camberwell and Peckham are similar, the answer to this part is probably yes. You may be able to borrow the book through Southwark Libraries. Going down to Lewisham is rather more difficult. John K

Street noise says the East Dulwich Society has been taken over by posh people from over in the next velley. John K

http://www.essexfieldclub.org.uk/portal/p/Geology+Site+Account/s/Hornchurch+Railway+Cutting+SSSI/o/Hornchurch+Railway+Cutting+SSSI I've been meaning to visit Hornchurch, but I don't have a visa for north of the river. John K

Dulwich Hill is a "free-standing" shoulder of land. What erosion/weathering process(es) created it? The first map is from Herring's London Sewer Map of 1882. This is useful because the contours are clearly shown as the road and housing clutter is excluded. It is clear from this map that Dulwich Hill is the western bound of the Nunhead and East Dulwich Valley. The shoulder of land is broken at Herne Hill but then continues southward across Brockwell Park. The second map was produced in ArcGIS using a 2 metre resolution LiDAR dataset. The standard ArcGIS contour shading tool was applied consistently across the map and tweaked until the Effra watershed between Gilkes Crescent and Great Spilmans disappeared. This also closed the Herne Hill Gap. The third map is from the Ordnance Survey County Series. The 75 foot contour marked in red shows the large dried up river bed. If the Effra did flow through East Dulwich, then that's how the water got out of the valley into the Peckham Marsh. I have more information if anyone wants to drop by and talk about it. John K

Your geography of Peckham is not very good. It would not be possible to fit half of Peckham south of Choumert Road. I wonder where the 2013 northern boundary of East Dulwich Parish lies. John K

The world according to post-coders: A flat in Everthorpe Road, East Dulwich, SE15, is not in East Dulwich. It is in Nunhead and simultaneously in Peckham.