Muttley

Looks like Osbourne Stewart is the first faller. The signs were there in 2007

alba Wrote:

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> I'm completely shocked to find out she's only 60.

> The newspaper article referred to her as "an

> elderly woman" and the forumites all called her

> "an old woman". I honestly thought we were talking

> about a 90-year old.

Don't believe everything you read in the Southwark Press.

All I can say is that as with many things in life, I'm glad there's somebody who cares. I've never given a second thought to London road signs before, but I will now. Keep up the good work David.

I vote for a stationers, too.

Anyone else pick up a fire smell this evening at about 10.30pm? I saw plumes of smoke that appeared to be coming from somewhere vaguely in the Blackwater Street area of Lordship Lane but too nippy to venture out.

ibilly99 Wrote:

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> Ouch - they are asking ?678 pm rent

Three of them are advertised for rent on rightmove at the moment, one three-bed for ?1700pm the other two for 323pw = ?1300 ish pcm. Are you claiming that they are accepting about half that in rent Ibilly?

Is this related to the work on the new ring main?

Sorry to hear this. Like others, I used to be a regular but hadn't been for a long time, I suppose mainly because of eating out less (kids) but also perhaps because with more restaurants on LL the main strip got all the attention at your expense. Delays in building the new community hospital haven't helped you. Really hope that your successors try to live up to your traditions. Thanks for many good memories.

Sorry to go against the flow and good intentions of this thread, but to have all these categories strikes me as being an unsustainable gimmick. I suggest you concentrate on at most just three or four categories, which should relate to enterprises that people might use several times a year so that comparison is realistic. Personally I'd go with just one category - customer service - as it includes everyone and it's the most important factor that makes the LL/SE22 experience a good or a bad one.

As they say, less is more.

Etienne Wrote:

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> The best news of the week !

Etienne, this isn't news, it is either wishful thinking, speculation or a return to a tired old theme. Unless Engles can offer substance beyond the August story, this thread should go to the lounge.

I saw Big Cook and Little Cook strolling down Lordship Lane the other day. My daughter is shocked to discover that Big Cook is actually little and Little Cook is actually big. Another tv deceit uncovered.

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> Terry Jones used to enjoy a pint or three all over

> Dulwich but I believe he's moved up to North

> London now that he's split up with her indoors and

> swanned off with a flighty young thing more than

> half his age. Lucky bastard!

To be pedantic, I think you'll find she's LESS than half his age. Whether that makes him even luckier I'm not sure.

I've written to register my objection to this reduction in service. Trains every 15 minutes makes the service even less like the tube, where you can just turn up and wait for the next train. If a train is cancelled, turning up on spec could now mean waiting 30 minutes.

Nipped in for a quick cuppa there today on the way back from errands, like the bright seating area at the back, hope the place does well.

My Auritone bedside radio/alarm, as advertised on the back of The Sunday Times magazine in 1977, still by my bed to this day. Mind you, it cost ?13 when I bought it, and would probably cost ?13 new today. That's deflation for you.

I too mourn the loss of sports coverage at the Magdala. I used to nip in to watch the cricket when things were getting dramatic, as I could be there in less than a minute. A ten minute walk to CPT or EDT loses the spontaneity. Live sport in a pub, particularly cricket, is a good catalyst for striking up conversations, which is a bonus for those who like being communal over a pint. With the Ashes happening next summer it looks like I am going to have to subscribe to Sky, something that goes deeply against the grain.

A digger was breaking up the ground next to the old school today. Looks like Harris Academy is on its way at last.

As I'm sure you'll recall, Independant was one of the words that cropped up in the EDF Scrabble game I observed in a pub last year. I've just added "Volid" Asset, nice word.

I N D E P E N D A N T

.......E....................E

C A F E N E R O.....I

.......I...........A........G

.......N...........Y........H

.......A...........L........B

.......T........M O X T O N S

.......E...........N........R

..............................H

..............................O

..............................O

....................V O L I D

Definately.

Does anyone else find it odd that despite the market apparently being dead for months, not only has Lordship Lane not yet seen a single one of its agents close, but Ludlow Thompson has actually invested in a big new office, and Caleb Samuels is surviving as a new kid in the backstreet. Surely something has to give soon. Or is property letting really that lucrative?

That's a gem, just the sort of thing my father would have wanted to recite to us (but never did) thanks MM.

Who knows what will emerge when "El Passo" (sic) re-emerges on Lordship Lane after its complete rebuild. Maybe they plan to change the menu/quality, maybe they'll just change the spelling.

Can't believe the big roads like Crystal Palace Road were ever cobbled, not least because 'cobbling' must be a far more labour intensive exercise than slapping down some tarmac...or whatever they surfaced the local roads with in late Victorian times.

(Was there a time when you'd bump into a guy in the EDT and he'd tell you he was a cobbler, and you'd have to ask if he was the shoe type or the road type?)

The tarmac on Pellatt Road has worn away in a few places, revealing a cobbled surface underneath. How many of the roads in East Dulwich used to be cobbled? Could any of them be restored? A couple of cobbled streets would be a nice local feature - hasn't done Edinburgh any harm.

I wonder how much it cost them to print those notes.