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re KIDS COMPANY, I went to the Royal Academy exhibition on fashion this weekend and there is an extra (free entry)exhibition at the back of the academy from Kids Company. There are shoe boxes, each expressing the home life and the aspirational home life of a child made by the children. I found these very moving. More moving than the sad desperate backgrounds of these kids was their vision of something better, their hope that things could change and turn out OK. The exhibiton also had some of the t- shirts and other clothes made by kids company kids on sale. I highly recommend this exhibition, as for the first time I got a glimpse of the human hearts of the children who can get so swept up in the gang thing .

take em back.

sillywoman i think he meant because your partner is a potential witness to murder and you don't know who reads this forum.

em, it's not suggesting weaning before 6 months but to add solids earlier surely? I breast fed mine for a year but also introduced solids at 4months. I think this article is being misinterpreted as encouraging mothers to stop breastfeeding when it certainly isnt.

maybe they are just selling loft insulation...in which case they will look a lot less dodgy if they say so instead of talking about doing surveys and being sent by the government.

well either to persuade old ladies that their houses needed unnecessary work to fit in with 'regulations' (''you should have received the information blah blah in the post'')or worse case scenario to gain entry into your house with one of them as a distraction person.

men saying they are on govenment emmission surveying team currently ringing door bells in Nutbrook street(Bellenden area)yellow jackets and vague id citing ''head office''. I said 'so which department are you from in the government.' He said 'emmissions' I said 'environmental agency?' he said yes. I said 'I think you are a private ecompany' he said 'yes.' 'So you are not from the govenernment?'....They may not even be that. Anyway, sent them packing.

we've had a few recent cases of children being knocked over, killed even, crossing at green man crossings locally- where lorries have shot the lights or snuck in an illegal turn- so personally I am very glad to have lollypersons even if they seem superfluous to you.

I'd love a Waitrose in Lordship Lane and would still shop regularly at small grocers, greengroces in Lordship and Nunhead Lanes. The only place I would no longer go to would be sainsburys. Also I like the ethics of the workers owning Waitrose as part of John Lewis Group and can imagine it might create some more permanent employment too.

How extradordinary- so they went for residential planning permission which excluded nursery use and then are opening as a nursery anyway.. I wonder if it has been sold for nursery use- a lot of people live there. How very wierd.

workmen banging away all christmas bank holiday- yesterday and today from 9am.

she was there today, bought a pie.

I didnt wish him dead. just ill. but Ive found my wishing has no influence on the outcome of reality anyway.

yes the pie lady puts all the effort, not to mention financial investment and risk, into making her delicious pies, which she stands in the cold and sells all day saturday- and some little s***bags wipes out all her work, all her profit, in one moment to shoot up his stupid arm. However her pies spread good karma in our tums and freezers while we hope the little sod overdosed himself.

thanks Eileen, just sent him a link.

thanks Barry!

Hi Barry, I am meant to be visiting my mum in Dorchester tommorow. Internet information shows trains running normally, but realistically do you think it is safe to make the journey from Peckham rye if wanting to get back same day? thanks.

jeremy, it does not have planning permission for both daycare nursery and loft conversion. the two applications are mutually exclusive -only one allowed. The loft is if it stays residential, the daycare if it doesnt do the loft. They were told if they wanted change of use they could not have loft. I understood they had dropped change of use. If it is attempting both it has broken regulations. I know this from correspondence with Tom Buttrick as some of us residents backing onto this structure were very alarmed. If anybody thinks the owners are going for loft while turning it into a nursery, please inform Southwark immediately. Contrary to Isc's experience, I have found Southwark planning absolutely on the ball, we had rogue developers doing all sorts of stuff and they made them undo the work. They were inspecting suspected breach of planning within one hour of getting phone call.

ring southwak planning-Tom Buttrick Planning Enforcement Officer

terrible and terrible Sandra the pie lady. Sandra I bought a pie off you late afternoon and love your stuff, can't believe some little arsehole trashed your well being today. Remember the goodwill towards you far exceeds anything the little scumbag will experience in his lifetime.

I tell them I dont do direct debit. That is enough.

I always knew us Bellendeonians were really East Dulwich.

yup, that was me. Sorry to the lady at the receiving end, but your large piebald bull terrier cross dog that came out of nowhere and harrassed my on lead rescue dog, and then divebombed us continually while my dog strained to eat him,(which is not good for his soul) was just too much for us. I never imagined, as I set off on this lovely crisp frosty monday morning to walk my dog that I would end up effing and blinding at a complete stranger in a public place, so sorry.

Ive just cleared the ice from in front of my house with a spade. The neighbour across the road then came over with his big broom and helped me. It was quite easy to do as the ice broke up in big slates. I hope my neighbours follow suit, we could get the whole road done quick as a flash.

James I ve rung the council this morning to no avail to ask them to grit our streets- although routes nearbye are accessable we cannot reach them through our inaccessible ice rink residential roads. I need to drive because my work entails coming home late at night as a performer and last night I had to cancel my gig even though it is only in North London and North London had no problems. As a pedestrian, crossing these roads is taking your life in your hands as it is so slippy.