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I had that bubonic plague once. In the sixties. The 1360's. . Blown out of ALL proportion if you ask me..Just a few blackened swellings with stinking bloody efusions but you wouldn't believe the fuss at the time.

Afternoon Delight by whoever it was.

Eddie Izzard has performed secretly at Downstairs at the Kings Head, Crouch End in the last few months.

yes and can we kill the puns- it's got very swilly.

I rang NHS direct but only got crackling down the line.

Never fear,Scientists are hard at work trying to save our bacon. But the fundamentalists will insist it's just God Swill.

my sister played young Lorna Doon ( episode one)in the late 1960's BBC drama series. My older sister.... obviously.

big thanks to Sean !

Sean I am pming you!

I'm having to wait for series 4 as my very helpful and kind 'supplier' has leant it to someone else. If anyone out there can lend it to me sooner I will be very grateful....

I think what Poppy did was brilliant, even if she did it in a pretend parallel universe. But why oh why didnt she have her trolly with her with which to jab the young lout in the netherenders.

old lady doing it early this evening too.

Louisa could you add p.s.and don't dump bread either, or do we need a separate poster for that?. Someone has surpassed themselves on Goose Green with the bread, about four loaves. My dog's been unretreivable.

Lidl do fantastic chocolate...too fantastic. Also there's been a gardening spree with box hedges, bedding plants and fruit bushes though the Catford one tends to have more stuff.

Iceland? Luxury.

Indeed we are all sheep without the terrier snapping at our heels to tell us not to smash the windows.

could it have been the giant rabbit?

There is an african restaurant in Choumert Road and one within the arches of Peckham Rye Station so perhaps one in Bellenden Road wouldnt be able to compete. Blenheim Grove has the Sardinian, and Holly Grove the Ganapati, so these foods too are represented already. I loved the Peckham Experiment in its first incarnation. The food was lovely. Simple and delicious. There were jazz nights, the odd comedy/poeetry performance night. Then it bit off a bit more than it could chew with cocktails that there wasnt really a market for in the area and I think management became haphazard. But I miss it. I think its 'role' has now been fulfilled by Bar Story in Blenheim Grove so maybe it is uneconomic for it to return to those days.

and while we're at it can people stop 'recycling' food in the park- sometimes great vats of boloignaise in huge heaps in PRye and bread all over GG- the only kind of wildlife it is benefiting is the kind of wildlife you really don't want to know.

I think that is the very book. I can't find it now, but I think the title was the character's name.

I would like to have a pub called 'The Jim'. It would be a place of sanctuary and alibi.

Hi Peckhamgatecrasher, it's not just for disabled kids now. They have general (young persons?)riding at Vauxhall City Farm and are now affiliated to the Pony Club too which has been very exciting. When you join you commit to fortnightly rides so that you are paying even if you miss your slot, as it subsidises the keep of the ponies and they depend on this continuity . Having said that, we sometimes swap with members of the other group if we can't make it. The space is limited in that there is just an outside school in the little park but my children have learnt the basics there and do pony maintenance, participate in gymkhanas and work towards their ponyclub badges and go on ponyclub trips and outings too. Numbers are limited too so there is probably a waiting list. For those who don't know it Vauxhall City Farm is a treasure and urban children can work there as volunteers too.

I bought a book off a lady sellling door to door but I havent actually read it.

Meant to be a great stables at Lee with semi-rural rides. Mine ride at Vauxhall City Farm.

We don't aknowledge death in the same way that the Victorians did with their cult of death and extremely ritualised funerals and public monuments, nor engage with it on a cultural level through poetry and art in the same way that previous generations have done. In many ways television is now the conduit for these things. When someone in the public eye dies or is at the point of death or is terminally ill many people will engage with their public persona, 'feel grief', contemplate mortality; it's what we do instead. As for the cult of celebrity being a new thing, that isnt either. One thing about Jade Goody is that having redeemed herself to some extent from her dysfunctional family, she didnt stick it all up her nose or fall out of nightclubs in her bra and pants every night as many who have 'deserved'their celebrity have done. She forgave her horrible mother and didnt seek revenge. She had a ****ed up childhood which she didnt revisit on her own children Lots and lots of people wouldnt manage that- whatever their 'class'. woops, BB cross posted with same thoughts. And yes Sean, I think it does make us more compassionate because for a moment we put ourselves in someone else's shoes which is the basis for compassion-empathy.. Except the people on facebook who indulged their kitten-microwaving sentiments.