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I was on 37 bus saturday 7pmish or bit later when at Herne Hill it got totally stuck and then diverted in mayhem of police vans, cars and sirens and fast moving big 'groups' of young men. I'd assumed it was a firework up a sheep's bum incident but now it all mkes sense.

The garage in East DUlwich Road has had its pin pad removed for security checks- its the old fashioned sign your name business at the moment.

Five minutes ago and probably still as I write, there is a man with two husky type dogs plus an alsation in the dog free area. That's a lot of potential poo. My dog got freaked out straight away as one of the huskies ran towards him (he is a bit of a drama queen) and he left the park at full speed into adys road. Luckily a brave passer by grabbed him. I did shout 'you are in the dog free area' .

most of the dog walkers thought the roundabout fenced area was a good idea- in fact we suggested it.Its the bit least used by everyone else.

Have to add, have just received very nice message/apology from their manager about this and am looking forward to revisiting.

edited after feeling a bit mean

Leonard Cohen was transcendentally brilliant and there were lots of surprising and wonderful revelations for this old bird such as Rachel Unthank and the Winterset and Sons and Daughters. Everything else was merely fantastic.

If you contact Southwark they will come and put blinkers on the light outside your house so it no longer shines directly in. Theyve done this on request to most houses on Nutbrook Street and it's much better.

Majority respect the dog free area but I think the sign should say 'No dogs beyond this point/in here' people only' or something really really clear. 'Dog free area' seems to spell 'free your dogs' to some of the bull terrier twilight barking contingency. Dumbing down I know, but necessary.

Ive lived in the Bellenden area for ten years and really like it and Ive lived all over London- Islington, Brixton, Pimlico and Kensington. When we lived in Kensington my husband was punched in the face in the street by a complete stranger, so stuff happens anywhere. If by 'bohemian', you mean there are quite a few artists, actors, musicians and writers working and living here, then it is bohemian. They may not be very obvious swanning around in floaty clothes (too busy working) but there are studios opposite station on Rye lane, under the arches and on Bellenden road itself for a start. Poorish places attract artists and then their places of work get redeveloped for profit as happened horribly in Shepherds Walk in Islington, which became swishy lofts, so the more upmarket a place becomes, the less bohemian. I think the area is at a perfect point at the moment before it becomes something else. The more familiar a place becomes to us, the safer, and we all have our 'borders of safety' maps in our heads. ..and I find Lewisham really scarey Louisa!

She's already been recently prosecuted for fraud on the locksmith scam. The police know who she is and where she lives, so best thing is to give them a ring and tell them she's still at it.

I don't know how it got in the lounge bit- I meant to put it in recommended, sorry, never mind.

Now the hols and half terms are coming around, just to say, we (two adults, two children and a dog) rented this at easter weekend and it was really lovely.

Its the best. Specially the onion tart and the soups. And the lemon cake. I go there so often I'm finding it hard to squeeze through the door.

That's fantastic. I'm a big Martin Carthy fan and of all his family.

On New Years Day I landed on my bonce on the Greenwhich ice rink (my new years resolution had been to 'say yes to adventure/no to middle age') Kings A&E glued me back together, were wonderfully efficient, quick and good humoured after what must be their busiest night of the year.

Thats horrible. Hope you reported it to the police. If you havent, do. My friend was similarly mauled in Brixton a few years back and it went to court, but she could not indentify the accused dog for certain. If you had witnesses you haven't got that problem. If the dog was in the street and not in the owners's secured garden then they should be prosecuted, open and shut case I would have thought.

We live in the bit of Peckham that borders East Dulwich (Bellenden) and moved here from renting in Pimlico in 1999, all a-tremor at the SE15 postcode but have found it friendly, quiet, neighbourly , attractive, convenient and even a bit groovy.

Not yet.I think he probably spent a lot of today at work 'explaining' how he 'lost' their laptop within about an hour of getting it......

That's very reassuring, thanks.

Thanks Mikese22 - he's been onto lost property but I'll pass that detail on.

A longshot I know, but lost property miracles do happen- my hub left his brand new work laptop plus blackberry (in laptop bag) and some badminton shuttlecocks on the 18.08 from London Bridge to Beckenham Junction (is pretty certain it was this train) when he got off at Peckham Rye. Did any kindly soul see him do it and then heroically hand it in at another station or to a conveniently positioned policeman? Thanks.

If its any consolation, from next year Haberdashers will be giving priority to a local underachieving primary to balance things out and effectively that school will become their feeder school, but local means Deptford.

What's more, this pool was built with funds raised by parents of the then Waverley school.

The woman who says she's been locked out has already been recently successfully prosecuted for fraud- the police took statements from all the people she'd tried it on with on our road -we'd been warned by Bellenden Residents round robin email which actually arrived as she was pressing the doorbells.If it is the same woman didnt take her long to come up with a new modus operandi.