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I can see the Castle pub from my back garden and can honestly say in 8 years of living here we've never experienced any trouble from its patrons. The noise level goes up a little around St Patrick's day, but even then its far from unbearable. Saying that I've only been in the pub a couple of times, once for a drink and once to get them to put up pictures of my lost cat (and look in their cellars), both times the staff couldn't have been nicer. I really like this part of CP road - its quiet, convenient for all buses, you can catch all the buses going up Lordship Lane from the junction of Heber/Lordship lane or the 12 down Barry, and as others have said, you;re a stone's throw from the CPT, ED's best pub by far. Enjoy x

Sue wrote 'Eh? The shop hasn't been open that long !!! Are we talking about the same place?' The place was a dry cleaners previously and the same family ran it - so the shop has probably been run by the same family for two generations, albeit in various incarnations. For what its worth I concur with Curmudgeoun.........

'quiet but out-of-the way vs. not quiet but easy to get to - have i got this right? - which wins?' For me definitely the former, but maybe I'm at that time of life. Affordability is of course very important, but so is being somewhere where you can feel reasonably safe walking to and from your home at different times of day/night. Good luck where-ever you choose to be....

Good luck to any new venture, although I do hope the new shop doesn't take too much business from Greetings on LL - one of my fave shops in ED, the husband and wife who own Greetings are excellent, very helpful and so friendly. Hope there's room for both shops.......

It's shameful because you believe that a person who purchases child porn is no threat to children. I think its obvious now that I don't care whether the person purchased it once or 100 times (also arbitrary), nor do I care if the main reason these sites are profitable is because of frequent visitors. One time visitors contribute to the industry sufficiently for them to be investigated and dealt with by the authorities. Nor do I care that Pete Townsend won the Ivor Novello lifetime achievement award for his contribution to music in 2001 or that last year The Who played two highly successful charity shows at the Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust.

Found something which says fudge will keep up to a month in an air tight container, the higher the sugar content the longer it'll keep. Baring in mind your fudge recipients probably aren't going to scoff the lot on Christmas Day (or maybe they will?), I'd leave it until a couple of weeks before Christmas Hope that helps

My considered opinion is that what should have happened to him is in fact what did happen to him - his actions were exposed, he was investigated and the authorities dealt with it - I have no interest in entering into a debate at this point about whether the punishments in place for paedophiles are right/sufficient etc. My post was directed at your considered opinion that he was of no threat to children. What if a million people pay to access child porn just once, just to see what's out there? Where are all those images, that individuals want to pay for just once, going to come from? I'll tell you, from children who continue to be abused because there is a market for it, and that market is contributed to by all those individuals who just once, want to see what's there. To say that anyone who purchases vile abusive images of children (however infrequently) is no threat to children, is shameful.

SMG said: I susppose you could talk about The Pete Townsend case as an example but from everything I've read on the matter I don't see him as a threat to children and think that was handled ok What total junk - the guy admitted to paying to access child porn - how can this not increase the risk to children? In order for someone to pay for a 'service', someone has to provide that 'service'. I'm sorry this is a little off-thread but I really couldn't let that comment go without response. Shameful. As for my feelings on the Child P case, those untlimately responsible for the childs death are the mother, father and father's friend. They are not poor disadvantaged individuals they are sick and evil.

There is very little difference between the heights of the fences. Sue, I'd be genuinely interested to hear what your solution would be. Edited for spelling and probably still not got it right

why don't they erect a 20 ft high fence right down the middle, in the same style as the outside of course. They could place shooters on either side should any of those pesky dogs (or kids) try to clear the fence into forbidden territory. All that is required is cooperation from all concerned. Nothing will work 100% because there will always be a small minority who refuse to play by the rules, either that or the Green will have to be a dog or family free zone. I honestly believe that the current situation fits the needs of the majority of responsible users better than any of the other suggestions. For those who are irresponsible (both with dogs and children) then its likely they'll continue to be so what-ever the final solution. As for dogs being able to clear the inner fence - the owners of these dogs seem to be perfectly able to keep their dogs from clearing the outer fence into oncoming traffic - why does the inner fence pose such a problem for dogs jumping over?

Ok, fine, you win, you hate it more than I like it. Now back to the important issue regarding the fence and the purpose it serves.

And therein proves my point, for every person that hates it, there'll be someone who likes it and 8 more people who aren't fussed either way.

I honestly dont mind it - so would put myself in between the 'not fussed' and 'really liking it' categories - does that cancel out your really not liking it Sue? :)

Lets be honest, in terms of aesthetics, there are probably 10% of people who don't like it, 10% of people who do like it and the remaining 80% who aren't in the least bit fussed. Aesthetics are not a valid reason for removing (or not replacing) the fence. The issue is about whether the fence and its position make the Green a more useable space for all members of the community, which IMO it does.

They've been really loud for the last couple of nights round this way - on Saturday it really sounded like a war zone until around 11pm (and I'm not noise sensitive)- hopefully they'll stop now. Have to say although loud, it's nothing like it used to be, I lived in Liverpool for a good few years and the fireworks used to go on for weeks before and after the 5th.......

Sounds like a bit of a nightmare - although the 37 bus route always used to be down Melbourne Grove up to a couple of years ago, sensibly they changed it to East Dulwich Grove (although it has made crossing that junction a nightmare - definitely needs some kind of pedestrian crossing). Hopefully it'll be back to normal for you soon.

Thanks PGC, you may very well be right in your interpretation, I hope you are. I'm still not sure about the validity and inclusivity of the consultation, if and when the Council consult with local residents, I'd be grateful for a posting on here so those of us not local enough (ie don't live on the Green it would seem) to have a flyer put through the door can contribute our thoughts and ideas. Of course now that I have had communication with the Council on the subject, hopefully I will be considered an 'interested party'....... Just to add, I'd hate to think the fence will be removed/not reinstated for aesthetics - well argued, practical reasons I can stomach, but if enormous sums of money are wasted on aesthetics (which are entirely subjective), I'd be a pretty cheesed off Council Tax payer.

I received this response from Mr Sheaff at the Council - it would seem they have already made the decision that reinstating the fence after the 6-month trial period is highly unlikely 'under any circumstances': 'The Council has resolved to remove the fence from its current position for a trial period of six months. These works are in the hands of colleagues and I am pressing them to advise me of a date. As soon as I have this, I will advise all interested parties. During the trial period, we will assess the affect of the removal of the fence on the site and those using it. If at the end of the period, it is resolved that some sort of separation of people and dogs should be effected on the site, we will proceed to bring this about (physically and in law). I think I can say with some certainty that the existing fence will not be reinstated under any circumstances (because several people have remarked on the inappropriateness of its style) and I think it unlikely that any fence will be put back in this position (because of its effect of bifurcating the site). I trust that this sets out the Council's position but please come back to me if you require any further information'. I have responded explaining that the trial period does appear to be simply a tick box exercise, with the decision to not reinstate any fence having already been made. I am really disappointed about the way in which this so-called consultation has been run - I have been involved with setting up consultations many times in the past and this smacks of at best ineffective/naive consultation, at worst - selective consultation to provide the justification for a pre-determined solution. I do feel that not enough members of the community have been alerted to the consultation in good time, I can only assume it will be just as useless during and after the 6-month 'trial'.

*Bob* said They did, all 18000 of them. Whether you believe the vast numbers of complaints were due to a witch hunt or not, 18000 people complained about the offence caused to them as consumers of the BBC.

I think they mean the stop at the junction of East Dulwich Road and Peckham Rye for the number 12 - only a couple minutes walk from Goose Green......

Is it not possible to be a woman with a career, her own money and kids????

Hi Mark, Do you know who at the Council is dealing with this specifically? It seems to me that for those of us who wish to see the 50/50 situation remain, we should contact the Council members responsible to impress this upon them. Personally I cannot see how it affects dogs and their daily exercise if the fence remains, I can however see (and unfortunatley on occasion feel squelching under foot)the negative effect on other Green users if the area reverts to dog free-for-all. Just to clarify as a dog-lover and owner for many years (sadly not currently) I am not against dogs and responsible owners, however as with many life situations it is the minority few who spoil it for the rest.....

There was a fire in the link box on Goodrich road so a few of the surrounding roads (including ours) lost power. Not sure if it's been fully restored or whether we're running on a temporary generator, either way so glad we didn't have to find the candles/torches.......

I went to the humanist funeral of one of my best friend's father a couple of years ago and it was beautifully done. I do think though that with any kind of funeral service (religious or humanist), the 'best' involve those people who really knew the person and so can contribute fully to the celebration of the person's life. I've also been to one or two dire religious funeral services which displayed no warmth or familiarity with the person who passed away.

I feel for you, having gone through a pretty stressful process with a previous boss during my pregnancy (it ended in me taking a grievance out on her and subsequently a compromise agreement where-by they awarded me a financial settlement), I know this is the last thing you need at the moment. Your boss sounds like a total tw*t and a pretty ill-informed one at that - he is treading on very dodgy ground. I would enforce the advice from others, ie keep detailed notes of conversations as well as the emails, address your concerns full-on with the boss at the earliest opportunity (have a witness, or do it electronically so there's a record) and get some professional advice. I was in a union who were fantastic, but I know not everyone has that in their locker. Don't let it spoil the next few months.....