purplebreeze

If you jump on the overground from Forest Hill or HOP to Shoreditch and then take no 8 bus it drops you outside the Buddhist centre in Roman Road. Lots going on there. Sorry couldn't be more helpful locally.

Si Manga the Italian is lovely and you have 363 to Horniman and Forest Hill and onto Crystal Palace with lots of independent shops and cafes, 63 to Peckham and beyond up to Blackfiars and Kings Cross. Easy for overground at HOP and as said Peckham Rye station. You can walk to Bellenden road and also the Gowlett pub (with there amazing pizza's apparently I havent had one) the 2 little pubs there have nice gardens for the summer and the Clock House has a lovely quite bit outside (although I think expensive) and yes the surgery is great. My friend lived by the co-op and had no trouble getting around as the buses are frequent. There are some nice places to explore so long as your happy with a bus ride. Hope it works out for you.

Annabel my thoughts are with you and your family and your sons friends at this time.

This may be good for people with hidden disabilities to show a driver of a bus for assistance in getting a seat or at least not driving off before you are sat down. http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/travel-support-card-printable.pdf

muffins78 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've just seen this thread and it's something that > is on my mind every day going to work. Like Sid, > I've an invisible condition and on bad days, I'm > literally petrified of either not having a seat or > worried that I look like an awful person if I > don't offer my seat to someone who visibly needs > it. > > I've given my seat to others on days I know I may > just manage it, but again then feel stressed about > standing! It can be difficult and embarrassing > having an invisible condition. > > Mooncakes idea is excellent. My friend gave me a > baby badge, but I've never used it, I just > couldn't lie like that. I did look up the travel > sites and Southwark recently about disabled > travel, but because I'm not on benefits (and some > other requirement which I can't remember at this > time), I can't apply for the pass. What's most > bothersome is that these passes give you free > travel, I don't want feel travel, I just want > something to demonstrate that I am disabled and > I'm not a bad person for needing to sit. > > This then opens another kettle of fish, because > one of the benefits you are to be on is disability > benefit, but I know people with my condition, who > have not received it despite the extent of the > surgery and ongoing symptoms they have, others > have. But we are completely covered by the > disability act (now renamed), there seems to be > discrepancies in the system - but nothing is ever > perfect! > > The badge is an ace idea, really ace!! Is there still such thing as disability working allowance? even if people didn't get money then maybe they could get a badge of some kind through that. Just a thought.

SidW Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's always good to offer your seat to someone who > obviously needs it more than you but sometimes > it's not obvious and hard to distinguish. I always > try and offer my seat to a pregnant lady or the > elderly or disabled - I very rarely do not.....but > I myself have a heart condition and I have a heart > monitor inside my chest - standing for a long time > sometimes makes me dizzy or if I've had a bad > 'heart' day then I need to just sit and get home > as quickly as possible. To look at me you would > never know, but I'm sure on some of my vary rare > occasions when I haven't stood up I was being > judged. Sometimes people do need the seats but > their conditions are not as obvious as > others.....and some people are just ignorant and > stay seated because 'they've paid for a > ticket'..... > > .....o and about standing up so people can get off > - my balance is poop too, so I stand up when the > bus has stopped, genuine safety reasons. I totally understand this and when people are moaning I say dont judge the book by the cover...I have a friend whose son died at 18 due to a heart condition you so could not see and his twin suffers a similar one and on the surface she looks healthy and young and fit but the underlying truth is different. I see Baby on Board badges and hear there are sisability badges maybe one of these would help...poss they should make a badge saying 'unseen disability' which could help a lot of people.

Lowlander Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > DulwichFox Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > ED - NAGAIUTB Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > EDherb Wrote: > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ----- > > > > Yes the police caught him (aged 15) - > someone > > > > spotted him at it and called them. > > > > > > > > What a waste of time and money - we were > > badly > > > > scratched and facing a chunky insurance > claim > > > and > > > > unwelcome excess...! > > > > > > Surely if the Police caught him, you have a > > case > > > for his parents to pay up for the damage? At > 15 > > he > > > is still a minor and their responsibility. > > > > > > Wishful thinking perhaps, but better than > > seeing > > > your insurance premium go up next renewal! > > > > Problem is that such incidents reflects likely > > behaviour in the area. > > Insurance companies base their rates on an area > to > > area basis. > > > > This is Not an isolated incident. > > A while back one night several cars had their > wing > > mirrors kicked off on Whateley Road. > > > > There have been several incidents of cars being > > broken into here on EDF. > > I would imagine only a fraction of incidents > are > > reported here. > > > > Late night opening of bars would seem to be > > responsible for more late night revelry. > > > > Although in this instance at 15 I suppose he > will > > get a slap on the wrist.. (No. Cannot do that > any > > more) > > > > Unlikely to go any further and we all get to > pay > > higher premiums on our insurance. > > > > Hopefully it will stay on his record so that > when > > he is old enough to have his own car he will not > > > be able to find anyone to insure him. > > > > DulwichFox > > Insurance Companies don't ask what's on your > criminal record. In any case, if it precludes him > from getting a job, that's only going to further > marginalise him. What he needs is a good length > of community service and some life coaching, or > the death sentence, depending on your point of > view. Just been getting quotes for car insurance today and spoke to many different companies and they all asked if I had a criminal record - this is the first time I have ever been asked that so must be something new they are doing. Just thought I would let you know...

unlurked Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why not donate the pointless cost of the pointless > tree to the Phillipines appeal. Surely that will > make all the hoardes that must have tax payer > funded Xmas trees every 5 yards in ED to feel > good, feel good instead? Think many of us may have done this already ...

mako Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm sure the main local Christmas tree sellers > would donate a tree for some publicity. it doesnt > have to cost taxpayers and would provide joy to > many. It even gives the miserable forumites > something to moan about with limited > dog/children/bike/car/vegetable threads at the > moment, so they too will be secretly happy even if > too negative to acknowledge it. haha good post x

nxjen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Perhaps get past the assumption this has to be > something paid for by Southwark Council. A tree > installed on Goose Green, sponsored by local > businesses, would be a nice focal point for the > community. Agree good idea x

Is this not supposed to be a community sharing website were we all look out for each other or is it that you need to be a bell end all your life and take the piss out of others x we can tell who the bullies were at school cos there still doing it x they could have stickered 100 properties and what burglar can do that many x you twunts x

puwetter Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was on a 68 bus and from a stroke I have to walk > with a stick a pregnant woman was giving up her > seat for me as everyone sitting on disable seating > not disable looked on I said no to her I said if I > fall I will hurt myself but if you fall you hurt > two people so she held on to my walking stick so I > could hold on tight still no one got up (SHAME) I think this experience is all too common and such a shame. I hate it when the abled person expects you to get out of your seat when you are on the outside before the bus stops so they can get ready to get off. I make it clear now that I will stand up ONCE the bus has fully stopped and people have been really really rude to me about it, including one women who tried to climb over me to get out!

deborah.bruce Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Let's all get some chalk and put a circle with a > cross through it on our front doors. Oh just chalk a pair of eyes with a slogan 'I'm watching you watching me' ; )

I agree with the asking bit too but it is embarrassing sometimes to ask and also whilst we are there it would also be nice if people were aware of disabilities, I have been on and off of crutches for the past 30 years (due to a road accident - knocked over by a cyclist and it was my fault before anyone asks) and have currently been on 2 crutches full time since May this year. I have had to stop using the overground during rush hour so work was hard for 3 months and when I was made redundant another job came up but I could not travel to it as it meant using the tube (no hope of a seat) (so any local job offers appreciated). But also travelling on the bus is really hard as if the disability is with your leg/s then there are only a few seats that you can actually sit in so sometimes you have to let busses go or if you could have got on - say for example at Elephant and Castle then you are stampeded out by the masses and have no chance. I have to say though I agree with the original poster here as I have on numerous occassions, when only being on 1 crutch given up my seat for pregnant women on a packed train and likewise a heavily pregnant woman recently gave up her seat for me - and even on our conversation no-one else offered another seat. I am not saying these were ED people Im just saying awareness goes along way.

I saw this on BBC news - and followed the link to Wandsworth Council site http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/news/article/12081/burglars_using_front_door_stickers_to_identify_easy_targets so it is worth checking - we have had a couple random people knock on the door the last couple of weeks during the day, when luckily we have been home, so now keeping a watch for any new signs outside. It does say on the Wandsworth site to remove and destroy but I think it would also be a good idea to notify Community Safety Team or 101, esp if they are trying to track intelligence. Keep safe everyone

IngridB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is definitely not an inside job, I know. > If you remember what the painting looked like > recently, the stik people had wobbly legs. Not > Stik's style at all. In May that piece was tagged > and as Stik was too busy to come and mend it, and > not wanting the tag to be there where it might > attract more tags, I touched it up myself. Really > badly. So the bottom half is by a middle aged > woman who has never held a spray can before in her > life! Shades of that old woman in N. Italy > touching up a 15th century fresco thought to be by > Leonardo! Poor thief! This is the post I love x

I love this x haven't seen the piece but so love the fact you tried to do something x

unlurked Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh what a great idea-lets waste more tax payers > money on complete unneeded Xmas tosh to add to the > waste on Xmas lights etc. With all the job losses, > redundancies, cut backs in social services, and > caring, and the bedroom tax etc what a selfish > idea. I suggest you have a whip round if you want > it that bad and stop taking limited resource away > from others for your 5 mins of fun I have been made redundent, confirmed disabled, had to downsize flatwise, and have paid into the system for 30 years so I really want fairy lights all over Southwark and would love to thank the council for the wonderful firework display that moved me to tears x so dont anyone please what's the term *p.ss* on my fire and Forest Hill Tree has been lovely every year I have lived here and I haven't noticed (read noticed) any damage x

Ww use Indian Mischiefs at work suits vegans very well x not meat eaters but you can order 2 takeaways to suit both x however the vegan/vegi meal from them is lush x at TonyQuinn Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We have a vegan turning up and just wondering if > anyone knows of any eatery round this neck of the > woods that offers this crazy food alternative?

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if you are willing to buy something and someone offers you it by PM how long is reasonable before they sell it to someone else?

Agree we did it last weekend and although I made more than I paid for a pitch it was disappointing everyone bartering really badly and some people were so rude - i refused to sell them things ... had 2 pairs brand new leather shoes with labels on the bottom one for ?60 and one for ?40 and people were offering ?1 for them - it was insulting although I didn't want much but a fiver each would be nice, better off selling things privately on eBay. Anyway the women next to us told us Norwood is much better although you have to book in advance but they said its decent for both selling and buying and everyone is happy when they leave so may go to have a look. Happy hunting and if anyone finds a good one please let me know. Thanks

Some very good points from all that have posted ... I should have quantified that the man in TH who was crying for help told me he couldn't remember who he was or where he lived and didn't know where he was. He said he was under the hospital (but couldn't remember which one) for mental health problems (well his words were 'because I am a nutter') ... he told me he had not taken his medication because it made him feel ill and could remember what it was as the hospital had recently changed it and it was at his place (which he couldn't remember where) and that he had just been walking to get away from 'what was going on in his head' (his words) ... I left him in a cafe and got him some food when he said that he was sorry he was having one of his 'episodes' and it was now over and he would be ok and that he would go to Whitechapel hospital (which I offered to take him or get him a cab - which he refused. I and he had told this all to the ambulance and the police - so for me I was upset that they couldn't do anything and wouldt even check his name against any missing people descritions. Hope it worked out for him in the end. I am reluctant to talk with people who I can see clearly have mental health problems now after that and other similar experiences...which I feel relly bad about.

Hey Ratty I moved from TH to here - and once met some guy over there who was clearly unwell mentally he was crying and begging for help. I called an ambulance and they arrived with the police and he refused to go to hospital and because he hadnt hurt anyone they said fine and left him in the street. I complained to the emergency services and they said there is nothing we can do until he hurts someone! Great no help for people ill and then when they hurt someone they get arrested. Good system...

Aww that is such a shame poor guy ... hope he is ok ... he was just standing staring it looked like it was overwhelming I was going to stop and question why it took so many police but was late for an important meeting due to all the roads beieng dug up at the moment. I ran a housing project a few years back and had a lad who was schizophrenic and couldnt get any help from the police to section him they just kept arresting him and eventually I got a great psychiatrist in the court to assess him and he finally got help. Hope that guy gets the help he needs...