Jeremy

Ye Olde Folke Twatte - Snuff

"Rubbish" is too harsh. But there wasn't really enough for the kids or the adults. Maybe some more traditional fairground games, apart from the coconut shy. Ball in the bucket... darts... the one where you have to throw hoops over the prizes... kicking a football through the hole... the thing where the dads put there heads through a screen and the kids throw wet sponges at them... candyfloss, popcorn, doughnuts... I'm sure someone with more imagination than me could think of lots of things.

How about putting some working portaloos in London Bridge at the top of platform 13/14?

silverfox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > No Jeremy, but thanks for that. I didn't realise > the subject had been broached before. I'm supposed > to be decorating the kitchen today but as you can > see I'm doing everything I can to avoid it. > > So just to be clear, is Peckham Rye in East > Dulwich or does it just border it? Perhaps the > clue is in the name. It is already clear. boosboss explained it perfectly well. You're just being argumentative and annoying.

silverfox, are you actually "AllForNun"? http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,254591,255733#msg-255733

silverfox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for that boosboss, it is unclear. Even > Southwark Council's website gives the address as > Strakers Road SE16. Check out a map, the boundry is quite clear.

As annoying as it is when they act in this predatory manner, if you're parked illegally then it's your fault! However, if there is no signage/markings to indicate that you can't park there, then you should appeal as you will probably win (I have done this, but it's a slow process).

Popped along for a bit... nice atmosphere, but to be honest there wasn't much there to hold our interest for more than half an hour. Probably because the dog show was the focal point, and we weren't really that interested. Also the food was quite expensive (?4.50 for a barbecued burger, if I recall).

clux Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > or you can avoid buses altogether and get the > train to london bridge and then another train out > to greenwich If this is the one in the O2, then Greenwich station is miles away. Westcombe Park station is closer.

Netquest Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > where i am from > (originally) the tubes run computer controlled. > They don't strick and are on time. > > Surely a first world country can resolve this > situation.... Fair enough, but do you know how old the tube network is? I doubt that retro-fitting a system like that would be possible.

I knew a guy who died aged 25... heart just stopped while he was sleeping. He drank too much, ate bad food, probably took too many drugs... but even so, you don't expect it at that age. That was a big wake-up call for me.

Definitely crumble. Added blackberries gets my vote too.

Quite right. Next year I shall be travelling to Hong Kong by canoe.

Arghh... cross posting... My World - New York Dolls

All Around The World - The Jam

Eh?

Look Mum There's Vikings On The Tundra Again - Snuff

Just the wall tiles? And only the areas surrounding the sink and bath? Sounds like it would take maybe a day and a half... so maybe ?250?

I was actually "The Nutcracker" in our school production... yep that's right, the title role! Although the human incarnation of the nutcracker only lasts for one scene. And I'm pretty sure I fucked that up.

Check out this thread: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?9,72511,75262 Glen Camenzuli (Team Leader Planning Enforcement for Southwark) states that "If your house has been converted into flats, you do not have ANY Permitted Development rights and therefore you will need to apply for Planning Permission if you want to build a loft conversion/extension or any other extension." This certainly corresponds with my own experience. I don't have a problem with this in itself, but when applying for planning permission, why will they only allow small dormers? It's just daft!

Townleygreen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What worried me was a headline I saw over > someone's shoulder in Wednesday's Mail - to the > effect that a beautician diploma (recently > encouraged by our beloved government) was going to > be worth 3 and a half A levels!!!! I think this must just be tabloid rhetoric. I can't imagine someone with a beautician diploma being accepted onto a BSc (or even a BA ;-)) course.

Huguenot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You don't need a special type of school, you need > a special type of parent. If Macroban is right, > and ED is bursting with aspirational middle class > families, then that is what your local school will > be, regardless of what you imagine the school's > aspirations to be. I think this is true... the most important thing is for the pupils' parents to be supportive of their education, and to raise the children well. Being realistic, in certain urban areas there is likely to be a larger concentration of children from less stable or troubled backgrounds. This can translate to lower academic acheivement, and disruptive behaviour. Of course these kids deserve a good education as much as anyone, but the requirements may be a little different. Out of interest, how many teenage kids do you see in East Dulwich? Certainly, it seems to me that not many of the upwardly mobile families which Mick Mac is describing have children of secondary school age. Is it because they move out of London when the children get a bit older? Is it because the area has only recently become attractive to that demographic (after 2000)?

Thanks for the comprehensive response. Look forward to hearing about the renovations on the DKH estate and the concrete house. Regarding loft conversions... I think you are slightly mistaken. You don't need planning permission for a loft extension in a *house*, but you do need to apply for full planning permission if it's a flat. And the planning department only allow dormers of a certain size. The result is that if you have a house, you can build a dormer across the whole width of the property, but if you have a flat then you are more restricted.

Take Me Home - Snuff

That sounds fine. Or the "circle line" crawl.