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The bin and bus stand were both demolished by a crash in the last week. It happened in the early hours of the morning apparently, so very little is known.

We always use the Florist at the corner of Barry Road and Lordship Lane. Very friendly and helpful, have purchased may a bouquet and plants there over the years.

My old aunt used to quote 'she is all mouth and no trousers' never figured it out. It was in relation to a middle aged woman who had several sons. Another one was 'I'll go to the foot of our stairs' and if anyone said 'Haha' she would say 'HaHa she cried waving her wooden leg in the fog' That used to make me laugh and still does nearly 50 years on.

The Charter 1 and 2 have a small catchment area which is unlikely to extend to the Crystal Palace Area. I have friends who send their girls to Harris in Crystal Palace and they are very happy with the education provided there.

The playground at 165 Bellenden Road? or in the temporary playground?

Both my husband and I have a disability which affects our mobility but not severe enough to qualify for a Blue Badge. If going down LL or to Peckham, we use the bus. The exception being if we go to Lidl or take our cats to the vet in Peckham. We do not use the car so much now that we are retired but since family members live in Kent, Sussex and Essex - we need a car to visit them. Also we do emergency child care and need immediate access to transport. We try to be environmentally friendly as far as possible using public transport. However, if we use the train for the family in Essex, we have to fork out additional money for taxis at the Essex end as buses do not go near our daughter's home. Sussex visits by train are better as bus service is every 20 minutes from the station. We have double yellow lines outside our house and thankfully our house is one of a few with a hard standing which was present when we purchased the house in 1974. Visitors frequently end up 10 minutes away due to insufficient parking spaces.

James - Southwark is more generous than Lambeth, their social services front line staff have borough wide permits. They are also more generous with supplying medical permits.

It is housing that this guy needs not a social worker. Social Workers have no say in getting people housed/rehoused generally. They can recommend over 55s to seek sheltered housing but residents must be accepted by the Housing Dept to be eligible to go onto the Housing Register= social workers can then give a report as to why they feel that person would require sheltered housing. Basically - everything is down to Housing.

Having worked in Lambeth where there are loads of CPZs, it can have a knock on effect to the surrounding areas. Roads are usually 'zoned' i.e. L area may cover 3 or 4 streets - which means residents/car users will be fighting for spaces over these streets. It also means that residents will need to pay for visitors' permits - you can get short ones for a few hours and also 'Day' ones. This means that relatives/friends cannot just pop round to see you but will need to check if you have visitors permits at hand. CPZs also affect people such as carers visiting on a daily basis elderly and vulnerable people. Depending on the care agency - some carers using their cars can get a 'medical permit' which allows parking in CPZs and on single yellow lines. However, these medical permits need to be paid for and most agencies will not fork out for these. When I worked in Lambeth, social workers and OTs were not provided with borough wide parking permits and found using their cars to visit people at home was not feasible due to time wasted finding a parking space or parking meter, so used public transport which could often mean several bus changes. Whilst this may be environmentally friendly, when you take a call from a worried carer not being able to access their client, you need to get to that address asap. It was a few years ago I worked for Lambeth, but I understand from colleagues working in this borough, things have only changed slightly .

Edward Rudolph that was the name

I remember the home in Overhill Road, it later became a Montessori School - cannot recall the name - I have a vague feeling that it was a boarding school and had a man's name.

I remember whilst doing my research module at University, that I also discovered a number of children's homes in East Dulwich. This surprised me, but further research using the local history archives in Borough High street and other archives, indicated that many children had parents in Dulwich Hospital which was classed as the Workhouse Hospital. The same people who ran the children's homes also had a home in Newlands Park (Sydenham/Penge borders) where my stepmother and her siblings were sent after the death of their parents. Unfortunately my stepmother is now 96, very deaf and demented so cannot ask her about education.

My daughter in Orpington was keen for a particular school in the area for her daughter to attend. It had good OFSTED ratings etc. She visited it, was shown around by the head, asked a few questions and decided that she did not like the ethos of the school as too regimented. As she had experience in working with young people with special needs, she asked the head about their SN provision. Head stated only one child with SN in school (autistic) but he did not stand out. Daughter went to another school, asked the same questions, did not have an outstanding OFSTED but a nicer atmosphere, My grand daughter was very happy there, was found to be above average intelligence and was given more challenging work to do. The same grand daughter achieved A* AB A level grades and is now applying to University to study Biomedicine. OFSTED ratings only give a guide - it is what you feel most suitable for your child's needs.

Although not employed by the NHS I spent 20 years working mainly in Kings but also had to include Lewisham, Princess Royal, Orpington, UCL and other hospitals in my visits. Whilst emergency health care is free to all, rehabilitation and routine in patient care is subject to charging if you are a non EU resident. This is why when you now get a letter for an appointment you are asked to bring proof of identity (passport) and address. Several million pounds is owned by non EU nationals for health care throughout the country and many trusts have not been recording these patients or collecting money. An acquaintance of mine received a bill for ?5,000 as his non EU wife was not eligible for maternity care - this was the cost of her ante natal and post natal care. He paid the money in instalments. Another friend told a story that whilst she was working for the NHS they discovered that 20 births were registered from the same address in Deptford which made them suspicious - they found that pregnant women were travelling to this address from Africa in order to have free maternity care. The owner of the property charged the women who were staying there. There needs to be a system to recoup some of the costs from 'health tourists' Many years ago in France whilst on holiday, my husband needed an emergency doctor. We had our EU card but were still charged a notional amount for care and had to pay for a prescription - which we claimed back when returned home. Whilst we do not want to go the American Way - proving that you have the financial means of paying for medical care, perhaps we need to consider that all non EU national have to have medical insurance before they are treated and that non emergency care is only provided if payments are made up front. My family have always had good care from Kings and both of my children were born there. Admittedly on some wards there are staff members who have an attitude problem when it comes to patient care, but the doctors, physios, OTs, Speech and Language Therapists, Specialist Nurses and dieticians have on the whole have been and are extremely professional and caring. Princess Royal's financial failings were long before Kings took over, my daughter worked there and was frustrated that essential documents could not be printed or photo copied as there was no money for paper/printer ink. Office equipment (staplers/hole punchers/note pads, pens etc) had to be provided by individual staff as no budget for stationery. Electronic Patient Records (EPR) were very slow to come to all the wards at Princess Royal and when I had to visit patients there I had to wade through piles of paper files. Princess Royal's car parking fees are extremely high so they should be getting a decent return from the car parks. Orpington Hospital has reasonable hourly costs for parking. M & S and all the other companies now at Kings should generate some rental income. I also suggest that heating costs be looked at as in some areas the heat is overbearing. Automatic lighting in toilets and other low use areas to reduce electricity bills.

have you checked with the hostel that they can accept food? Heard that they were not allowed to accept food from a church's harvest Festival earlier in the year.

Daughter's mother in law was cremated at Hither Green and wake/reception was held at The Bell ( I think it was called) lower Sydenham near the Bell Green Sainsbury's store

If I remember correctly this comes under Village Ward and the officers' base is at Camberwell Green. I have seen the Village ward officers around, sometimes on push bikes other times walking.

Many halls have a policy regarding bouncy castles - mainly to do with H & S ie adult must be in attendance at all times with the children whilst on the castle. If JAGS provide their own castle they will know all the regulations, but if you hire your own - need to be aware of height restrictions etc.

live on a road near M and S. I came home one early eve and found a man in my front garden, taking his bags out of my bin. He was not at all perturbed by me coming into the front garden and asking what was happening. He went off down the road and eventually got to a local pub situated on a corner plot, proceeded to start trying to sell whatever was in in his bags.. he had a little compact mirror, in which he would look to see over his shoulder at intervals.. he saw and recognised me as I had followed him, intrigued as to what had been stashed in my bins. He shouted at me for a bit, then walked on. I then asked the pub punters what he had been trying to flog.. they told me - M and S steak and Prosecco! Which pub did he go to?

What new prep school?

The left hand side of out house back and front - fences belong to Southwark Council who are the freeholders. Many years ago the back left hand fence rotted and since we had very young children who could access the neighbours garden and escape down the side entrance (onto a main road), we contacted Southwark to replace the fence on grounds of safety. Took many phone calls, letters, over several months before they would put up chain link fencing. I needed to prove that my children's safety was compromised by the lack of a fence and I believe I had to resort to our local MP in the end to get help. We are talking about 50 feet of fencing to be replaced.

Woodcraft Folk - meet Tuesday evenings at east Dulwich Community Centre

Suggest you mention this to the East Dulwich Neighbourhood Police as they have spent the summer following up series of shoplifters at M and S. Seems as though they are using resident's bins to store stolen goods and coming back later to retrieve them.