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If you are visiting patients in the community check with Kings as to how your can apply for a 'medical' parking badge. I work at Kings and other hospitals, and also in the community but my employers pay for an all southwark resident parking permit. Some of my colleagues have a 'medical permit'for Southwark. When I worked for Lambeth in the same type of work, they refused to pay for permits and parking fines. We had to rely on public transport which made doing home visits, usually taking about an hour, plus anything upto 1.5 hours travelling time by bus and we would get moaned at for being out of the office for almost half a day. Had we been able to use our cars, live would have been easier.

I have heard that the proposal is to demolish and build block of flats on it.

Having had several rehomed cats we find that keeping them confined to one room initially, then open up more rooms in the house, letting them explore and get to know their humans and other cats in the house. We have various methods of introducing them to the garden, including a harness and lead, letting them explore one section of the garden at a time with us there. Meeting the other house cats in the garden. Our last 'new cat' was very nervous and it took her around 3 months to venture out in the garden where she promptly ran next door and hid behind neighbours shed. She did this for a couple of weeks then gradually strolled through the garden. She has a problem with her voice and cannot mew so a collar with a bell was essential (as was a microchip). All our cats respond rapidly to the sound of a tin being open with a tin opener, so we stand in the garden and open a can of tuna - the buggers can hear this yards away - beats calling out each time.

Woodcraft Folk meet at the ED Community Centre Darrell Road on A Tuesday Evening. It finishes at 8 pm and I believe starts around 6.30 pm. The leader is called Lucy.

have you tried your funeral director? When my Mum died the FD asked whether we wanted to bring our own CDs or have them provide the music as they had a large collection of CDs to play at the chapel. We decided on 3 pieces of music by my mum's favourite singers and provided the Cds ourselves ( Bridge over troubled water Simon & Garfunkel, Bring him home from Les Mis Michael Ball and Time to say Good Bye -Russell Watson and Hailey Wesmera)

We left 306 LL Medical centre some years ago as we were not impressed by Dr.Dewji who seemed very ineffcient after his senior partner (Dr. During) died. My family and I had been at the practice when it was in Townley Road since the NHS started, but could not stand the terrible locum doctors Dewji employed. We transferred to The Gardens but it took us 2 years as their lists were constantly full. I did hear from friends that there is a very good female doctor now at 306 - as a junior partner.

Our youngest grandson who was 15 months old came to my Mum's funeral, our daughter sat at the end of the pew and when he got a bit grumpy - took him outside.I left it up to my other daughter to decide whether she wanted her 7 year old and 12 year old to attend. The 7 year decided he would rather go to school as it was football club after school and did not want to miss it! Would never say a child was not welcomed at a funeral or wedding and would always leave it up to the parents to decide what was best for their kids.

When we had babysitters, if we had a car I would run them home. When we did not have a car, hubby would walk with our young babysitter to her home in Dunstans Road from our place in Barry Road. When our daughter did babysitting, she was told to ask the parents to escort her home or drive her from Heber Road to Barry. One night both parents wer too drunk to see her home, so she rang me and then informed the parents she would not sit for them again as they were not interested in her safety.

I was faxing at work when a very vivid flash of lighting appeared to bounce off the car park outside the office with an immediate very loud clap of thunder. 2 of the admin girls screamed and one ran to the otherside of the room to hid under a chair. The 'bang' was so loud that they thought there had been an explosion in the building. (Baring in mind we were a couple of hundred yards away from the camberwell explosion a couple of weeks ago) Went back into our main office which is a single storey extension, when the second clap of thunder arrived after another vivid flash and you could feel the vibrations/shaking as though the roof was going to fall it.

I will try and remember to get off work early to get to it. Having been a carer of elderly relatives for at least half of my life and as a professional worker dealing with mainly older people - I feel I can contribute quite a bit. Also getting over the hill myself!

Do you have a health visitor ( do they still exist) she (he) may be able to point you in some direction which can offer suggestions. Some time ago before the massive cuts, a family aide could be provided by social services in some situations. Highly unlikely now.

Sorry to hear the sad news. Upto a few years ago we had rescued greyhounds. Docile and good with children, when out in the park or street they would lung at cats and sometimes other dogs. For this reason we always had them muzzled as a precaution. people asked if they were dangerous animals, they were not but we would rather be safe than sorry just in case they injured another animal. If 'Blue's' owner was sorry - I suggest he fork out the ?300 vets fees.

The CASSEL Centre in Waldram Park Road SE23,have several counsellors who have CBT training - I am afraid I do not know their charges

The Dulwich Milan meets at the East Dulwich Community Centre. This was set up by a Muslim lady ( who is currently in Pakistan looking after her sick father) and although has many Muslims, likes to welcome all religions. Open to all ages and gender. Will recommence meetings when Bina returns from abroad. The East Dulwich Community Centre holds many Muslim socials - they tend to be around Eid and other religious days Many members of the centre management committee are also Muslims

Appropriate behaviour - apparently not getting aggressive (verbally or otherwise) staying calm, acting quickly.

Not spooked at all - hubby rang me up at work to tell me about it. I was yelling down the phone - what have they taken, how much damage, 10 coppers, a police dog and a helicopter!!!! - were the police armed?. My colleagues were gathered around and told me to go home an hour and half early. Seems the guy has been charged with burglary, he had about 4/5 bottles of vodka. Hubby was not frightened and just amazed that the bloke just looked at him and went to wash his hands in the kitchen sink. Our builder came around tonight and quickly assessed the damage and will give a quote for repairs. It exposed what were weak links in our security ( something that my hubby has always said was my imagination) and I have now been proved right. Hubby very cool and calm about things and acted appropriately according to the police.

Break in - they arrested a man in my house who had broken in through 2 lots of doors and calmly walked into the kitchen where my husband was. He had broken in to hid from the police who were searching in the street. Police and SOCOs very good - lots of fingerprints everywhere

Hubby swims most mornings around 7 am and he says showers are usually ok then. No benches as someone had an accident on them and staff had to remove them for H & S reasons!

2 adults. 4 cats and usually feeding at least one guest a week, plus all my lunches for work - tends to be around ?150 a fortnight ( the dearest expense is the cat food which can be around ?15 pw) Bread from local bakers, milk from milkman. Sainsbury's at DKH - hubby now cycles to Catford weekly to buy fruit. We spend on average ?10 - ?20 pw on fruit and veg. rarely buy booze, biscuits, crisps, sweets. I like looking at the reduced section and frequently get good bargains which I freeze. Every week I check out the fridge and if loads of veg will make a soup or curry, rarely throw food away unless off. Use by dates usually a guideline. When doing a family meal ( 6 - 8 of us) use the principle of if it is left over what can I do with it i.e. freeze it, turn it into something else. When I was a single parent in the mid 1970s - I had ?8 pw to feed myself and 4 year old child as all my wages went on paying the mortgage. A large chicken used to last us 4/5 days in various forms.

Living close to this junction i can advise that the green filter light seems to operate during rush hours but not consistently so. What is annoying is that the traffic lights for those coming un Barry Road from the Rye only allow 2 cars and i bus through before changing. Sometimes it can take me over 5 mins to turn right into LL to get to work. I now take the longer route via Barry Road, Upland/Underhill and Crystal Palace Road to get to GRove Vale - takes me about 5 mins longer but I am at least moving and not stuck at the lights.

For those who think they may want an 'event' over that weekend - please see attached AGM notice from the East Dulwich Society.

Is anything planned for this time? carnival, street parties?

The cessation of the assisted place scheme which was in place until about 15-20 years ago by the Government reduced the number of local kids who were bright enough to attend Alleyns, so obviously the school had to cast a wider net. In the 60s hubby won a place at Alleyns and at Dulwich College - he lived at Tulse Hill. In the end he went to St. Jospeph's in Croydon. Kids at St. Dunstans in Catford travel from all over the place. Money has no local authority boundaries. As far as I am aware, the Alleyn kids do alot of work with Dulwich Helpline. You might as well say that teachers must teach at the schools in the area where they live and not travel. Many people have to travel to work and for some, driving is the only means of getting there.

In my daily journey to work, I have to turn into Windsor Walk (Denmark Hill station) to get to my office. It is a right turn from Champion Park but I have to take it about 5 mph for the number of people who just walk out in front of the car without checking the road. They are often concentrating on their phone calls, reading the paper/book, stnding in the middle of the road talking- these include parents with prams or young children. Although there are teenagers around it is mainly those in late teens onwards who seem to not know the difference between the pavement and the road. I think it is a question of luck that nobody has been injured at this spot.

I was on a training course at St. Christopher's Hospice and we had to talk about a 'loss' I brought up my theft . Later that day we were advised to be very careful as the Bromley area supermarkets had a massive increase in the types of thefts described here. Mothers with young children were being targetted -they often unloaded their shopping into the boot, leave the boot up whilst strapping the kids into their car seats, and robbers will drive up and take shopping out of boot. I am afraid even WAITROSE in Beckenham have been targetted - apparently you do not get a better type of thief there!!!