JohnL

Always liked the Specials - but thought they sang about Coventry not ED.

Yep - thats how I go now. Caught the 436 straight there from Peckham once or twice to save on zone 1 ticket - but still took an hour. The train ticket to London Bridge included the cost of the tube to paddington I think. ClareC Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fatest way to Paddington is to catch the 7.15 > train to London Bridge from East Dulwich, then get > the Jubilee line to Baker street and then the > Bakerloo to Paddington. I usually get to > Paddington about 7.50 on that route. The tube > change is easy its just over the platform.

Thought all that ended with the breweries being forced to sell their pubs in the 80s (remember when each pub only sold the drinks from the brewery that owned it). Seems like the old breweries just sold on to a new set of monopolies. 4 quid a pint is more than I can pay most nights mind (credit crunch isn't it) - Weatherspoons Birmingham @ Broad Street last night (working here this week) was 1.89 for Fosters and not much more for the rest and not a bad Weatherspoons as they go either. Seems to be huge variations. david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ?4 for a pint?! Of what - myrrh? > > Bloody pubcos upping prices no doubt. > > Do something about it: > > http://www.fairpint.org.uk/

Big Jim Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Seconded Ant. Waitrose is brilliant. Just popping > in for some milk makes you feel middle class ;-) Prefer them due to there 'social partnership' method of running a company myself :) although can only afford luxuries and treats there now :(

seanmlow Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The cafe baffles me. Why would you want to prolong > your shopping pain any further? It's not too bad actually - not packed out like the Sainsburys store itself.

Ratpack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Because I was in the process of moving house when > I got the ticket so it went to my old address, the > council passed it on to bailiffs who hiked up the > price. They came round clamped my car and told me > to pay ?650 or it would be towed. I thought you made a statutary declaration about that issue - WHat happened ?

Sold to a property developer Rather sad as I used to like this pub.

Any Welsh fans daring to watch the second Wales - SA match away from home.

ratty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I have a 2 bed in St Francis Place that I will be > looking to sell in the near future. Gutted at dip > cos they were worth just over 300k not long ago. > Dunno how much now but my dream of a 3 bed in > Sevenoaks is looking a long way off now! :( The 3 bed in Seven Oaks will have fallen in price too mind :)

bawdy-nan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I can see that the whistling and unpredicatable > behaviour can feel annoying and threatening and > the leery shouting of the people being singled out > in Whately Road likewise. > > I have sympathy with the people who feel diretcly > threatened by the proximity of unruly behaviour I > can see that having to avoid stretches of your own > road for fear of abuse would be very stressful. > > I'm interested and a little disturbed by the > vehemence of some people's reactions to these > people. > > I've come across the residents of WR once or twice > on the bus and they are loud and, it seemed to me, > not particularly well equipped to negotiate their > way through the world. > But you only see them sometimes. If it happens every day and close to home you tend to find the fear and anger ratchets up until you will become permanently on edge - waiting for the next disturbance. I'm not at that stage yet but the whistler loves to stand just outside - I'm tempted to throw pistachio nuts at him from the 4th floor.

bawdy-nan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > If I'm feeling rushed I don't go in - if I want to > chill and chat then its perfect. I always feel rushed these days and end up feeling humiliated if I'm left waiting like an idiot I see whats wrong then - maybe I need to chill :)

Curmudgeon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Alcoholism is a disease, as is drug addiction, and > I am not implying that they are either but those > are the assumptions being made - some people are > born with less advantages than others - fiscal and > mental advantages in life and dumb luck are > factors in where people are. > But how far does that go, to the boys who are anti-social on the bus so forcing the bus to stop in the middle of the road and everyone get off, to the people pre-disposed to anger management issues who happen to knock someone senseless every Friday night, to the gangs who need help but instead pack guns.

oblivion Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BMC has ALWAYS ... had a rather bad reputation with > regards to their customer service. Some companies can get away with that level of service - but their products have to be really special.

Was at it again tonight - same junction (Heaton Road/Rye lane), can of beer in hand - shouting at cars and buses. He'll be sectioned at this rate !!!!

Seem to be those cars sitting right behind buses that don't know the road that go through. I can see it from my window and not that many go through it mind :)

Hey - I'm on the fourth floor in the front - but working in Cardiff at the moment. He'd better not have hit my Window Grrrr. Hope its a one off. Anyone informed Tower Homes (They run the place) - Edit: Thank you Elizabeth.

A girl was reduced to tears on the 12 recently - she and her friend got off before their stop after being accused of being posh and asked why they were in South London. Guy that did it got off at the Kentish Drovers pub. Was not impressed at all.

They (the BNP) have an assembly member too :( http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/london-assemblyresults.do?=44

If its being done by children who know no better then I care in the way I care about any grafitti If its being done on shops owned by particular racial groups then I feel it maybe a bit sinister - the next phase might be smashed windows etc. Think we all know what this symbol in this context means.

Lived in Coop House - bottom of Rye Lane snce November - no run ins with locals of any sort - although someone did smash my car window once (in the secure car park too). Don't feel threatened round here at all (in the way you seem to in Gypsy Hill) - I even had a pint in Peckham Weatherspoons once (strange place). Rye lane is noisy though.

Never turn into the lane before the bus lane disappears - but you can be sure others have - so have to be really careful moving into the lane (they'll be coming up to 'undertake' you). No cameras eh.

Hi Sean/Elizabeth Are you both living in Co-operative House. I'm on the fourth flour - and the noise does seem to rise when my patio doors are open (lots of beeps at the junction as well as the whistler) - Still unsure him - saw him block a young womans path ysterday (but only to smile at her).

If 3 children inherit one house - I think the estate might have to be liquidated - meaning its the wrong time to die surely. My grandmothers house got sold for a pittance in the early 90's and apparently holding on to it for rent was not an option.

I hear him all the time - thought it was a drug dealer calling out customers when I first moved here:) until I saw him at street level.

I love a good whinge so :) .. Whinge start living in the Peckham Co-op (as the utilities call us) I go around that one way system every time I go out. Worse are deliveries mind - None of them know where to park and so they all park on the double yellow there .. and whinge at me when they get a fine. Whinge over. BJL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Maybe there could simply be a general "whinge" > thread in the Lounge? Then anyone who wanted to > complain about their parking tickets, fines for > illegal driving/littering/fare dodging/keeping > library books too long etc could find some relief > there.