jim_the_chin

But, by suggesting its a deliberate strategy you have to picture the board of the Maudsley, including lay members, sitting around a table and deciding that a few million pounds are more important than people in distress. The alternative view is that the emergency clinic is an expensive service used by a small-number of people who can be helped by a more responsive type of service delivery. Your talk is pure tabloid-ese, with a suggestive raised eyebrow at the end. It finds something anomolous and attributes it to some non-descript evil intention. The property angle is a red herring. If you know anything about the management of NHS trusts you'll know they're riven with bureaucractic mis-management, rather than malevolent financial speculation. I would say that the South London Press has its own mixed agenda in the need to find stories to sell papers, and well knows that a 'campaign' shifts copies. I would trust the intentions of the Maudsley over those of the SLP.

so you're suggesting that they made a decision to cut a valuable service so they could make a few hundred thousand more on the property market?

The maudsley's coffers are being raided by the acute trusts who are the ones leaking all the money, it's not really their fault that they have to cut services. but i don't know what they're doing with those buildings, why don't you write to them under the freedom of information act and ask them what their plans are. edit: oh, it seems you have. so, reading that thread, why do you think that they're cutting services rather than just selling the properties to pay for it?

no, don't ant! i got a takeaway on friday night on the basis of recommnedations from here and it was the worst one i've ever had, overuse of potato and underuse of spice. blech!

when on-line communities collide

they could have seen the car on one of their frequent circuits and come back round ready to go. seems a bit cowardly though, not letting the car owner have the chance to run out and shout at them.

isn't it the Fdenberg?

the church/cafe thing at the top of barry road stocks a range of fairtrade stuff, including the best decaf tea i've tasted

blimey, they're everywhere, i thought guildford was the stronghold!

gc? hi cockalorum. you wouldn't happen to frequent any other forum type websites would you?

Ant, go loftwards my son. we're in the same positon and don't want to spend 20k just to move, and to where and for what - 1 extra box room? we're going to spend 40k and get a 4 bed house with 2 bathrooms. it's a no-brainer.

I noticed the other day that one of the prefabs on LL has been boarded up. Are they not listed? Should we expect a luxury development of 15 shoe boxes on the site soon?

sorry, poor use of language. i was told recently, they went there ages ago

someone told me recently that they went there following a recommendation in a real ale type book. they found it to be somewhat 'local' and left fairly sharpish.

thought it might have been, its a bit conspicuous

Opposite the Uplands is a well-maintained building with a dangerous chemical sign on the front. The back yard appears fairly well fortified too with razor wire and cameras. Options I have considered include: A super hard-core brothel. A Top secret police outpost A posh builders yard

thanks admin (i was only slightly joshing though) ;)

there was a fight? outside a pub? what IS east dulwich coming to. Administrator - can you stick this thread in the 'Is east Dulwich becoming too posh' link please.

yes, he wrote to me too after i hassled him about the state of the one outside my house in landells.

blimey, you'd think "petrol station retailers name removed due to whatever" would give more of a toss really.

has anyone just thought of letting the parent company of the unmentionable petrol station know - i'm sure they would be very interested in protecting their brand name.

dang those agents vw's, they regularly have 7 of them on a short stretch of road, it just looks like one big advert, which i'm sure they love

but thats why i object to the place, because its not cheap - its 25 quid for a t-shirt - how is this different to other places in ed?

we live in hope louisa

i think you're prolly right there cap'n - there was a heist at the maudsley canteen a short while back that smacked of a bit of a deparate cash grab by someone who's come into possession of a gun rather than the start of a major crime wave