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And how's about this for a population pyramid?

Lowlander Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What's the total population of ED? 12,321. There's a whole bunch more to get stuck into here. However, as per the first post, the definition of ED in the census may differ from various others.

Magic, ta.

giggirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Off topic but I saw Argo last night and it was > mostly brilliant. I didn't like the contrived > suspenseful ending when they were going through > airport security but otherwise it's a cracking > movie. Alan Arkin always a joy to watch. Yeah, thought it was great (not really knowing the background to the story before going in). I still enjoy saying "Argo f**k yourself" when picking up the phone. Is there a good movies-related thread in The Lounge at all?

Doesn't pass the smell test. The top 20 contains 11 postcode areas from Leeds/Bradford/Hull and 8 from London (full list below). Among the London postcode areas, at least two of these don't fit - SW12 and SE22. Let's look at the text of the article: "MoneySupermarket.com analysed 3.49 million applications for home insurance quotes made between December 2011 and the end of November 2012. They looked at the number of users who said they had made a claim for burglary at their current address in the past two years." So, these are actually based upon claims made across a three year period (December 2009 to November 2012). Couple that information with the stats sourced further up this thread, as well as your instincts about the levels of burglary in the area at that time, and something doesn't appear to be correct. There's an easy inference here that there is a spurious factor affecting those results (without the data, the answer as to what it is can be anyone's guess). Remember firstly that you have to have insurance in order to claim on it. There are no clues in the article as to the incidence of insurance bought in these postcodes, but from career experience I can tell you that deprived areas will always have lower incidence of cover. The higher the incidence of cover, the more opportunities there are to claim. As for those worried about their claims rising as a result - fear not. This is an article sponsored by a website, who conducted their own research. Insurance companies don't use those kinds of source to determine their premiums, they have far more sophisticated (and more often internal) methods for doing so. The full list, clustered by area: Leeds/Bradford 1 LS13 Leeds 2 BD12 Bradford 7 LS18 Leeds 10 LS28 Leeds 12 HU6 Hull 13 BD10 Bradford 14 BD17 Bradford 15 LS25 Leeds 17 BD18 Bradford 19 LS12 Leeds 20 BD6 Bradford London 3 N12 North Finchley, north London 5 RM3 Romford 6 SW12 Balham, south London 8 UB3 Hayes, west London 9 SE22 East Dulwich, south east London 11 IG2 Ilford, east London 16 TW12 Hampton, south west London 18 SW16 Streatham, south London Manchester 4 M30 Manchester

Having moved to ED last summer, it seemed that this would have been a great idea. Why not have everything you want on one's doorstep? However, with the lack of any nearer cinema, we've been pushed to patronising the Peckham Plex to get our fill, and have visited around half a dozen times now. 15-20 minutes to walk from the top half of Lordship Lane, a decent range of films (admittedly quite mainstream) and extremely reasonable prices. It's by no means boutique, but certainly good value and never difficult to get tickets (the only screening that was more than 25% full was the opening night of Skyfall, which was wonderfully rammed). Whilst perhaps a single screen, high-end affair might be nice to have in ED for the occasional treat, I don't think it would steer us away from regularly using the Peckham Plex, and would heartily recommend it to others too, if they haven't already tried it.

Snow barely touched the sides. Buses and trains appear to be running better than a usual day.

emza78 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is there anything we can do > to make them go away? Doubt it - from what I can tell, it's not as if it's rubbish in the street that's attracting them to the area, as they're just prowling around in the middle of the road. Ask them nicely?

Have had it quite a lot this autumn/winter so far, in the roads between Felbrigg and Lordship Lane, at anything between 9pm and 5am. It's like a shrieking sound, and definitely foxes rather than dogs. They've not been around these parts for the last 2-3 weeks, though.

In theory it's currently open daytimes. However, announced this lunchtime, it's among 65 proposed for closure. See the full list here.

In all seriousness, not a lot. Wouldn't mind the addition of a few things, but they're really just luxuries rather than anything ED really needs. 1 or 2 screen cinema, maybe Somewhere that does nice Ice Cream/FroYo as a sideline A few fewer curry houses Some sort of rustic italian or spanish joint But really, compared with most places, we're spoilt. Enjoy what you have whilst it lasts.

Some unconnected thoughts: 1) No policy on speed limits should be based around what speed motor manufacturers design their cars to be most efficient at. 2) Reducing the number of privately owned vehicles in highly urbanised, well served areas, is generally a good thing. 3) No one rule is perfect for everyone, but those that help the majority tend to go down quite well. If a road doesn't need to have a 30 mph limit, then why should it? 4) A policy such as this should not be considered as a panacea for a greater problem (such as accident volumes, or environmental concerns), but taken in the context of a collective of measures which are put in place. This suggestion would appear to pass the smell test. I like it, but can understand that it doesn't serve everyone's best interests. But, we're a society - let's act like one.

Yup, we had a visit from them yesterday evening, at around 6:30pm, on one of the roads between Felbrigg and Lordship Lane. His patter was that 80% of breast cancer was curable, and their aim was to get that up to 100%. I didn't really have the time to allow him to go much further, but didn't think it was too late (one would imagine that doing the same at around 3pm would have generated far less interest and a lot more unanswered knocks).

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There's a lot of padding in the time between > Wandsworth Road and Clapham Junction, I can't see > it taking as long as timetabled. This is to > protect London Overground from paying delay fines. Sounds very definite, or is this actually speculation? Could it be, for instance, that it deliberately includes padding in order to schedule arrival at a vacant CJ platform? Else, why wouldn't that padding be spaced out across the route?

TB2 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > At > peak times it looks like East Dulwich to London > Bridge will be every 10 minutes; 0800, 0810, 0821, > 0830, 0840 and 0851. This looks like better than > the current one. Any idea whether they're preserving the existing lengths, or shortening them to compensate for the increased frequency?

jonsuissy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've had a PM from somebody wanting to cycle to St > Pauls. > Does anyone have any suggestions for a quietish > route? > Jon My work will be moving to St Pauls in the new year, so if a reliable route is established, please do share it here.

Ordinarily yes, but not in possession of bike at the moment. Would certainly be interested in joining this in a few weeks/months if it becomes a regular fixture.

This is the sort of thing they end up shutting a section of rail for to inspect for damage - any sign of services being affected?

titch juicy Wrote: > It takes 5 minutes to walk across London Bridge to > Bank Station. From the end of the bridge, perhaps. From Platform 15? No chance. I do that walk every day, and overtake most by virtue of long legs, but allow 15 minutes from the platform to my office, which is marginally closer than Bank station.

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Didn't they win the FA vase with a one armed > striker? Tony Ward? Think it's him, I also saw him play for Stevenage a few times in the early 90s.

Many a fun evening at Arlesey, round the corner from where I used to live. Nice, tidy ground, plush clubhouse, but lacking character. They do like a cup run up that way, mind.

Great - what're the details of the next round?

I'm sure that everywhere has its good and bad days, but we had a Sunday Roast in the Victoria Inn on Bellenden Road a few weeks ago and can honestly say I don't recall the last time I'd had one as good. High quality meat, good variety of options, plenty of veg, and really tasty. It's also been pretty good on the two evenings we visited, although on one occasion the menu was far reduced.

Just in case anyone is plotting these on a map, detective stylee... There was one, less than 1/4 filled, on the corner of Melbourne Grove and Ashbourne Grove yesterday morning, placed neatly on top of one of the green telecoms cabinets. The bottle used to contain a fruity Volvic offering.

healey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've always been amazed at how poor the service > from London Bridge to Farringdon is, for example. > It should be linked up like Charing X - every 5 > mins or so. Given as the only (sensible) route from London Bridge to Farringdon is via Charing Cross, that would result in the scrapping of every other North-South service through Charing Cross. Somehow, I can't see that one getting the thumbs up.