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I believe it sold for circa 1.65M. Given the amount of work/ hassle required that's not exactly a steal.

Now well and truly mainstream...but why this continued obsession with IPA? There's lot's of potential in other styles like African Sorghum or perhaps just perfecting a light lager.

Police have been informed directly this morning via our residents association. Calling 101 can also be used and yes it is helpful and they do take action / follow up from experience.

Sorry...another post to report something but please be aware as there has been several break ins in this area recently. Yesterday our childminder caught a guy looking into her car, other cars and front windows at approximately 11.30 am on Dovercourt. She watched him from inside our house as she was worried about her car and when he realised he was spotted he behaved in an aggressive manner..staring her out from the street and pretending to come towards her before heading off quickly. Not good! Description: male, 5ft8", Mediterranean complexion, dirty cream coloured jacket, blue jeans and generally unkempt / rough appearance. Time: between 11.15 and 11.45 am Dovercourt Road North end.

It remains to be seen what the end result will be so we should probably wait before making judgment? That said, M&B's existing pub/accommodation brand Inn keepers lodge, has that whiff about it: https://www.innkeeperslodge.com/ This is a great site in a fantastic location and I can't help wondering why the DE hasn't chosen a quality operator to do it justice. The village has character but the commercial leasing policy veers towards the bland and risk averse. A real shame.

Update: Dulwich estate have now estimated late Q1 for for building works to complete then will be handed over to M&B who will then have to fit out pub and hotel rooms. Aug/Sept 2016 would not be unlikely. Depressing.

I love Deliveroo. They do Gowlett pizza's to your door brilliantly. Nice mobile ordering too.

Thanks for the helpful posts guys...some good tips there.

I have two Cat A tickets for todays Rugby WC quarter final between Scotland and Australia at Twickenham for sale at less than face price - ?150 each..300 for the pair. If interested pls PM me. Unfortunately I can no longer go due to family reasons. :-( Now gone! Thanks.

Some heating questions...If anyone can help? - Its mid October. Has anyone turned on their heating yet it is it just my missus? - Is a combined electric and gas bill of ?200 a month for a 4 bed with two babies and a heavily used tumble dryer a lot? - We have a brand new eco Valiant eco boiler and linked to a single wireless thermostat...house heats unevenly as a result. Is there a more intelligent way to get even temps in each room? We've got thermostatic radiator valves but not sure how they work in combo with the main thermostat? Any help/advice/tips appreciated.

This morning at 6.45am on Woodwarde Road / Druce road I saw a guy hanging around looking into cars and front windows. I followed him at a distance for a bit and saw more of the same. He then went down into the village and towards and into North Dulwich station. Description: tall male, approx 6 ft 3, light/sandy hooded top, dark cargo trousers and Nike air trainers Still quite dark at that time...just perhaps worth keeping vigilant as winter sets in. Curtain twitching ends/

Nice work Green Goose. It's probably technically theft from private property but let's make an exception on this occasion. I say we take them all down one evening in the most audacious sign heist in history and make the news. I have a black ninja suit and will join you if you pm me...

Leave it out Help Ma. DulwichFox is a known Turkophile. I'm quite enjoying the scattered serialisation of The Rough Guide to Istanbul on multiple threads. Next up: The Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace.

Welcome back to 1983 everyone.

To be fair Sue...they were never going to do a good bubble and squeak. :-)

Wowsers. Better Call Saul has just leapt from light hearted spin off to something ad powerful as Breaking Bad. Superb episode 6 this week with Mike's story and fantastic acting.

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Sea Bag I am going to take you to an aberdeen angus steakhouse one night. And we are going to dine on "haystack" onions and Diane sauce. With Angus beef being amongst the best in the world and right on our doorstep, you'll be glad to know that most of it is frozen and flown in from Argentina.

That's what happens when you get old. You can't tell when a scenes happening. :-)

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > McCartney is much maligned. I think people forget > that a lot of his Beatles songs were absolute > belters. And even post-Beatles... Band On The Run > is actually a pretty solid record (not great of > course, but decent). Well said. Don't forget the Frog Chorus and the A. Patridge favourite "Jet"

Early indications point to M&B getting first refusal to renew their existing lease. I can't say for sure /have no evidence of that but there is no reason why they couldn't do that. M&B also run small hotels through their innkeepers lodge brand: http://www.innkeeperslodge.com/ I can't help look at those properties and think these are the kind of tinned tomato-with-the-fry up suburban belt places you wake up in after reluctantly attending a pals wedding in some home counties satellite town. The village needs something nicer that fits the location and clientele and Hotel Du Vin would work nicely and whilst still being accessible to all. There has been nothing recently to suggest Hotel Du Vin are even still involved in discussions. Either way, 2017 is a long time to not have any anchoring pub in the village - will we really have to wait two years?

Good to hear and can't wait to try it out. I've been looking for a dog vase for quite some time. Ideally in the form of a Skye Terrier? In fact the perfect day for me would be hair cut at Blue Tit, a beer and a game of space invaders at The Four Quarters, Gowlettini pizza and more ales at The Gowlett, the hot sauce place then the dog shop for said Skye Terrier vase. I'd then round everything off with a stiffener at House of Tippler.

The next election is shaping up to be a seriously interesting clusterf*$#. You have the forever purse lipped and slightly clammy Dave, spooked by the scotland referendum, middle east reigniting and defections and Tory votes going to UKIP. Farage has become much more than just an annoyance. He's still reliant on the Lib Dems for power but the past coalition and the terminally ineffective Clegg have been disastrous for that party. Daves announcement of income tax cuts for the squeezed middle without any indications as to what will pay for that is a cheap last ditch vote winning ploy given the current budget deficit. More will follow in the autumn statement in December. Meanwhile poor Labour. Whilst all of the above holds true re Milliband, the thought of him as PM is laughable. Never has it had a leadership that lacks such backbone and conviction. I can see only one outcome - a toothless interim coalition, further public disillusion and the left moving further left and the right move further right. And Boris?......seriously??? Never have I been less tempted to use my hard won right to vote.

StraferJack Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > this is it Jeremey - they promote themselves as > being better/fresher cooked than supermarket ready > meals but end result is the same. And anything > with mash in it from their range is like baby food I'm a fan. It's all relative. There are at least five tiers of ready meal ranging from cheap mince Bolognese for 1 at Tesco for ?1.50 to Waitrose level stuff. As for additives... I've found that you tend to get more the cheaper you go. Not always but often. The Cook stuff def has fewer additives than many supermarket ready meals. They have a few great dishes (love their Coq au Vin) and many others that are ok. They cook well straight from frozen which is the whole point as you can go from freezer to the table in under an hour. And they have a reliable and speedy local delivery service. Jeremy - why wait for any shop to open in ED - just jump online and give them a go?

I used Draughtex last year ( http://www.draughtex.co.uk) and found it worked really well in insulating gaps between floorboards and also between skirting boards and wooden floors. It's basically flexible rubber tubing that squeezes into the gaps and forms a seal and it comes in three thicknesses. Just been doing a clear out and remembered they sent me an extra box by mistake so if anyone would like a free roll of the medium sized one (40M length for gaps of 2-7mm) , please PM me.