officialeastdulwich

Get your Christmas events and promotions to us now. We have now rebranded as the East Dulwich Online Community and will be running some exciting partnerships and competitions with local groups and businesses in the new year! Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/e.dulwich Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/e_dulwich Any queries or suggestions to [email protected]

On Saturday 19 July 2014, Abellio?s Walworth Bus Depot in south London will open its doors to members of the public in the next of a series of bus garage open days across the capital in celebration of the Year of the Bus. Visitors to Walworth Bus Depot will get the chance to: - Take a free trip on vintage buses from Walworth Bus Depot to Dulwich, with departures every 20 minutes. In addition a special vintage bus service will operate on route 100 between Elephant & Castle and Shadwell; - View a wide selection of heritage vehicles including London Transport Museum?s newly restored B-type bus; - Take a ride through the bus wash; - Jump up and down on the bouncy bus; - Go on a ?behind the scenes? tour of the engineering and operations function of the depot; - View the Year of the Bus mobile exhibition which tells the story of the London Bus and looks to its future; - Take part in family activities about how to use the transport system safely and responsibly with the Transport for London (TfL) Safety and Citizenship team and pick up your free bus-themed family activity sheets; - Find out more about a career with Abellio as a bus driver ? a recruitment bus will be on site for anyone interested in finding out more; - View model railways from the Southwark Model Railway Club; - Browse the London Transport Museum pop-up shop selling exclusive Year of the Bus gifts, and stalls selling bus-related merchandise and memorabilia. The bus garage open days are part of TfL?s celebrations to mark the Year of the Bus, in partnership with London Transport Museum and the capital?s bus operators. All proceeds generated from the Walworth Bus Depot Open Day will be donated to charity. Walworth Bus Depot occupies a site originally acquired as a tram depot in 1891. It was known as the Camberwell Tram Depot until 1950 when its name changed to Walworth with the arrival of buses at the site. Major rebuilding work took place during the 1950s to repair bomb damage from the Second World War. The current depot re-opened in 2004 after being fully refurbished with the latest environmental technology including solar panels on the roof. The first bus garage open day was held at Catford on 10 May and attracted around 3,000 visitors. Since then, Alperton, Stockwell, Fulwell and Potters Bar Bus Garages have all opened their doors to the public to offer behind-the-scenes access in celebration of the Year of the Bus. Events and activities are being held throughout 2014 to celebrate the role that London buses, bus drivers and the staff who support them play in keeping the capital moving, and mark a number of important anniversaries. These include 60 years since the creation of the original and iconic Routemaster, 75 years since the launch of its predecessor the RT-type bus, and 100 years since hundreds of London buses were sent to the Western Front to play a crucial role during the First World War. Buses are a vital daily service for millions and one that is very local, with the vast majority of Londoners (95 per cent) never more than 400 metres from a bus stop. Buses link homes to jobs, schools and hospitals in every part of the capital. They are the backbone, and often the forgotten workhorses, of London?s transport network. Further information about Year of the Bus events can be found at www.tfl.gov.uk/yearofthebus and www.ltmuseum.co.uk The Year of the Bus is supported by and delivered in partnership with Exterion Media, Abellio, Arriva London, Clear Channel UK, Go-Ahead London, Metroline, RATP Dev UK, Stagecoach, Wrightbus, Optare and Telent Technology Services. (East Dulwich Online Community) www.facebook.com/e.dulwich www.twitter.com/e_dulwich

Apologies for the recent downtime. We are back in action now and hope to hot 3,000 Facebook likes soon. Keep supporting us through 2014 and we hope to build a great Online community. Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/e.dulwich Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/e_dulwich Any queries or suggestions to [email protected]

Betsy Vickers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @officialeastdulwich Instead of berating me for > reading stuff on your Facebook timeline, if you > feel embarrassed by it, why don't you delete it? > Like, d'uh! > > @mr_singh I don't claim to speak for all of East > Dulwich. Unlike those who use an "official" East > Dulwich tag. One would assume, would one not, > that they are, perhaps, claiming to be more > representative of all of ED? > > I think I will change my name here to > officialbetsyvickers, because I do, officially, > represent all the views of myself. Great idea Betsy. I'm assuming that's not your official name though?

I stand corrected. Well done for ignoring all the recent stuff but researching all the way back to 2009. The site is definitely under new management. If you could find it somewhere in your heart to forgive the mistakes of the past then we'd love you forever. Kind regards

@ Betsy Vickers- we've no idea what foul-mouthed posts you're referring to? Users are only allowed to comment on posts we've made but not post their own. We have a rigorous moderation policy in place. Feel free to show us what you are referring to. We also have no political stance so once again no idea what you are referring to. The incoming welfare reforms and posts about Lewisham Hospital are the only times we've ever even mentioned the government? Thanks for calling us an idiot though Betsy, we'll take your feedback on board. There are actually two of us though so perhaps "itiotS" is what you meant. @ RosieH- There are interesting photos and discussions on the page as well as advertising for a number of local events, shops and groups that we feel interest the people of ED. Like, comment, share and Tweet us. We love reading your tweets!

Thanks for all the likes and messages! Get in touch. We're hoping to a lot more charity related stuff soon

reeko Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Busted Done

It's the Facebook page for East Dulwich

not really

We hope to be a money making business. As explained before the name is not important. It's just words. Whatever happened to sticks and stones? People seem genuinely hurt. So I shall edit the original post :/

Thanks to whoever created the Burky Zimble account on Facebook for spamming our page! It's good to see more people liking the page. It wasn't very nice some of the comments you left about the personal businesses of others...

Thanks for your attention to detail. I hope that semantics don't discourage you from liking our page, or contacting us if you would like some sort of online Facebook Promotion. Yours, East Dulwich

We're not "Official" the Facebook Page is simply "East Dulwich" We have more likes than any other page on Facebook appearing in the search for East Dulwich! The name sort of just stuck

We emailed the owner of this forum and they said it was okay to post as long as we adhered to the rules of the forum. If we have broken one we will happily edit the post accordingly. @edhistory a definition of the word "Official" is available at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/official We wouldn't say we're the only resource on Facebook for finding out about events and businesses in the area, however, we have the most reach and with the help of local people aim to become as helpful as this Forum. We enable the posting of flyers, any promotional copy and may soon be offering Facebook Offers to businesses. P.S we're not exclusively for East Dulwich but Dulwich as a whole and surrounding areas (within reason). Someone tried to advertise their business in Hackney but it didn't really relate to our audience.

Hi there, We are the East Dulwich Facebook (www.facebook.com/E.Dulwich ) page. We have over 2,200 likes with a reach of over 300 people for each post on the page. You may have seen or heard of us and we continually get asked if we are any affiliation to East Dulwich Forum. We are completely independent of this forum but understand that this is also another important resource for people living in the area. We run online advertising for local businesses, groups, classes and events for a very competitive fee on our Facebook page, to allow people to promote them to an audience (many of whom may not be on ED Forum). We also offer free promotion on the page for any charity listings, provided they are for a registered charity. For information about exciting advertising opportunities for events, shops, services and community groups on the page email: [email protected] Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/e.dulwich Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/e_dulwich Any queries or suggestions to [email protected] We hope to hear from some Forum members soon and to continue working with those of you that we already do. Thanks, East Dulwich Facebook (23 Bawdale Road East Dulwich London SE22 9DL)