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Steve and Nicola of Back to Wood have just done some work on our floors in our new house, after we used them a few years ago at our old place. Another excellent job done by them on original floorboards, superb finish and attention to detail in every aspect. They also left the house very clean. Would highly recommend them. Steve’s number is 07949 411650.

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's a real shame that the cross river partnership > failed in their bid to bring trams back to Peckham > town centre and up to north of the river via > Holborn ten plus years ago. > > My impression at the time was that local vocals > both at this end of the route (mainly objecting to > the depot being in the town centre) and at various > points along the route caused it to lose support. > > > Cross river were considering extending it to meet > up with the Croydon tram if it was implemented > > How short sighted were people in objecting to it > as it would have been a clean green transport > method helping to reduce our reliance on cars. I have lived in cities with great tram networks, but the proposed cross river tram was never going to work well. It would necessarily be routed along roads and be held up in congestion like buses, and would replicate the route served by the 343 and 136. Also the plans as they evolved meant that only the Peckham to Waterloo section would be built first, and then they hoped to get Camden and other boroughs to agree to having trams and following suit. Notably the planned southern route to Peckham would go down Heygate St and Thurlow St and miss out Walworth Road and Camberwell completely so query how useful it would be for many areas. As for vocal locals objecting, well the plan was to demolish the entire Bussey Building/Copeland Park site to build a giant tram depot which would have had disastrous effects on Peckham town centre. Some of the buildings around Peckham High St would also have had to go. It took a lot of lobbying and petitioning to persuade councillors and TFL to look for other sites.

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's a real shame that the cross river partnership > failed in their bid to bring trams back to Peckham > town centre and up to north of the river via > Holborn ten plus years ago. > > My impression at the time was that local vocals > both at this end of the route (mainly objecting to > the depot being in the town centre) and at various > points along the route caused it to lose support. > > > Cross river were considering extending it to meet > up with the Croydon tram if it was implemented > > How short sighted were people in objecting to it > as it would have been a clean green transport > method helping to reduce our reliance on cars. I have lived in cities with great tram networks, but the proposed cross river tram was never going to work well. It would necessarily be routed along roads and be held up in congestion like buses, and would replicate the route served by the 343 and 136. Also the plans as they evolved meant that only the Peckham to Waterloo section would be built first, and then they hoped to get Camden and other boroughs to agree to having trams and following suit. Notably the planned southern route to Peckham would go down Heygate St and Thurlow St and miss out Walworth Road and Camberwell completely so query how useful it would be for many areas. As for vocal locals objecting, well the plan was to demolish the entire Bussey Building/Copeland Park site to build a giant tram depot which would have had disastrous effects on Peckham town centre. Some of the buildings around Peckham High St would also have had to go. It took a lot of lobbying and petitioning to persuade councillors and TFL to look for other sites.

Yes, I'll update if and when the police update me. In the meantime, to assuage the concerns of those generously offering the benefit of doubt above - the van pulled up, the driver stayed inside while the passenger opened the back up and then loaded a new-ish and reasonably expensive-looking bike into it which had been fixed to a lamp-post. The man pictured was wearing a cap and face mask and covered his face from me when he saw me filming. I could not see whether he cut the lock or had a key, so I can't confirm definitively that it was stolen as requested above. But the fact pattern strongly suggests so. Not clear why the possibility of them being scrap metal dealers and/or whether the van is stolen (unsure how you checked this?) would have any bearing on this.

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just seen two men in a white LDV/Luton van taking a bicycle at the top end of Bellenden Rd, Reg number RX08 EPC. The van is covered in graffiti as per photos attached. Reported to police, do keep an eye out for them. (Title changed to be accurate - Admin)

Keith Burgess is currently doing some repointing for us - pleased with the work and he's easy to deal with, as recommended by others here: /forum/read.php?30,1933925,1933925#msg-1933925. He's on 07973 635 035

Just had a sash window repaired by Malcolm Tierney whose details I found on another thread here and said I would give him a recommendation. He is a carpenter and joiner. Highly recommended, very thorough and neat workmanship, good attention to detail. Would not hesitate to use him again for other jobs. His contact details are 07775 657371 and [email protected]

Another recommendation for Steve and Nichola at Back to Wood (07949 411650). They sanded and lacquered our kitchen, double living room and hallway last month. A really excellent job, professionally done and nice people too. I should add that the cost was very reasonable as well, especially given the quality of workmanship.

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bsand Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I only went there once in 2013 and that was once > enough - I wrote a review on a blog at the time - > I hope it has improved since then - if you want a > farang authentic Thai experience try Som Saa in > Commercial Street - Andy's food there really hits > the mark. Or Eysarn Kheaow in Sheperd's Bush for > authentic Thai cuisine. Most Thai food in the UK > is bland rubbish cooked by substandard chefs > press-ganged chefs who have few other choices to > earn a living and they despice the food to appeal > to a western palate destroying the delicate > balance of flavours in the process.You'll get a > better tHai meal from M&S ready meals than most > Thai restaurants in the UK. The best chefs never > leave the country as they can earn a fortune there > if they are half business minded and cook 'aroy' > (tasty). > > > I have been a long term resident of Thailand and > am a frequent visitor and seeker out of authentic > Thai food and so was very interested to seek out > the hyped claims of the Begging Bowl as it is > pretty local to my wife and I. Basically don't > believe the hype - all of our dishes failed to hit > the mark and the best I can say is that the > ingredients were fresh and well presented and the > staff are friendly and efficient in a cool space. > The Thai fish cakes seemed liked canned tuna > dressed up as deep fried barbequed chicken > nuggets. Wet and rather pointless. The duck curry > was too hot and lacked coconut milk and any sort > of delicate flavours to have balance and was too > effete in those that it had to be regarded as > anywhere near 'street authentic'. The pork belly > which replaced the menu pork belly option was like > eating soggy cardboard - it's hard to make pork > boring and tasteless but they did. By the time the > last course came I wasn't expecting much and they > didn't disappoint - it was steamed sea bream with > a jug of some sort of watery sauce. No flavours at > all to speak of and so we asked for chilli sauce > and got some sweet bottled variety to try and > spice it up a bit. In the end we came away rather > sad - because if this is a restaurant from an > acolyte of David Thompson then he should > dissociate himself forthwith. I have tasted a > couple of dishes of his at London's Taste Festival > and they were amongst the very best food of any > cuisine that I have ever tasted. Here it was a > confused, bland attempt at Thai food that missed > the mark by miles. The place on Friday night was > heaving and folk were having to queue for up to > and over an hour so they were busy as they will > ever be and most folk seemed to be enjoying > themselves so what the heck. The staff were > friendly and efficient and the place had a > welcoming buzz but sadly if it's delicious food > with Thai heritage you are after then try > somewhere else because the Begging Bowl is > definitely not it. Odd view and comparison given that the chef you acclaim, Andy from Som Saa, used to work at the Begging Bowl, at around the time you went in 2013 (he did his pop up van at the back of Bar Story at that time too). The head chef at Farang is another who used to work at the Begging Bowl. Thai chefs of their pedigree obviously think that Jane is a good chef. Maybe you had an off night that one time you went five years ago, and you should give it another go?

Not being complacent as I wouldn?t trust much this Govt says, but that?s the prevailing school of thought. Also worth bearing in mind that an assault on our already low holiday entitlement and high working hours would be a virtual suicide note for the next election. As for Henry VIII clauses, they won?t allow them to hack out anything they don?t like. Some changes, yes, but it is difficult to make substantial changes to the intention of the law with a Henry VIII clause without any oversight. The courts have been very clear about ensuring parliamentary supremacy when it comes to the (common) use of these clauses in the past and any attempt at executive overreach can be challenged in the Courts. It?s entirely right to be on edge about the comments being bandied around by those in power, but I think at the end there will be other targets.

JoeLeg Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > uncleglen Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > JohnL Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Just wait until they move on to food hygiene, > > > safety, environment, animal welfare, > > The health and Safety at work act 1974 is ours. > > But the Working Time Directive is not, you > ignoramus. > > > > France STILL force feeds geese for its crappy > > food. > > Ah yes, foie gras, that so widely consumed food > delicacy! Got any more badly constructed straw man > arguments? > > you doom-mongers are ridiculous- but so > > predictable. > > Well quite a few people predicted that people like > Dyson would start lobbying for Brexit to eradicate > workers rights post-Brexit and this is a worrying > early indicator. > > I?ve asked you this before but strangely got no > answer - do you believe that we should incorporate > the protections employees currently enjoy into > British law post-Brexit? > > Or are you going to be predictable and not engage > in discussion? All of the EU-derived employment rights are already incorporated into British law - e.g. the Working Time Regulations which have been UK law since 1998. We were required to bring these in by the Working Time Directive. So your weekly hours and holidays are already our law. They will only change if our Parliament decides to change them. Given that we negotiated such a watered-down version for our UK regs compared to the original Directive (much longer standard working hours than across the rest of Europe), and have working conditions which are already pretty flexible and ripe for abuse even with these apparent protections, and that the remedies for breaching WTR are pretty weak, I'd say this one is in the more unlikely employment law candidates for change. I'd keep a sharper eye on TUPE protections although whether we can change those will very much depend on the nature of our agreed commercial relationship with the EU afterwards.

The link for people to state their views to Southwark in the consultation (which closes on30 October) is https://consultations.southwark.gov.uk/environment-leisure/camberwell-grove-bridge/ Worth noting the traffic flow studies that show Lyndhurst Way and Bellenden Road are getting another 2,000 to 3,000 vehicles per day as a result of the closure...

No life threatening accidents as far as I can recall, but I'm not sure why some people seem to think this makes it a safe bit of road that doesn't need adjusting. I've lost count of the number of near misses and cyclists who skidded off their bikes after being undertaken by a car on the bend. It's an imperfect road system made dangerous by the fast and impatient driving of cars around it. I'm in favour of a solution which would calm the driving and make it safer for cyclists and pedestrians crossing.

As someone living in the middle of the gyratory, I see a lot of drivers treat the Lyndhurst/Holly Grove/Bellenden turns as a chicane and taking the blind corners too fast to stop safely. I also see boy racers dangerously overtaking on the wide part of the one-way road between the Holly Grove/Bellenden corner and the Bellenden/Chadwick Rd junction. Accidents - maybe not. A lot of near misses - yes.

Hi I'm an employment lawyer. Feel free to PM me and I can help. Dan

Just noticed this thread and it reminded me of the PM I had the other day from "pps" suggesting I contact Will at Prestige Property (see attachment). What a coincidence!

Hello, can anyone recommend someone to dig up and lay a new front path? Thanks in advance.

anonymous_third_part Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think everyone knew that the station was due to > be redeveloped though. The decision to redevelop > the station is no surprise to anyone. True. However Network Rail's decision to propose 6/7 storey blocks of flats alongside the station, to knock down the 30s art deco buildings on Blenheim Grove and to build "artisan" studios along all the arch frontages was a surprise to everyone, as they had not included all of that in their plans before and only snuck it in at the last minute. That's why it was helpful to have public consultation about it.