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Fish bits were always on offer at the chippies I knew and loved. They were just the scrappy bits of batter or tiny, crispy chips that were skimmed off the fryers. I think they were free and I never go5 more than a handful.

On two days on the trot I have seen what I think were clumps of (I guess) pigeon feathers on the ground at two different locations near the lake in Peckham Rye Park. I have seen them nearby on other occasions. What, do you think, could have caused the birds to shed their feathers? Is it possible a fox could have got them or a bird of prey?

A not-really-needed reminder that car/other vehicle use causes congestion and pollution as witnessed by the substantial numbers of cars on the roads due to the schools being back, at least some of them. It is the people wot do it!

DMC used to be fine, then it got really bad vis-a-vis the phone line. They somehow managed to go from about 7 people in the Q to 25+ when they changed the format or tech. (It now sounds different from before, with different voice and prompts, etc.)

https://members.parliament.uk/member/4510/contact - write and leave your address and phone number and email address. I am sure she woudl be interested.

Gotten - yes, I know it is actually a form of old English and that we in the U K got rid of teh final syllable so maybe we are in the wrong, but GOT has been the acceptable past participle for at least 150 years. (Apple and YouTube, etc. and all the social media are partly responsible, especially when the hardware is often set automatically to U S English. This is how cultural hegemony starts out, people!

British Heart Foundation may accept it. There are branches on the Old Kent Road and, I think, Camberwell.

I understand now,thanks. There's me thinking they were going to spruce the frontages up a bit!

I think a crossing there is a good idea because there are two schools very nearby and the road, although it has two names, links Lordship, Barry and (kind of) Forest Hill Roads so is pretty busy. Perhaps when the buses are replaced the operator will choose a slightly smaller, more compact one? The P13 is really valuable but it's noisy and seems to be very mostly 1/3 or 1/3 full.

I looked again. I never have success in uploading photos on this site so I transcribe: Article 4 Direction: Shopping Frontages SF46 (2--46 F H Road) The Direction applies to development in Southwark's shopping frontages outside of town centres noted in the following class of the GPDO: Class MA, Part 3 of Schedule to the said Order as it relates to changes of use from Commercial, Business and Leisure Class E to a dwellinghouse (Class C3). This Article 4 Direction will come into effect on 1 August 2021. Development of the descriptions set out above should not be carried out on the land shown edged red...unless planning permission is granted or an application made under Part 3 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended). Could someone please translate and apply it to reality! Thanks

A yellow, Southwark notice on a lamppost at Dunstan's/F H Road shows a map with the shops from (I think) the newsagent opposite the park to about halfway down the parade of shops (perhaps a bit further) highlighted in read and talks of improvements. I think it said S46 - does anyone know what this could mean in practice? Uniform paving outside the shops? Cleaner shop fronts? Trees? Planters?

You could offer them as potential shredding fodder for people who need paper for pets, compost, etc.? Rip off the spines and let them collect the pages.

Thanks, heartlblock. Perhaps now alice could fill in the gaps so we are even more aware of the facts.

Alice, please point to your sources so that all can be better informed. Thanks

Where to build much needed, much demanded social housing?

Much more pressure needs to be put on the schools - state and private - whose huge number of pupils means that there are above average road trips in this 2 or 3 square mile area. Nobody can deny that traffic is always less dense by at least 10 percent (I am being conservative) during school holidays. Why not demand that the schools do more to effect positive change, such as more perks for staff and or parents who don't drive there and back? Crude but effective, even if it means some will feel "disempowered" or victimised or some such...

What about a taxi? Have an account and they could offer you a discount. I know of some elderly people who did have cars who do this and found it much less expensive and almost as convenient.

Agree with P68 - it is a good/very good service with occasional bad experiences in my view. I mostly get first class mail, even sent from hundreds of miles away, the next day. Covid and other factors have made it very poor at times but it is good now.

Please let the local police know - [email protected] . They may be aware of a pattern and it could help them. (Goodrich School has security cameras, which may also help.) Thanks!

Of course there is but that doesn't prevent either method of being of use.

Think about signing up for Zipcar, which has a good presence here and can be taken to most, I think, London boroughs. Some are those that you can leave at your destination but a smaller number you have to bring back. There are electric cars within the fleets and all are usually reliable and clean, though some are a bit tatty and whiffy! (I don't use them personally but know others who do and who really like the service.) For longer trips you can hire from Avis, Hertz etc.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2011/sep/29/mind-your-language-buzzword-trope - how it started...

Global pandemics have long arms but hid harder, softer and more or less often depending on where you are, so its effects on, say, a hotel in London or a rail franchise is different from a small, retail area. My point is that even with a global pandemic you cannot apply a blanket or worst-case scenario for every situation, and perhaps the poster who says that the council (and business owners, for certain, yes) could have not been so precipitous and resolute in its traffic measures has a valid point.

A postcard sent to Germany took two days recently; one to Japan took 3, both posted from SE22 late in the afternoon. I think it is hit and miss but on the whole, now that the big woes of the pandemic and its knock-on effects on the post have waned, it is still a good service.

Try conacting this show on Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/1YnZrF9w7xR82St8d7Pgc6x/contact-you-yours I don't work there but do listen and hear that they feature items generated by listeners.