Ruskin

Heard them on Denmark Hill.

Ditto Wimpole. Every time I enter the park I think of the young victim. Wishing him well. Ruskin.

Get well soon, suzisoo.

Spare a thought for the bar staff who breathe the stuff in. Our daughter worked bar shifts locally during holidays and came home furious when a regular vaped close-by at the bar, sending a large cloud across her work area. It's one of the factors why she's sworn never to do bar work again.

Also thinking of the victim this morning. Updates will be appreciated.

Nothing on news sites although there was a higher-profile item about the arrest of a young man "with knives' in Whitehall this afternoon.

"What Court Lane incident???" Apologies, I meant the Calton Avenue incident on 8th Dec: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1762335,1764407#msg-1764407 Amended my post.

We're no longer a schoolchildren-age family so school news like this is off our radar too. There's nothing on Twitter under #eastdulwich or #goosegreen and as much as some hate the idea of Twitter, it does get messages like this out. As we found with the Calton Avenue attempt on 6th December, news does filter out eventually but there was a delay. Edited.

Really sorry to hear about this, Andrew. Do recover from the experience as best as you can and while I fully understand the fear of going out - time will heal. I also hope you get your work back. They may give you an extension if you fully explain what's happened to you.

Also in Ruskin Park near the bend on Ferndene Road.

How to bat a rat out of your flat: https://mobile.twitter.com/BuzzFeedNews/status/832711542210719744/video/1

I hear Nigel Havers has been tapping on windows (PM, Radio4 just now) asking drivers to switch off. Got a few choice words in return and also some positive reactions too. Personally, I like The Elusive Shadow's potato up the stack idea.

A fav of mine is this, on Herne Hill - with the writing seemingly mocking the preservation of a beautiful - if declining building. http://collage.cityoflondon.gov.uk/view-item?key=SXsiUCI6eyJ2YWx1ZSI6Imhlcm5lIGhpbGwgIiwib3BlcmF0b3IiOjEsImZ1enp5UHJlZml4TGVuZ3RoIjozLCJmdXp6eU1pblNpbWlsYXJpdHkiOjAuNzUsIm1heFN1Z2dlc3Rpb25zIjozLCJhbHdheXNTdWdnZXN0IjpudWxsfX0&pg=64&WINID=1484652766168#N08O0jSRYAUAAAFZrC6ygA/96299

They might be reacting to local cats stalking nests although there's usually a tone of distress, rather than birdsong.

We once had a renewal that was double that of the previous year. We obviously questioned it and their answer was that there were old earthworks (mines) near here and hence a risk of movement (or sinkholes, I imagine!). I did some research and realised building insurers use geological data to determine risk. The data showed that somehow, our property in SE24 was sitting on rock (can't remember which) which was "unstable". Our adjoining neighbour and two doors away apparently has different bed rock and vastly lower premiums. We eventually decided our insurer was using the wrong rock data but they wouldn't budge when I told them I could find no evidence of old mines beneath SE24 - so we walked away from renewing and went elsewhere. It's not been an issue again.

I answered the door to him in HH though I can't remember what night it was. Anyway, as unlikely as it was to be touting for winder business, he was pleasant enough and definitely not aggressive. In fact, he looked pretty presentable and if he was casing the property, he'd be the last one I suspected - and I suspect EVERYONE who comes a knockin'.

You may be right Sidhue. I also speculate because surely if there's traffic turning into Edgar Kail Way from either direction, a red pedestrian light would stack up the traffic into the junction - especially the yellow box?

Agreed, the police need this. The letter's contents could become evidence should someone take matters into their own hands.

There was an incident several years ago in Herne Hill and the police response was to place plainclothes officers in the area and the male was caught and sentenced. If they think this was a real attempt to kidnap, they will take this very seriously.

I've just had a near-miss on Herne Hill where a wide BMW 4x4 undertook me in the bus lane just as oncoming traffic coming at me head-on while overtaking a bus. I see this a lot on HH and Denmark Hill where drivers simply cannot follow a slower vehicle, putting their foot down on the inside, regardless of whether others are doing the 20mph limit or not. One day there's going to be a nasty incident on these roads. I do think however, that 20mph is a very low limit on those roads and it does actually exacerbate dangerous driving as above. Seething!

The text alert I got from Thames Water on the 22nd said: "We are carrying out emergency repair work in your area today which may lead to low pressure / no water. We're really sorry. We're fixing it as quickly as we can."

What's the construction industry's code of H&S where they encourage workers to not ignore a dangerous item on site, something like 'Don't Walk By'? By the sounds of it, that's exactly what they're doing. Well done OP.

natty01295 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > PHOTO - That's not dog kennel hill The poster didn't mean it was GKH - rather an example of a semi-hidden camera. Anyway, agree with Passiflora. It's really not hard to do your left at the very top opposite the school.

Great tip, thanks Applespider.