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ed_pete Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm a lino fan. Marmoleum in sheet (rather than > tile) form. Seems that it's not so popular these > days and is being replaced by LVT (which are > easier to lay I would think) and also needs an > experienced person to fit (which is increasingly > hard to find). Still, works for us. Marmoleum utterly fantastic had it laid 7 years ago still looks great lordship lane carpets sold us and laid it

Angelina Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > First World problems. Pretty pathetic. Paying ?1500 a year for really C**p transport to get to and from work is not pathetic. If we can't afford to have the luxury of living in zone 1 or 2 surely we should at least have a decent efficent transport system that works

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Anywhere on bus if you're heading into central > london. Just takes too long. Public transport > generally, is pretty poor. Trains are fine when > they run, but they tend to be irregular outside of > rush hour, and not particularly reliable. Agree-I work in Oxford Street and I'd love to get a bus to work, its cheaper for one thing, and I truly hate using the underground. Sadly since moving to this area I am pretty much dependant on the overground and tube The tube is usually fine but the overground is overcrowded and unreliable with a hideous interchange at Canada water. and often no overground at weekends or late in the evening (working shifts I need to get into work at weekends and often finish at 10.30pm) tbh my daily commute is hellish. its the worst thing about living here. getting to my dentist in Notting hill takes 90 miniutes each way I stay with this dentist because all the local ones my OH has gone to locally are pretty bad but really? 3 hours return commute is just a nonsense. I may as well have a dentist in Hastings it'll take same amount of time !

Homecroft Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What utterly disgusting behaviour. Some people are > really the lowest of the low when it comes to how > they treat other people. > Lets hope karma takes care of the worst of them! One can only hope. there are some greedy wicked people out there.

Sazzle30 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Peddler > Miss Tapas > Peckham Bazaar > > All a quick jump on 37 to Peckham Peckham Bazaar ia very nice, Pedlar isn't ideal for an intimate lunch or dinner as very noisy

Franklins is always nice,

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re-use them or use them for my rubbish

Yes. I posted something in local business section very soon after it opened singing its praises. The coffee isn?t great but the juices salads and broths are so good that I?ve been popping in and getting them to eat at home even when I haven?t used the gym. It?s really good. And so nice to see healthy snack options in a gym. 10/10 ( bar the coffee! )

Yes you can..We do it. go round Marble arch and do a left into Edgeware road then its a straight run. The route panner is probably taking you via Gloucester Place then doing a left onto Marylebone road which seems a bit illogical to me as Marylebone road is always snarled up on the approach to the A40 and flyover. I know this area well having lived in W2 and W10 for most my life, and driven all around there for at least 20years

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hawley Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It was in poor/middling condition in 2013. > Things > > went rapidly downhill when the (unfinished) > loft > > conversion was carried out in 2014. The > "project > > manager" had no building industry experience > > whatsoever, he was simply an associate of the > > owner. The guys who carried out the work lived > in > > the property for the duration, without > electricity > > or heating to the best of my knowledge. I was > also > > led to believe that, bizarre as it now sounds, > > Southwark Council funded the works in the form > of > > a grant. The property was to be handed over to > > them for rented housing. > > > > The owner goes by the pseudonym of James > Richards. > > His real name is Jacob Reichman and he is an > utter > > tool. > > The last line says everything about what is wrong > with the UK today...STILL! Sorry but...what has his name anglicised or otherwise got to do with anything?

we've had an AEG washer dryer from john lewis for around 7years now. found it to be reliable and dries well. recently purchased for our holiday home another washer dryer from John Lewis it was half the price of a Bosch and is a hotpoint. found that too to work really well at both washing and drying. In 25 years I have always gone to John Lewis as I find their staff impartial and very knowledgeable and they do good extended warranties though touch wood Ive never needed to use it.

Who on earth would let a house worth upwards of 800k rot like that? surly you'd just sell it at auction?

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > NewWave Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > I've been 8 months battling to move gp's the > NHS > > is a mess at the moment > > > I moved GPs last year with no problems at all. > > All I had to do was to register with another GP > and provide proof of ID and my address. I didn't > have to inform my old GP. > > Obviously you have to be in the catchment area of > the GP you want to change to. > > I can't understand why it would take so long or be > a battle (unless the new GP wasn't accepting new > patients for some reason?) Our problem is the boundaries have shrunk giving us the option of only one GP we can register with -which is different from all our neighbours who moved here earlier than us...(we moved here in 2011). In the 7 years we've been with them its been a catalogue of errors on their part, which have actually proved detrimental to our health. their ratings are appaling...We've been battling for 8 months to get taken on by the surgery our immediate neighbours are with. nightmare!

Look up NHS choices online you should be able to choose your GP-you haven't moved so to my understanding you should be within your right to demand to stay. I wrote to my local MP regarding a similar matter-although they couldn't directly help (NHS=different dept) they did point me into the right direction. 30years and you get chucked off to another practise? madness- also look up the NHS southwark website as well and appeal good luck. I've been 8 months battling to move gp's the NHS is a mess at the moment

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > jimbo1964 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It's not off the beaten track for people that > live > > there. Currently no pub between The Plough and > > Forest Hill. > > > Exactly. Even if you live in goose green end a 176 and 185 bus go there its hardly off the beaten track when its on a main road near a major junction, the P4 from dulwich village stops nearby and the 197 from peckham rye vis Barry road. In the summer it'll be a pleasant stroll too

as long as it wasn't a yellow ofo bike !

Maybaby Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello everyone. It is quite shocking reading, and > it is very sad to read of people feeling unsafe > outside their home. > > I know it isn't in this area, but I came across > these posts on another forum for South West > London. > > A man who was mugged at knife point in front of > his children (the criminal was on a motorbike): > https://nappyvalleynet.com/community/viewtopic.php > ?f=115&t=97698&sid=0faa0677cb929385c9ad26c4abd74a7 > c. > > What do you think of a 'private security team'? I > know in some areas (abroad) they have them, > probably here in the UK as well, but it seems > costly if only few people contribute... Private security teams only really work properly on private estates and private roads. When I was in the US my neighbours contributed to an 'armed response' security corps that would drive around the contributing streets on a a regular patrol they were also linked through to the panic buttons and alarms in peoples houses hence armed response should an alarm go off-everyone also had signs on their front gates stating the company etc therefore adding an additional deterrent. I remember chatting to one of the patrol guys and they were all ex cops ex LAPD and hence licensed to carry firearms. Such schemes are very expensive (this was in Laurel Canyon area-otherareas of Beverly Hills have same.) I believe that some streets in Hampstead have contributed to similar schemes due to doorstep muggings and carjackings. The only way I could see it working in an area such as ours is if all the local businesses on Lordship Lane and East Dulwich grove contributed and the patrols went along Lordship lane and a few streets off. Considering the amount of late night businesses (restaurants pubs cinema) this 'may' work within a 10am-11pm window. HOWEVER small buisinesses are struggling in the retail sector so I doubt an added expense would be welcome unless they felt the crimewave was negatively impacting upon their takings and also you can't get blood out of a stone. subscription policing within the private sector to my mind will not work. We need more police patrols on the streets both on foot and in cars. we need our local police stations back. There is not enough resources for adequate policing for a city the size of london. Government cuts have seen to this. I speak with some knowledge as a family member works for the met and tells me they do not have enough resources to investigate murders. something needs to be done, the newspapers need to get behind the call for more money going to the met. it is only a matter of time before people take things into their own hands and we have inexperienced neighbourhood vigilantes protecting their homes and loved ones and imagine what a mess that would be.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > uncleglen Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > there is NO deterrent > > > There would be a deterrent if our police force > hadn't been cut to the bone by government cuts. Agree....its a bloody mess. The lunatics have taken over the asylum

Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's a farce, except it's not funny. The machine > doesn't explain the steps, the lady demonstrating > who got it to work took longer than it would have > done just to do the transaction at the counter > The screen of the machine is too low and difficult > to read it the low light. > The queue was nearly out of the door. > All in all, it's a mess. Spot on!!!!! You've summed it up beautifully

I'm dreading the winter when it gets dark early if these crimes are happening in broad daylight in busy places at the weekend when theres more people around. could someone pass this thread onto the Evening standard or something? If I didn't read these forums I wouldn't know and would be at greater risk through ignorance of how dangerous it is round here now. As a middle aged woman I find my quality of life is getting more and more limited through fear of crimes such as these. Do I leave my wedding and other rings off at all times outside my house? do I wear a watch? (any watch can be assumed valuable even when it is not)do I carry a handbag? Do I go out anywhere at all alone other than to and from work?-and even then the begging on the overground can sometimes be aggressive. What are our councillors doing? what is the government doing? Imposing more cuts most likely. As a londoner born and bred I have never before felt vunerable and afraid in my home city and turf. I grew up in Notting hill and lived there in the 60's and 70's and 80's on a council estate when the area was rough but I felt safe. My late parents in their 70's and 80's lived on the same estate and lived without fear, there was crime, yes in fact I was mugged-but really it was nothing like now and then at least the police came. now there is zero police visibility due to cuts as there are too few officers spread too thinly. London is turning into a complete s**th*le normal working people like myself are the ones being robbed of items they've worked hard for or of sentimental value. What is anyone going to do about it? Nothing I fear.

This has really upset me. He was a lovely man who introduced me to authors I would not have otherwise have discovered. so very sad so soon after his retirement. He will be missed

natty01295 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > FRENCH CAFE ON LORDSHIP LANE - **** SHUTDOWN **** > http://www.thefrenchhouse.co I noticed they had a for sale sign up a few days ago with a flat above. Funnily enough I was never tempted to go in there as it always looked a bit dark and lacking in atmosphere. but still its sad to see any buisness close