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As above Hear Hear! I wish I'd voiced my opinion as sucinctly as ianc just has

P.S..... I didn't become a smack head : )

keekybreeks Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Every time i pick up the Eveving standard ( urgh) > there is some i dont know how she does it pinched > faced ex lawyer harriden, balding ex public school > rugger playing mid level city manager sans tie or > bearded creative shitbag banging on about schools/ > nannies/ nurseries / street art. and 50% of the > time, they are from ED. Yes I've noticed that...Made me want to vomit...a woman put her kids name down at 3 months for a nursery and was afraid another mother more organised would beat her to it and therefore her kids would have a better start in life...Phleeze. I know plenty of folk who went to avarage state schools and because of their sheer determination not due to their pushy over ambitious parents ended up with MA's PHD's etc and wonderful careers and lives. I went to a supposedly superb school and half the girls ended up smack heads or groupies.

Ms Blueberry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's a derelict site which negatively effects > everything around it and it's not the right thing > to let a property go to rack and ruin. Perhaps she can't afford to smarten it up-Is it actually causing you any harm looking like that? I think not-there are disused shopfronts like that on most London Local high streets. I'm fuming that you (who probably wouldn't have pissed on this entire area if it was on fire before the gentrification started) have the audacity to fume on about a shabby shop front when all around families and pensioners are resorting to food banks. I'd rather the shop looked like that than got turned into a smug nappy valley vendor selling S**t that no one really wants " oh look! a mug with Peckham on it! a tea cosy covered in Owls! How lovely" ugh! Rant over.

Have it at home? In the garden? or a kindly nearby neighbour or friend.

Depends...

they are welcome to do it in a big chain like cafe Nero...BUT... it REALLY annoys me when they do it in small independent coffee shops that rely on a turnover of food and coffee for their survival.

We went Last week to see the Falling. Loved the cinema, comfy seats good sound, However I also agree that the screening times need a tweak We don't have babysitter or kid issues but neither of us could get back from work and settled to watch a movie for 6pm. Also I desprately wanted to see Dior and I however none of the screening times were suitable for a full time worker and as it was only on for a few days I was unable to re-sceduile my weekend around it. It would be great if they could perhaps dedicate one later evening screening to the classics and niche movies because I feel totally gutted that most of the films I am actually excited about (Blade Runner being one of them) are at times that are impossible for a full time worker. I don't quite understand what demographic they feel they are aiming at with these timings. Finally going off Piste abit (a lot!) We had an Alfa...Never again!!!!!

Mine would be a Panther Motorcycle from the 1950's. No longer make them but my boyfriends grandfather brought the company and I would Love to be able to buy one for him as the company disolved in the mid-60's.

Thers a bra Shop in Forest Hill on Dartmouth road and they have a bra bank. Thank-you for thinking about Breast Cancer research

Forest Hill but on the Dulwich (hilly) side, not the East side of the railway. Horniman primary really good. Lots of parks, the museum and Aquarium, easy access vis the overground to east London and west end. Great Saturday Farmers market, small town centre which still has useful shops, WH Smith,Boots,Sainsbury,M&Co. lots of friendly local cafes, a library and a swimming pool. Lived here 4 years, moved from Notting Hill. Love it. Oh! we've also got a superb local butcher. Honor Oak Park for me just feels a bit 'nothing' by comparison. Brockley has the advantage of being in Zone 2 but for me personally it just doesn't have the nice family vibe as FH. Also I like that I can easily get to Lordship Lane, Peckham (with its up-and coming resturant and bar scene) Brixton and Crystal Palace from here as we have bus routes that go there.

Yes I wonder how they manage to retain the contracts for both Lewisham and Southwark when they are obviously so substandard at even the most basic yet important things such as hygene and cleanliness. and maintainance. Makes me question if some backhanders are involved.

We asked Callow locksmiths and they reccemended a company called first Response, its a monitored system and we've found their service is excellent. Where I lived before I had an ADT monitored alarm and wouldn't have and didn't choose them again.

Fusion are terrible yet they sadly seem to have the monopoly on public pools and gyms in South London. I'm a Lewisham resident and am forever complaining both on the local forum and to the front desk at the pools, I never get a response either way. The changing rooms and toilets are utterly filthy-blocked loos,no toilet roll, I mean truly filthy. classes get canceled at the last miniute-yesterday I rang at 5.30 to enquire wether a 6pm class was on (I've learned the hard way to check in advance of these things)Was told yes, it was definitely on-turned up paid and waited around half an hour with no info to only then be told the class wasn't happening. In addition I've noticed they certainly at FHP favor running day time group classes, with very few at full time west end worker friendly times. I can't afford private gym membership but I feel Fusion are the most inept cost cutting un-customer focused company I've ever come across. In fact I tend to travel to Beckenham where there is a fantastically run and clean community pool and gym. I find it hard to believe that Fusion are able to retain this monopoly considering how utterly c**p they are!

Sorry but who's a 'blow-in?' I'm a Londoner born and bred and my Father grew up in Norwood. If you call me a 'blow-in' because I've lived here four years and moved from Notting-Hill (where I was born and lived for 50 years) because I was priced out of the area then fine...I guess I am a blow-in. I must confess if I won the lottery I'd move back to W11 in a heartbeat-Its much less up its arse in many ways. and weirdly less smug

I am friends with his sister...shes fab!

Overground To Whitechapel then Hammersmith and City to Ladbroke grove tube. My dentist and hairdresser are there (I lived there until four years ago) and I do that journey often.

I would SO love that!!!! We would definitely go...and can we also have some Synth-Pop and Electronica? Please....

Try the Breast Cancer charity shop at the end of Lordship Lane, (opposite Costas-or is it Cafe Nero?) they do re-sell for you where you will get a percentage of the sale-I always take things there-Its called Give and Take

I'm 55 years old and if my beloved mum was still alive no doubt shed help me out if a mishap involved me needing to make a sudden expensive outlay. I don't see anything wrong with that. If I had an adult offspring I would be more than happy to give them cash.

That happened to me when I lived in Notting-Hill, 3 men-two dragged me to the ground one literally pulling me along by the strap of my bag-when they got the bag they passed it to the third guy who did a runner with it. I think guys like that are vile cowards.

I saw the mighty Dulwich Hamlet FC on Saturday- my first live football game and the only full game I have ever watched. My poor boyfriend hasn't yet managed to persuade me to see his beloved Leeds United, so this was a bit for him. Much to my surprise I LOVED IT. I can only recommend this to anyone who wants to see a good game locally. With over 1,000 in the crowd this is serious football. Really really enjoyable. I can't wait to go again. Looking forward to the Stonewall game too. Delighted to see my local team doing another progressive event.

Just tell me what the limit is. A concern for me is getting a speeding ticket, if the limit varies with no logic it makes it less easy to just drive and concentrate on driving safely. I can set my car to have a speed limit and I would set that to 20 if that was the universal limit but it isn't. I aim to keep up with the flow of traffic.

Sherry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think a nice bed and breakfast/ boutique hotel > pub type business would be of much more use... But > I imagine the investment needed for that puts the > idea out of the running... But wouldn't it be > nice!? Thats whats happening to the Crown and Greyhound in Dulwich village

I am an OK swimmer and the fast lane is the best suited to my pace. In the old days when you caught someone up you would gently brush (I was going to say stroke and that sounds even worse) their feet. The slower swimmer would then stop at the end of the length allowing you to overtake them. Nowadays if I come up to someone slower I slow down until the end of the length and usually the other swimmer realises "Mark Spitz" is behind them and let them pass. We can all vary our speed when walking or driving so a little bit of that would work wonders in the pool. Once you get into the groove with the other swimmers in the lane the faster ones can get on with it and the slower ones can go at their pace. Yes it is a bit annoying at times but view the changes in pace as an addition to your training pattern. Backstroke is fine, as long as your shoulder is close to the lane rope and you bend your arm (as you should) under water then you are no wider than a breaststroker. If you are standing in the way at the end of a lane and a backstroker is coming towards you common sense will dictate they won't be able to see you so move. If you are swimming backstroke then work out how many arm pulls you take after the 5m warning rope or markings. Then you can roll onto your front to do a proper turn or stop before you bash others/your head or arm. I hope these new rules of engagement will help!!