Catalyst

Bless up all a dem ED sufferers.

For the people who are suggesting a shop that tells music I'd suggest reading Graham Jones 'Last Shop Standing'. You'd have to be bonkers to open a physical record shop in this day and age.

I assume you're bringing this up as there's a shortage of parking outside your own gaff. So stick a load of road cones outside your place to ensure parking when you need it. If some ponce starts giving you agro dish out a load of abuse. That's your solution right there. Cheers.

My brother and I cycled to school along a 60 mile an hour road from the age of 6. That was a couple of years after one of the neighbour's kids was killed on the same road. Life's dangerous. Deal with it. I was at a meeting recently about proposals to build a skate park in Telegraph Hill (just on from Nunhead) and one of the parents told me he'd never let his kids travel the half mile to use the skate ramp in Peckham Rye. Either on the bus or on foot. He had to drive them everywhere. I was astounded he let them skate in the first place. Well done on creating a generation of nancified kids.

You may already have noticed that East Dulwich isn't that hip.

Personally I'm glad the full-on paddywhackery is fairly limited. Line dancing is massive in Ireland so I don't think it's all that odd it was on the agenda. In previous years I've have enjoyed watching camogie and hurling matches. Don't think that happened this time though.

*Raises fist in salute towards general direction of Goose Green*

The Villager? What sort of div name is that? Christ almighty.

Rather than talking about asking prices and estate agent valuations the only figure that really matters right now is what surveyors put in their reports. Are the valuation surveys matching the accepted offers? I've heard of one instance in Telegraph Hill where ?30K was knocked off the final price (?440K down to ?410K for a 3 bed family house) due to the mortgage valuation. What's happening on this point in ED?

I don't have any kids. The timing is irrelevant. He shouldn't have been charging around in there. End of. Sorry for the mis-identification. What breed is your Monty then?

Was yours the dog running around off the leash in the kid's play area beside the cafe?

Just to let everyone know I saw a large bull breed called Monty in the park half an hour ago. Fairly sure it was the dog in question.

Have you considered putting posters up around the park?

Who knows. He might still be around. Speaking about dogs bred in Ireland I've also seen an Irish Blue in Telegraph Hill Park (near Nunhead) that's blatantly a pit cross.

Is the gear any good?

You live in south London and you've never seen a pit? The Met's Status Dog unit are have been picking up loads of them over the last couple of years. There's one called Pikey (no seriously) that I used to see around Nunhead all the time.

I've seen an American Bull with similar markings to those described at the start of this thread around Nunhead/Telegraph Hill on various occasions. For a while it was accompanied by a Cavalier King Charles. Owner was white, mid-late 30's. I'm not saying it's the same dog, just making an observation.

If we see the owner and his dog in the park again what number should we call?

Has the funding been approved for phase 2?

The 78 from Nunhead/Peckham to Shoreditch would try the patience of a saint. Tube from New Cross Gate/Brockley to the trendy East End is a massive win for those of us that- A. Still have a social life B. Migrated north of ED.

Skeehans in Nunhead/Telegraph Hill is alright for a game of 'arras. Teams travel there to play league matches etc.

^ Classic 'broken Britain'. Dogs, country....etc. etc.

I know a few professional textile designers that live around here. They buy their fabrics in Lewisham.

Leave it out FFS. Nobody in their right mind wants to buy a property next door to a load of junkies. I've know PLENTY down through the years and when they're fiending they don't give a damn about anyone but themselves. D, look out for yourself and ignore the sanctimonious posts above.

Yeah I always find screaming kids to be a great addition to any book shop