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well good if that is the case. at the moment the road narrowing appears to be both sides of the road at the entrance to oglander/coppleston. Usually traffic calming is a little more spaced out. My alarm is somewhat curtailed if it is a water/gas works thing

it is the cyclist point of view that makes me doubt these works - at the moment the traffic is having to stop to let traffic in the oppo direction thro. When the works bollards/cones are taken away traffic will try to squeeze thro making cyclists very vulnerable. I am interested in the reasoning behind the council's plans - busy main road/bus route lets make it harder for traffic to pass thro. If people cannot make a straight forward journey on a main route, then all the nutters that cause the problem will drive like loons on smaller rat-run roads.

But why wait until the end of term to report these allegations, as everyone leaves for the summer break, rather than straight away when these transgressions were supposedly taking place? Seems a bit strange to me especially as it might impact all those children who sat their exams actually get their results at the normal time and how that could screw up their path to further qualifications. Surely better to have acted immediately so that kids sitting these exams could be invidulated by an outside body if deemed necessary. I have a child at kingsdale so obviously interested, however my child has said that School are 'stupidly strict' (their words) during the exams - that you cannot even touch the paper before or after the allotted time etc - you get the gist! I will watch this with interest.

sorry to go off thread slightly but can you park on a white line across a driveway in a non controlled parking zone if the owner of the property gives permission?

anyone know of lessons available in this area for under 14's? it all seems to be based in westminster or west london thanks

what a brilliant idea and thank you for offering to be so helpful!! well done DKH adventurers!!

a bit of a while ago, but my youngest did stutter quite alot between 3 - 5 - I think it was just his mouth couldn't keep up with his brain!! sounds daft but quite a few people found the same thing. No sign of a stutter now (aged 11)

we always do M4, M5 then A30 rest of the way. We always used to drive at night so the kids would sleep!! Plenty of service stations for pit stops. The A303 has been a nightmare with huge bottlenecks at particular points. That is just our experience. best of luck

Yes I have had them round - no complaints - proper paintings of all kinds of styles - some were really good and very resonably priced. I think they were just being enterprising.

where's that mary portas when you need her!! seriously - sorry to see them go. Not a super regular but frequently got bits and bobs, fireworks etc

love the new web site - better sign up then...

Go to kingsdale, its fantastic!

yup two weeks (altho I was told six...._) felt fine

and he was the priest/vicar in merlin sorry, sad spotter alert........

on reflection, I think Alice has summed it up. Two people have locked horns and never mind everyone else. I think the rest of the school - teachers, parents, pta and all the other key players in a school community are going to have to cut these two loose and get on with what they have all been doing - educating all their children in a fab local school. only the one glass tonight......

david harewood in Plough sainsburies!! ding dong!!

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's hard to decide who comes out of this the > worst I think it's the East Dulwich Forum that comes out of this worst. (sorry still enjoying my daily mail moment...) I know the forum is a fab way for people to keep tabs, etc on local issues, but in this case, the forum comes off worst because threads are interpreted indeed mis-interpreted to the nth degree sometimes to the point to it all going off thread. People are rightly passionate about their local schools and what happens in them - lets face it getting into them seems to be a flippin nightmare. And also, there is a sense of outrage when one feels there is something nasty going on - in this case racism. (because we are a bunch of indie/grauniad readers) I know I have read posts where I have felt I want to stick my fourpence worth in even when I have no personal knowlede of the story ( thank you I don't need reminding - esp after a glass or two) however the old cliche - there are two sides - needs to be stuck to. I do not have children at the school but I know people I respect from both 'sides' ie not sure about new leadership, blah blah. However, to get to be head of a school you have to be pretty damn good and have a few years of experience under your belt. Taking over a headship of a good school from a long standing respected head is a tricky path - esp when ofsted changes how they rate things so it suddenly appears to slump. Any changes in approach are not well received - playground walking versus paperwork pushing in office) I would also add (and this may be wrong but hey, I have had my two glasses) I don;t think race is an issue here! I think it is new versus old. People don't like change! oh lord, thats it, I'm doing what everyone else is doing and making sweeping judgements based on no proper evidence reggie, over to you

thank you reggie - marvellous - a gem sorry to go off thread admin

the lordship lane one is useless - sorry! have never been able to buy children's shoes there as they never have the sizes - they are usually looking to the season ahead, so now is probably a good time to buy winter boots. The one in bromley is fine. I 'second' the order from the website idea. what about biff? Someone posted about a new children's shoe place in the east dulwich warehouse recently I believe.

Don;t the contractors have any common sense at all???? Surely if these chaps who do trees all the time for southwark had any knowledge of trees they would have queried this?? reminds me of the mural at goose green fiasco .......

ASK!!. Many years ago when a commuter on the tube, I was completely engrossed in my book and when I got up to get off, there standing right in front of me, was a very heavily pregnant woman. I honestly was completely oblivious and I still cringe when I think about it.

I think one has a pretty good idea if a school really is a non starter. Sorry to be so judgemental but a very good friend who was allocated a school not on their list did exactly what Zeban suggested and got behind the school and sent him. After many attempts to get involved, after many instances of him and his friends being mugged within school and the staff too scared to do anything about it, she moved him. It seemed that there was not the strong staff or leadership in place able to contain the situation. Basically they were scared of the kids (or more to the point their parents) Yes we do need to give schools a chance (ie what kingsdale have done) but don't shout down people who have well and truly lost out in this lottery and feel angry and completley stuffed by it all. Before Kingsdale became an option, an awful lot of families moved to lewes to avoid this (I know of 8 families at least).

yes but refreshingly honest.... made me laugh, and like JB that little bit more

surely this is going to make it more dangerous for bike riders and motorcycles?? unless there are little lanes thro the obstructions for them to go thro?? god help any two wheeled vehicle approaching these with a bus on their tail!! sorry if this has already been mentioned but lots of long posts which didn't have time to wade thro

oh these are marvellous - how long before the community wardens take them down?? (shame)