Robert Poste's Child

According to the Dulwich Society the village Barclays closes on 13 October but the ED branch remains open (for now). Guess that means the ED branch is having a refurb and will reopen before DV closes? https://www.dulwichsociety.com/

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Poste's Child Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Sillywoman, no need to be quite so rude and > > dismissive, If you look at the stats - and > posts > > in this forum - there's enough evidence and > it's > > sensible to be aware of the risks. I never said > it > > was like New York in the 80s... > > With all due respect, and in reference to > sillywoman's comments, one stabbing is not > "stats". I didn't say it was. It was a recent example in response to the 'none that I'm aware of' comment. If you look at the first page of threads in this section, roughly half are about minor crimes and associated topics like antisocial behaviour.

Sillywoman, no need to be quite so rude and dismissive, If you look at the stats - and posts in this forum - there's enough evidence and it's sensible to be aware of the risks. I never said it was like New York in the 80s...

dbboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So how many stabbings have their been in ED in the > last 10 years? None that I'm aware of, I didn't say it's happening all the time but there was one just a few days ago, I think around Glengarry Rd. Southwark is second in the Met's league table for violent crime after Lambeth. ETA I find the latter quite interesting as from levels of news coverage and public figures who are quoted on these things you'd have thought it was Hackney or Islington.

If anyone's looking for an alternative bank with a local branch, Lloyds by the library has just invested in a wheelchair ramp so must be planning to hang around for a while.

Today is Wrong Trousers Day. Go on, you know you want to.

In a previous post s/he said they were a project manager for a high-end decorating company, so perhaps a client didn't like them so they're trying to cut their losses?

What, does not eating animal products kill your sense of humour too? Bummer.

OK, though I don't think that would apply to the older people in the almshouses as pensions and benefits are paid directly into a bank account these days. I guess local cash businesses as well.

But they took the benches out first and put them back later. Probably just the contractors not thinking through the extra depth the tarmac would add, but now I'm at the age where you can't sit down or get up without a slight middle-aged grunt, I do feel for older and less active people who are going to find it unhelpful!

And now there's safeguarding legislation that didn't exist back then. I guess that means it's possible that, if a child were to get badly hurt or killed and an adult had been aware and not taken any action to stop it, they could end up feeling partly responsible, so sensible to report it for that reason too.

Out of interest, if you're one of the people who needs or likes to go to a branch, what kinds of things do you use it for apart from depositing cheques and withdrawing cash?

Switch to First Direct! Best for customer service, you can do everything except cheques by phone to an 03 number (included in mobile minutes or same as national rate) and you can deposit cheques by post or at the Post Office. They also give you a free ?250 overdraft and a gift for transferring. I changed from Barclays about fifteen years ago and the service is so much nicer.

Sorry. Had a double caramel Magnum and it's gone to my head*. *Backside, more likely.

Isn't the Dulwich Estate planning to move the almshouses anyway? That was what led to the debate about the Judith Kerr playing fields, but not sure where the Estate has moved to in terms of target location. Re the bank, I assumed it was there for the convenience of the Dulwich Estate, which must be a valuable customer. Perhaps they've finally been persuaded to try online banking.

Has anyone else noticed that all the benches in the newly resurfaced areas are now lower, almost like children's chairs? As someone who's nearly 5ft 2 they feel low to me, which makes it harder to stand up again, and it made me wonder how it would feel for an elderly or less fit person who actually needs to sit down for a rest during their walk. Does anyone know why this was done? My guess would be security - that the contractor has embedded the bottom 2-3 inches to make them harder to steal - but there could be another reason I guess.

You don't hear the word wholesome/unwholesome much these days, do you? Let's reappropriate it and launch a new movement combining wellbeing, food fads and moral superiority. Oh, hang on, vegans...

It's fair to say that as a smallish female living alone, often coming home late at night by bike, I probably think about my surroundings more defensively than others might and I tend to avoid walking alone at night in any street that feel slightly risky.

Although the area has got a lot safer since I moved here, the rise in stabbings and moped-related crime has reminded me that in my own mind Trossachs/Tarbert/Glengarry, Melbourne, CPR and its side roads, Barry Road and the Everthorpe/Oglander triangle are hotspots for burglary, stabbings and muggings. I also have memories of shootings in Melbourne Grove and Barry Road (don't shout, I know it's not a regular thing!). I'd go slightly uphill from Goose Green: Rodwell/Heber/Jennings/Thompson. Slightly removed from the above areas but still close and (talking of hot areas) in hot weather there's more chance of a breeze - when I lived in that central bit of ED I found in summer I noticed how hot it got as although the houses are low by comparison with say Camberwell and Forest Hill it's quite concentrated brick, much of it white so reflects heat, with not many large trees. For that reason I'd look a bit further afield as well.

malumbu Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ahh it was so twee. From another world with a > night safe and no cash point. (Don't want cash > points to ruin our lovely DV). > > Hmmm, I'm still in this middle ground of not being > fully digital and actually liking having a branch > to go to. > > Separately after me and no doubt half of my peer > group also having a Nationwide Flex account they > promptly shut every branch within five miles and > my work branch. Not as bleak as all that! There's a cashpoint outside the DV chemist/PO. Plus there's a Nationwide in Brixton - I went there recently to cancel an account they had pathetically failed to open after several weeks.

Not strictly ED but in case anyone uses this branch and is interested it seems that local Labour councillors are canvassing opinions on the closure. Had a flyer through the door about it.

diable rouge Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I've always locked mine to one of the numerous > bike stands in the pedestrianized area to the side > of M&S, not far from the Tube. Never been pinched > or interfered with either...but I live in hope! That's the only place I avoid after returning late at night a couple of years ago to find, as I fumbled in the dark with a strangely slippery D-lock, that someone had vomited copiously all over it, including handlebars, saddle, frame, brakes, inside the chain and pedals. Anywhere well lit is fine, and I usually go straight for the stands outside TK Maxx rather than trying to find one outside the station as there's always room there. I once locked up my bike in a forest of bikes outside the Ritzy, only to come back at midnight to find it standing on its own attached to nothing, yet not nicked.

Report it; behaviour like that probably isn't a one-off and he may be known to the police for it already. You could also post this on the local councillors' thread and see what they suggest perhaps?

Sorry to hear that, Angelina. Can't help with CCTV but hope your daughter's OK?

Me too, Pugwash. The only place on LL I can think of where I'd feel comfortable going in just for that is the library (where the facilities are often in a horrible state and sometimes closed) or, further away, Sainsbury's DKH. When the indoor market existed, where Brick House is now, you could walk in there but I can't think of anywhere else. In Peckham there's MacDonalds and Morrisons at least.