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JRK - very nice .Is it custom built ? Do you know the price ?

Well...I think it very much depends on the existing space but I quite liked these http://frontyardcompany.co.uk/products/bindock_new.html but thought too expensive . Or...I wondered if something built with hollow concrete blocks and planted might work https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/355643701804501795/ but again probably not cheap As I say ,depends on your space but I reckon planting bushes round the ghastly things probably the way to go .

You are not alone in your despair re bin blight .I'm practically obsessed by this terrible urban travesty .I'm forever looking at front gardens for succesful examples of disguise . I agree ,I think there is overprovision . Do we need such large green/household waste bins now that we have recycling bins ? Would be great if people could/would share . And as for abandoned bins full of the wrong stuff ( often on the pavement ) after a dwelling has been cleared or had the builders in .... What can we do to improve the situation ?

Greed or the being humane to an employee - it's all speculation .No doubt the causes will ne many and complex . Only the surgery can know the full picture from their side ( less aware I suspect of the picture from the patients side ) .

I'm a patient at FH, haven't used them recently but my experience of them is very variable . My own experience is not that this is a sudden change in circumstances ,rather that problems with getting appointments is an ongoing issue which peaks every now and then . It would be really encouraging if the surgery could explain what steps they'll be taking to try and improve the situation.

I tend to agree that being short staffed and overwhelmed with work is the most likely scenario.

No appointments for 5 weeks because they have doctors working different hours and it makes it difficult to organise ????

Another who favours a seperate thread on affordable housing for those keen to debate .

slarti - it had been stated that checking the website had revealed there were no appointments and that it wasn't possible to make an appointment unless one had chest pains . Seems appropriate to reproduce what the website actually says ( the reality ) to counter gerrit's in tepretation .

Charlie - so did you vote against the application last night ?

I don't understand your post gerrit . Why are you saying that it seems doctors don't see patients anymore ? Why are you saying that you can't make an appointment unless you have chest pains ? Their website says the following How To Make An Appointment We offer a range of appointments to help patients when accessing advice and treatment from our clinical team Routine face to face consultations ? these are available up to one month in advance for all clinicians. Each GP appointment is 10 minutes long and each nurse appointment is 15 minutes long. Double appointments are available on request and we advise that you discuss your requirements with the receptionist when booking. Routine telephone consultations ? these are available up to one month in advance for all clinicians. The timings for these slots are approximate however we will endeavour to call you back as near to the booked time as reasonably possible. Urgent appointments ? there are appointments on each working day available for patients requiring urgent access to clinical advice and treatment; these will be with either a GP or the nurse practitioner. You will be asked by the receptionist for brief details of the reasons for the appointment and advised accordingly; this is to ensure that these appointments are used appropriately for urgent problems. Urgent telephone advice ? during our core hours of opening there will be a duty doctor available to assess urgent problems. The duty doctor will also be responsible for undertaking home visits as well as liaising with outside agencies such as hospitals, social services and care homes. You will be asked by the receptionist for brief details of the reasons; this is to enable the duty doctor to prioritise any urgent calls.

Very obvious I know ,and you've probably done it ,but have you tried resetting the router by switching it off for a bit and turning it on again . Sorry if teaching you to suck eggs.....

Lot of useful advice on here but I know if it were grumpy old me I'd be reading the comments advising me to engage with my neighbours in a friendly way ,open a bottle of wine with them etc and thinking ...it would be nice if they were taking the iniative with the wine etc . Perhaps they have ? But the OP sounds perfectly reasonable ,not combatative ,and not particularly in need of being told to play nice . "The work is going to be a nightmare for us but not much we can do about that. We are really more concerned with the height of the party wall being erected because there is only a small gap between our houses and it is going to feel very oppressive"

Sorry ,didn't mean to put you on the spot .

Can you say whereabouts on Barry Rd you are ? Great pics by the way .

Would some or all of this work come under the party wall act ? https://www.gov.uk/guidance/party-wall-etc-act-1996-guidance

This thread http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1642969 has link to pictures . I must say I'm almost impressed by the ingenuity of this .But I've had a much loved bike stolen in the past so I'm more interested in keeping bikes safe than wondering at the cleverness of thieves .

Why do you think the boundary of the land > purchased from Network Rail is incorrect? > > John K I don't really John I just think they could be . And that location plans submitted with applications for pp show only the proposed development plot outlined in red and nothing else .Not ownership for example . I'm a little bitter because my neighbour has got pp to develop land that is not entirely his . Planning authorities don't ( can't ) get involved in boundary or ownership details /disputes .It is presumed that developer is telling the truth and burden and cost is on the objector to prove . Developers get away with such stuff - 4th floor above Iceland ,retrospective pp for Cafe Nero that was granted permission to operate as a take away but only ever operated as a restaurant and so on .

Developers draw red lines round the plot they wish to develop .They also indicate that they own the whole of that area . But IME sometimes that red line creeps over into someones else's land .

As far as I can recall it mentioned a woman ( no name ) from Railway Rise , gave a land registry link and quoted various companies who were thought to own the road .

You sell speed bumps malumbu ?

My friend's son's photo is on display on a building and she would very much like a photo of the building and image to make a small poster . But neither of us have cameras /skill/smart phones to take it . It's on a building in South Lambeth Rd ,near Vauxhall.Is this ,but now different picture not sure if it will be possible to take a photo of it that will show image ? Any kind photographer help ? Bottle of wine ...

I expect I'm missing something ,but how do we know that this vehicle belongs to the butcher up at the Plough ?

What a good idea sandy_rose ! Why didn't I think of that -)