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Anyone know when the cows will be on Lordship Lane?

Sounds good to me - fixed penalty notices for the Lordship Lane pavement cyclists.

One year's suspended sentence and 300 hours community work?

That's a useful pice of work, ChristineC. It will be interesting to see if the 1901 Census reveals a "pals' battalion" effect in any East Dulwich streets.

Agent Zig-Zag ? Another quote: > 'Chapman's deception messages have survived only in fragments. MI5 was careful to destroy the traffic, aware of the potential repercussions if the inhabitants of south London realised they were being sacrificed to protect the centre of the City.' I've not read this one yet, but, if this is a representative quote, I would treat this book's accuracy with caution. No history book published since 1990 should be saying this as Volume 5 of of "British Intelligence In The Second World War: Strategic Deception" edited by Michael Howard was published in that year. Specifically, Chapter 8 "Crossbow: The Flying Bombs June-December 1944" covers the subject in detail, quotes from the official documents, and in the "References" at the end of the chapter lists large numbers of extant official files on the subject. Actual transcripts of the individual signals may have been destroyed in the postwar bonfire, but the records were not.

You need the East Dulwich 12-pocket gilet - available from local gift stores.

I wonder if Raisin is the first victim of the East Dulwich recession or accepted an offer it could not refuse from a more up-market retailer.

Fear? Maybe. East Dulwich is now seen as an affluent gentrified area. Not for all of us. I don't carry anything of "value" except a few pounds for food shopping. What happens if I say I have nothing worth stealing? Would I be believed? Would I be assaulted for a disbelief? Would I be assaulted again when the truth was known?

Usual suspects.

Seems to be a fair amount of ignorance here. You will find this "Post Office London County Suburbs Directory, 1908. [Part 1: Street, Commercial, & Trades Directories]" here (but you will need to use the drop down menu) useful in determining the retail make-up of East Dulwich at before the First World War.

Maurice, If you read Mary Boast's book on the history of Camberwell you will get some clues about why Camberwell went 'down market'. MacRoban

Has *Bob* ever been in Iceland?

Geese on Goose Green stuff. I have yet to see any evidence to support the statement that the Germans bombed to cut the London to South Coast mainlines, but they did target (not very well) major railway junctions. The data on London railway bombings have been published in B.W.L.Brooksbank "London Main Line War Damage" (2007). [The title is misleading as it also covers London suburban lines]. The book contains complete transcriptions from the original railway companies' war-time log books. Incidently the one and only East Dulwich station/line incident was a single UXB on 13 September 1940. To rephrase Mr Palaeologus, South of central London/Docklands the bombs hits were near-random. Unsurprisingly quite a proportion fell near railway lines. An interesting discussion of the maths of how random points on maps can seem to have patterns can be had in Tom Williamson and Liz Bellamy "Ley Lines in Question" (1983).

15 September 1916 was also an important day for the NZEF (see here). They were in the line next to our East Dulwich troops.

This looks like a fake post to me.

25 April is ANZAC Day. MacRoban

Thanks, mikeb. So it's an interest only arrangement for the first seven years and BC Partners only need enough cash flow to pay the interest on ?250m.

I just had to find out about powerpramming. Thankfully it's not about how to obstruct pedestrians in Lordship Lane.

I see that BC Partners (owner of Foxtons) are having financial difficulties. Anecdotal evidence of lack of sales through the East Dulwich branch seems to support this. Do any forum members who work in "the city" have any further information?

I've read about select your turkey for Christmas schemes. You select your turkey, name it, get a photograph, and receive biometric reports on the way to Christmas.

The High Wood battle casualties are chilling. Imagine the empty seats in an East Dulwich pub after the war. I would miss not seeing our war memorial several times a week but it may be wise to place it into safe custodianship. If this happens I would request that there is provision for public access on and around 25 April and 11 November.

Good to see that the Crystal Palace Tavern was voted the best pub in East Dulwich.

Yes, it is good to have two "civilian wreaths" in addition to the normal one "military" one. Well done.

We have the two choices above and the East Dulwich War Memorial on Lordship Lane near the junction with Dulwich Common.

The Covenant is something more to to think about today.