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I live in one of the affected roads and had heard nothing about this. The planned reduction in parking will make it impossible for local residents to park, it's already bad enough with the stupid double yellows at every corner. It also appears to do nothing about the use of this "spine" as a rat-run, which is what many of us residents actually care about. Many of the "improved sightlines" will likely increase speeds and make things worse. My take is this is the wrong solution to the wrong problem.

Argos on Rye Lane.

I went in there recently and asked for a box of lasagna sheets (M&S had sold out) and the guy working there didn't even know what it was! It's not exactly a niche item. The store always seems like it's deliberately trying to go out of business.

You're quite right, I should have looked more carefully. I don't know why it seems so much busier in the sky here. DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't think aircraft stack over East Dulwich. > Planes over E.D. are on their final approach into > Heathrow. > > DulwichFox

lavelle72 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Quite loud over ED at 4.26 this morning. Would > that not be curfew time? Clearly not Doesn't curfew only apply to landings? I think they stack the planes over SE London waiting for the curfew which is why we get some many planes so early in the morning. I don't ever recall it being so constantly disruptive in Twickenham.

We used Schuco for our bifold doors and glass roof side return (plus a skylight in the loft). We think they're great and can't imagine having sliding doors instead. Our builder used bi-fold door company for the folding doors, they were terrible and took three attempts to fit them correctly. We used OM double glazing for the roof and they were brilliant. There is another thread worth reading here http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?29,1867830. PM Me if you want any more details of would like to have a look at what we did.

We have a Miele induction (6 zone) and it's fantastic. We got the one with a high power zone to allow high temperature cooking (e.g. stir fries). It heats up really quickly, doesn't stay hot (important for us with a young child) and it's much easier to clear up spills than our old gas hob. The one downside with the Miele is I find the touch controls a bit temperamental but my wife seems to have more luck with them. We went back and forth over a 4 zone with a side gas wok burner or a six zone induction but went with the induction in the end and it has been fine. Our kitchen person suggested we get a framed version (silver trim round the outside) rather than the flush fit. This makes it much easier get a good finish on the worktop and you don't get bits of food lodged like fatcats mentioned. It also contains spills making cleanups easier. Our pans were already induction compatible with the exception of our old big soup pan, use a magnet on the bottom to test them.

Billy just came by to fit three new radiator valves and service our system. Fantastic work and reasonable rates. Billy is absolutely brilliant and everyone should use him.

I'd chose the one nearest to PR station. The different train options make a huge difference especially when strikes or engineering works are happening.

I wonder whether with the ongoing problems with Southern people are parking nearer Peckham Rye to take alternate trains into London. The extra double yellows haven?t helped either.

It should show up on the planning map on the council website.

Abe_froeman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In my view the only > consideration here should be whether the bridge > closure adversely affects residents living in the > vicinity of the bridge . > > Hopefully southwark will disregard responses from > people with a postcode outside the immediate area > so that the convenience of road users, of any > sort, doesnt end up taking priority over the > people who have to put up with the consequences. Does your definition of "vicinity of the bridge" include those of us around Bellenden Road who have suffered a huge rise in traffic since the closure?

edhistory Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Just could not believe that plot of land cost > nearly ?1m! > > The Land Registry record should be available. > > I'm tempted to spend the ?3. Zoopla doesn't have a sale listed (if it's the place I'm thinking of) and has transactions as recently as August 2017. I must be doing something wrong.

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Mr Patel was a long term business that fell victim > to the effects of Gentrification and rent rises. > > I'm talking about new Businesses who are aware of > the rent and rates when they take on a new > business > and still believe they can a go of it by charging > the earth because they only want to work as little > hours as possible. You suspect the principal cause was gentrification. I'd suggest that it might also have something to do with a declining demand for newsagents, two similar stores within 2 minutes walk and a Tesco Metros a few minutes further. I'm sure the increased affluence in the area has pushed up rates (because freehold values have risen) but I doubt that's the only cause of the closure. As for the new shops, I can't think of any shops on Bellenden with restricted opening hours. There was/is a fire shop off Lordship Lane with short opening hours, but that's because he does the fireplace fitting during the week. If shops really are opening with short hours and high rents then going bust, eventually people will stop trying and rents will fall again. But again I don't see any evidence of that in Bellenden, care to name any specifics?

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't understand why people who have moved into > an area aren't considered 'part of the community'. > After how long are they designated part of the > community? In the West Country where I'm originally from it's about three generations even if you only move from the next village over! 'Those London types' are never really from round 'ere. More seriously it is a reasonable question, especially as London is so big that it's hard to quantify what makes someone an incomer.

Our son has just started at Oakfield and really likes it. Unlike some of the other schools (don't know about Rosemead) it isn't hot-house academic and seems very child-centric in their approach to learning. We also liked the fact that it is co-ed and non-selective which seems to give a more mixed group of children (and parents). The pre-prep head is brilliant and the new overall head seems nice but will clearly take a little bit of time to settle in. Personally I think that the uniform is a bit over the top, but you can't have everything. PM me if you'd like more.

Sad to see a local shop close, but I do wonder how Bellenden Rd ever managed to support three newsagents/convenience stores (Yogi, Village Grocer and Bellenden Food & Wine).

George Orwell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In conclusion, don't waste your efforts > complaining as you won't get anywhere. Learn to > love it or move. I wouldn't recommend Richmond or > Kew though. I lived in Twickenham and actually think it's worse here in some respects. At least in Twickenham you get a pretty much guaranteed half day of no noise due to runway alternation (even though the other half is noisier). Here you between Heathrow and City the noise is almost constant, plus they stack the planes above us before the curfew lifts leading to noise earlier than I used to get it in West London. That said I lived in Windsor for a bit and that was truly terrible.

Another vote for stamptastic, super easy to use.

kford Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > If you've ever lived in a CPZ, you'd be glad we > don't. Exactly, a complete pain in the backside for having friends or family visit or when getting any work done on your house. Plus it's another way for the council to award lucrative contracts for issuance and enforcement.

We used Bathrooms by Designs in Richmond/Mortlake. They have really nice stuff, and their staff are really knowledgeable. PM me if you want info on what we did right/wrong design wise.

We were paying ?180 a day for our guys if it was just the one day, but got down to the equivalent ?140 a day inc materials for doing the whole house.I posted a review in the trades section if you're looking for people.

I think there is an issue that Waze and other apps have been re-routing traffic that once would have used the designated A roads onto side streets to save a couple of minutes per journey. My biggest problem is the coaches, trucks and vans that should be using commerical sat navs turning residential roads into major thoroughfares. I'm not sure how you solve it though without closing roads completely.

We've had them come by a few times. Very aggressive and selling expensive tat.

But Ronnijade and Eliphinstone's Army both said it was around midnight on Friday/Saturday. I can't think where a BaE146 would be landing at that time of night and why it wouldn't show up on flightradar.