tomk

Lost on: economy (first year cuts, Cable away from Treasury), tuition fees, Trident, Afghanistan, Education, Mansion tax, Immigration, asylum seeker, PR, AV (which will be opposed now by both major parties), no posts of any significance for a Lib Dem (Alexander sent to Scotland where the LDs are now detested, Cable in charge of 'new ideas' according to the press conference!, Dep Pm for Nick Prescott, Laws chucked into Treasury as he's seen as right-wing and city-friendly- likely to be marginalised by Osbourne). Most of the compromises seem to be areas which would never have made it through a minority govt - inheritance tax, repeal of human rights act, married tax allowance) or areas where Tories already agreed- ID cards etc-thereby negating any gain through coalition. The Tory party were advocating a tax cut for the wealthy while planning the removal of SureStart. To me this says it all. As long as LD voters are happy that they are now Tory wets (and I think a lot are) then fine.

Minority Tory govt.

Selling out to the Tories. Well done Lib Dems.

You could do it privately - as pointed out. But better to contact the SENCO (Spec edu needs coordinator) at the school. It's a pretty common procedure which you don't have to pay for.

Yes I know what you mean. I hadn't yet seen Erika on this pregnancy as the Midwives Asst called me today to cancel because of their caseload and it was her that referred me to Kings. My husband said I should call direct but there are two women ahead of me so just hoping now for the quick delivery you described!

The fabled Lanes Waiting List strikes again! I called DMC at 8 weeks and had an appointment with Erika (who was my midwife with my first two children); today DMC called and cancelled that and said I was now on a waiting list. I have been referred to Kings and will have antenatal appointments at Dulwich Hospital with a temporary midwife who is taking the overspill from DMC. I am now over ten weeks and have to say that DMC seem to be too big to cope with the demand in East Dulwich. They even did the referral over the phone to book the 12 week scan. Does anyone have any thoughts on St Thomas's or any other London hospital within a reasonable birth commute of East Dulwich?

Any reports on how LL/A205 is looking today?

This magical, beautiful (!) evening would have been spoiled by turning the music down to a reasonable level! Heaven forbid! Sir Trevor Nunn would never allow it! etc

Smug and arrogant response to a genuine concern that the whole neighbourhood was kept awake (literally) by an inconsiderate local business. The amplified music , albeit brief (5 songs? 30mins?) was the loudest i have heard in a residential area from an open air venue (I presume it was open air - it was extremely loud). We live in Upland Road so pity anyone closer. And yes, we were asleep at 10.30 - some of us have to be in work by 8am. And our kids did wake up (baby and toddler). So thanks Alleyns. Townleygreen, perhaps you'd be kind enough to pass on our thanks to the school.

ooh, satire.

Thanks to Tomdhu for bringing this to everyone's attention. I live on Upland but have not been notified in any way, so assume we are not on the route itself (surprisingly, no route map on the TW website). I don't find anything sensational in the first post, unless you count a few capital letters for emphasis and the desire to form an action group to keep residents informed. Seems pretty sensible to me. Shame people tried to shout you down.

Typical DMC. I've suffered from it - gave up and attended a walk-in centre near work in the end. Half the doctors are equally as rude as the receptionists- too busy appearing on GMTV to treat patients like human beings. They will always (in my experience) see young kids immediately - but i feel it's usually more to do with potential problems if things went wrong rather than any real care. Witness their plans for needle exchange - not popular with the locals but good for the coffers, abandoned when the publicity picked up against it.

Loz Wrote: > So, although tomk thinks that this thread is > somehow offensive by it's very existence, I think > it's been enlightening for a lot of people, me > included. No, I found the original post necessary. The rest was an irrelevance.

Yesterday in Peckham Rye there was a man filming the children in the playground. I didn't want my daughter filmed so I moved her from the climbing frame. I didn't bother saying anything to the guy but to be honest I would have forgotten about it if it hadn't been for this posting. I am seriously thinking of not bothering with this site if this is the level of 'educated debate' on the topic of who is and who isn't a danger to children. To all of you who post inflammatory musings on the safety of children I think you should be ashamed of yourselves.

I got cloned and pin taken at the HSBC cashpoint about 3 weeks ago (or roughly whenever this thread started). Definitely 100% that cashpoint as it was a semi-dormant account that I decided to withdraw the final cash from and hadn't used the card anywhere else for many weeks. Took about two days for the foreign withdrawals to start. Then other half had the same done end of last week - strongly suspect either Lloyds cashpoint (by Plough) or Sainsbury's cashpoint. Definitely not Somerfield. I suspect electronic intervention (wireless or otherwise) as we are both v v careful with concealing pin.

We're Uplanders and I had my own drama on the street a fortnight ago. Sat in my front room with my toddler in the afternoon and watched in disbelief as a skinny young chap tried to break in through our front window. Thankfully he was scared off when I went over to the window (or more likely by the sight of a 19 month old) and that was that. I had forensics out and the lot. Upland Road is the new Bill.

I have also experienced the 'bottom of the bag' syndrome, though usually only for the odd potato/onion. However on Thursday we bought 4 nectarines (straight into paper bag etc). When we opened them at home - completely rotten, as in 50% brown/green. Hard to see how anyone could have mistakenly done it, unless really rushed/no knowledge whatsoever of fruit. Returned them this morning - offered a replacement, asked for refund, got it - no quibbles. Therefore it is both a positive and negative story I guess and I will continue with Pretty Trad for the time-being as they are mostly good.

I thought she was a Jehovas Witness so I sent her packing.

Went to meet wife and her friend - made the mistake of taking our small child's buggy with me and sitting with them at the front of the shop (plenty of room for buggy and us). I was swiftly approached and told they could 'find room' for all of us out the back. Didn't return after that.

I haven't seen the notice yet but if true this is bad news for Lordship Lane. Is there anything the public can do to stop this?

long live nero's!! latte's all round!! going straight down to sign the petition...

Fair enough. i'm not party to the 2007 figures - 2006 was 39% http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/06/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/210_4318.stm peckham academy - 23% http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/06/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/210_6906.stm haberdashers KNIGHTS - 14% http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/06/school_tables/secondary_schools/html/209_6906.stm and the school we would all like the ED Academy to be, but it won't: haberdashers HATCHAM - 91% (not an academy)

I teach in an academy at a senior level and have visited a number of others in a professional capacity. I have also taught at a number of other London comps. Trust me, 'academy' is just the new word for 'sink school' - but with better facilities. Most of the people posting on this message would not send their child to an academy (especially a boy-only one) if they knew what they are really like. They are widely acknowledged as a failure, just with shinier glass panels outside and trendy corridor designs inside. Ultimately this is because they continue to draw their kids from catchment areas of social deprivation, which brings with it all the ensuing problems. Accuse me of nimbyism if you like (and it's been done all too frequently on this thread) but this school will end up being a magnet for trouble before and after the school day - and very few people from East Dulwich will send their boys there because by the time the current crop of ED's would-be middle class teenagers are old-enough, it will already be overrun with all the boys from the local estates who would otherwise attend Kingsdale and Peckham Academy. If you are not already sending your boy to one of these schools, you will not choose East Dulwich Academy when it comes round to it. Don't kid yourself that it will even be as good as Charter, which at my last count was languishing somewhere around 30% 5 A*-C grades (and yes I do have kids, and no I cannot afford private education). Academies are the last attempts by the government to stem the anti-social tide, and they do not manage to do this.

So is it now...'safe' (gulp)?

A lot of truth, I would say.