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Any green growth this year that's overhanging the pavement is not going to have nests in it. Trim it back to allow people past, as I assume they've done in the past.

Trossachs is fine for safety ? the trouble is confined to a particular spot on Glengarry Rd that the police know all about. In 23 years, I've never felt worried.

Pleased to see that Google Maps now recognises that the Lordship Lane / Goose Green roundabout is now called the Dulwich Hamlet Promotion Roundabout. Some rave reviews too :-)

Car club? Minicab? Both cheaper than buying a new car. Or even carshare with others.

You and Thornberry both.

I was watching the on the opposite side of the estuary, in Leigh-on-Sea. Regular boozer ? tats, tans and singing. Loved it ? busy but very friendly, no animosity, no xenophobia. Landlady played a selection of inspiring tunes before kick-off. When I heard "Jerusalem" followed by "Vindaloo", I knew it was fine. Emily Thornberry would have hated it.

That's unusual, as other gregarious birds like sparrows are happy to come back not long after a sparrowhawk has picked one off. Over time, predators have very little influence on prey population numbers.

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I used to get loads of starlings in my garden, and > some years back a raptor took one of them off. > I've never seen a starling in my garden since :( It's more likely that this is a reflection of the steep decrease in starling numbers in the southeast over the last twenty years or so. The cause isn't clear.

There's been plenty of drug dealing going on around there for months and I've seen the police visiting the same address twice in the last few weeks. Not necessarily related to this incident, but it does set a 'tone', unfortunately.

I'm AB Rh+ so they like me ? 3/4% of the population. And yes, it's become frustrating finding venues to give blood. I always used the temporary truck near London Bridge off Southwark St, which was handy for work, but all the trucks have been withdrawn I believe. Now use one of the City venues, but it's very hit and miss as to when they have slots available.

And there are blackcaps breeding on Green Dale fields behind Sainsburys, as well as fellow warbler the chiffchaff.

maxxi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > ETA: I love the Nell Gwynn when I'm in town - > scruffy, small and full of poseurs - it's fab. And a terrific jukebox.

Possibly a stag beetle. They do fly, but very badly.

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Rendel, I fear you're being manipulated into > extending a discussion by a bunch of right-wing > sympathisers. Hope this thread dies a quick death. Shouldn't that be 'extreme right-wing' or some such? I'm sure you're not excluding people with right-wing views* from any debate? * Disclaimer: I don't have right-wing views and never have.

But the 'Best pub' awards are not run by CAMRA. Both the Blythe Hill Tavern and the Ivy House deserve their CAMRA awards as they're excellent real ale pubs. By contrast, the 'Best pub' awards are run by the "National Pub & Bar Awards", an industry organisation that includes American Budweiser among its sponsors.

If they're moneybags city boys, why would they bother saving a few quid by wanting to park in ED? It's nonsense. The 'commuter' parking is nearly all local, as the council discovered when it proposed the Grove Vale CPZ.

The flower lady stays! http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2018/05/the-flower-lady-florists-in-herne-hill-to-stay-after-network-rail-u-turn/

Dulwich Hamlet fans celebrating the team's promotion to the National League South. I'm in this briefly :-)

😀 They'll be in the West End for the evening and then catching a late train. Otherwise I'd bring 'em along.

Blast! Can't make the 7th now ? family do.

No it hasn't. Meadow have sent a "pre-planning" letter to the head of Southwark's regeneration dept. It's a legally meaningless piece of bog paper.

Oh good. My 2,500+ posts don't seem quite so logorrheic now.

I'll be 10 in October. Horrified to see that I've been responsible for 2,505 posts. What a lot of verbiage!

Yeah, Luke's a very talented local artist. Love his drawings. He's there for the next few weeks, then back again in September / October.

Interesting developments off the field ? the DHFC football committee chairman has confirmed the following: ? From the start of next season, the club will be run on a day to day basis by a new Executive Committee made up of the club's stakeholders from within the club and from local business and the council. ? We aim to shortly be able to attract new investment to the club through an issue of new shares. This will make sure the club is on a sound financial footing. So more council involvement and more money to support the club, which will either dilute or nullify the shares owned by Nick McCormack which are currently 'controlled' by Meadow Residential. We're promised more details soon. This is very good news in that it suggests the club can get itself onto a firmer financial footing and be immune to Meadow's attempts to destroy it. Although, of course, the ultimate goal is to return to Champion Hill.