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Cadburys Old Jamaica is my ultimate retro bar. Available still under the Cadbury's Bournville brand, but not with the 70s orange wrapper with the old sailing ship on it. Rum 'n' raisin chocolate. My gran used to think it was exotic.

Looks like the bus lane has gone from stretch between the bus stops by the main CG junction and the Coldharbour Lane junction, then starts again a little up the hill from there.

Huh?! So it's selfish wanting not to be sworn at and accosted? Call me selfish then. And you forgot "No child left behind" in your list of pointless platitudes.

That's good for me and Mrs BNG.

It's a mistake that handily slows down cars, so neither TFL nor Southwark are remotely bothered about it.

I'm neither high-and-mighty nor anti-motorist. I sympathise if machines are buggered and yes, lack of consistency in applying the rules is hugely frustrating, but if, for instance, I dodged tax and got caught, saying that others dodge tax and don't get caught is just a moan. In this case, "shit happens" is being given a ticket you can't wriggle out of.

johannaf Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Springing up on his moped precisely when the restrictions > start. And what's wrong with that? As has been said a million times on here, if you don't want a ticket, don't park illegally.

Excellent. "The signs on our doors read ?This is an adult environment, Children must be seated at all times.? Some people find these signs offensive." Well, some people have an extraordinary sense of entitlement. Good on the Dolphin.

keane Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Think the thread on the main forum has > just turned into a parent bashing thread. You must be reading a different thread to me.

chazzle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My feeling is that they have an increasingly > valuable piece of land with planning permission > and there's no particular hurry to actually build > anything. That's my feeling too, but with the complication of the promised library. Without a retail unit that pays well to offset the cost of the library, the developer will be reluctant to stick to the deal.

Very sad. I hope they have an environmental plan for what happens next. I was talking with a chap from Thames Water only the other day about their commitment to environmental issues on their properties. I'll chase him up...

Do you have any further details?

intexasatthe moment Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yes ,James please explain . > > How can the admissions policy be a planning > consideration ? > > PS Noticed your wee small hours posts recently > ,hope you're ok . I think some people's confusion is assuming that taking Jarvis Road as the nodal point means that the school entrance would be there. Which clearly makes no sense as the entrance should be on EDG. Though that in turn makes it imperative that the school is pushed as far as possible to make it the traffic impact as close to zero as possible ? and that includes staff. We already have huge traffic issues at the start and end of the school day, which will only be made worse by the Townley Rd/EDG changes and those suggested for Melbourne Grove.

And are Morrisons definitely taking the retail space? From what Morrisons' new head honcho David Potts has been saying about stopping store openings, I have my doubts. In which case, the developer will need to find someone else pretty quickly.

Headnizm. Tired old pun that doesn't even really make sense ? getting your hair done doesn't have much to do with the pursuit of reckless pleasure.

No ants, then no starlings or green woodpeckers. C'mon, Sue - cycle of life and all that :-)

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > .. and crows are smart, although they don't half > go on about it.

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My interpretation of Darwinism, is that animals > who are predators/carnivorous tend to be the most > successful at survival and consequently are higher > up the food chain. Well, a predator that's too 'successful' wipes out its prey and becomes extinct, so prey and predator live in a dynamic co-existing state. There's no reason to think of a lion as more 'successful' than a wildebeest in terms of surviving and thriving.

Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 20mph on that whole stretch of road now > > V sloooooow it feels too, but.....hey hoo that's > the law Well, it's not the law, it's Southwark's advisory 20mph borough-wide speed limit. So virtuous people are going to abide by it and those who speed are going to carry on speeding. Reminds me of the exchange from The Simpsons when Homer's asked for a 'suggested donation' for going into a museum: Homer: What do you mean by "suggested donation"? Clerk: Pay any amount you wish, sir. Homer: And uh, what if I wish to pay... zero? Clerk: That is up to you. Homer: Ooh, so it's up to me, is it? Clerk: Yes. Homer: I see. And you think that people are going to pay you $4.50 even though they don't have to? Just out of the goodness of their... (laughs) Well, anything you say! Good luck, lady, you're gonna need it!

Well, at our end of ED, we're a short hop to Herne Hill, which will have a much improved service north and south.

Annoying though they currently are, the improvements to London Bridge and Thameslink will be of benefit ? and in a shorter time than putting in the Tube would be. The only difference with 20-30 years ago is that the train service in the evening at weekends used to be poor to non-existent. As long as we keep pushing for as frequent a service as possible for ED, I'm happy with what we have here. Try living near the Tube below Clapham South and tell me there isn't a problem with comfort or having to leave early.

That older thread reminds me ? did the Council rescind or amend their absurd 1m x 1m tree pit policy?

Tessmo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Have we ended up with the Council, through the > cabinet member responsible, approving an > unfinished scheme - which means that the final > scheme on page 16 of the traffic order has been > approved by no one at all, except for the council > officers who thought it up? That's how I understand it. Unbelievable contempt for what was already a hugely flawed consultation process.

Thanks, Audrey. That's very good to hear. Maybe the website needs correcting to reflect that.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If people are sledding address > that issue don't close the road But the figures are clear - there is no significant speeding issue.