Ted Max

Go for it - you're closer to East Dulwich than much of East Dulwich is. And you're right next to all the goodness of Peckham too. (Unless you're buying the weirdly cut up and developed house that's been on the market for two years and has something that looks like an ice cream parlour down the side of it out the back - in which case. Withdraw!)

Halliwell Court used to be called Queen Elizabeth II Court but was renamed after Gerry Halliwell who used to live there in her topless model days.

greatallgreat hasn't yet tried a pub that doesn't exist, but he knows it's great and pedants aren't allowed.

Yes it is. I've made a note of it - thanks for publicising it, PeckhamRose.

You're right to refuse to be paranoid. Some information for your motorcyling forum, perhaps... http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/backseat.asp

For cats everywhere, EDF 2007 was a fateful year - bringing as it did the exploitation an electronic weapon against their perpetual quest for freedom. Until EDF, public attempts to restrict cat liberty had been limited mainly to flyers attached to tree trunks and lamposts. Cats had long been adept at tearing down and defacing these under cover of darkness. But EDF offered the cat captors a new tool. Emboldened by notable early successes, "lost" cat threads soon gained momentum and by Q4 were trending up 143% on a sequential quarterly basis. The "lost" cats, desperate for privacy, attempted diversionary abductions of welly boots and even, on one occasion, a cornet, but these attempts were soon foiled, and the cat owners of East Duwlich were once more triumphant. Eventually, the cat owners felt confident enough to announce their own organisation publicly, and formed CatWatch, to ensure that all cats everywhere would be watched all the time. The compulsory wearing of loud bells, ID tags and high vis collars for all cats were proposed, and cats were banned from leaving their houses without the permission of local CatWatch enforcers, who by this time had taken to their distinctively intimidating uniform of brown cardigans and comfy slippers. If cats were spotted at liberty they were to be lured into Catwatch holding centres and detained without milk until "collection" by the Brown Cardies. EDF 2007 was, for cats everywhere, a vision of the future - a human eye glaring down on the feline face for ever.

We'll be coming, we'll be coming We'll be coming down the road... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XlPaFooTIqI&feature=related

Alex Curran was in there, in the Pancake aisle. Kitchen design splashback tiles can be found in the home ware section. Parking's a nightmare nowadays though. There's Too many Foxton's minis in the car park.

I'd like to be Byron Wordswordth, Ant, but I suspect I've got more in common with Jelly.

I'm a story maker, story maker, working through the night till the rising sun. Stories are fabulous, stories are fun.

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It's your bowler hat they're staring at, Mr Ben.

I'm going to stop posting on this thread now. There doesn't seem much more to say. I wasn't against the DMC proposals, I didn't like the tone of some of the antis and the campaigns. I hope in future, if services are needed then they can be provided as and when required.

Snorky, I wish I had a nice front door. Can you sort me one out? To repeat, there's no need to convince (me at least) that there are users in ED. But was there need for such a service as you describe here? The PCT said no. Yes there are users in the area, but if the PCT says there is no need, then presumably they think there are already enough points of contact, as you put it, to draw users into the system. This is whole point. You can't just post something like that as fact when the only medical opinion we have has said there was no need for the service.

Put your straw man back in the attic. I'm pointing out the opinion of the medical director of the PCT, that in this instance there is no need for this service. Nothing to do with ED not having any drug related problems. I don't know what Fryer based her opinion on - and nor do you. Given her likely access to the facts and the importance of maintaining appropriate service provision, I hope it was on a reasoned assessment of provision against actual need.

I could have sworn I use the library and the pool on a regular basis. Have they in fact been torn down?

Except that the PCT's Dr jane Fryer, medical director of the Primary Care Trust (I know, she's probably a real ignoramus, huh?) is on record as saying there is no need for a service.

The name of the cricket club was actually Honor Oak - who played (from about the 1920/30s onwards, I think) on the pitches opposite the stables on Duwich Common, and before that, of course, were in Honor Oak proper. Tulse Hill was the name of the hockey club which shared the club house and played on the pitches in the winter, in the days when hockey was still played on grass. Nowadays, Honor Oak CC exists in name only as part of a merged club with Alleyn Old Boys and Old Alleynians. And the hockey club has also merged, this time with Dulwich Hockey Club, based out of Dulwich Sports Club off Burbage Road.

http://apply.refugeecouncil.org.uk/fe/tpl_refcouncil02.asp Probably a bit of a granny/egg-sucking interface but have you tried these guys? I have two friends who have worked with the council in different positions. And the London offices are Brixton and Vauxhall so easy for you to get to.

Great area. In terms of where is the "good" bit. You don't have to think only as far as Chadwick as well. Have a look at the Lyndhursts and the streets in and around the much-derided Vale nursery and school if you want more good housing. It's further away from all ED has to offer though, which will be a good or bad thing depending on your view. Another school worth mentioning is Dog Kennel Hill, which you are also catchment for in certain areas.

All grist to the Mills, Piers.

Keef vs chippy junior member of Tessa's staff. Should be interesting.

1 The DMC (in the person of Dr Jane Fryer at BARA's meeting) has said itself that is has no plans to develop drug user sevices and, importantly, that there is no need for them 2. People got hold of the needle exchange idea when the plans for the 7-11 pharmacy became known. 3. If the PCT had consulted about the precise nature of the application then that confusion could have been avoided. BARA, I think you have to explain your original post in the light of this? Where did this information come from?

"The Chinese, a great bunch of lads." //Father Ted//

Are you sure you were in The Green, not Green & Blue. Not sure The Green is big on carry outs.