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The Plough has been open since the 19t century, hasn't it? 🤣

Spartacus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > heartblock Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Good public transport is key to reducing car > > use...absolutely agree... > However this doesn't mean penalising cars to make > it run faster It is dreamland to imagine that bua transport can improve without inconveniencing car drivers. Buses need more dedicated street space, priority over cars, and fewer cars in the way.

I don't understand the economics of the business at all, but agree that every time I've been in the Cherry Tree it's been fun. I think they had quite a good quiz in there at one point.

What is the point of this snippy thread? Are you people literally expecting to see councillors hanging around on street corners like ice cream vans? If you want to speak to a councillor: call them or email them. If they don't reply - then moan!

jazzer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just think back years ago when it was home to the > likes of Woolworths, Halfords, M&S, C&A, Jones & > Higgins, Holdrens, Times furniture - it was huge, > Austins, Coles, Tobacconist, Deli under the > station, Of all the fascias you mention, only M&S and Halfords still exist. Halfords has gone to a retail park model (and is actually half a bike shop), and M&S has flailed. Retail is a brutal business. Landlords' rent expectations are ridiculous. Consumer tastes have changed. Demand has changed. And more than a decade of austerity has entrenched poverty in places like Peckham. Rye Lane isn't just a story of "council mismanagement" or pedestrianisation - it's a 19th/20th century retail streetscape that doesn't match 21st century needs.

It would be nice to have a pub that was just a straightforward boozer. I used to go in The Castle occasionally but it stinks, and the Palmerston is too expensive and bourgeois. The outdoor space at The Plough is fine. The inside is a bit gloomy. I went in there to watch a big rugby match and there was only 1 or 2 TVs (both in the main space, and nothing in the empty side room), and they kept the music on! I hope the pub does do well with its outdoor seating - but not at the expense of late night noise pollution to neighbours.

"Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor used to dine here when they had a house in Dulwich during the 1960s" Anyone know where they lived?

I hope that councils aren't so overwhelmed or exhausted that pubs, bars, whoever are allowed to do whatever they want as long as it is outside.

I hesitate to cast aspersions on the vocabulary of a published author, but those were his words. Kids, don't meet your heroes.

An unmasked Frank Furedi, coming out of Boulangerie Jade, explaining to his companion how "Flat White" surpassing "latte" as the preferred term for a milky coffee is part of the "crusade against whiteness".

I see Rightmove's little map describes the area as "South Camberwell". 😆 I just passed by today for the first time and ages and noticed how close they are to completion. A million quid seems like a lot to be so close to the station but I suppose they are four bedroom...

Oh look, another greenwashed front group. Is this OneDulwichFairAir...?

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Numbers of shops, particularly small shops, seem > to have installed Perspex/ equivalent screens > behind which their servers can be happily mask > free. Gail's is open plan with food and drink prepared, displayed and served in a relatively small space with 5-8 workers at most times. > Even without contra-indicating health or > mental health reasons long sessions of mask > wearing can be very difficult. It can be a bit tiring wearing beard nets, wearing gloves or washing your hands 30 times a shift, but we've never had a problem asking food production workers to do exactly that in the past.

Pugwash Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Find out when/where your Safer Neighbourhood > Police Team hold their meeting and participate in > them. Dulwich Hill SNT held their meeting over > Zoom. Not sure when the next meeting is due. I am not a fan of the Met after last night's display. HOWEVER, tbf I emailed my local Safer Neighbourhood Team over something minor, and they responded very quickly and efficiently.

Chick Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There's a lot of Testosterone flying around. Agreed. A lot of internet hard men whose Charles Bronson fantasies don't actually help anything.

jimlad48 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- we're seeing people shaming individuals > who may have personal circumstances that mean they > can't wear one, and that we should publicly shame > and humiliate them for the crime of being > different. If Gail's has employees that can't wear face coverings, then maybe it shouldn't be assigning them a job that involves handling food and interacting with hundreds of people every day in the middle of a pandemic. For what it's worth, I would also be disappointed if Gail's let a bleeding hemophiliac knead dough with bare hands or let a blind person drive its delivery vans.

That's good news!

Frankito Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Aren?t you whinging about him whinging....? Oh the > irony of it all! > > EDguy89 Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > DulwichFox Wrote: > > > Went to the New Co-op today.. Very Nice... > > > > > > However one aisle has a big bucket with *** > > > Warning *** Wet Floor. > > I'm completely unsurprised that your biggest > > takeaway from the new fit out of the shop is > > there's a wet floor sign. I imagine you were > only > > saying you couldn't wait to for the Co-op to > > reopen just so you can whinge about it. And now I'm moaning about you moaning about them moaning about them moaning! Some people just love to complain. I, for one, am happy that the Co-Op is nice and shiny.

lousmith Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What I take a dim view of, and I think many others too, is the uneven application of laws to benefit the wealthy or those in positions of power over those less so. I think the Dominic Cummings case... You might be overegging the pudding a bit - it's a disagreement with the council and a neighbour over a fancy shed! Did you ask for permission before or after you put the shed up?

I didn't know the existing nursery had changed hands since it opened - fair enough. Abe_froeman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think some of the smaller nurseries further > afield that mop up demand from parents who are > still on waiting lists when they need to go back > to work post leave would be more threatened by > this new business. Like where, specifically? When I was in the market not so long ago everywhere at any price between Peckham Rye and Gypsy Hill was oversubscribed.

ED - NAGAIUTB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Can't post on main thread .it was a people carrier that caused the damage to roundabout wall .one person hurt laying in road a couple of passengers ringing police and ambulance no other vehicle involved happened about 4.45 am." > /forum/read.php? > 20,2190756 Yikes. Fatigue, booze, excessive speed, wet road, dark, a combination of all of them...? Good thing there were no pedestrians or cyclists around.

Freddo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- I don't doubt you were not > doing your weekly shop, that is the problem, the > lockdown rules are easily manipulated..... It's not against the lockdown rules to buy bread.....not really sure what you're on about mate.....

Metallic Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I just think the risks of allowing that > more expensive nursery, more staff working there > and much larger, will probably see the end of the > existing one. That would seem a shame wouldn't > it? No. The existing nursery is wildly oversubscribed, like every other one in the neighbourhood. It's owned by an investor with a fairly commercial view of the world (I had a tour pre-launch). It's not cheap. If a more expensive nursery opened next door, the cheaper one isn't going to lose anyone to it.

Freddo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why are you going there anyway? Is it an essential > journey or work? Are you doing your weekly food > shop or using it as an excuse to get out of the > house? Perhaps look into your own conduct before > worrying about others. > > I walk past that shop everyday at work & it's > always packed, we are in lockdown, those people > who dont seem to own kettles treat it like a > coffee club with little regard for the rules so > why should the staff? > > Dulwich Village feels like you're entering the > Twighlight Zone where lockdown is a fantasy, walk > down there on a Saturday to see how little people > care, you yourself, having gone there twice should > not be throwing stones from inside your glass > house. I went there to buy bread because it's the closest place to my house to buy bread. I don't know anyone that does a weekly shop at a bakery 🤣 I prefer Romeo Jones but by the time they open in the morning I have to be at work, earning money and paying tax. @NewWave: the manager also wasn't wearing a face covering...

Been into Gail's in Dulwich Village twice in the last week, and each time there were staff members not wearing masks. First time it was someone behind the counter, and second time it was a different person behind the counter and some kind of manager doing the books at one of the tables. The second server had a badge saying something like "I'm exempt from masks". I understand there are some people exempted from wearing face masks for health reasons...but it seems a remarkable coincidence that so many work at the same shop. Even if they are exempt in their ordinary life - seems like in the middle of a global pandemic it would be a legitimate requirement of the job to wear a face covering when handling food and drink in a busy cafe. If you can't do that bit of the job, maybe you shouldn't be allowed to work there? You wouldn't get hired as a firefighter if you couldn't put the helmet on...