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Liz_21 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interesting idea but I think, a little poorly > delivered. I wonder if it is really aimed at the > true collection of residents in Peckham, or if it > is simply another step towards the > Shoreditch-ification and > white-middle-class-ification of our town. > > Let's think a bit further outside the box and try > to find something that will unite a diverse and > increasingly disparate community, rather than add > to the onslaught of unreasonably priced coffee > shops. I can't think of a more 'white-middle-class-ification' than think 'outside the box' - or was it irony? HP

And ... important to remember the idea of a good school is subjective. landsberger is spot on in saying that different schools suit different children - Askes does not suit all for example.

El Presidente Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > oh yeah. much better to have a row of empty shops > covered in graffiti. That really fits with the > area.... No one wants a row of empty shops, but then presumably most don't want a shit development either. If they don't think its shit and like it they can also go onto the application and say so. Wasn't that long ago most of them were occupied along there - until the redevelopment came up - cue hoardings and graffiti.

Done - ugly building, too tall, materials and style incongruous and out of keeping with other surrounding buildings and the area, impinges on local established businesses, extra traffic, deliveries and a carpark near that junction and bus stop ... What's not to love! urgh! HP

news.met.police.uk/news/missing-boy-found-125558?utm_campaign=send_list&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid Metropolitan police posted tweet that he's been found safe and well.

So is there anyone more ethical delivering the glass bottle variety? Looked at Milk and More a while ago but was a bit put off by the Dairy Crest connection. HP

ADMIN - can this go in a general thread given its importance? One where more people might see it? Boy still missing and appeal from mum and more details here: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/daniel-penasanchez-mother-appeals-for-teenage-son-with-heart-problem-to-come-home-10454763.html

ladyruskin Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Has this boy been found? I was wondering the same. Update here from this morning suggests they haven't found him yet: :( http://www.itv.com/news/london/update/2015-08-13/police-increasingly-concerned-for-13-year-old-boy-who-vanished-in-south-london/

Bobthefunkhouse Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh my God - hpsaucey your tired, your yawning - > Quick get and early night before those damn > aircraft start flying over! Hahahaha Are you sure it's not you who's tired? Your grammar and spelling seem a bit jaded.

Bobthefunkhouse Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh my god - a couple of motor cars passed my house > today - What a noise they made! LOL - Yawn I can't > sleep because of such inconsiderate people driving > there motors past my house! And what with the > aircraft Jeeez - when can we get back to horse and > cart! PMSL Yawn .....

This one's ethical and good. Sell it elsewhere. Works out reasonable if you buy the big tub: http://www.earthfare.co.uk/tropical-forest-fairtrade-organic-forest-honey-clear-340g-3-18kg/p885 HP

I also outgrew the need for a 'Mum' bag so saved up and bought one of these with the lovely Watermeadow material. Leather, canvas etc. Been so well used and still looks lovely! Built to last. Still satchel though, not a rucksack. http://www.burlinghamhall.co.uk/bags.html HP

apples Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Interested to know how the planned supermarket > will be stocked on that busy corner. And will it be like the shoddy and really badly planned Tescos - both EDRoad and Nigel Road. All the recycling etc. just shoved out the front over the pavement/ pedestrian pathways. Fear for Barrys Offie and Shaun the Barbers... Please god something more imaginative emerges. And five stories? Havin' a laugh.... HP

Also interested in seeing how a 'community bakery' could take shape. Good idea! please let me know if you decide to set up a meeting. HP

Sue Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Salsaboy Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Anyone remember Caramac? Bloody horrible. > > I loved Caramac. But it wasn't chocolate! > > But surely they still make them?? Deffo still make them. Got one a few months ago to introduce my sons to the sheet joy of a Caramac.

I've lived in both - old Victorian converted flat - terrible in terms of sound coming from the upstairs flat; now in a 2012 new build - also pretty bad because the vibrations head straight through the wooden structure .... Can you talk to anyone else living there and see how they find it?

Blah Blah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But this is precisely what's wrong with it all. We > bought a home 7 years ago, as a HOME. We have no > intention of moving for at least 20 years. And I > would expect our home to be comparable to whatever > the market is at that time. London has this > problem with people buying into growth, and > therefore fuelling the growth. It's bonkers and > hurts ordinary working people the most. Totally agree. I love my flat because its my home! That is its primary function. One of the papers earlier in the week - might have been Tuesday's Metro(?) - was saying why not 'buy one and get one free' as such if you bought properties somewhere cheaper than London. Obscene when so very many can't afford the one ...

Same happens at the little cut-through from Solomon's Passage into Tresco Road area. V dangerous because the council put in an (admittedly a bit crap) metal railing to discorage scooters etc but they still just power through because they can't be arsed to go the long way round down Waveney Ave. The differece being that now that can't see what's coming. And the pathway is just, just wide enough for two people side-by-side. Anyways - don't know why I'm posting here - council would be better place to email. HP

Curmudgeon Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > bawdy-nan Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > There are lots of children who are identified > as > > having SEN (17.9% of children) but who do not > have > > an EHC (only 2.8% of children have statements / > > EHC plans). They are on "school action" or > "school > > action plus". This means that they have been > > identified as needing extra and targeted > support > > in order to access the curriculum. (This does > not > > mean that they are children who are necessarily > > lower achievers, of lower potential or lacking > > numeracy or literacy skills). According to > > government statistics around 18% of children > have > > SEN. Only children with an EHC will be able to > > "name" a school on their plan all the others go > > via the standard admissions process. > > > > Only children with an EHC are "guaranteed" > > provision for their needs in a school setting. > So > > the attitude of a school towards SEN is > extremely > > important. > > Does that answer your (perfectly reasonable!) > > question? > > > > The social or medical need criteria issue is, > in > > my opinion, all about attitude because, in > > reality, putting it below siblings is only > about > > an assertion of attitude. (ie it probably won't > > make much difference at all to children where > this > > is used) > > > > Ask away if not... > > > > As a point of information my understanding, and do > correct me if I'm wrong, is that Children with > school action and school action plus (both of > which have been phased out this year) were never > able to name a school. Only children with > statements could do so which has now been replaced > by EHC so no difference there then Which is why, as bawdynan says their overall attitude to sen is so crucial. How exactly are the school going to cater for those with sen but no ehc? Visit a number of secondary schools, ask the question, and you will be amazed by the wide range of responses. Some schools, frankly, appear to pay lip service.others, really thought through and suppoetive approaches.

How locals local. We have the lovely Michiko Takahashi?. She's west norwood but comes to teach the kids at our school. Have u looked at the suzuki teachers directory online? I'll send u a link if not.

Cedges Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Fairs but as I deal with irate people all day in > my senior role, I think I'll avoid the reception > job ta. NOT fairs - you ascribed negative motives and imagined conversation where there wasn't any evidence of it from 'what Millie has written here'. :(

Settling my children. Been roughly every minute but Max 90 seconds and min 30 between maximum plane noise for the last hour that I've been listening. Need to atop listening but sure don't remember there being so many in the past..

Cedges Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But she didn't ask for a non urgent appointment > and she was told what to do if her symptoms got > worse. By what Millie has written here, I can also > imagine her attitude on the phone and if i was the > person on the other end of that phone, I'd > probably have found myself being a downsight less > helpful than the person who was. Really?? She seems to have ben polite until the doctor/ nurse and pharmacist options were exhausted...

Cedges Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > hpsaucey Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > Why should you have to kick up a massive fuss > to > > be seen? This means that those too ill to kick > up > > a fuss or too polite don't get seen and those > > persistent enough do? > > > > I wonder if asking for a follow up appointment > > would have resulted in a ring back tomorrow > > morning for an appointment, followed tomorrow by > a > > sorry all appointments full script. > > > > HP > > If you've got an actual urgent need to see a GP - > you get triaged and you get seen. I know this from > experience. I had a genuine urgent issue and I was > seen. No fuss required. The only people making a > fuss are those who think they are the be all and > end all of deserving and demand urgent > appointments for non-urgent medical matters. You > can wait 2 weeks for an allergy test referral. > Whats the problem? Ok, its not ideal, it'd be > lovely to be seen for every mild ailment within 48 > hours but that?s just not realistic in this day > and age. Go to the pharmacy, get some cream, make > the 2 week ahead appointment. If the symptoms get > worse, you phone back, get triaged again and if > you need to be seen, you?ll get seen. But unless Millie is leaving off the end of the conversation she(?) wasn't offered any other suggestion - i.e. go to pharmacy/ ring tomorrow and we'll look at the week ahead etc. etc. Any concrete date or anywhere else to go. Anything which would be perfectly reasonable. Urgent gets seen - of course. But non-urgent probably still needs a GP at some point... maybe tomorrow.. maybe in a week. But not never, never. Or should people just 'live' with symptoms without a proper diagnosis or wait for whatever it is they have to get 'worse'? Believe me I love the NHS and have had reason to be extremely thankful for it on many, many occasions,including lovely staff at DMC, and I am NOT a moaner but giving people no timeframe in which they might be reasonably expected to be wait and be seen is not reasonable or acceptable IMO. HP

fazer71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Atmospheric pressure light wind, add in hot > weather open windows it will be loud. That'll be it then :'(