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And then you get idiotic comments by kris hopkins on newsnight -housing minister - in charge of policy - beggars belief!

AH - here it is! http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?9,1293132,1293132#msg-1293132

Saffron Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Forumite dulwichpsychology has an informal group > for mothers of children under 2 yo. > > http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?2 > 9,1245470,1278622#msg-1278622 > > Was that what you were looking for? > xx Thanks Saffron but sadly not ...

HI there - yes I was interested in this too!

Penguin68 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm afraid that moth eggs are quite hardy little > things - probably a sustained boil-wash would see > to them, but it would also see to the wollen etc./ > clothes that they will be deposited in. They can > also handle low/ freezing temperatures for a > little time (they will have evolved to be able to > do that) so it is only a relatively long sojourn > in a freezer that will end them. > > The various chemical specifics against moth (not > camphor balls, which just smell bad to them) do > seem to work - but if you have a real 'heavy duty' > infestation then licenced pest operatives are the > best - they can use chemicals which you can't buy, > and they know the hiding habits of the little > beasts - I had a house which was refurbished and > had no carpets or curtains for 4-5 months (or any > clothes!) - but as soon as new curtains and > carpets were installed, they made their presence > felt. They must have been deposited on floor > boards etc. to have done that. Yup - I think we're about to head down the 'calling in the 'experts'' route. Thinking they'll know where to hunt for eggs. I don't like killing anything, but the language is blue regarding clothes moths and I'm taking great delight in each one squished to a pulp!

Giacomelli Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is a shame when you see a lot unsightly front > gardens but I don't think the huge amount of bins > help. I prefer big containers in the street as in > italy france or spain. I am getting my front > garden redone, new path etc. Unfortunately the > cost of retiling the victorian path is > extortionate so laying sandstone instead. Quite > sad about this but as it is not my forever home > (small garden flat) I feel after several quotes > it's not worth restoring the original. > > Most people don't sit out in their front gardens > (maybe due to bins?) So are less likely to furnish > them with pretty flowers. Also as other posters > have mentioned we are just exiting winter and when > many commuters return it is already dark. At the height of 'bin madness' when the council were just bringing in all the different colours I counted 8 or 9 outside one poor properly on Barry Road. Truly grim. There are some smaller houses near Nunhead Cemetary which used to have a small outside front space - but enough room to put out a couple of chairs and some plants. BUT, now they're all full of bins. Feel sorry for them - I'd be really angry if it were me. We're in a communal block, so are lucky in the sense that all communal bins are hidden away in a dedicated shed. HP

I'll second PeckhamRose. There are so many big worries at the minute that my 'luxuries' are perhaps to some 'small' things but are the things that make life really worth living. Today: a cup of nice coffee and 5 minutes peace; a proper talk and walk with my 8-year old son; time to play with kids and live life at their speed and through their eyes; watching the sunset from the balcony of my flat; knowing that the park is at the end of the road; reading a good book - or even a not-so-good book; playing music.

I thought GP could give you a slip and then its a 'walk in' clinic at Dulwich Hospital..Has it changed?? If not, don[t see GP couldn't do a slip and send you there. Get to Dulwich H early or there's a big queue. H

alice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > get a clipboard and stop every 5th person on rye > lane in peckham tomorrow > > youre wasting your time here Good suggestion about a clipboard in Peckham but WHY is the OP 'wasting their time here'? Plenty of people from Peckham/Peckham Rye etc. on the forum...COuld be this is only one of severla ways in which they OP is trying to gather information (or at least I hope so)...

Do you mean the Maxted Road Wildlife Garden??? Its lovely,and well worth a visit but as you say not a wood! Head to Sydenham Hill Woods - start at Cox's Walk and walk up to it if you're already near Lordship Lane... Also many of the parks/wildlife areas around here do things like 'Dawn Chorus' bird walks a bit later in the Spring - you'd be amazed at the variety of birds etc. in Peckham Rye Park for example. Katzenbaer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi all, > > Recently moved to ED and fancied some nice > rambling among the birds and trees. I'm based near > Lordship Lane and London Wildlife Trust suggests > my nearest place is the Bellenden Road Nature > Garden. Going to check it out at some point but is > there anything a little more woodlandy about? > Where are your favourite ambling routes? > > Thanks!

Had the same - been up since 5:30 (not because of planes just up early) but know they woke my eldest... Some really loud ones around six as I was sitting on the balcony - not good a plane spotting so can't say what they were). You'd certainly be raising your voice (not shouting quite) to have yourself heard by someone next to you)! I have a fairly clear skyline for abour 180 degrees of sky so can see them coming in just about constantly from the E/NE... We're east wide of Peckham Rye Common. I was interested in the other thread's thoughts about the variations within localities as perhaps a partial explanation for the widely varying 'experience' the noise they generate.. Where are you wavyline girl??? HP wavyline girl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If anyone has any doubts about the level of air > traffic, maybe they should come round now and look > out my window. > It has been constant since the early hours of the > morning, one plane isn't out of sight before the > next one comes over. > The noise is continuous at peak periods. > Fabfor,I have written to my local mp (Harriet > Harman)about the issue. > I can't find the email address you mention, so I > was unable to send you a copy.

Senor Chevalier Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We had originally specified dalsouple but we were > told that they had stopped supplying small > quantities for residential and were focusing on > larger commercial contracts so that's when we > switched to Nora which is a very similar product. > I'm sure either would be great and if you can get > hold of the dalsouple in a sensible quantity then > go for it! What a shame!Good to know though - had it lined up for my kitchen - used to do it with sparkly bits and all sorts! That small Clerkenwell company seem to do it unless their site's out of date - but maybe only if you commission them to do the job?

If you want something similar but in a really wide range of colours(80 plus) Dalsouple's great. Hard wearing, comes in various thicknesses so maybe less of a flat floor issue... Used in Museums for areas of high footfall so tough stuff... SEe: http://www.drfrubberflooring.com/dalsouple-rubber-flooring-all-products http://www.clerkenwellflooring.co.uk/clerkenwell_flooring_manufacturer_dalsouple.shtml

I guess even if school's know that the strike's confirmed in advance, they need to work out how feasible it is to staff safely and stay open which can't be easy, but sympathise with parents/carers given little notice. ... Ivydale handled it well, by sending a preliminary message a while ago about the strike and possibility of closure, saying they would confirm when they knew whether the school would be able to open or not. They have now confirmed they'll be closed. HP

Read this for a 'corrective' view: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-04/michie-peppa-pig/4998850 Get a grip people!

fazer71 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Brockley meeting. 18th March 2014 > > I attended. > > Heathrow were there ?but not the air traffic > control people? they did a long presentation of > aircraft data with a nice PowerPoint lots of > charts satellite images and flight path data with > images from webtrack. > Brockley Forest Hill and East Dulwich in the worst > bit a joining circle of highest noise. > At the end of the presentation Heathrow view was > nothing has changed since 1998 ?other than an > increase in the landing approach height for some > aircraft.? > > Residents from Forest Hill and Dulwich Village > also attended and surprisingly others from > Coulsdon which is way out under the holding stack > zone. > > Heathrow admitted they?ve had a big increase in > complaints since Nov 2012 > ?It?s also my experience that is around the time I > noticed noise levels had increased becoming > intense and intrusive in East Dulwich so no > coincidence. I?m not the only person who?s noticed > so I?m not going Mad ! phew? > > Heathrow have absolutely no idea why people are > noticing the noise more than prior to Nov 2012. > It is very odd that the complaints have increased > after the END of the trials.! > > SO It?s a mystery for Heathrow and for us. > > Possible answers. > > 1. Webtrack data is wrong / inaccurate and the > flight paths have changed. Heathrow stand by their > data but can we trust it? (V possible) > 2. Following the trial people have a heightened > sensitivity. This is Heathrow?s current possible > answer. IMO doesn?t make sense. (unlikely) > 3. The density of the air over South London has > changed more humid causing an increase in sound > transfer. (V unlikely) > 4. Some element/s on aircraft or engine design has > increased the high pitch whistling noise. Heathrow > don?t believe anything technical on the aircraft > has changed. An instrument hole on the wings of > the A320 is known to cause a whistling noise they > are looking at shielding the hole to stop the > noise. It is also possible the engine turbines on > newer aircraft emit the sounds which annoy at > approach speeds a noise the older jets didn?t > make. It?s also possible that some other technical > change has created the noise, a combination of > elements. Also this may be a noise which falls > outside the test noises which aircraft > manufacturers need to control. (V possible) > > Heathrow appear to be taking the post Nov 2012 > noise increase issues very seriously they assured > us they are working to find the cause and an > answer. > They will put sound monitoring equipment in > Brockley. (too late imho no data available for pre > and post 1998) > > > In the opinion of the many locals Webtrack data is > inaccurate or just not precise enough to show the > changes. Heathrow say you can?t compare Webtrack > with looking in the sky as the human eye can?t > judge how high and how far away the aircraft are. > (umm V possible) > > Some believe Webtrack data has been tampered with > they don?t trust Heathrow. > V possible as there?s no independent data. > Heathrow have everything to gain by tweaking it. > > Quite possible Webtrack doesn?t show that the > flight corridors have narrowed since Nov 2012 > causing noise in certain areas to be amplified, > resulting in consistent constant noise in the same > locations for those residents (reflection from > hard surfaces amplifying noise etc) which may have > resulted in the noise impact becoming more and > more noticeable for those residents. > > Something I learnt which is counter intuitive, a > higher approach by a lot of aircraft is more > noticeable than a lower approach, as the aircraft > are more visible and the spread of noise is > carried over a wider area, basic triangulation > from a greater height. So the increased height > isn?t better and may be contributing. > > > Overall quite frustrating for those of us who are > affected and also for Heathrow (at least the bit > of Heathrow who attended) as they don?t have an > answer but they know something is definitely > different. Thanks for the feedback on the meeting. HP

PokerTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think it's fantastic. I love every bit of it. I'll second this. Sure the artist didn't cover costs and what a great way to use a tree stump. Bah humbug to naysayers! Personally my kids and I are just going to enjoy looking at it as we pass.

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The responses do seem overwhelmingly negative > though. I gave up on them about three years ago > after several years of bad service as it became > clear they are running it mainly for profit. At > best it feels like a triage centre and, aside from > the stress that goes with not being able to get an > appointment when you need one, it troubled me that > they were totally unable to look beyond the most > obvious symptom to a more holistic view. You need > your GP to take the context and history into > account. The surgery I moved to is a delight. Which did you move to? Would be grateful to know as looking to do the same. HP

hpsaucey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > El Pibe Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > for the emigr?s and in case people haven't seen > it > > > > > > The blurb said "The piece, sculpted from a > damaged > > tree, is based on the notion of unity and > > friendship ? feelings Morganico felt were > rooted > > in the local area." > > > > Clearly morganico hasn't been on the edf ;-P > > > > The EDF is often the acerbic 'pithy' side of the > 'local area'. Perhaps he has visited Nunhead and > the piece is based on that.... Darn - I'm a Nunheadian but I've blown it by revealing my pithy side...

El Pibe Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > for the emigr?s and in case people haven't seen it > > > The blurb said "The piece, sculpted from a damaged > tree, is based on the notion of unity and > friendship ? feelings Morganico felt were rooted > in the local area." > > Clearly morganico hasn't been on the edf ;-P > The EDF is often the acerbic 'pithy' side of the 'local area'. Perhaps he has visited Nunhead and the piece is based on that....

Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Of course the planes fly over us. They have done > for the 26 years that I have lived here and > decades before. > > You don't like planes. Move. > > They have been here longer than you. Until > Politicians build a lovely new airport in a big > green field in Kent or Essex, they will be flying > over for many many decades to come. Christ - deja vu... Sure we've been round this argument more than once in the past 12 pages...

Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Would it? Guess it depends if you fancy doing yoga in Peckham Rye or not... Personally, I like to have options, so for me yes. For you, obviously not .....

SeanHitz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi everyone, > > I posted this link because I thought the readers > of edf might be interested in the article about a > new local business in the area (admittedly maybe > my subject line wasn't best chosen - I could've > explained it more I suppose). I did not write the > piece, all the quotes are genuine, and it was > written by a member of the editorial team of the > evening standard, whom I had never met before the > interview took place. Just to make it clear this > is not an advertising piece, and we had no control > over the headlines used. > > Make of it what you will, but hopefully some > people will have enjoyed it, or maybe even found > it helpful to know about. > > Ianr, she is very well balanced actually, I'd be > happy to bring her round your house to meet you if > you want? Guessing the journalist doesn't live round here then judging by what they wrote. On another note though, have you got a website?? Would be great if you posted a link to it in the `Business' or 'Whats on' sections... HP

DulwichFox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And we have places like The Patch... > > ?7.50 for Soup. ?3.50 for Bread & Butter. > > ?11.00 for Soup and Bread. > > Making East Dulwich that little bit special. > > DulwichFox. Cor - that would have to be SOME soup and bread.

PeckhamRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Give me Nunhead any day..... .... .... Shhhh - don't tell anyone! If you tell them they may come!