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summerjt Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Read this thread with interest, thanks everyone > for their views on the subject. I'll throw my > twopence worth into the ring - what do people > think about security cameras (CCTV) in Lordship > Lane? Are there any? Should there be? I know in > Camberwell there are loads around Camberwell > Green. Not sure what effect it has on crime, but > I reckon it has an effect on so-called antisocial > behaviour. It's worth reading this. One argument against CCTV states that it's akin to 'bobbies on the beat', ie a vote-winner and ineffectual. http://www.glalibdems.org.uk/resources/index/Policing%20London

It's not about 'getting over it'. If you're a vitim of crime, my deepest sympathies etc. It's beating the drums and working people up into an abject fear of anyone who isn't exactly like them that is the problem. It tends to result in things like erosion of civil liberties, 'if you're not guilty you've nothing to hide'-type laws, and intolerance. Which is worse than the statistically-unlikely (to ED residents) crimes you're so afraid of.

puzzled Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > tesco and sainsbury don't seem likely to me. and > there is no evidence that foxtons are closing. *cancels subscription to ED forum*

nunheadbelle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well Tesco have made massive profits, even with > the credit crunch, so opening more shops seems to > be on their agenda. > Someone else said that there was a Tesco opening > in those new units at the top of Rye Lane. > > Nunheadbelle i also heard Foxtons was closing and we were getting a Sainsbury's Local on LL. *grows old*

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Pardon me but why don?t you take your indignant > self-righteousness and shove it up your arse. Yeah > there?s always been a lot of crime. So does that > mean that people can?t get angry about it and want > to do something about it? What do you suggest? Vigilantes? More bobbies on the beat? Because they are really effective. Do you think if we all work together hard enough we can stamp out crime? Because I don't. Maybe one of those fat cats up at City Hall could ban crime completely?

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But what does "getting angry and doing something > about it?" amount to Brendan > > If you live in any major city and get angry every > time there is a mugging or burglary you will > explode Posting half-remembered descriptions of suspicious people on an internet forum, I think.

lindylou Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Crime rate in south london has always been high. > What do you expect. In fact, since its become a > yuppie area its gone nup. Rich pickings ets. > Dont get me wrong i am not condoing it but the > bottom end of east of east dulwich borrders on > peckham rye. Have lived in the earea all my liife > and am used to it, so i would say get used to it, > or if you dont like it, move on. Indeed. There's always those 'gated communities' you hear about out in Surrey if the fear of being a victim of crime gets too much. I hear they interview everyone for suitability before they let you live there as well. In some ways, it's perfect for many EDites.

Hoe does everyone on this thread know the amounts of money that were being taken out?

SeanMacGabhann Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >it promotes the idea that you are > about to be a victim every minute Combine that with countless posts on here about 'suspicious man' (no crime committed) etc - if you didn't read this forum I imagine you'd not have a care in the world. Try living somewhere that's actually dangerous for a bit and then come back to me.

See CAMRA's press release earlier today re: just what it all means for booze-only pubs who don't subsidise their income with club nights / upmarket bangers and mash : http://www.camra.org.uk/page.aspx?o=302803

David Mc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh WTF - can someone PM me with the details of a > reliable dealer?! Perhaps better placed in the > "questions you never dared to ask" thread!!! Hmm... the oldest policeman's trick in the book... the old 'PM me their number' sting..

chrisz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anyone know if the old nuns head does pizza? > > Chrisz No ? it does a kind of British pub menu ? they do things with goat?s cheese and that kind of thing. It always looks nice though

Ambitious? They hope to be turning over mansions in Sevenoaks before long?

stereforth Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In the early 90's my wife worked in the Ivydale > road area. She knew of a cab firm nearby that > would, for a fiver, deliver a joint to your door. > Now that's what I call service. Ah, there are plenty of those still around... *taps nose*

I will quite happily hammer hard on someone's windscreen with my fist to get their attention. Scares the living daylights out of idiot car drivers. Of which there are many in London.

lilolil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For Lenk.... > T H E B I K E W A S L O C K E D U P!!!!!!!! > > (capitals because it seems you have difficulty > reading) > THATS ENOUGH NOW!!!!!! MOVE ON!!!!!! [overnight]

Goodliz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We have seen this happen on loads of occasions. > Cars stopping and people getting in and out > quickly etc. The streets round here are so quiet > and free of police that dealing drugs is easy. I love that you can phone for anything at any time of night and someone will bring it to you regardless of where you live within half an hour, it's why I live in London : )

lilolil Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Clinker Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Lilolil, > > I am surprised that bike has lasted there so > > long!!! :-S For starters, the tree you refer > to > > is only an inch thick. It's a wonder someone > > hasn't taken a penknife to the tree before now > to > > free the bike and take the whole thing home > with > > them > > > What exaggeration OMG!!!!!! AND if you had taken > the trouble to read the previous post regarding > the bike being actually stolen, you would have > seen that it wasnt at that location at the > time!!!!!! > It is upsetting when comments are made that > detract from the friendliness of this forum. We > accept that it is not an ideal place to keep the > bike overnight, and if there was an alternative, > obviously that is where it would be!!!!!!! > I shall not be responding to any more posts of > this nature!!!!!! But... a bike was left outside overnight... If you'd posted saying that you'd left your car unlocked and was amazed to find someone had stolen it, would you expect sympathy?

vallajo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- You'd be astounded by how many former > stockbrokers/barristers/property developers have > lost six figure sums in the restaurant trade In all my years in the music industry, the ex-stockbroker piling thousands into a band to fulfil that lifelong dream which then failed abysmally was always the most depressing aspect of the job.. Yeah I think the problem with the Duke is that no-one who has owned it recently has stopped for a minute to think 'what pubs are good in London?' 'Why do I like them?' 'How could that work in an area like Nunhead?' It's not a 'destination' pub, it's a local. They should look at what makes a local a good local.

They should theme it on William Burrough's The Naked Lunch. Maybe rename it 'Interzone' and lose the straight-out-of-Mapp and Lucia name...

You simply have to want your bike more than a passing thief would want it. If that means stripping it clean bar the frame when you leave it, then so be it. My bike is locked up with around ?100 of locks - I rarely leave it for more than an hour in Central London, and would never leave it overnight anywhere. There are people in London that actually steal large bits of street furniture to sell for scrap, so a bike is a doddle...

I was minding my own business trying to buy some drugs on my BMX the other day in East Dulwich, when out of the corner of my eye I noticed a bloke fiendishly tapping away on a laptop using the EDT's free wi-fi - though having purchased nothing as far as I can tell. This simply has to stop.

flipbrit Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Lenk, please clarify the statement on the US > police? Any issues with them? 'Tolerance' isn't really taught to the police over there. Oh yeah and they have tazers, and will happily use them. In my experience they are largely humourless, intimidating and naive to what you would call empathetic policing.

flipbrit Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Lenk, please clarify the statement on the US > police? Any issues with them? 'Tolerance' isn't really taught to the police over there. Oh yeah and they have tazers, and will happily use them. In my experience they are largely humourless, intimidating and naive to what you would call empathetic policing.

Try dealing with Spanish / US / Italian police I'd rather our ineffectual blunderers than what they have.