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Hi there, you're unlikely to be in the catchment for Horniman from underhill as it's minuscule but would definitely be in the catchment for Goodrich. For secondary you'd be in the catchment for Sydenham girls and Harris ED but also probably for charter Ed from the pattern of the last couple of years - not in previous years - but possibly on the waiting list rather than getting a place on offers day. It's of course hard to know for sure what the secondary situation will be when your daughter reaches 11 but that's the current situation at least. Hope that helps x

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I'm relieved to hear that you've been able to adopt several cats through Celia Hammond Redjam and yes it's baffling that your experience is so different! I wonder if it depends which individual you are being vetted by, it doesn't sound like everyone is told the same criteria at all. I don't mean to put anyone off trying to adopt either, those cats and kittens all need a home! I might actually call them to clarify and post their advice here if I can get some.

It does suggest that which is why it's such a surprise that it's very rare that someone is deemed to have a good enough home. Perhaps if they didn't turn people down for reasons such as having a job, they would be in less crisis, just think it might be worth them thinking about.

I agree that it's important to neuter cats but as I've said on a previous thread a while ago, I only know one person who was allowed to adopt a cat through Celia Hammond. I know at least 15 who have been turned down for reasons including They live on a road, not a busy road. Just a road. They won't commit to not letting the cat go outside for fresh air even in a secure garden. They have a job and don't commit to being at home all day every day. These aren't reasons given in special circumstances for a traumatised cat, they are just reasons that have ruled out both me and everyone I know from being seen as adequate adopters. I think it's incredibly upsetting that Celia Hammond have 'so many cats needing homes and are at breaking point, in crisis' while still deciding on behalf of the cats that 9/10 times they would rather live in a cage than with someone who couldn't afford not to work or a can't afford a house that isn't on a road. The criteria essentially rule out anyone who isn't landed gentry. I know someone will reply saying 'well I was allowed to adopt' or 'my friend has a friend who was allowed to adopt' but I'm simply relaying my own experience and that of many many people I know. It really needs to be examined.

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Even discounting by 50% wouldn't bring their prices to an appropriate place, it's crazy. They label items of clothing from high street shops as twice as expensive as they would have been new. If something has a high end label they price it as it would have been brand new regardless of the condition. I heard someone question this with the manager the other day, they wanted to buy a very bobbly cashmere jumper with a big moth hole in it that was priced at £70. They asked the manager why it was priced so highly when it was in poor condition and ventured that in another charity shop it might be £5 and the manager said that when they got a designer or high end high street label item donated they googled to check what it was priced originally and priced it similarly. A friend went there recently because they needed the buy a plain white shirt for their teenager for a school performance and there were 2 white shirts there, one £50 and one £80. A worn pair of Nike air force 1 were priced at £40 last time I was there. it's crackers

That's fantastic news!

If my memory serves me correctly Beansprout has been on the forum at least as long as the fifteen years I've been. If you've been part of a community for a long period then you don't just lose interest if you move out if it, there are lots of people on here who moved out of SE22 years ago, maybe they grew up here, had a family here, longed to stay here having lived here for decades because it felt like home but couldn't afford to. It's not odd that someone who has invested a large part of their life in a certain community doesn't just erase it from their mind if they move out. I grew up and lived in BlackHeath for 25 years, went through many rites of passage there, witnessed the births and deaths and weddings of my friends, knew every shop keeper, every square foot of the place, had many of the most formative and important experiences of my life there, and ultimately that will always be the place I think of as home. If someone had questioned or mocked why I remained interested in the community after I moved to ED I would have been perplexed to say the least.

Adrian is really great

Unless you're 5 years old or have been living in a cave for several decades you can't be for real. I don't believe that you're genuinely confused by this, no one who has access to newspapers, the tv news, the internet would ask this. Either you're an infant, or have recently woken up from a coma after decades, or you're a supercilious tw*t

If you don't innately know from a human perspective why it's not tasteful to ask 'what's the latest on the court case??' then I can't really explain it I guess. I suspect the family are finding the concept of the circumstances being hashed out in court and the papers quite distressing so although I'm sure they are touched by the support and outpouring of affection for Akif I don't think they want the private details to be a 'matter of local interest.' If people are desperate to keep up to date with the court case they can google it. It doesn't need to be discussed on a local forum. Just a bit of basic decorum and sensitivity really.

Might it be more respectful to refrain from asking this on a local forum which his family are on as if it's merely akin to casually asking if anyone has heard what's happening with the empty shop space next to Oliver Bonas or if anyone knows which dentists are taking on new patients? Christ. Google it if you're that interested. They are a real family and this isn't a Reddit discussion on a true crime documentary. Extraordinary

David at Mr Simms sweet shop has also been collecting donations so between you you will have raised a really good amount to do something to pay tribute to Akif. 👍🏼

I have a vague memory that the bird was called snowball