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thanks for the info.

thanks Spartacus I have a wordpress website & am also planning to add a shop to that - I was enquiring about Facebook in case it was easier / cheaper for now as I get more enquiries via my Facebook business page & Instagram than my website. Any feedback on shops for Wordpress (or even swapping to Shopify if that?s easier to set up) would be great!

I?m a textile artist and am thinking of getting a Facebook shop for my business page - does anyone in a similar art/design business have one and if so, is it worth setting one up? Have you linked it to Instagram? Any pros & cons ? At the moment I sell work through Instagram even though my posts aren?t currently ?shoppable? ...

Like many other people, we are hoping to go away for a short break any time from April 12th if there are still any self catering properties left this year! Ideally we'd like something for 2 people with a sea view where we can just sit and relax if the weather is bad - it can be anywhere in England. If we can't find anything with a sea view, then any great view will do! Thanks for any recommendations.

We have a Whatsapp group for our street and lots of residents have also had numerous problems with post taking up to 2 months to arrive, and many mis-directed letters. No post at all this week. I tried sending a complaint to royal mail but just got an automated reply. Hope your recorded letter arrives, Fwomble. The problem with 'recorded delivery' is that it is no more secure than ordinary 1st class mail - as far as I'm aware it is not tracked en route, just 'signed for' on receipt, whereas 'special delivery' aka next day delivery is tracked all the way and should always arrive by 1pm the next day...

Thanks for the link, mancity68 - so now I know!!

Update - answered by ManCity68 below:- I keep seeing this smiley face graffiti in various places eg Catford, East Dulwich + Tulse Hill - does anyone know any more about it? The smiley yellow faces look like they are the yolks of an egg or something....

We have just received 2 separate notices from the council because apparently we drove along Burbage/ Turney roads & the 2nd Dulwich village northbound towards Pickwick road. Has anyone else had similar notices and appealed successfully? Seems likethe reatrictions are only at cerain hours of the day to coincide with school drop-off & pickups maybe?

My partner has written a 330 page novel during the pandemic and has finished the first draft. He would like to get one copy of the first draft printed, cut and bound cheaply as it will need further editing. Anyone know where he can get one copy done? There's also an option for him to print it on A4 paper himself in which case he would just need to find somewhere to get it cut to A5 sized sheets and bound. He knows this may have to be ring bound for the draft - that's fine. After that he'd also be interested in finding out about short run self publishing suggestions too. Thanks for any suggestions, either local or others where they would post it back.

As we all know ED forum is really great for selling things (we?ve sold a car, bikes, furniture etc et on it) Does anyone know of any other good forums in the UK (preferably but not necessarily local) as I?d lie to maximise my chances of selling a range of items quickly. A lot of the other local ones don?t really seem to have a ?for sale? section .... thanks for any suggestions

Thankyou for all those suggestions - I'll pass them on.

that's really helpful, thanks Nigello!

My friend is 62 and not eligible for a flu jab on the NHS according to his surgery. He's tried LlOyds pharmacy but they are out of stock and the nearest place he has found is Borough high st. Does anyone know somewhere nearer (and not in the congestion zone)? He knows he'll have to pay but as long as it's not a ridiculous Harley st type price that's ok.... thanks

We?re in a 1st floor flat & our neighbours downstairs had rats under their shed - they saw them walking around their garden, looking in their patio window!! The pest controller said there has been an influx of rats moving to domestic properties this year since lockdown when all restaurants closed & they went into our drains to find food. Send a PM i you need details of the pest control firm & I?ll get details from the neighbours.

Here?s a list of some of the fantastic restaurants & food chains offering free food for kids in South London - sorry it?s just a screenshot attached -it was forwarded too me by a friend . se

I've read through all the above comments - if anyone has a link to any online site selling reusable N99 + N95 masks that would be helpful as I can only find disposable ones ....

------------------------------------------------------- If anyone (in particular artists and craftspeople) has experience of selling direct from a store on their website - or Instagram - or anywhere online where you can just click and buy, can you let me know the pros + cons of each? I currently sell through actual galleries (so not so great at the moment with half of them closed) and get quite a lot of buyers contacting me via DM on Instagram, but I don't have Insta and facebook set up as a shopping portal. A friend sells direct from Facebook - any feedback on that would also be appreciated. I'm looking for something that looks good visually for my designs and artworks, user friendly for both customers and for me, and which also is not too expensive. Any recommendations or feedback would be great thanks.

I'm trying to download an electronic copy of the lease agreement for my flat which I own and which is in a block of 3 in Honor Oak as all 3 of us want to check the plans for who has access to which bits of the garden and shared roof etc. I've tried looking on the Govt land registry site but it's not clear how to do it - if anyone knows the direct link that would be great. I noticed there are several other sites advertising to sell e-copies of the lease with similar names to Land registry but I'm guessing they charge a rip-off price!

In case you're still looking, - I use FedEx via Parcels2go for small things like that - it usually costs around - ?22 and often arrives the next day! NB I am sending gifts not commercial items though.