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I too can highly recommend Maurice Yeoman who has just transformed a very grim old bathroom into a warm, stylish lovely room. He also installed a radiator in a very chilly downstairs shower room (now toasty warm) which required some knotty problem solving. As Eleanor Rose says, he is very fair in his pricing, an excellent communicator and a lovely chap to have around the house. I wish he could be my resident handy man! contact: Maurice on 07837 168978

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Was very excited this morning to see a peregrine falcon perching on the ridge tiles of a house at the back of me (I live at the bottom of Henslowe backing on to Friern). I know they are nesting on the top of Tate Britain but don't know how far they range out from there. Perhaps it was one of last years youngster's and is looking for a home in the suburbs away from Ma and Pa - Dawsons Heights would be a good place for a new peregrine pad! Has anyone else seen it locally? They are quite distinctive - bigger and slimmer in shape to a pigeon, very hooked beak, brown back and head but whitish under chin and cheek patches with pale fawny white breast rippled with brown flecks. Anntidote

I'm interested and shamefacedly admit I've never seen a production there although have visited.

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What a fantastic article - well worth a look, thanks for the link ed_pete!

Count me in for Henslowe Road.... Archie having gone missing twice, it was good to have forum support. First time he was badly injured in a possible road accident, second time I think he must have been shut in someone's house for five days over a Bank holiday. He's become infamous at the lower end of Henslowe. He and Pearl have hooked up with Pal Joey from a few doors up.... Annie

I too am really interested in learning more about crow culture having observed the birds on the Rye...... have just received a great book as a birthday present, have only just dipped into it but it's fascinating and beautifully written. It's only just out (in hardback), called 'Crow Country' by Mark Cocker, essentially about Norfolk where he lives but in his quest to learn more he travels all over the UK. Highly recommended. Anntidote

Has anyone tried the salsa classes that seem to run regularly at the EDT? I am now what might be classed as of a mature vintage, would I be hopelessly out of place and pace?

Apologies if I've missed a thread but has anyone more info. on Le Chandelier set to open in a couple of weeks? It's next to Cafe Noodle and opposite Mrs. Robinson - chap decorating said it was going to be an antique shop/ tearoom/restaurant (it will be licensed) ... from my limited glimpse it looks kind of rococo swanky.

Seriously folks this has become a very urgent and worrying issue. Those of us that live in the vicinity are somewhat aghast at the scale of the new proposals and the impact they will have on the houses and streets around the school. 350 girls was one thing ....950 boys on such a small site is quite another! Local residents are not against the development of the site as a school or sixth form centre but not on this scale and housed in a new 4 storey building that will cover most of the site. There is an urgent campaign to get a proper consultation exercise done and local councillors etc are now involved. A website has just been set up - very new so more stuff is to be added. Take a look and lend your support if you can. www.edge-campaign.co.uk

So glad it's another happy ending - my cat Archie went missing (but returned) a couple of weeks ago and support from other 'posters' on the forum was really supportive. Some mogs are destined to be a constant source of worry...while I was chilling on the South Bank yesterday at the RFH re-opening I got a call from a chap a few doors away who still had one of my leaflets, to say Archie was playing with a stag beetle in his garden. I was a bit anxious as to what I might find on my return but thankfully he was still in one piece and no sign of the stag beetle.

Went there last night for first time and can highly recommend - little gem of a place. Excellent food and service (chef is a woman by the way) and we didn't smell of cooking afterwards. It's pretty and original - small garden looked inviting but We sat inside. There are outside tables on pavement area - only possible drawback are skulking hoodies who occasionally drift past, having been mugged around there a few years ago I took a minimalist handbag (in terms of contents for a laydee) with me.

GOOD NEWS - the wanderer has returned. Got back home after another gloomy trek round putting up posters and lo and behold there he was, sitting in the hall looking very pleased with himself. He's hungry but very lively, can only think he must have been shut in by someone over the Bank holiday weekend. This cat has caused me to age prematurely and must now surely be very low on lives! Thanks to all, your support has been great, much appreciated.