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perhaps change the title to reduced service as the service has not been cut, and yes I agree with you it has become more infrequent than it previously was.

Obituary: June Brown https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43476603

Something uplifting for such an unmemorable day. Bootsy Collins - Ahh.. The Name Is Bootsy Baby!! Bootsy Collins - I'd Rather Be With You

Sephiroth wrote; "he didn't just lie - he legislated. People didn't see their relatives die" Yes totally agree with you, that was absolutely wrong.

Who cares about "partygate", so he lied, so what, he's a Minister of the Crown, all ministers of all parties don't always tell the truth. What we should be worried and be more vocal about right now are; i) Rise in inflation ii) Rise in cost of living iii) Rise in cost of gas, electricity and standing charges iv) War in Ukraine

Don't know about a stamp collection, but for unused stamps with the Queens head on them you can get a form from the Delivery/sorting office counter from end of this month, or the Royal Mail website. Unfortunately the Post Office for some unknown reason will not hold these forms (possibly to make the process more inconvenient). My understanding is and please correct if I'm wrong, that you then have to complete the form and send it with the stamps to the address on the form. They'll send you back replacement stamps. As a suggestion I'd count up how many 1st, 2nd and other stamps you have, keep a record and photographic evidence as proof just in case. IMO the process would have been far simpler if stamps could have been exchanged at a Post Office, (oh they shut the big post Office in Rye Lane and the one on Lordship Lane is a small one) Good Luck....

Diana Ross - Reach Out and Touch Somebody's Hand Diana Ross: Ain't No Mountain High Enough

NO "This isn't really going to work as inflation is going to kill us" a wholly inappropriate thing to say bearing in mind what is happening in the Ukraine NOW. "If you have savings and can't find a return to match inflation or partially live off the interest - your savings valie will fall." Agreed - that's why some people try and save for a "rainy" day. We've got the summer around the corner, what is concerning is though is that come late September this year through till March 2023, that's when it's going to get even harder and tougher for people and bills will be higher again than they are now. The Govt are unlikely to do anything else to help.

It took nearly 15 years before I was able to change insurers, OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

TSB are still in Peckham with a really friendly staff team.

And they'll charge more for the tariff so while you'll save on zero standing charge you'll pay more per KWh unit.

Admin, can I ask why this thread was moved from The General ED issues/Gossip section as it will affect people in ED to The Lounge "Thread from the Lounge impacts on people in SE22 (who use HSBC in Peckham)" I was trying to get it a wider audience. HSBC have already closed the ED and Camberwell branches. My banking branch elsewhere was closed over a year ago, so it is kind of important that as may people as possible are aware of what will happen and the likely impact it will have on them to continue to have access to HSBC banking counters and staff for other queries they may have.

Admin, can I ask why this thread was moved from The General ED issues/Gossip section as it will affect people in ED to The Lounge "Thread from the Lounge impacts on people in SE22 (who use HSBC in Peckham)" I was trying to get it a wider audience. HSBC have already closed the ED and Camberwell branches. My banking branch elsewhere was closed over a year ago, so it is kind of important that as may people as possible are aware of what will happen and the likely impact it will have on them to continue to have access to HSBC banking counters and staff for other queries they may have.

OK, ta

It's a banking space, not fussed if it's inviting or not, it's local and convenient, good enough for me. It has nothing to do with LB Southwark The bank and immediate surrounding area is better than other parts of Rye Lane I added the thread to the main section to give it a wider audience, what's the harm with that? Nigello Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Well, it can hardly be said to be an inviting > retail or banking space, can it? Perhaps if the > place kept as well as Walworth Road more people > would go there. (Yes, HSBC is the one who decided > to close it, not the council, but perhaps a bit of > TLC and a tidy up would create a more welcoming > and less-Threads experience.)

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Agreed, one more way to make the life of customers even more difficult and time consuming. Doesn't that just leave Barclay's and TSB as the only traditional bank's in Rye Lane. My understanding is that once the works at Peckham Rye Station are complete, the TSB branch will re-locate to else where on Rye Lane, but I don't know where.

Another weekend is just around the corner, so it's time for some "going home for the weekend" tunes. From all the way back to 1983, The Funkmasters, "Its Over" And then even further back to 1979, this time it's a Roy Ayres tune, "Don't stop the feeling"

A guess is that a fault is developing at a local sub station which maybe creating this flickering

Angelina Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > if you can find an energy supplier without > standing charges you might do well. > depends on the usage rates as well.. Oh, well, if you know a energy who doesn't charge a daily standing charge, do tell. ACtually it is a requirement of Ofgem for energy suppliers TO charge a daily standing charge, so unfortunately no getting away from it.

Honestly in the current market, I wouldn't recommend changing suppliers, if you do you're likely to get a worse deal then you currently are on. Lots of tariffs offered towards the end of last year/early this year have already been closed to new customers, because of the continued increase in wholesale prices. I'm with London Power, from April 2nd the estimated cost for my domestic gas and electricity will rise by ?700. And at the time the variable tariff I switched to still offered good prices for per KWh, as my fixed tariff deal came to an end in January. The real sucker in all of this is that energy providers have sky rocketed the cost of the standing daily charge, so much so it is more than the cost of per KWh in some cases, although these are pretty much fixed costs for the energy suppliers. If energy suppliers wanted to help customers they would curb the standing charge increases which they have forced on customers. By all means take a look at what's on offer, but I doubt you'll find a better deal for comparable usage.

When TW say "the shut-off valve is broken" just shows how poorly the system is maintained.

Please any updates Admin?

Got to say the sound from the last LG flat screen LCD TV I purchased from Richer Sounds, the sound had improved tremendously from the previous LG I had bought about 8 years earlier, and no need for a sound bar.

Have used Richer Sounds a couple of times and both experiences were good at there Croydon and Bromley stores. TV's are fairly straightforward to set up. Have been happy with LG, reliable, work well and easy to use.