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We are looking for help with our 15 month old son during a busy work period (late January to early March) at our home in East Dulwich. He attends nursery full time but we would like assistance in the evenings from around 5:30-8:30pm and/or some weekend hours. We can be somewhat flexible with specific hours / number of days and duration. Happy to provide more details by phone or message.

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Thanks penguin always wondered about that place and that’s way more info than I ever thought I would get (used to live above a gun nut on friern road - he would tell me nothing)

There was a Saturday afternoon crowd of enthusiasts, and at other times the owner might have been off acquiring stock. He also repaired air guns, which he also sold. He stocked edged weapons, uniforms, including antique uniforms, air guns and ammo and starting pistols and shot. Some medals and other militaria. Quite a lot of ex service chit chat on a Saturday. I had an amateur interest, didn't deal a lot, in English pattern swords and other mainly 19th century militaria. And made some good purchases there. I'm afraid WWII and later events was the major focus of most of the regulars.

Did anyone actually venture in to that place? I recall it always being closed/very uninviting!

Haha, very droll. Or, you could simply ask all park users on paved areas to be mindful of other users- dogs should be kept on lead and not allowed to career around paved areas, toddlers and young children carefully supervised, and cyclists or other wheelers, observe park speed limits and always give way to pedestrians.

Clearly you missed the irony and play on words with Re-leash the Hounds... Also "me and my cohort"?! I have a cohort? Wow. Can anyone who is in my cohort raise their hand? It's just that I didn't know I had a cohort and I should probably do something about it. Some kind of induction day for starters.. Do I need to do anything else? I can supply some left over mince pies.

But as Southwark have set a speed limit for all vehicles of 5mph on a shared use route off the public highway then that is the speed limit that applies to all vehicles is it not? Well if someone was driving at faster than 5mph on the shared use route then clearly Southwark could issue a PCN...but then they could issue a PCN for cyclists too couldn't they? This is basically the same instance highlighted in the original post...in this situation a speed limit on a shared use route off the public highway applies to all vehicles does it not? Are they are vehicle...this vehicle issue appears to be your argument's Achiiles Heal! Only in the areas where it is required I presume - I know how you and many of your cohort on here are so keen on the application of rules and regulations to the letter (for cars)! 😉

I'm going to set up a campaign advising people to put their dogs back on leads. I'll call it Re-leash The Hounds.

Perry Bamonte from The Cure.. Just 65 years old.

Within Peckam Rye Park, it is my understanding that dogs are ideally kept on lead on paved areas (unless obedient), they must be on lead around the pond and inside the Japanese and American Gardens, and they are not allowed at all in the Arboretum, which is fenced off. Dogs are allowed off lead on any of the playing fields and within the wooded area. Dogs do need areas in which they can run free. Clearly if there is a football game or similar then it is sensible to keep your dog on a lead (but not a requirement). However, unless your dog is very obedient, you'll probably put them on a lead rather than face irate football players. In any park it is probably wise and safer to have your dog on a shorter lead on any paved areas, likely to be used by cyclists and even cars- unless you have a dog that will walk to heel no matter what is going on. But, in my view, this should not give cyclists permission to use paved areas as race tracks- it may not be law but it is sensible and more fair to other park users, most of which are likely to be pedestrians.

It hasn't established that at all. You've provided no actual link to any official sources, you've just stated your belief. And you didn't answer the question as to what you'd do if Southwark started issuing PCNs for drivers exceeding this 5mph, just tried to turn it around and avoid it.

Why would mice move? It’s not so much they move as multiply and spread copy and paste rather than cut and paste mice can and should be dealt with. But not easily or with guarantees i would say most people in se22 reading this have mice. Whether they know it or not

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We have a good one if you’re still looking, happy to sell for cheap.

If a food outlet has a mouse problem then it's likely to stay there until the outlet runs out of food, unless it's adjacent to other food outlets. Why would the mice move? And mice can be dealt with. If you are prepared to pay for it. Which, with some proprieters, is a very big if. I have no evidence that the problem has reoccured in its new inception, although obviously good owners keep the focus on good hygiene. You win the battle but the war continues.

I suspect if one place has a real mouse problem, most of the adjacent properties do too in my experience London generally, and East Dulwich for sure, has significant mouse issues so I always feel bad when a single place is called out

Just as a little follow up: Grace Dent called this place opposite Brockwell Park one of her best restaurants of the year. Quite an achievement - and it looked pretty busy when I passed by last week. Well done to them! https://www.theguardian.com/food/2025/dec/28/many-over-hyped-london-restaurants-grace-dent-best-restaurants-of-2025-review