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This is just dreadful. Do you have this woman's contact details? These are probably the last things on your mind at the moment while you are looking after your poor puppy, but firstly, the dog who attacked is clearly both dangerous and out of control. Can it be reported to the police? Secondly, surely the owner is responsible for your vet bills? I do hope your puppy recovers quickly and so do you and your husband and children. It must have been really traumatic for all of you. Some people just shouldn't have dogs if they don't know how to train them.

Sorry to be dim. Was that coming from the shop itself, or from customers? I'd have thought the shop would have some sort of large business bin, in which case presumably Tesco will as well?

Yes I saw that. I'm not intending to give them money! I just wonder why, if they are actually collecting money under false pretences (rather than not having gone through the proper channels) they have not been prosecuted?

When you say "scam", do you mean that the money collected is not going to where they say it is?

There's a Library of Things in East Dulwich now, based at the Leisure Centre. https://participate.libraryofthings.co.uk/dulwich If you click on "Explore the Things" the things don't seem to be specific to Dulwich, so I'm not sure if every library has every thing, but there is a Rug Doctor and a steam cleaner on the list (not specifically an upholstery cleaner).

I don't know if he treats babies, but Daniel, the chiropractor at Dulwich Chiropractic in Crystal Palace Road, is absolutely fantastic. https://www.dulwichchiropractic.co.uk/

The palm was once decorated with Hamlet scarves, I seem to recall. And there has been a small Christmas tree on Goose Green some years. I think it was connected with a primary school?

Like what I posted, you mean? 🤣

I did delete the contents, but I got a message saying I couldn't have an empty post.

Link already posted above, sorry, but I can't delete the post.

What sort of rubbish?

Dear oh dear. Things have gone very wrong, haven't they? On the face of it, it seems to be a result of very poor management at some higher level, and a lack of thinking things through before implementing changes? What a mess.

It's about othering (and also stereotyping), isn't it. Unfortunately it seems to be a sort of human knee jerk reaction to perceived differences, which sadly has awful consequences for individuals and groups of people. Unfortunately also some insecure people bait and bully other people because it makes them feel superior.

Although that is true, Royal Mail could probably have found a suitable bigger alternative site in SE22 (I think at least one was suggested to them) rather than trying to combine it with the existing Peckham site and expecting people in East Dulwich to pick up parcels etc from there.