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Dave at Norwood Roofing has just relaid our flat roof covering which was old and leaking. I was impressed by the communication (another roofer on this forum didn?t bother to text me back.) Dave came round the next day, arranged scaffolding for two days after that and the job was completed the following day. The work took one day, undertaken by Patrick but Dave was there in the morning and evening to oversee. They also regrouted/cemented/ made watertight my chimney pots (I learned a new word too ?flaunching?). Efficient, quick. Photos supplied by Dave pre and post look good to me. No leaks even in all this rain and snow. Cost ?3,300 (including scaffolding) which feels money well spent to get things watertight. I see an earlier person has mentioned Dave wanting to be paid quickly - he did expect half to be paid upfront (fair enough) and did specify (which I agreed to) to pay ?the rest on completion?. I was a bit surprised that he actually meant immediately - as in within the hour of completing the work. So probably worth being ready to pay the balance that quickly. I would recommend Dave and team & Id be very happy to use them again.
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YouTube has lots of videos of foxes stealing milk bottles.....https://youtu.be/N9LKAKdSzx4
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Recommended: brilliant builder for Victorian tiled path - Bujar Doda
Tanza replied to kittenheels's topic in Reviews
Hello - Just wanted to add my recommendation for Doda and his team who have just finished a Victorian tiled path at my house as well as painting a wall and digging and taking away a dead hedge. Very neat and tidy job and to a high standard. -
Anyone know Zoe Louise Norman? She's dropped something in Melbourne Grove she will be keen to get back. I've posted in Lost and Found but thought this might get more traffic. Thank you -
She dropped something in Melbourne Grove that she will be keen to have back!
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Anyone know a George Agar? Just found a card belonging to him on lordship lane.
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Had a similar problem - very motheaten carpets. I pulled them up sprayed all round skirting boards. Put new carpets down and let off these smoke ?bombs? in every room and the problem was sorted. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B011UZ8F6O?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf. Good luck! Edited to add - it?s not true to say I?ve never seen a moth since. Two years later I did another moth ?bomb? in the bedrooms just in case. I also keep moth hanging stickies in the wardrobes just to keep track - and I get the odd catch. The carpets are looking good two years? on but I?m ever vigilant. I sometimes spray in wardrobes just in case
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Ooh yes, I'd second the Mercato Metropolitano - which you could combine with either a walk into town (only about 15-20 mins walk to London Bridge/ river - and then either go left to the Tate Modern (great free views from the top) or paid-for views at the Shard. If yoru nephew liked the Imperial War Museum when he was young - it's been entirely renovated and is walking distance from the Mercato so could be worth a second look. On a different day - (and this is assuming he's done the typical tourist sites before and doesn't plan to re-do them) you could spend a morning around King's Cross area - my 14-year old likes this. The British Library is worth a look (for historical documents and original song lyrics etc) - also has a Captain Cook exhib on now, that is getting good reviews. Then there's cool Granary Square for lunch nearby and wandering about in (u can play table tennis inside the school of art, but possibly that's an uncool step too far). The nearby Wellcome Institute, walking distance on Euston Road, always has unusual free exhibitions and a gift shop that's proved a hit with my son's friends. Agree Camden is a good idea and the Rib experience sounds great too. And I nearly forgot - there is a really, really fascinating exhibition on at the V&A now called "The future is here" that my teen agreed is well worth seeing. Looks at how design and tech is shaping our world - that makes it sound boring, but it really was eye-opening stuff. It's a paid for one so you'd need to book. mrsparker Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We took my 12 year old nephew on the Thames Rib > Experience last summer. He absolutely loved it > (he's a premature moody teen ; > www.thamesribexperience.com > For an evening out how about Backyard Cinema at > MERCATO METROPOLITANO, you can mooch about > beforehand in the market, loads of amazing food. > Easy to get to too (40 or 176 bus)
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Thanks Ian! No the cat had never been to my house or street as far as we know before. And he was apparently unable to find his way home as he was extremely hungry when found.
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I was talking about this to friends last night and they said I should post the full story of this lost-and-found cat - that cat lovers might be interested or have a view about if the outcome was down to coincidence or a cat?s sense of smell. Also the Forum played a part in the story. On Saturday morning I heard a cat miaowing loudly and repeatedly right outside my house in Melbourne Grove (Colwell rd end). I opened my door and a little black cat shot into my house and started heading upstairs. I didn?t want to keep him or feed him but something felt like he might be lost so i checked the Forum and then put him back outside as there wasn?t anything matching him in Lost and Found. That night my friend Suzanne came to my house and she mentioned her cat had been missing for four days - he?s always wandered but never been away that long. I asked if she had put it on the forum and mentioned I?d checked it just that morning - and as I described the cat she said ?that sounds like my cat?. Cutting a long story short it turns out it was her cat (small black, mark in eye, tail v short) although I was still doubtful. That night Suzanne put her post up on the forum and the next morning put posters up round Melbourne Grove and Colwell rd hoping he?d still be in the area. (She lives in Danby st, Peckham). A call came in to say he?d been seen the night before in Colwell and later that day Colwell rd neighbours rang to say ?he?s here now?. I went to get him so a happy outcome. But I?m puzzled. Was it a massive coincidence that out of all East Dulwich and Peckham he turned up at my house - a friend of his owner? His owner Suzanne hadn?t been to my house in months. I wouldn?t have recognised her cat. But the previous weekend my husband and I had gone for lunch with Suzanne and family in a pub, then walked to her house, spent the day there (didn?t see her cat at all) and then we walked home to our house. Is it possible that somehow the cat picked up the scent in some way? Suzanne has now got a collar with a tracking device on it so we hope he won?t get lost again.
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Really pleased to report that the cat has been found - thanks to neighbours in Colwell road spotting him. He is back at home with his owner in Danby st - a little thinner but in good health.
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Buses in both directions blocking and stationary on hill by Sainsbury?s. 37 running. Forget he others up Denmark hill
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How is the BT service and speed then? Virgin Media is so poor we are looking to switch.
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I was called for jury service while at university - it came to my home address and my mum opened it up and turned it down on my behalf (thinking about it - that's probably illegal) and without telling me until a long time afterwards - saying I was studying in a different city and my studies would be affected if it was a long-running trial. I was disappointed when I found out and have never been called on again - or that I know about :)
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Hello - I've tried a few times to upload a picture (and it's very low res, under the file size) and my post just doesn't upload. Is there a problem with pix uploads?
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recommendation for sax instrument hire?
Tanza replied to Tanza's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Thank you - much appreciated nunheadmum -
Theatre for 6yo and 4yo - Wicked?
Tanza replied to Undiscovered's topic in The Family Room Discussion
I agree Lion King is ideal for all ages - and that's because it's basically a fancy panto so I would recommend that - although the tickets are ruinously expensive. I also think Wicked would be too full-on for little kids and Matilda is too long for the under sevens. I took my son to Oliver Twist (aged about 7 - too young and it was a very expensive mistake), to Railway Children (probably around the same age and he was bored, another waste of money, to War Horse - he just about 'got that' as he was bit older aged 10). he liked Matilda but was probably 10 or so. -
recommendation for sax instrument hire?
Tanza replied to Tanza's topic in The Family Room Discussion
Thank you very much to you both, much appreciated. -
My teenage son is keen to learn the sax but I don't want to buy an instrument until we see how he gets on - can anyone recommend somewhere I could hire one please? Or if someone has one that their child has cast off - perhaps I could have a long loan and we'd pay you instead? Thank you!
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We have until 5 June to fill in Southwark's Consultation about dog-related issues - consulting on a range of measures including the power to fine/tackle owners who let their dogs foul the streets. https://consultations.southwark.gov.uk/environment-leisure/lets-talk-about-dogs/ Today I contacted the very helpful community warden who managed to catch and fine the persistent dog-fouling owner in my street a couple of years ago - to see if he might swing past my road again - but he said things have changed and there is nothing he can currently do - and urged me to fill in this form if we want action on this.
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My son was also an extremely fussy eater and by following the same route as Redjam things have improved - the repertoire he eats has grown but he's still very fussy compared to most kids. He's now 13. What I found helped was removing the stress over meals by just serving what we knew he would eat (stopped attempting new food for a long time) and ordering those same few things in cafes when we were out so they'd be a little different and we were having a nice time out. He's now 13 and there's enough things he's added to his list - mostly introduced at school through school meals and sometimes just by trying new things of his own accord - that we just leave him be and he manages. He's still not keen on branching out - still doesn't like any sandwiches (made me smile when I read your post) but yes it does get better so do take heart.
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P4, P13 - why are these buses so infrequent?
Tanza replied to bil's topic in General ED Issues / Gossip
Nic Basher - Do you mean reduce the 176 service or cut it altogether? Is this definite? How do you know? Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > geobz Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > The new Sadik Khant has changed the > timetables... > > he sort of doesn't like South East. > > > > 185 is slower now, and 176 as well... > > TfL plan to cut the 176 in June. -
I also know two people who have done this. Not to any particular road though.
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I was given toothpaste with a very high fluoride content by my dentist who said it was "worth a try" to see if my tooth might remineralise because otherwise to get to the area where I was getting pain she'd have to take out a healthy tooth. When I asked how likely it was to work she said, "not very likely, but you might as well try.". I did try and the pain went away. A year or so later I was seen by another dentist. I related the story to him and he said it was unlikely to have remineralised - saying I couldn't have reached the spot with the toothpaste - and remineralisation is rare - he pretty much said it was a placebo effect I'd experienced.
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Thank you for that tip re Porters. Funnily enough a friend just recommended Porters to me - her teenage son goes there and lots of his school friends too. Wasn't on my radar. A walk-in hairdresser sounds ideal. Thanks. dale Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Try the barbers in Dulwich Village - Porters - you > can walk in without a booking and they will > probably be loads cheaper too! They are also > fantastic - my son goes there.