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Following on from how brilliant Melbourne Grove was for Halloween this year, are there plans for any streets to go the extra mile with Christmas lights? It would genuinely be a highlight for me and my baby - don't recommend having a baby in lockdown and don't recommend having a baby during a pandemic! A nice buggy walk with some festive lights to coo at would cheer us both right up. And nice and Covid safe too ☺️

Thanks everyone so much for the suggestions, going to try all of these. Think the time of day might be a factor too, as been heading out later afternoon/early evening...

Thank you! Maybe I'll head in that direction instead. Townley Road is awful! Thanks so much.

I have a newborn and desperate to get out for my daily exercise at this strange time - preferably a good two mile walk with the pram. However, I live near Townley Road and that stretch of pavement (and bit of Lordship Lane by Lordship pub) is very narrow and full of people who don't seem to care much at all about keeping a distance. Does anyone recommend any East Dulwich back streets/route for a good, quiet walk? Preferably with a bit of nature/nice spring front gardens to chase away the baby blues! Thanks in advance...

Hi all, am in final days of pregnancy and looking around at local nurseries. I've found one I really like but my general feeling - with all of them - is that they might better suit older children from 2years plus. At the moment, the thought of leaving a little 11 or 12 month old there is a bit overwhelming! I'm now wondering if a childminder might be better as it will be more of a home-from-home environment. However, it's so hard to know where to start looking! Do any mums or dads out there have (or have had) a local childminder that they loved and trusted to bits and want to recommend? Thank you!

And to you!

I have lived in East Dulwich for nearly ten years and absolutely love it: amazing parks, community, shops and cafes... If I could buy a house and live here forever, I would. The transport really isn't that bad (although buses at rush hour can be testing!), especially if you're like me and hate catching the tube anyway! The only thing I'd change is the pollution, but that's a London-wide issue....

It's a farce in there. They also lost something of mine that I redelivered there, but it was such a faff trying to sort it out, and I was so exhausted by the queue (and this was pre-xmas!), that I just gave up in the end... Feel bad for them during these super-busy periods but the lack of staff, speed and smiles doesn't help the issue!

Hello, does anyone know if there are any local shops, etc, in the area that need some clothes hangers donated? Although I'm in the habit of refusing them now when shopping, we have so many that have stockpiled over the years and I just don't know what to do with them all. Obviously, I do not want to chuck them and see them on top of landfill! Struggling to find much advice online. All suggestions welcome :-)

Not going wade into pros/cons of buying from Tree Amigos but just wanted to add support to residents re: noise. I don't live around Goose Green, but do yoga at Goose Green Clinic opposite. The room does have single-glazed windows but I was really surprised by how loud the generator sound was! It was around 7pm and for some reason the sound really rumbled and carried past the other traffic noise. At first, I thought it was my tinnitus playing up! Do feel sorry for anyone living nearby who is suffering from the noise/light pollution...

God, does even this subject have to be horrendously polarised? Can't we just agree that 10pm would definitely be too late for some (prob those with babies, small kids etc) and not others. That some animals wouldn't mind at all and others would be howling and climbing the walls. That how loud it sounded would depend on where you live in East Dulwich. Personally, I live v near the playing field and the fireworks were placed v close to the fence and residential area. My flat was actually shaking. A nice compromise would have been more warning or just to have started the fireworks earlier or a bit further from the houses and flats. But this thread is just a to and fro of 'This is bloody London, get over it' versus 'Ban all fireworks and screw the lot of you'.

I really like Theo's in Camberwell and Mamma Dough in Peckham. Franco Manca great for the price but can get a bit samey if you have too often. I found 500 Degrees quite poor on the toppings front. When I get bit tired of all the sourdough-type pizza bases around though, I do love Firezza. My favourite for delivery and they PILE on the toppings! Yet to try Sylvester's, doesn't look quite my vibe but I will give it a go...

We get lots of bats in our garden coming from direction of Alleyn's playing field. Love it! Never expected that in zone 2/3 London.

Metallic Wrote: ---------------------------------------------- > > The CE Simone (whoever)is going to make the place > like Borough Market and not a place you could just > go to a shop to buy some eggs and a newspaper. > At present you need to get the bus or brave being > mugged in the park to get to Sainsbury's at the > Plough. 'brave being mugged in the park'...?

We've taken injured birds, including pigeons, quite regularly to the Neighbourhood vets on Lordship Lane and they've always been absolutely brilliant and lovely about it -and happy to help.

Yes, tried a couple of apps and they weren't too great. Might be because I was going for the free ones! Thanks, everyone - I'll also look up toadflax, just in case.

Ahh lovely, thank you both!

Won a plant at the tombola at the Goose Green fair but nobody knew what it was! Keen to care for it properly but Google and various aps aren't really helping. Anyone green-fingered and eagle-eyed enough to shed any light? Photos attached! Thanks :-)

Yep, this thread is really horrible and not telling anyone about Saucy...

Are they killing off the 40 entirely or rerouting - and will it still go through East Dulwich? I'm wading through the info and getting a bit lost!

Thank you for all your work on this - we need trees more than ever with our air pollution, not to mention they brighten up every street. I think the work you're doing is brilliant. That's it, really - just wanted you to know how much it is appreciated. Happy New Year!

Great to see libraries get the love and investment they need 🙌

This post is so sad. What pointless, horrible suffering - why would you keep something as a "pet" if you can't be bothered to care for it properly. If anyone finds out what has happened with the RSPCC, do let us all know... The only thing that has cheered me up is that so many people here care!

I love it! Would definitely chip in a few quid to help protect it.

By Green and Blue ^^^ do you mean Terroirs and is it closing down? Also, where is Sally's?