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Slightly further afield, the place on Vestry Road was recently reopened under new owners. I've been there a few times and have really enjoyed it. Everything cooked to order. Only minor complaint is they leave the skin on the fish. I've tried most of the places mentioned on this thread and this is as good as any of them.

SpringTime Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Yep, if this isn't due to an emergency Would've been good to get > Camberwell Grove open before this started > surely...? You'd think. We have been leafleted about tha Camberwell Grove work being done later in the summer. Why they couldn't have done that first before doing the work on Bellenden Road is beyond me. They have created a bottleneck with only one exit. The level of incompetence involved in the planning of this is quite staggering.

Another recommendation for Nico. Came round at very short notice and fixed a temporary problem we had. Was so impressed, we got him to do additional work which he did as promised and on time. Really nice bloke too. Have dealt with many plumbers over the years in SE15/SE22 and he is the only one I'd recommend without hesitation.

Just wanted to add another recommendation for Dave and Patrick. They have just finished a job for me in Peckham. We have had a leaking guttering for years but no one had been able to identify the cause of the problem until Dave took a look at it. He came round promptly to quote us for the job, explaining what needed to be done and why and also why the previous efforts had not been successful. Him and Patrick completed a brilliant job on the guttering and also repainted the front of our house. They were really nice blokes, reliable and carried out the work to a very high standard. Really happy with the work they have done and would definitely recommend.

Another thumbs up from me. Was in there on Friday night and thought they'd done a good job with the revamp. Expected the place to be packed, but it was pretty quiet in there. We used to go there a few years ago after playing 5-a-side football, but got fed up with the miserable reception we got from the previous owners and started drinking elsewhere. Be happy to make it our local again.

Leave it as it is. The local shops rely on people pulling over and popping in. You halve that option and with all the other parking restrictions around Bellenden Road, you're going to see businesses suffer. The vast majority of people who drive through there are fine and appreciate that there needs to be a bit of give and take. Occasionally, you have to wait a minute or two until the road clears. Hardly a massive inconvenience.

People are entitled to send their children to private schools, but please don't try and tell us - like some of you are - that you're doing it for virtuous reasons. In the process of buying advantage for your children you are supporting an unfair system. To suggest otherwise or to imply that you are unburdening the state system by going private, is highly disingenuous.

Perfectly fine for kids. Atmosphere is really friendly and lots of people bring their kids along. What I would say though - from my experience of taking my 7 year-old daughter (now 8) - is that it's quite nice for them to have a friend to play with. 90 minutes is quite a long time for young kids to be standing around watching football.

You cope as best you can and do favours for loads of people in the hope they will repay them when you need it. There's also holiday clubs which from my experience work well. Do you have any grandparents you can get to help out? Best of luck with it. At the end of each summer holiday, we always breathe a huge sigh of relief that we've got away with it for another year. Somehow we all cope. I'm sure you will, even though it seems daunting at the moment.

Basically, people are selfish. They will support the school if they think their children will get in but use terms like 'shambles' and 'fiasco' if it looks like they won't. The council can't just magic up land for a new school - they have to work with what they have, which in this case is the Dulwich hospital site. Its proximity to the existing Charter school will surely extend the catchment areas of both schools, thus increasing the chances of people further afield getting into either. I'm in Lyndhurst Grove and therefore close to the outer edge of any potential catchment area. My daughter may get in or she may not, but if she doesn't I'm certainly not going to come on here moaning about it. One thing a new school did not and could not guarantee was a place for my daughter. If she doesn't get in, we will have to look at alternatives.