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Supreme Animal Foods, Ladywell.

?1.79 for ONE 12cm flower pot. Don't go there for bargains!

There were 3 platforms; two side platforms and an island platform. No trace of the side platforms remain. The island platform has been heavily degraded with large sections removed and is heavily over-grown.

Camberwell post office shut for refurbishment. Re-opens 19/1/17.

Turned up last Wednesday to watch football (having checked with staff a few days before that they definitely had BT Sport showing European Champions League matches. Disappointed to discover they hadn't subscribed to BT Sport Europe and couldn't show the game. Probably another opening 'glitch' but fellow footie fans are advised to double-check with management in the future.... Otherwise agree with all the other positive comments re. new management/make-over.

My weekend 'private' animal shows are ?60 and last up to an hour. Email me to book (address on my website). Usually available unless at the Valley watching Charlton, Paul (aka Reptile/Bug Man).

If you'd looked at the school's website you'd have seen that both dates were advertised - including a pdf of the poster.

edhistory Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Been digging for a terminus post quem. > > Brighton was completed on 10 March 1878. > > John K Not sure what you mean. My Latin is a bit rusty but if you're looking for a 'limit after which' Brighton station was built in 1840 - the main line to London Bridge opening shortly after. Its platforms were extended and the magnificent overall roof added in 1882/3. East Dulwich station (then named 'Champion Hill')opened in 1868. Stroudley started constructing the 4 wheel carriages depicted in 1872 for the suburban lines and the lightly-laid South London Line.

edhistory Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Do you have a date for the introduction of this > fixed carriage set on our line? > > John K 1872/3 ish

The locomotive and carriages were designed by William Stroudley of the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway. Only the fourth and fifth carriages are First Class. The rest are Seconds, Thirds and Brake thirds. The Thirds were pretty grim with wooden bench seats and half-height partitions. A similar First class carriage has been splendidly restored by the Bluebell Railway in Sussex with other examples currently being painstakingly rebuilt (almost from scratch) at their Carriage and Wagon works at Horsted Keynes. Well worth a visit and very soon they hope to re-connect with Network Rail at East Grinstead.

BigED Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > You can see where the bombs fell on London in WW2 > at this new website. Just manoeuvre the map to > show ED and environs. And you can then walk along > your perfect Victorian suburb and spot where the > post-war building infill happened. Of course, > that was before they tried to stick up townhouses > on any handkerchief-sized vacant plot, but that's > another rant for another day. > > http://bombsight.org/#15/51.5050/-0.0900 > > BigED Still not responding due to high load via that link via my laptop but strangely same site IS accessible now on my phone... really interesting - thanks.

Not quite in ED but Skehan's (bottom of Drakefell Road/Gellatly Road/Kitto Road) definitely do London Pride and Doom Bar. Thai food is good too.

suzuki1000steve Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > jack Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Does anyone know what happened to Steamline > > motorcycles at the top of Lordship lane, I > bought > > my first bike there in 1958 it was a really > > powerfull 250cc BSA CLG, if the wind was behind > it > > could manage all of 60mph, the shop started as > a > > single unit and soon took over several adjacent > > shops, the last time I saw it about 1973 it > seemed > > to be doing well so I was supprised to see it > has > > gone, does anyone know what happened to the > owners > > I think they were Mike and Neal > > > The shop is now a tile shop, I think Topps tiles. > > The guy that used to work there was called Tony, > and whilst Streamlines was doing very well, I > think developers won the day with money. I am > suprised though that Streamlines did not then open > up somewhere else. > > Many great bike shops have been and gone over the > years. Remember Pride and Clarks in Stockwell? Or > Aeroes in Norwood and Hamiltons in Streatham. > There was also one down the South circular going > from Streamlines to say Clapham. I am sure it > began with an M, it was right on a tight bend > coming up to Forest Hill, anyone remember? > > It is amazing how many great shops have closed > now, and very few motorcycle shops remain, > certainly the small independants have gone. I live > near Dartford now and Bates is still there and > started off many moons ago selling cycles. But > even they have now had to diversify by selling > small cars to survive. Nostalgia on. Ah yes, I remember all those 'bike shops including the one on the bend coming up to Forest Hill but not its name dammit! Was it Parks (Honda)? They had a spares place near Catford which closed decades ago but their sign is still up on the end terrace! I remember a 'Pride & Clarks' in Greenwich (Harleys...or am I muddled?) It was known as 'Snide and Sharks' :-) I spent many happy hours perusing the second-hand exotica on offer at 'Streamlines'. I also remember Garozzo's in Brownhill Road. Bike shops in London never seemed to recover from the farago that was the 'Motorcycle City' chain and its subsequent demise. I have to schlep down to Coulsdon these days for a decent standard of service (Dobles). Nostalgia off.

Hi Maxxi, the first two are indeed hoverflies (very short antennae, single pair of wings, big eyes) probably of the genus Volucella. Many hoverflies mimic bees and wasps. All hoverflies are harmless (no sting). The third is a honeybee (longer antennae, two pairs of wings, smaller eyes).

Gates shut and padlocked when I tried to visit this afternoon at 4.18pm.

Its scheduled to be completed today... I hope penalties will ensue if they don't...

Not sure The Crooked Well qualifies as a pub... Make the most of it while its there. Your starter for 10: how many incarnations has this site gone through since the demise of the Kerfield?