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Blimey, thats scary, I live on Woodvale, and I use the shop just by Langton Rise. Hope the victim is ok. Those guys are cowards.

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'd actually use Nandos I reckon. Unlike > Carluccios, Jamies, etc. Nandos!!!!! Seriously????? I really hope we do not have an awful place like Nandos opening up. Awful place

As someone who works in ED and lives in woodvale, I try to be mindful of where I park, when coming to work. I do walk to work, however in the winter months, I will drive, and I do work until 9pm on a couple of evenings a week so I will drive to work. The world would be a perfect place, if we could park outside our own homes, however that is no longer an option, unless you have off street parking. We as ED need to realise while we believe we do live in this great place, and those who want too live in this great place, there are compromises, which is parking. Parking outside your own home is now a luxury. Restricted parking will not make any difference, in my opinion. I believe they are trying to introduce restricted parking, because very shortly ED picture house will be opening, which will impact parking, moreso at the weekends.

.. Have edited post re latest news re Rev charles. Utterly unbelievable, I knew him for years, and always thought he was a very kind man. Speechless.

Willard Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Louisa Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > Why can't the British food snobs be as open as > their Italian counterparts? > > > > Louisa. > -------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > > In my experience Italians are not very open at all > when it comes to food. If you take Italian cuisine > as a whole there is a wealth of variety there, but > within Italy it is very regional, almost to a > tribal degree. This is mainly due to the fact that > Italy was only unified about 150 years ago, and > before that was a number of city states with their > own customs and styles. On an even smaller scale > one area will swear their method of cooking is > superior to another's, and anything else is > heresy. I've also met Italians who have visited > London and balked at the idea of trying Indian or > Thai. They can be very conservative. Also northern > Italians can be terrible snobs to their southern > neighbours. > > I take your point about everyone enjoying a good > fry up, but would you prefer one with value > sausages or free range? Battery eggs or free > range, even if it costs ?1 more? Does that make > you a snob too? > > Looking forward to B&S opening... Willard I disagree with you. I suggest you speak to someone who has lived in both the south and North of Italy, oh that would be me. You are being stereo typical about the Italians. Italians are very open with their food, they share their passion for food with everyone who wants to learn about Italian cuisine. We have regional dishes, in Venice we have risotto, In Brindisi, game. We share and we love. Lets get back on topic now folkes, this thread as gone way off topic. Grazie

Great idea, I had been donating food to the church at the top of Barry Rd. however I will definately go along to Pecan. Thanks for the details

Benvenuti Burro E Salvia, Its great we have another Italian opening up. Being Italian of course I am going to be biased, however I think the great collection of shops Italian, French, Asian and of course British restaurants is a great testament, to East Dulwich. Buona Fortuna

Looking forward to trying La Scala, great we have another Italian place in the area, not that I am biased. Love the french cafes, but you cannot beat the italians, when it comes to food:)

alice Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Did SNUB make any difference? > > How much did it cost? Hey Alice Im Monica from SNUB. In 2007 we received funding from Southwark council, Greener, Cleaner Safer, to produce reusable bags, for East Dulwich and Dulwich Wards. The iniative did have an impact, and today in 2014, I still see the SNUB bags being used. Great stuff. A lot of the local independents have produced their own bags, including my own store, and I do see a lot of shoppers on the lane, with their own bags. Back in 2010, we carried out a survey, to see how much of an impact, our campaign had locally, and with the collated figures, I am proud to say, we discovered at least 60% of the East Dulwich shoppers were using their own bags. SNUB is a local community group, however there is only me now, and because I work full time, I can only do so much. I am currently working with 2 schools, installing edible gardens and teaching the school children how to grow their own veg. Local gardener Jane Booth is project managing and teaching the Children at Francesca Cabrini. Nigel Hawkins is working at Dulwich wood, formerly Langbourne. SNUB also installed the gardens at goose green school, Goodrich, Summerhouse and St Anthonys in 2010. Mc Govern Design and Build made and installed all the raised beds, for free in all the schools, except St Anthonys. Edited for typo

Hi welcome to Woodvale, I live just by the Melford Rd roundabout, and its great, I love Woodvale. The bus connections are great, 363 every 10 mins. P13 from Underhill rd. Butchers and convenience store are an absolute saviour. Forest Hill station and town centre are great. Re the cemetery we were walking through one day, and there was a funeral, and the pastor had decided to park on a grave????? Ever so slightly disgusted, I asked what he was playing at, and he just walked off, ignoring me. I do think a lot of the people using the cemetery, are respectful, however some users are very disrespectful.

We heard the shouting from work, and the next minute a lady walked in and said the police were beating the guy around the head. Then my colleague asked the police, who were hanging outside my work place, and they said a man had been arrested, for theft. It did sound pretty awful,where we were, and I do feel for the young lad, I hope your son is ok now.

MPC owner's wife is french, French house seems nice inside. Decor is nice, I dont drink coffee, and I am not a big cheese lover, so Im afraid my visits, wont be as frequent, as my visits to Gails :)yum

Does look nice, theres a very similar one on Woodvale, just as you pass Hornimans, after the council flats. If you blinked, you would miss it. Quite a contrast to all the large houses on the vale.

Really sorry to hear about your cat. We live on Woodvale, and lately we have had kids on their scooters/motorbikes racing up and down the vale. Dont know, if this is relevant, however I know that whole area has a very high traffic of motorbikes and scooters, racing around. Wanted to report it to someone, not sure who too, though. Apologies if that does not help.

I echo other posts re good councillors losing out, real shame about Robin Crookshankhilton. Great councillor, who supported and helped a lot of the community projects. Happy to see we still have James Barber, congratulations James

Looking forward to seeing the outcome, and hopefully it will be a real French cafe, with traditional french food :)

The site reminds me of Lordshiplane.co.uk, dont know if anyone remembers it, but it did not really take off, then the EDF was founded. Personally I dont think its going to work, but hey thats my opinion.

Car parks in ED??? We dont need a car park in ED, we want the community to be a more pedestrian friendly community. Car parks attract all sorts of problems. Although I do remember a few years ago, before Foxtons joined our community, we were suggesting a car park on the land. Park up and walk, or take the bus, we have a great bus service, serving ED, the Village, Nunhead and Forest Hill.

Yes I agree with most of the above, leave Facebook out of the forum, it does not need it

I quiet like it, and I do find it handy for finding traders. Love the property section.

jamster Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > On O2 you can get the "Tu Go" app for your phone. > It will divert calls via your Wifi. Thank you Jamster, I will try that out

Fromtheteys Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We're on Wood Vale. A concern we have is the > impact of the 480 lorries loaded with soil going > in and out of the cemetery for four weeks in > June/July. I think it's about 3 an hour Monday to > Saturday 7:30am - 4:30pm. We've heard nothing more > since the letter came through the door a few weeks > ago: > http://moderngov.southwarksites.com/mgConvert2PDF. > aspx?ID=27177 > > As the road surface regularly subsides already, I > wondered if Wood Valers should compile a group > request for a re-surfacing provision, if > necessary, as part of the original contract? Also > - does anyone know if the hose pipe ban would > apply to these type of works - as that could make > the dust and dirt levels fairly unpleasant. Hey, im also on woodvale and agree with getting Woodvale resurfaced. We have a lot of lorries who use Woodvale,as a thoroughfare, and lots of different building sites going on at the moment on the road. Great road, which needs some TLC.

I live on Woodvale, and I have had continuos problems with my 02 connections. Decided to get a landline with my virgin contract, which works very well. Yes the lovely surroundings of the Hornimans do make up for the lack of mobile phone connection.

But the sausages are worth it :)

I pulled out of buying a leasehold, before I purchased my share of Freehold, because of the amount of clauses attached to the leashold, and the prospect of the decreasing leashold, over the years. With the leashold I went as far as Solicitor sending me the draft lease, then seeing the 2 pages of clauses. I would look into seeing if there is a prospect of buying the freehold. Good luck