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Someone earlier made the point that parking regulations in parts of London are very complicated, giving this example www.barnetresidentsassociation.org.uk. To be fair though, I know it's got a lot of numbers in it, but it's perfectly clear. It says you can park Mon to Sat between 9.30am and 4.30pm if you buy a ticket (max 1 hour). Parking is free through the night 6.30pm to 8.00am, and all day Sunday. Another slightly different rule applies to loading. And there's an arrow pointing you to the nearest ticket machine.

Loz Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Every time there is a fair at Belair they make a killing. I know illegal parking should be punished, but that's a bit harsh isn't it?

North by North Cross A Clock House Orange Barry Lyndon Rd Born Friern The Taking of Peckham 123 The Seven Year Dulwich Rita, Sue and Moo Too The Man Who Felbrigg to Earth That kind of thing?

Don't worry oweneth, I just read it on the "attempted mugging" thread.

Really sorry to hear about your mugging oweneth. Can you let us know where it happened? And at what time of night?

Anyone know why there's bloodstains on the pavement outside Nicolas on LL? Is it because East Dulwich is "edgy"?

1 hour 32 mins according to the thetrainine.com East Dulwich-London Bridge-Paddington-Heathrow. And that allows an hour to get from London Bridge to Paddington by tube.

There is no other chain Coffee shop on the Lane (thenk goodness). I'm pretty certain they must mean Nero. Easy to confuse the two.

*Bob*, I'll call your "Dog Stab" and I'll raise you "Chicken"... http://farm1.static.flickr.com/18/71221669_8abf57a35a.jpg

That's really good news. Thanks for letting us know!

That's really good news. Thanks for letting us know!

RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Hence I will leave you folks to your > ghoulishness and seek entertainment elsewhere. That's completely fair enough. If you're uncomfortable with a publication, don't read it. I don't buy the Sun for a similar reason. But this thread is News. Small-time News admittedly, but news I'm interested in because it's happening just round the corner from me. And I appreciate the fact that someone's volunteered to take and post a photo so I can see what's been going on. Thanks Nutty, by the way.

Apparently the Black Cherry are serving a new cocktail. Basically it's flat lager poured over smashed ice and it's ?3.80 a pop. They're calling it the "Crushed and De-Vale-ued". Do you see what I've done there?

How do you know I don't?

RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Erm, what is this if it isn't rubber necking, > albeit of an altogether more digital nature? > > Odd, very very odd. I can understand why you think this is odd (I think you mean slightly shameful), but this is no different to the pictures in newspapers or on TV news. We can be supplied with all the info we need in writing or verbally, but we have a basic human desire to use our eyes. In fact what you see here is a little bit of citizen journalism, bypassing the South London Press or the BBC. I guarantee you'll be seeing a lot more of this kind of thing in the coming years. So what you see here isn't "odd", it's the future.

I'm also loving the pop that he/she took at the Bishop; "The beer is dire in there to, there is hardly any gas to the beer at all".

We have blackbirds nesting in our garden every year. This year a pair laid four eggs in a nest in a bush but they didn't hatch. Possibly the same pair then laid one egg in another nest in some dense ivy-like growth and again it didn't hatch. Then we think the same pair (it's difficult to tell) had a third go in nest number two and we were rooting for them. Today we found the mum dangling dead next to the nest with her foot caught in some foliage. In the nest were five dead hairless chicks. Does anyone know a good bereavement counsellor?

Just nipped out to investigate. They're at the LL end of Bawdale Rd. It does seem a tad loud, but it is Bank Holiday Saturday night. Their worst crime is playing Easy Lover by Phil Collins. The inconsiderate b******s.

Thanks reetpetite. Apologies, I didn't realise they were ironic. In that case I'm all for them. Do they do requests? I'd like to hear the Shipping Forecast at full volume. Or at the very least something by Flanders and Swann.

Anyone know what that bloody Morris Minor is all about? It's black with a pick-up truck style back and it's carting an extremely loud PA system around ED playing music with a bit of unintelligible MC-ing over the top. I saw it last weekend and thought it was something to do with the festival.

If your name is Gillian Watson, I know where you live...

Just did a search of the electoral roll. There are 206 registered Gillian Watsons in the country. 9 live in London. None lives in SE22. The nearest one is Streatham. Of course none of these are necessarily THE Gillian Watson.

Just to clarify, when I said ED was better than Brixton or Peckham it was solely in the context of street crime. There are many reasons why those two neighbourhoods are great places to live, but this thread is about street muggings. I don't have the statistics to hand, but it is my perception that there is less street crime in ED than Brixton or Peckham. Many thanks to Lizziedjango for apologising and making it clear that she wasn't accusing me of racism. That is very much appreciated. But my main point in my post was to suggest that we should use this forum as a practical tool to help fight crime.

I know what you mean JSWilly, and I too am glad no-one has been hurt in these incidents. But we shouldn't just shrug and say "Well at least it's not as bad as Brixton or Peckham". It's precisely because ED is better than those two places that we should defend it to the upmost. And we've got a powerful new tool at our disposal; this very forum. So let's not use it to squabble. Let's use it for our own benefit. For example, through reading this page I now know there was an incident (however small) in Whately Rd at about 22.15. From where I'm sitting I've got a clear view down a length of the adjoining Felbrigg Rd. I would twitch my net curtains if I had any! If I see a group of people acting suspiciously who may be the perps (a description, however vague, would be useful) I'll report it to the community police. If they are too busy with bigger stuff to respond, fair enough. The point is we've all got eyes, we're spread all over ED and we can be informed quickly and can respond quickly, for the benefit of all. Who's with me?

Sue, Read this