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Hi East Dulwich neighbours :) I have a very strange request, but hoping that someone out here might be able to help. I am working on a photoshoot and require a couple of white rabbits. Seemingly, these are in hugely short supply at the moment ? which is ironic as we all know what rabbits are famous for! ? so I can't seem to find any from the places that you would usually expect? Pet shops, farms, breeders etc etc If anyone has rabbits and is interested to hear more, or knows someone with rabbits, please do let me know. We have a budget so there will be payment involved. Thanks and look forward to hearing from anyone who might be able to help with my very strange request!

Hi East Dulwich neighbours :) I have a very strange request, but hoping that someone out here might be able to help. I am working on a photoshoot and require a couple of white rabbits. Seemingly, these are in hugely short supply at the moment ? which is ironic as we all know what rabbits are famous for! ? so I can't seem to find any from the places that you would usually expect? Pet shops, farms, breeders etc etc If anyone has rabbits and is interested to hear more, or knows someone with rabbits, please do let me know. We have a budget so there will be payment involved. Thanks and look forward to hearing from anyone who might be able to help with my very strange request!

I live on the outskirts of East Dulwich with my wife and two kids; a three year old daughter, who turns 4 in August, and little boy who is one in May. We absolutely love living here. My daughter has just got a place at Goodrich. We have a few friends (although they seem to be leaving all the time!), and my sister in-law and her husband live nearby in Peckham, with their 4 year old daughter. The girls are like sisters. Our flat ? which we are lucky enough to own ? is small for the four of us, but we are very happy in it. We can't afford somewhere bigger right now, but that's no motivation to leave the area. We could go over the hill to Honor Oak, or anywhere outside of the East Dulwich bubble, and maybe afford a little more. Life is good though, and we don't need any more! The problem is transience. We want our children to have roots. We want them to make friends that will stick around, that they can grow up with, then venture off to uni, and come back home for regular reunions. We want them to have a group of friends that won't shrink as their parents pack up and leave town. We'd like some friends that will stay here too! I don't see teenagers hanging around. Or packs of kids riding their bikes or kicking a ball. Do kids do that anymore? Or is it just our area? Am I being naive and this is what it looks like in other towns, out of town? Or is it because they just aren't here? Does anyone on here have teenage kids? What have their experiences been? What do they do?! How do they feel? I'd ask some myself, it's just I never see them? Thanks guys :)

Hi there, Can anyone recommend a face painter for my daughter's birthday party in August? There will be about 10?15 children at the event. Thanks! Ben

East Dulwich is packed with wide-eyed and limber-limbed toddlers, yet the playground facilities aren't a patch on the provincial adventure-lands I've frequented, in much smaller and less imaginative towns (no offence Taunton, I love you really). Rather than moan about it, I'd like to do something about it. This thread is the first step to temperature check what is very much the tiniest seedling of an idea; does this sound interesting, feasible or worthwhile? It might be a local government campaign, a new project co-operative, a kickstarter.com initiative, or combination of all of the above. I look forward to hearing (anything) you might think. Ben

Hello! I'm an East Dulwich resident, running a small design studio in Shoreditch / Old Street. We're looking for someone to help us out for half a day or a day a week (paid) with studio admin tasks. Will need to come to our sunny, busy loft studio (Shoreditch/Old Street, London) one or a couple of mornings or afternoons a week. Would suit anyone working part-time already, or a stay-at-home parent, looking for some very light and flexible work. If it goes great, there's always the opportunity for more, but we're starting simple. Please message for more information. Thanks and best wishes, Ben