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@Sue I'm sorry to hear that. all I can add is having eaten in at Matoom within the past month we found the food up to the usual standard.

Its hideous! Sorry but..the price is a joke and theres no redeeming feature in this house..Well I'd like a pool but thats all.

any idea why? its my local..

When I lived in an almost identical street to the one in the OP (not in Southwark but north of the river) my neighbours and I would sweep our stretch of road if the leaves got too much (it stopeed them blowing up our paths and going into our hallways as well as protecting others from slipping on them in the rain..a win-win) and ditto in the snow we would salt our bit of pavements and clear the snow..it only takes a few houses to do this and your block will be clear.

I go to Crab Salad in Peckham https://www.crabsalad.salon/ I've never had a bad cut and have sent friends there who've had cuts and colour and remained regulars..The staff are all properly trained and are technically excellent cutters ...I know..I was a Vidal Sasoon hair model in the 80's and as a result I am very fussy about who I go to. Toby is wonderful but friends have been to other stylists and colourists there and are very happy. Its a nice enviroment and I like that the team listen to what I want and give good advice too.

Thank you for update! Protected Paws are amazing 😍

usually I leave em in..but I had time on my hands and when I re-read my post even I was shocked at how terrible they were 🤭

Crosbie Dental care in London W1 https://crosbiedental.co.uk/ highly recommended. I'm 90% sure they also do children

I told the JW's that I was a Witch and would cast a spell on them if they rang my bell again (used to be every saturday morning around 10-11am) happily my black cat came rushing down the path and in the house as I was stating this (I'm not btw).. Now when they do the rounds of my street they always seem to pass our house and not ring the bell but maybe my OH standing 'debating' with them for ages put them off? either way they don't bother us.

@Sue I'd say you're almost certainly within 2.5 miles.. Most their buisness seems to be from Deliveroo due to the small size of the actual restaurant there's always deliver drivers waiting round the corner..The good thing is the food is prepared in their kitchen for the takeaway orders not in some grim dark kitchen on an industrial estate

I think part of the problem lies in the fact that to the best of my knowledge Southwark abolished waiting lists for full classes (I'm certain I got an email stating this fact earlyish last year)..therefore one has to just keep checking to see if anyone cancels and a slot becomes available. whereas before a message would be sent to tell you a slot had become available.

@Sue that makes sense as its pretty tiny for eat in..we live down the road so can get lucky with walk-ins. Their phone number is 0208 291 4423 here's their website https://www.matoom.co.uk/ I just LOVE the food there

try Franklins. Or Due Fratelli ?

Matoom Thai on London Rd (opposite Sainsbury) Its tiny but minimalist chic decor and I've found the food to be superb. Its by far my favourite Local (ish) Thai. Note that Amrutha is Vegan.

I agree that Forest Hill is MUCH cleaner, used to be awful but since Better took over running it its become a really well run centre. Its just a shame the gym is so small there but the pool and classes are great and staff are lovely.