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Would love to Baggs,my mum is an incredible cook and I have been cheeky and tried to persuade her to cook professionally.Her curry puffs are little mouthfuls of heaven! For now I will leave it to all the brave people starting up new local food places.I look forward to trying out Rosie's, and I want to try out Miss Tapas too.We popped to Yada's last month and had a delicious huge wrap with salads and a veggie dumpling thing (sorry can't remember the name). I'm going to organise a food crawl of Peckham for friends soon.Yum.

From what I can gather there might end up being 3 pizza places near Queens Road.Blackbirds do pizza nights Thursday-Saturday,then the new Pedler and also So Dough/Do?!Can we have a curry place instead please or a decent Malaysian perhaps?Nice to have a variety.

Brilliant,thank you!

Hi Can anyone please confirm if the Dish and Spoon is open over the summer holidays please?Sure last time I went in they said they might shut for a bit.I've tried calling couple of numbers from the internet but seem to be incorrect. Many thanks Mel

Love Aya.She's also selling ice cream from Oddono's now,handy if you don't want to head up Lordship Lane.

Hi, Do any families have advice on great places to visit in Berlin in August please.Have booked a week there with our 3.5yo and looking for ideas.Want to stay in the Prenzlauzer Berg area as recommended by a friend who lives there ,and want to visit parks,lakes,cycle,go to some museums and family-friendly cafes. Many thanks Mel

There's always the new huge Iceland warehouse on the Old Kent Road where the Mothercare was.They sell frozen snails and crocodile alongside classics like Findus crispy pancakes...

Theatre Peckham is great.They run classes on Saturdays in the Harris Academy in Peckham. http://www.theatrepeckham.co.uk/

I think she is shut on a Monday unfortunately and so is the Vietnamese place in the Bussey building.I like to start with a Summer prawn roll and stroll up the road for a pancake and cuppa.

Our new favourite is a tiny place called Aya hidden at the end of a small arcade of shop near Khans bargains on Rye Lane.The best pancakes I've ever eaten,the lovely lady makes homemade blueberry syrup that she smothers on pancake with cream.Yum.Also does range of teas and ice cream supplied by the place on Lordship Lane,amongst order things.Happy to support such a friendly lady in her new venture.

Yep,I'm free tonight.

Sounds good for me.Might bring a couple of other local friends who've started sewing quite recently too if that's ok?

Hi, Sorry for slow reply.I'm free next Monday if you fancy meeting up? Mel

Hi, I would be very interested in a crafters evening get together.I work from home and sew for a living but it's a hobby too as I enjoy it so much.I would love to meet others who have a passion sewing and who I can learn tips from!I've done a craft evening with friends making simple tote bags so I would like to do more of that kind of thing, perhaps some quilting too? Are you thinking evening meet ups? Mel

I've always enjoyed New World for Sunday dim sum.Gets busy but you can queue up get a ticket and I've never had to wait longer than ten minutes.They have the old stainless steel carts they wheel to your table so once you are sat down you can get food within a few minutes.Haven't been post children (due to our daughter's sesame allergy!) but always used to see families eating together so definitely family friendly.

I would get there by 8,if not earlier if you can as there was already a queue when we arrived at 8.20am and we were number 5 in the queue.They register you and give you a number,they actually start seeing people at 9.The doctors are great there.Hope all is ok for you.

Hi M, Do you mean the one at 12 Queens Road or Queens Road Partnership closer to New Cross? I ask as we moved whilst I was pregnant and had to leave my lovely Nunhead surgery and find a new one in Peckham. I did go to one health visitor appointment at 12 Queens Road but wasn't very impressed to be honest.I spoke to my GP at the Queens Road Partnership and I continued the rest of the health visitor appointments there. I have found Queens Road Partnership an excellent surgery.We have had quite a few urgent medical issues with my daughter and have always managed to see someone very quickly. Even with our own doctor appointments we have managed to get booked in relatively quickly. Hope this helps. Please feel free to PM if you have any other questions. Mel

I bought a lovely pop up one from Rye Books the other day.

Hi This project sounds very interested. I am on a committee for a local residents association based near Queens Road Peckham and I think a lot of locals here would be interested in hearing about the proposals and hopefully giving our support. We have our next monthly meeting on Wednesday 10th December and I can PM you the details of the chairman and deputy chairman if you like. (there was a feature on the front page of the Peckham Peculiar a few months ago about our residents association). Many Thanks Mel

Scope in Peckham have a man who picks up locally on Tuesdays I think.Have donated to them a couple of times.Just give the shop a call and they can give you his phone number.

Just had an amazing facial and manicure by Sem.Definitely recommend.She also threaded my eyebrows and was totally painless.Very very relaxing experience.

We really enjoyed the park in the summer.Massive open areas to run around and the fountains were fun too.We hired 2 bikes and a trailer for our toddler and had a great afternoon out riding around the park.Cannot remember the name of the bike hire company I'm afraid but they are based in green converted containers past the Orbital.They seem a little bit disorganised but we did get the only trailer they had in the end and was ?15 in total.They had a cafe inside that smelt delicious.Agree with other the Timber cafe was underwhelming.

Hi If you can please send me the rough width and length of each window I can give you an estimate based on this.Would you want blackout lining or regular lining?If you are happy with the estimate I can visit you to measure exactly and show you samples of my work,samples of lining fabrics and the cleats and pulls I use. My email is [email protected] Look forward to hearing from you. Many thanks Mel

My little one has just started at St Marys and absolutely loves it.The staff are great and very caring.I was a bit apprehensive leaving her at first as she has never been looked after by anyone other than family but they we very reassuring and she actually waved me off and was so happy and comfortable she didn't stop chatting all morning.It is a shame they are only open mornings but as my husband and I both work from home it suits our situation.They have a huge hall with various activities and outdoor space and the children all seem pretty happy.It actually really reminded me of my Playgroup setting back in the early 80s. They are charity run and do various fund raising events.They pay extra themselves for outside people to come and run different activities such as sports on a Friday.I've already decided to increase her mornings,?12 a session is incredible.I can't praise the staff enough. The Montessori on Kitto Road is also meant to be excellent and open all day but I think they currently have a waiting list for the 2.5 yo.I know you need to fill a form in online to then have a tour and then it is ?40 to put your name on the waiting list. Hope you find something suitable for your little one.

Hi I made the roman blind for Wanhope after she contacted me. I am based locally and am happy to given free quotes for roman blinds. Please find my Facebook page below for photo of previous projects. I made bespoke roman blinds, cushions, a bit of upholstery and some handmade crafts that I sell at the Hill Trader in Telegraph Hill. Please do excuse the quality of the photos, it is on my list of jobs to get more professional photos done as the lighting is dreadful on mine. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.261779510636112.1073741830.261770107303719&type=3 You can contact me via PM on EDF or through the Facebook page. Many Thanks Mel