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Forest hill is easier to get to. Barry road end of ED = 197, Lordship Lane/ ED station end = 185 and 176.

There is a government drive on sorting out insulation, one of my workmates has just gotten his rental house done. The landlord was really pissed off for some reason, have no idea why since it was free...

If you are on the actual train you would be better getting off at Forest Hill. You could get the 197 to Barry Road then, or get the 176 or 185 and walk to Barry Road from Lordship Lane.

Wow! I am moving to Honor Oak Park in Feb, this will be so handy! :D

I always thought it was a bit of both to be honest.

> > Teachers won't have days off either - I'd think > they work from home like the rest of us. Urm, we all did that anyway...

Pam50 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry to come in as the sober voice of reason > again, but school staff are not allowed to bring > any used electrical item into school unless it has > been checked and tagged by the LEA inspectors. Very true. We had a little fridge and a kettle in our art dept office and they made us get rid of them. :(

> > The point is that in Britain cold snaps and snow > are not uncommon. Schools have all year to plan > for them, year after year. There is no excuse. > As do the train companies and the bus services. If they are off how am I meant to get to work; fly? Also, no school is going to have 100s of heaters stored away just in case a boiler breaks. It's not exactly a regular occurrence is it? I used to work in a Primark in Dublin and that had to shut down one Sunday afternoon because of a burst pipe. My boyfriend's graphics studio shut early last week because of a power failure. It isn't just schools that shut down because of building faults and it isn't just teachers who can't get to work because of bad weather. You just have a chip on your shoulder.

How many rooms does your office have? My school has about 60, maybe even more. Try heating all those with calor gas heaters with 35 mins notice.

"...not to mention a creaking electricity system coping with the sudden output of 50 odd fan heaters. Real??? :( " Can you imagine?! They'd have a load of blown fuses as well as a wonky boiler to fix if that happened!

silverfox Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bellenden Jo Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > St John's and St Clement's is shut today due to > > broken boiler! > > > Pathetic excuse. Fan heaters @ ?25 each x 3 per > class x 10 class rooms equals ?750 with probably > two years usage. Parents having to take time off > work with 35 minutes notice, or paying child > minders extra equals billions of pounds of > disruption over the country and difficult to > justify and keep your job. Time teachers got real. How are they meant to get that many heaters at 35 mins notice? What school has ?750 quid to spend that quickly? What school only has 10 classrooms?!

Bellenden Jo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > St John's and St Clement's is shut today due to > broken boiler! Something similar nearly happened in my school today, but they managed to fix it. There was no water! Must have frozen...

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Travelling into central london, fair enough, it's > difficult if you can't drive and public transport > is down. But zone 2? Really? Most people drive, > the main roads were (on the whole), fine. I > understand that some people won't be able to make > it in, but surely the majority should be able to.. > enough to keep the organisation running (there > should be contingency plans in place for some > unexpected absence). It does seem that the schools > shut down sooner than any other organisation. Snow > in December isn't that unexpected. As I said, just because the school is in zone 2 doesn't mean the staff live in zone 2.

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I don't understand what responsibility a school > has for the Health and Safety of children outside > of school hours (i.e. on their way to school). > Surely it is the responsibility of the child's > parents to ensure that they get to school safely. > The shcool's responsibility is to remain open for > those who can make it in and ensure that they are > safe whilst under their care. As I mentioned earlier in the thread, the main reason schools can't open is that most teachers tend to live miles and miles away from their schools nowadays, and if loads can't get to work, there won't be a high enough staff to student ratio. That is probably why some schools around here are open, and some are shut. It depends where the staff are coming from. If any are coming from beyond Sydenham they are probably stuck. It's not just teachers, my lighting technician friend who lives in Orpington is snowed in and my graphic designer boyfriend is working from home in Lee, as it was too hard to get to his studio in Shoreditch. I'm off because the roads around my school are closed to all traffic (hills and ice are a bad combo), the trains are off, and according to Facebook, most of my friends who live further out seem to be completely snowed in. There is no way my school could stay open!

I've taken a clothes rail that was left on the road once, but it wouldn't go up my stairs. I left it outside my house, and it was gone in about an hour. People always leave stuff outside around here, I thought it was quite nice!

My school did close in the end, Croydon seems to have been hit very badly with the weather. Just been to Tesco's, it seems ok around here to be honest (well, the main roads anyway).

My school closed a little early today, but should be open tomorrow if any public transport is running. Earlier all the public transport in the area (Croydon area) had started shutting down (including buses) and they didn't want everyone to be stranded. They contacted all parents first though (texts to year 10-12, and ringing/emailing each child's parent in KS3 apparently, a huge job!) The thing is, teachers very rarely live near their school. You'd be mad to live in the same catchment area as the kids as you would never get left alone! We have teachers coming from Hove, Brighton, Tottenham, West London, Sutton, Caterham etc and they would all find it very hard to get home if the trains are off. I know it took some of my friends who live further South East 2-3hrs to get home. Lots of jobs let people work from home or leave early in weather like this for the same reasons to be fair. Obviously it can be annoying for parents with jobs but a lot of my colleagues had the same problem today and just had to collect their kids on their lunch breaks and bring them back to work with them. Surprised schools around here were shut though! The snow around here is not half as deep as it is further South East! Buses seemed fine. Anyway, back to the lesson plans...

I saw the aftermath walking home from my friend's house at about 7.30. A car was completly flipped over near the enterance of the hospital, sort of in front of the bus stop (lordship lane direction). Lots of stuff strewn across the road; it looked like a bad one. :(

That Brazilian young one came around to my house the other day aswell. I'm in the Tyrell Road area. She started waffling on at me as if she knew me, very odd, and kept saying that we had talked last week about changing to Talk Talk. I just told her that she was mustaken, that I wasn't interested, and shut the door in her face (how rude of me!) It is a bit of a strange way of going about things. Was thinking of making a complaint to Talk Talk so I was. So did anyone fall for it?

Ah it is great craic, nowt can go wrong with a funfair and a few pints on the Rye. I just think the Irish Shop on LL should have a stall for all us proper Paddies, so that we can stuff ourselves with Hunky Dories and Red Lemonade! Be honest though guys, the stalls are a bit odd, aren't they? Am I the only one who thinks so?

Good fun, but not very Irish to be honest. Line dancing, kebabs and crepes. No Tayto crisps, Club Orange or Batter Buuurgers to be had. Pah! The only Irish things were those odd stalls that didn't seem to be doing or selling anything in particular. I can see how it would be a good day out for the family, but as an Irish person, I found it a wee bit embarrassing.

> Good news though once less cyclist to slow you > down on your oh so important journey. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/10404620. > stm Louisa is probably delighted. After all, in another thread she has already wished for a "cull" of cyclists. "And cyclists dont pay road tax either, and theyre more than happy to stick a finger up at us poor drivers! A cull would go a long way in helping to relieve the stress of the morning commuter traffic :D Louisa." http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,484251,page=1 Disgusting comment; I hope no one she ever cares about gets killed on their bike.

How do cyclists keep you awake at night? Do cop on.

Ah, it must have been further away than I thought; maybe I wasn't close enough to hear the fizz.

They didn't sound like fireworks, but I suppose that is the most obvious thing it could have been. Maybe they were crappy fireworks without the weeeeeeeeee bit! Bit late for that carry on of a Sunday night mind you, not impressed!