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Sounds like Trinity touched a nerve with TJ ! Schools have Walking to School initiative. Let mini TJ's (for there are 2 let's not forget) put their hands up to say they have walked when teachers ask how they got to school (even if it is only the 200m from where TJ parks the car). Schools have to have a travel plan and hassled parents blocking surrounding roads won't tick any boxes. If the 'local' parents who have to drive to school leave 10 minutes earlier and implement the above suggestion everyone should be happy including residents who live around Goodrich and also need to get into work (see above posts about employers not taking account of having to get children to school) Also TJ don't think Goodrich School has been unrepresented on this thread :))

Rosie H - Don't think anyone disputes that there are good local independant shops but they can't cater for the numbers that pass through a supermarket. Lovely as it may be to hark back to days unlived by most of us ie.pre-supermarket days when peole had time to go from shop to shop on a high street, the reality of living in a suburb of a capital city is that supermarkets are a necessary evil. We'd get pretty fed up waiting to pay in the lovely Andreas' (next to Chener books) as local residents bought their milk, bread and loo roll. Guess the owners would be happy though ! Yes most of us (let's not be smug, not all !) can get to Sainsbury's but why can't we have a more efficient small supermarket on the main road? Supermarkets aplenty ? Not sure about where they are and not asking for more. Just better service than the one enjoying pole position on LL.

Snorky - your posts are always so enriching. Thought forum was for all users with opinions boring or otherwise. Tip of the day: Avoid 'boring' threads by looking at message list and choosing not to open. Simple !

Lenk, not one to normally post but do think that eater81 has a point and I'm feeling very calm - no risk of aneurysm. We probably spend more time than we need to in that supermarket - 1 use Somerfield near work and never face these queues. It's a local issue so why mock people for expressing concerns ? Recently queues are really long andslow. Somerfield have a monopoply on LL and I think the area management could ensure staffing levels are adequate. Re shopping elsewhere: where are you suggesting at 7 o'clock onwards - some people getting in from work/ or need to nip out for necessities and need to do a bit of shoppping without having to jump in car, on bus or bike? Why can't LL have an efficiently run supermarket for the busy community? There are enough of us making it a goldmine already. Don't have an preferance for which supermarket it is but just want that can offer us something more efficiently run. ps. why do they have that whole aisle dedicated to dodgy ssndwiches, snack packs and pasta salads that always seems to be full due to customers voting with their eyes and not buying - put self-serve tills there ( I know they weren't always working but maybe the technology has moved on a bit since the last attempt). Just some idle thoughts......

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You may have seen this post on other sections - I'm new to how this all works. Anyway ........ Not exactly an East Dulwich-wide issue but wondered if anyone can give me advice on looking after new born rabbits. 6 born last Friday and found 2 dead in hutch this morning. Hutch has been inside to keep them warm. Leaving mum to feed them. Dad not in with them. Have looked on internet but it is a whole strange world out there in bunny owner land -would welcome some common sense advice ! I have posted on the wanted/offered section so please take a look if you're interested. Thanks