Bellerophon

Spot on I beleive this has been covered at length previously Just search SEG or Special Escort Group Its recce's, as the above poster alludes to......

If we still had a Police Station , you could bring it down and plonk it on the counter in front of a wide eyed Desk Sergeant Or bring it in to Target Arms on Monday morning......oh wait, i forgot If it really is empty and inert, its probably worth a few sheets

When you say found....... Did you dig it up , or was it above ground, in the shed for example ? If the former, I would inform the authorities. They will contact the Army EOD chaps, and you may face the prospect of your garden being re-landscaped for free It may be part of a war time cache Is the inside empty ? If not, step away and I refer you to the above advice If it is, its probably a relic souvenir Your call

Ruffler Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The late night Chinook sighting may be connected > to the Queen's birthday today which will feature a > fly past of the Red Arrows, two Chinooks among > others. Chinooks never appeared, just the Red Arrows, and HEMS (although I think they were otherwise engaged) Low cloud cover and defence cuts Was expecting the Battle of Britain Memorial Spit, Hurricane & Lanc, but no joy

He's only gone and moved it.....

Reminds me a bit of this stuff....

Laur Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sophie was in South London today... > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2918370/ > A-birthday-treat-Sophie-Countess-Wessex-celebrates > -50th-slice-cake-bunch-flowers-visit-centre-tropic > al-diseases.html Yep, she'd get it......

uncleglen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I saw it going down Barry Road towards Peckham Rye > at about 2.40. There were 2 bikes ahead of it with > lights and sirens and a bike immediately in front Would you believe, he's known as 'Easy Rider' !

If the Range Rover was a liveried Met vehicle, then it will have been the Special Escort Group (SEG) on a training run They whizz ahead and dominate the junctions with furious whistling and hand signals I think the idea is that the wheels of the principals vehicle do not stop rolling

Adding this post to say the guys from the old shop & Post Office have been serving the community long before Sainsburys Local appeared. Its previous incumbent was a motor spares outlet Also curious as to why the feverish work on the former Le Moulin place has stalled...... As an aside to the building work abutting the shop in question..... In the middle of last year, i was picking up some dry cleaning from the chap on the other corner, whilst a very large Metropolitan Police vehicle appeared to be delivering re-conditioned bricks to the workmen on site at this place I didn't imagine it because passers by were stopping to look

Nope, not at the time of filming. MP5 carbine standard issue. However, so much more wrong with that that pic On set Police advisor obviously not firearms Mr Nesbitt wouldn't have had to travel too far for that scene....... With this and 'The Misssing' , I imagine he will have to make some more room on his mantlepiece

Not only am i lush, i am available.....

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I still miss Target Arms Bob, i feel your pain..... Cassie has been there for the last 18 years, and i remember her opening Used it to buy the County newspapers to send back to my parents most weeks Reminded me of many a village shop in Ireland when we used to spend the holidays over there Often waited patiently to be served as she chatted to one or two of her customers, as that's how i've been brought up It was a brilliant marketing ploy, as by the time it came to pay for the papers, I would have some black pudding, Emerald sweeties and a can of Cidona picked up as well - Genius ! Will miss it, as for so long it's been part of my routine

Busted......well done forumites, and Sue in particular

'I wouldn't want to alienate or bore anyone to sleep. ' Congratulations, you have Going in for my Leitrem Observer & Tuam Herald tomorrow....

computedshorty Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Percy Seymore was in my class at Heber Road School > he was badly injured when Darrel & Crystal Palae > Road got bombed. > The shops on Goodrich / Landcroft Roads used to be > Murtons Sweet Shop and Flectures the Grocers. > Facing was a dirlect two story building that was > fenced arround when the war started with scaffold > boards stood upright, when the war ended we pulled > all that boarding down and set it alight in the > middle of the crossing, the heat was so great that > the margerine stacked in the Grocers shop melted > and ran down the incline of the window display and > could be seen against the Glass window. > There was a Red Post Box on that corner, my > brother who was serving abroad received his letter > partly burnt. > Some of the Lads who live in Lancroft were Lenny > Davis, The Carrs, Holmans, Eric Bowen, Dougi > Briggs, the Filkins, Alan Liversage. > In Goodrich Road lived the Hardleys, Peter Howden > Peter Bill & John Morgan Ray Horgan, Don Utton, > Micheal O'brian, Arthur Weston, Peter Hine, and > the Ice cream man who rode his tricycle ice box, > who used to call out something like " Georgee Wood > got a little bit of good ". > We used to sit on Murtons front step making up > episodes of Dick Barton, you had to get him out of > the situation he was in and get him into another > one. There's an early 1950s build block of 4 maisonettes there now, so that fits Also , the / a post box is still on the corner

Burbage Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bellerophon Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Outstanding service IMHO > > Well, yes. But you want to be careful. > > The council do a lot of stuff like that, and you > never see threads about the absence of litter or > dog poo or leaves, that most kids in care turn out > quite nice or that most occupants of social > housing don't perish in preventable fires. > Although this particular item breaks the mould a > little, I'm willing to be this is the last thread > we'll have about the absence of a shed. > > But you pay for all that, and you don't want to go > round being nice and appreciative because, before > very long, you'll be off to wave placards about > the council tax or the lack of refuges or some > newly-murderous cycle facility, and you can't do > that effectively if you're open to the suggestion > that they're not a bunch of corrupt, lazy, > self-serving, faceless, unhelpful, complacent, > indifferent, bureacratic and evil scum. > > Sad though it is, that's how democracy works. It's > also human nature. While we are happy to oathfully > vituperate a broadly illiterate, innumerate, > light-fingered and mendacious Royal Mail, it's all > smiles and chat about the weather when we meet a > postie face to face. We cheerfully call for the > guillotine in public but, if we could get away > with it, we'd kill far more people to get an > invite to a garden party. We scream blue murder if > we find a neighbour's put half a wheel across our > dropped kerb, but when we get a fine for parking > our land-yacht on the zig-zags, it's tantamount to > a declaration of war. > > Which, naturally, begs a question. What, exactly, > is your beef with the council this time? Probably should have narrowed my thanks down to Southwark Enviromental Services Online Help, but it doesn't quite sing Simple point was that as a shift worker coming home at the break of dawn, to find said fly tipping all over the pavement, and then, 3 hours later, to see it efficiently removed, I was delighted. Burbage, your no doubt, finely crafted, witty riposte goes right over my head. Just apportioning thanks where it's due.

Sue - All four panels & roof. Should have taken a pic ! Pickle - agree entirely Jim The Chin - I concur covert cams installed

What appeared to be an entire shed, and sundry other bits and pieces, dumped on Goodrich Road some time in the early hours of this morning. Reported on Southwark Councils' website, and less than 2 hours later, guys turned up to take it away. Outstanding service IMHO Just need to catch the feckers at it. CCTV being purchased this am from Maplins

Just go, we'll be ok

In an ideal world, the obvious soloution, it would seem to me, would run something like this - Vacate LL Police Station, which as we know, now only accommodates Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs), the front desk, and possibly the odd Burglary / Robbery Squad (Not entirely sure about the latter, but do see the odd covert 'blues & twos' flying out of there occasionally). Either way, they must have an office each ! Re-open the old Police Station, which until a few weeks ago, was a functioning Police building, and re-locate the whole shebang in there. I'm guessing it's still got the makings of a front desk, offices, computer access, and the necessary facilities. Being a much smaller building,the energy saving possibilities must be huge. There's a back yard for vehicles, it is still well located to serve the community (It was the pre-curser to LL, and is easily walkable fom the centre of ED) And if all that weren't enough, if ever a building said 'We are the Police' it's that one Sell LL Pol Stn for a tidy profit. What do i know, just the thoughts of a citizen who has lived here on and off for the past 20 yrs, and who remembers the horses fondly... I stand to be corrected on any of the above

Housed the Met's Firearms Investigation Unit for the S.E. These have all been centralised now, at Empress State Building, near Earls Court Think it was home to the infamous South East Regional Crime Squad, at one stage The Met will be sure to sell it, along with all it's other fine old historical estate... Would make a very secure private residence

giggirl Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think it should be a given that customers who > need to fill out forms should stand aside to do > it. I use the PO a lot and I arrive with my > envelopes ready to be scanned. I literally only > take seconds at the counter. If you need to fill > out a form, borrow a pen, finish selotaping your > package, or anything else that does not require > staff input, then stand aside and let someone else Good girl giggirl erm, anyway - absolutely spot on - be prepared, bring sellotape and a pen. been using it since way back when, and always exchage pleasentries. They are human beings behind the counter as well... and as for the phone thing - the height of rudeness. > be served. It's soul destroying to watch staff > staring into space whilst waiting for customers to > get ready to be served. > > Don't get me started on people who are on their > phones at the counter; that's rude to the staff > serving them and to the people waiting. > > The staff at Lordship Lane are good people doing > their best. It's not their place to say "oh it's > busy today I won't take a break". That's the thin > end of the wedge. They have to eat and they have > errands to run, just like everyone else.

GrumpyGranny Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am a puppy owner & ALWAYS pick up doggy poo (2 > sandwich bags one inside the other) - it's not > that hard. Come on, dog owners!! The hard ones are way easier to pick up. More fibre in his/her diet methinks

cmck83 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > charliebrown Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > james Barber - specials sign up for 25 hours > and > > do not get all the travelling perks of the full > > time police officers. > > > They do, my cousin is one. Nope, they get Underground, buses & DLR If he / she is briefing it on Overground trains then it's an an abuse of office - cue DPS and arrest What was the name / warrant no. again ?...