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Ha! but have you knitted any decorations????? come on Tuesday - you still have time!!!! sophiesofa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mine has tinsel, home made origami ball > decorations, home made pom poms, white lights, a > paperchain, some flocked baubles, lots of > snowflakes, basically anything tacky + a really > cute ceramic penguin with a broken foot. I LOVE > CHRISTMAS

You'll never be bored watching Romeo and Juliet at the ballet because the music is so bloomin' good for a start - the Capulet ball scene is worth the entry fee alone, as is Lady Capulets mourning scene - I challenge you not to be moved by that. It's not at all what most people expect, who have never been.. It's totally absorbing because it is a visual experience. Your attention is totally drawn to the action on stage and the time just flies by.... Whatever you see I hope you have a really good time...

There is always a pantomime at Greenwich theatre. I don't know how much but I'm sure it's not expensive. The best panto is always at the Hackney Empire though.....

If Greendale is a site of importance for nature conservation, then surely there is even less chance of it being built on?

Selling the ground for redevelopment, has indeed, been tried before. I very much doubt that there is planning permission for anything on this site, whatever the SLP states. As Ipool points out, there would undoubtedly have been consultatation with local residents (as in the past). Also, although I'm not sure exactly who owns the land off Greendale - they didn't want the football club there last time so it seems unlikely they'll want it there now...

Navy blue jumper and trousers with a white shirt is Charter uniform...

I also live on the St Francis 'Estate'. I don't mind the noise from the football matches. It's only occasional and never that loud, but I do have a problem with the noise late at night when Dulwich Hamlet have let their bar out for parties. The noise carries a long way and is loud enough to keep me awake. Not an issue if they only have parties occasionally but I understand they have made an application to have a late licence more often. Maybe others will know more about that....

headnizm wasn't called that in 1994 and I think the jewellers was part of the green and blue site. Wasn't there a butcher on the same side as cheese block, but nearer the roundabout end?

thank you...

Please can you help? I want to change my username or re-register with a new one. I've just found out my boss reads the forum........When I try to register a new user name I get a message that says this email account is already registered to a user ie. me. Does this mean only one person from each email address can use the forum? How can I get a new username without changing my email address?

I want to change my username (having found out one of my bosses reads the ED forum.) How can I do it without changing my email address?

Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Station Address: > East Dulwich Station > Grove Vale > London > SE22 8EF > > (taken from > http://www.infotransport.co.uk/trains/station/594) > > > Also check out this map which shows postcode > borders: > http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=533449&y=1753 > 75&z=0&sv=SE22+8EF&st=2&pc=SE22+8EF&mapp=map.srf&s > earchp=ids.srf > > The station and DKH estate are in East Dulwich. > The SE5 border comes just before Grove Hill Road. But the big sign opposite the garage at Goose Green says 'Welcome to Camberwell' suggesting that anything past that, heading up to the station is in Camberwell; also the council ward of Camberwell South encompasses the station. This is a bit confusing.....

Yes it is - camberwell starts just after goose green.....there's a great big sign up that says so Jeremy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ronniemama Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > ED station is in camberwell after all...... > > Ah no... no it's not. Close though. > > >

Thank you Dagmarj, for a thoroughly reasonable summing up of the situation.

Hey, I have nothing against academies per se, if they work, they work. We need a school for boys only to redress the balance in available places. With more than one girls only school there is a definite lack of places for boys - so that's why it is a single sex school. The problem with academies is that they are not answerable to the local authority, do not have to adhere to the national curriculum and buildings and grounds are to some degree (i'm sure there is an expert here who can clarify) are at the disposal of the sponsor , who only has to provide something like 2% of the costs in order to get his name on the school. The places for this academy ARE for boys in the ED area, and if you think the bottom of Friern Road is not East Dulwich enough, then you are just picking hairs. Where exactly would you like it to be? ED station is in camberwell after all...... but,as i said - if it works it's not a problem for me... annaj Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ok, so I accept that people who live in the > immediate area are concerned that the site isn't > large enough and about the impact of 900 boys > arriving and leaving each day, but I still have > questions (and these are genuine questions not an > attack or attempt to be contraversial) > > Mic Mack, why are you so convinced that the places > will not go to boys from East Dulwich? I've just > had a look at the website for the academy in > Peckham and distance from school is part of the > admissions policy, with places allocated on the > basis of special need, skills or talents in > certain areas (in the case of the Peckham academy, > performing arts)and distance from the school. So, > it stands to reason that if the same policy > applies to the ED academy then much of the intake > will come from ED. > > Ronnimama, why are academies not ideal? Having had > a look at their website I don't really understand > what the problem with them is. Perhaps I'm missing > something or being naive, but they seem to me to > be modern schools that cater for a range of > abilities including, but not exclusively, special > needs. > > Antijen, I can completely see why a group of > parents and teachers would be extremely upset at > the relocation of a popular special needs school > and at being essentially taken over by a church > school, but I'm not really sure what it has to do > with the new academy, unless it was just to make > the point that parents views aren't listened to.

There is a real lack of school places for children age 11 - 18 in East Dulwich. Particularly for boys - betwewen the ages of 11 and 18 they are boys NOT men! This is most appararant in the triangle between ED station up to the plough and down to Peckham Rye as this area is outside the catchment for any of the secondaries apart from Harris Girls. Presumably the 900 boys that 'pour' out of the chool in the evening (in 5 years time) will be the 900 boys who live in East Dulwich so they will be pouring their way home. Acadamies are not ideal but they are all that is on offer and unfortunately, parents of teenaged kids are desparate for school places. I'm constantly amazed by the snobbish NIMBY attitude of East Dulwich residents...Having a school that is bordered on one side by open ground is surely better than having one surrounded by streets and houses on all sides - I can't see why it shouldn't be at the end of Friern Rd.

PinkyB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > The most exotic thing I think I'd ever tasted > until I was about 16 was one of those packets of > dried curry-flavoured rice with a couple of > raisins and dried peppers in it. We used to have > it as an extra vegetable. Watery cabbage, generic > meat in gravy, a potato, and curry-flavoured rice. > Mm-mm. Ha! This is our favourite camping dinner; tinned stewing steak and golden savoury rice. Now that the kids are old enough to read what's on the label, they refuse toeat it...

robbo*uk Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Personally I think that in this recession hit time > the drug companies are using the media to fully > cover themselves. Media terrorism is a > fantastically prevalent disease in countries like > ours and I am in no doubt that Tamiflu are > receiving astounding profits from our latest dose > of terror. This is a sickness which is less potent > than common flu and has so far made a few people > slightly ill for a few days in England, yet when > it hits Alleyns the ENTIRE school is given > medication. Make up your own minds, but please > dont read the Daily Mail. I'd like to point out that this strain of 'flu is supposed to be mild compared to regular 'flu. People seem to think this means it is like having a cold. Most people, although they claim to have flu about once a year, have never actually experienced it. I have, and it is NOTHING like having a common cold. Influenza is a serious threat to young, elderly or other vulnerable people. It is a serious threat to the third world and we should be doing EVERYTHING we can to prevent the spread of this strain. As usual, most people are thinking about this in terms of themselves..... If you have experienced genuine influenza it is not something you would want to repeat....

My garden is VERY small and has a buddleia which has become extrememly overgrown and is blocking out most of the sunlight. It means I won't have room for any beans or tomatoes unless I cut it back. However... Yesterday I noticed a pair of goldfinches flying in and out of it. They've been doing it regularly since. Should I cut back the tree or will it stop them from coming into my garden? I'm not planning to cut the whole thing down, just reduce it by about a third. Oh and they're not nesting in the buddleia as it is not stable enough - it blows about all over the place in firm wind...

And also, the machine at East Dulwich does not sell a weekly travelcard for zones 2 and 3 only. I always have to queue at the office which means I sometimes miss my train to work.

Although I understand the point of view being put across here, that drivers should be aware of cyclists etc etc. Until recently we drove a van and as careful as we are were still sometimes taken by surprise by bad road use by cyclists and sometimes by our own mistakes - being human. Of course all road users should be extremely careful but if we are distracted by something in front of us or a light suddenly blinds us - the point is that if we screw up we're still ok - if a cyclist screws up by assuming a car has seen him/her then he is dead. Not worth the assumption is it?

david_carnell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >> > Now, I'd like the favour returned... can a man > under 60 (well 30 actually) get away with a panama > hat? On holiday and at home! The answer is no; sadly this does not stop my other half from wearing one....

Last year my friend's cat brought home several ducklings over the period of a week. Not from this area, but it shows that A) cats go a long way to hunt B)there are many predators and could be a combination of rats, herons and cats...

Actually I witnessed a heron snatching a duckling at Peckham Rye Park a couple of years ago.

HonaloochieB Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Although if you stick on The Pogues' Rum Sodomy > And The Lash everyting will get much better. Our favourite sing along cd when we're on a day trip in the car...