Mick Mac

hpsaucey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sorry for anyone in a 'black hole', But most of > our local schools are bl**dy good. > > HP Most of the schoos are good - correct - and yes an additional school is of course a good thing, but "it benefits everybody" is also a very simplistic way of deciding whether the processs of where the school goes and who it serves has been a success or not. i still think that this process has not, overall, been a success.

se22cat Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Looks like some work is going on at Threshers now, > finally. That must have been empty 15 years!

And just to thank James Barber for what I think is his biggest achievement - The Dulwich Picturehouse. Brilliant work to get that done, from start to finish. and no catchment area....!

Monkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think the Charter North Dulwich consultation is > making the school a little bit further away for us > unfortunately. Charter ED is the consolation prize. Anyway - my daughter is happy with SydeNham. Its a good school. Not sure I would even go for Charher ED even if i could.

fishbiscuits Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mick Mac Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > What was promoted as an additional school for ED > was in > > fact an additioanal school for those in ED who > > already had one. > > Not really... there is quite a large area of ED > (and Peckham Rye and Camberwell), who weren't > close enough to North Dulwich Charter, who will be > served by the new school. And would you be able to tell me what proportion of the new "ED Charter" catchment area was not either 1) ED but already in Charter 1 catchment 2) Peckham Rye 3) Camberwell 4) Herne Hill It certainly wasn't a school that PRIMARILY benefitted those in ED who had no Charter option beforehand. EG: Where I live in ED, I have no secondary school availability within 1km of our home and those that are available are not in ED - the new ED Charter wasn't going to change that. But its not a perfect world. Even i can understand that.

Barmbrack.

Frenchy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Without going into the minutiae of the math and > breakdown of an average week: for the regular > stylist who works at the salon (as opposed to a > senior who may also be the business owner - which > of course comes with its own perks but also > responsibilities) - the tips can make the > difference between their day being ?worth it? or > ?not?, it?s that simple. Barber in Peckham is ?12, I pay ?15, but at Christmas or if feeling in the mood I pay ?20. It takes 10 minutes on average to cut a man's hair in a barbers.

tomskip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I tip the junior who washes my hair and takes my > coat. Not the hairdresser who charges ?50 for a > 30-40 minute job. As a woman I can never get away > from the feeling I am subsidising the price of > men's haircuts in the salons I frequent. > Oh right - so even this has an anti men angle. Real men don't go to hairdressers. So you arent subsidising men.

Monkey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > As for Charter ED, we are 1.5 km away... > > We should be ok for Sydenham School Yes - many people in ED in this situation. LL end of Friern Road for example - still have to ship our kids off to Sydenham whilst northern ED and Herne Hill fell into the catchment for both Charters - hooray for them - a choice of Charters for some of ED and still none for others Sorry James, but i think this was a disasterous allocation of additional school places. What was promoted as an additional school for ED was in fact an additioanal school for those in ED who already had one. And yes i did attend the hustings and say eactly this at the time. Don't get me started. :)

hpsaucey Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ditto - a lot of hard work, and James has every > right to feel please and proud (thank you James) > whilst the whole community benefits. > No it doesnt.

1) yes 2) its christmas

I think I'm good for tomorrow.

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 11th, 12th or 14th for me. i'm happy for you guys to go ahead and arrange a date - ill try my best to make it.

BrandNewGuy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm a 'maybe' for the 13th. Could do the Tue, Wed > or Fri though. Fun night last night ? can't > believe we finished off the port *and* the brandy > :) You didn't. Did you? Still just under half a bottle of brandy when I left. You might be w me up.

Bic Basher Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Close, it's a Foodhall, not that there's much > difference between the Foodhall and Simply Food > stores. yeah, that's what i meant - soz

alex_b Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Mick Mac Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > > > And for those making comparisons to the LL > store, > > this one's a simply food, but it's a decent > shop > > for its size, they have packed a lot in. > > Isn't the LL one a Simply Food too? Foodstore, I thought.

nxjen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > For those not able to wait until midday for their > M&S fix on a Sunday, this new one opens at 9.30 am and is open until 8pm. And for those making comparisons to the LL store, this one's a simply food, but it's a decent shop for its size, they have packed a lot in.

I should be good for next week.

I hope Labour never get in. Ever.

Lebanums Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Bit overpriced for what it is, no bull burger ?2 > for 2 in Iceland + Sainsubrys bun do the math Are you suggesting they get their burgers from Iceland?

He may be lost.

Best of luck Foxy. Hope you get well.

PeckhamRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Oh come on, the gas company are not out to kill > cyclists. They are out to improve a gas network. Well, it's a bit like the Tour de Peckham down Rye Lane at the moment during rush hour, so these cyclists will have to go somewhere and if that includes sharp turns amongst traffic i can see it being dangerous.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > IMHO the problem is historically the bottom of the > market doesn't become evident until we're some way > past it (ignoring > Brexit) As is the case with the top of the market too ...

You only have to search "Virgin" on this forum to find the many threads over the years bemoaning Virgin and their promises to fix their service in the area, its tiresome I switched to BT two years ago and its much better (Friern Road) We couldn't even download a programme on catch up quicker than we could watch it, Virgin was soo slow.