Humdinger

I heard that they have a "helium bar" set up at this fair, where they are selling ?2 balloons filled with Helium which they sell to kids who then inhale it. I think it is high time a councillor was notified of this heinous practice.

"NoMorePizzeriasPlease"

Perhaps someone complained to the council that they didn't like them so close to their expensive house. The same type that complains about steam fairs and family friendly music festivals.

Any kind of fair, festival or anything fun should be completely banned from all London parks, commons and open spaces. No music of any kind should ever be allowed to disturb the peace of the good people who are fortunate enough to live in an expensive house near to a common, it should be reserved for them to walk their dogs as and when they want to.

You could have gone next door to an all you can eat Indian buffet, or a few yards either direction to 2 more curry houses also having a buffet. So don't panic, you will still be able to have your prawn dhansak rather than, heaven forbid, a 'ghastly' pizza.

There will be plenty of easy ways to get to London Bridge by bus once the 40 changes. I'm pretty sure TFL thought it all through. They are unlikely to have put on blindfolds and pointed at a random bus route and thought, right lets make changes to that one. They will have carefully considered the changes to each route by taking into account that passengers can rather easily hop off one bus and onto another at no extra cost and very little inconvenience. The centre of London is unnecessarily clogged up with empty buses. This needs to change.

derwentgrove Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Whilst I too mourn the loss of the outgoing > Palmerston, why the rush to judgment here? There > seem to be seven pubs in the Old Spot group and > on-line research suggests that no two menus are > alike. I agree that the Limehouse menu isn't > inspiring, but is that necessarily the best > comparator? (I say that as someone who bought his > first house in E14 and lived there for nine years > before moving to ED). I will be keeping an open > mind: on the basis of DF's intel it doesn't sound > as if we will have too long to wait. true, if anything the prices will be higher than their site in Limehouse.

i had a look at their food menu for another one of their pubs in Limehouse, where i would assume will be similar pricing as the Palmerston. A cheeseburger with chips is ?13.50. A meat feast pizza is ?14. these are high prices for basic pub food, so im not holding my breath for the pints to be well priced.

Found this about Old Spot Pub sites: https://www.eigroupplc.com/en/media/press-releases/2019/Old-Spot-Pub-Company-opens-new-sites.html

Sounds good to me. I have little interest in pubs that are more bothered about serving people expensive lunch and dinners, than enjoying drinks. As you said EDT seems to be the only one in the LL stretch that attracts people mostly there for drinking. Great it will not be a Youngs either, who are the biggest money grabbers going.

Have bought a season ticket, didn't know there was going to be a women's team at the time, but it gives an incentive to pop by on a Sunday for a pint if there is a game on to watch and its part of the season ticket.

I was told that in every Antic pub they do this, as their cheap menu option. The idea behind it is those with limited incomes who cant be bothered to cook after work of an evening, can still come to the pub and have a decent enough meal for a fair price. When they first started it the thinking was a hot dinner and a pint for around a tenner, but as prices have gone up that no longer possible, but i suppose still reasonable enough.

NewWave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Humdinger Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Tell you what mate, why don't you put your > little > > rant in a little letter and send it to the > mayor's > > office, proposing that he set up a new bus > route > > entirely for you to get to work on time. > > > > > > Your attitude is horrendous- you literally > think > > that London should revolve around you, rather > than > > the vice versa, because you like every other > > person, has to face the grind of a daily > commute > > to work. I also have to get the overground into > > Canada Water and change onto the terribly > > overcrowded Jubilee Line, but guess what mate? > > That's what i have to do to go to work, and i > have > > to deal with that. It all part and parcel of > > living in London. > > > > Perhaps, it might make your life easier and > > happier if you searched for a "lowly shop > > assistant" job nearby to where you live, or > > perhaps leave London altogether if you cant > hack > > it. And dont even bother responding crying "why > > should i?!", because you clearly are a spoilt > > individual who just doesn't quite understand > how > > life in London works. > > I wasn't going to bother responding to your > downright ignorant reply but having just got home > from work (11.30pm)I will. > First up-I'm a Londoner born and bred, I grew up > on a council estate which was fortunately was in > West London Zone 1 > As the only daughter of elderly sick parents (I'm > not asking for sympathy just stating facts OK?)I > remained as near as possible to my parents by > living in zone 2 West London for most of my adult > life-when they passed away I no longer needed to > be so near to them and pay inflated prices to live > in what what was admittedly a pretty central area > (W10) > I can certainly 'Hack' living in London, probably > better than most. > If I could find a shop job locally that paid the > same hourly rate as a central London store I > would-Believe me-I'd love to walk to work or be > home by 7pm. > If I'd chosen to live in East London (which I also > considered before settling here because at the > time it wasn't as overpriced and fashionable as it > is now)I would still be able to get more than one > direct bus into work as well as having access to > the Central line. > My point was not that I can't hack living in > London or indeed commuting (as I've relied on > public transport my entire life and I'm nearly > 60)BUT that the transport options regarding busses > is woefully inadequate in this part of London > compared to even SW London. > I think your attitude is horrendous and > unrealistic too thinking its that easy to get a > job locally (it isn't -competition for what counts > as unskilled work is fierce) > or that living in what counts as a major city it > is unrealistic to expect half way decent transport > links into the central hub. > I glad I don't know what you look like because if > I did I'd kick you where it hurts if I saw you on > the Jubilee line. Your whole post is just me, me, me. In an attempt to justify your risible views, you have unnecessarily divulged personal details of your life in the past, which is strange and has no relevance at all to the destination and frequency of bus routes around East Dulwich, which is what this conversation is about. We have possibly the best transport system on the planet, but still it is not to your liking as it doesn't get you personally to work quickly or comfortably enough- i rest my case. Try not to be too bitter in life, its unhealthy.

I wish publicans all followed your lead. I never have a roast in a pub in London, as it is at least ?15 normally, and quite often is lukewarm, as much of the food is already cooked and sat around until someone puts an order in. A decent meal for a tenner and you've got my custom, along with a couple of pints (providing they arent silly prices too). Best value i have seen in ED seems to be bangers and mash in the EDT for ?8. Never tried it mind.

Classic example of NIMBY'ism. Don't fly over over my house, fly over other peoples instead, meaning they have to put up with the noise so I don't have to. London is a major global city with multiple airports. You will have to put up with aircraft noise if you choose to live here. That's the nature of the beast, and frankly petitions such as this are a waste of time and effort.

Tell you what mate, why don't you put your little rant in a little letter and send it to the mayor's office, proposing that he set up a new bus route entirely for you to get to work on time. Your attitude is horrendous- you literally think that London should revolve around you, rather than the vice versa, because you like every other person, has to face the grind of a daily commute to work. I also have to get the overground into Canada Water and change onto the terribly overcrowded Jubilee Line, but guess what mate? That's what i have to do to go to work, and i have to deal with that. It all part and parcel of living in London. Perhaps, it might make your life easier and happier if you searched for a "lowly shop assistant" job nearby to where you live, or perhaps leave London altogether if you cant hack it. And dont even bother responding crying "why should i?!", because you clearly are a spoilt individual who just doesn't quite understand how life in London works.

Ridiculous. Talk to people in towns (not villages) outside of London, where the one sole bus route is under threat from getting axed, not because they are unpopular, because of funding cuts. There is a bus that runs up Lordship Lane every 4 minutes at present. What more do you want?! If you personally really want to get somewhere specific, really quickly, then there are also a million taxis you can order. For all other times, please wait patiently for a bus that will be along in a few minutes, and try not to sound so pathetically entitled while you are at it.

Most buses during the day are empty anyway. Compared to the rest of the country and possibly the world, we have an unbelievable bus service. If some cuts and changes have to be made from time to time due to changing dynamics and financial savings then so be it. Hopefully people are aware that there is a train service from East Dulwich to London Bridge which takes about 10 minutes and runs, i believe, every 15 minutes.

Closing down nurseries whilst spending 100's of millions of pounds on "Brexit". Utterly shameful .

Because she came across as an attention seeking do gooder, trying to get admiration for doing something so heroic as to film a few teenagers nicking a beer or two from Tesco. Whoopy do!

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/05/the-local-sainsburys-is-run-by-robots-please-god-can-someone-with-a-pulse-help-me?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1cic2mtV1fJ0rTzjKubt4Uk43mCVeosWAfolrwxS7QoY2ig5Z8qmz7Cc4#Echobox=1559777120

Its likely kids from the local estates in Peckham targeting the area as its known for its well to do, well off inhabitants. When i lived in a rough part of Peckham, i rarely heard of or saw muggings like the ones described here (more street violence linked to feuds), which suggests they dont want to crap on their own doorstep. That being said, i would be surprised if it didn't happen there too, and everywhere in fact. Unfortunately there is little that can be done about it. The Police are too stretched to assign a resource in the hope of catching a kid with a knife on the rob around East Dulwich, just have to be vigilant against these utter scumbags.

good news!

To be fair, it is still light at 21:30 at the moment. This is quite shocking how he would assault you first and then rob you. Even though i doubt he would try something with me, it is good to be aware. May i ask, were you crossing the road at the time? Or did he mount the pavement?

Would recommend watching big games at the Dulwich Hamlet clubhouse. The beer is cheap, the atmosphere is good, and your helping the local football team out by drinking there.