wondergirl

Hi Sally East Dulwich is perfectly safe to walk around. I'm in my late twenties and have been living here for 1 year. It's a lot safer than some other areas but generally I would say that it's never safe to walk anywhere alone at night be it male or female. You really need to be on your guard all the time. There are usually people around at night. Obviously avoid short cuts late at night.

Good luck if you're trying to find a partner in East Dulwich I would have thought that is very difficult indeed. The Bishop is the best place to pull (not that I have but quite a few male freinds have met girls in there!). ED is not great for meeting singles in general so I would recommend travelling into the big smoke for entertainment and men! :)

Women should be able to walk around safely at night but sadly this isn't the case. I walk around late at night all the time (and I'm not a prostitute!).

It's just reminded me to water the plants in the office so off I trot :)

Absolutely ridiculous!

It is awful. I went to a Soho bar the other day with my bro who was wearing a tie- get this, he was asked to take his tie off it really pissed me off. He didn't care but I thougth that it was bloody ridiculous.

Nice to see something fun on this forum :)

I'm sure that most parents would prefer shopping on their own, but being a parent is a 24 hour a day 7 day a week job. London is London and if you want peace and quiet move out of London. You won't find less kids in the country though.

Jimmy Two Times I haven't laughed so much all day. Are you serious?!!! And ratty, paving over the green, hilarious!

Hi I know the amount of cash because I spoke to the victim afterwards. The point was that you can be mugged for such a small amount of ?10. Obviously it took a while for the man (victim)to say anything as he was in shock and his speech was slurred as he was almost knocked unconscious. It was a question I asked just to get more info about what had happened and to keep him talking so that I could check how serious his injuries were (obviously if he hadn't responded coherently to a question he may have been more seriously injured). We also gave a lot of deatils to police and he mentioned that he took out only ten pounds. Thanks also to Cate for pointing out the early morning muggings as I do pass by these cash points myself early morning on my way to work. It would have been impossible to ignore this man who could have been bleeding to death on the road for all I knew until I approached him- he was actually lying in the road near the kerb so I immediately moved him off the road (after checking that his brain wasn't falling out, my first aid training came in handy). This wasn't easy lifting a man being female. How anyone could walk past this kind of scene is beyond me, I guess that the adrenaline kicked in and it was my natural reaction to respond to the situation before me. I didn't think about anything other than going over to help the man. I did of course make sure that the muggers had left before I went over as I suppose they may have attacked me as well who knows. In response also to Cate, and the fact that this witness also knew the ammount stolen, when someone is attacked they will be in shock afterwards and so repeating the fact she was mugged for ?30 and trying to make sense of something is a natural reaction when in shock. It was an unusually quiet night along Lordship Lane that night as many people had left town for the weekend and no one else was around in that few minutes when the attack happened so I immediately went over to the man. This could happen to anyone of us at any point. Love thy neighbour....

Unfortunately I witnessed a violent mugging on the Easter weekend. This happenend on Saturday 11 April along Lordship Lane at 3.30 am. I have the exact time as this was the time that I called the police and ambulance. I saw this from nearby as I was walking up Lordship lane with a friend. There was a man at the cashpoints in ED at the HSBC and he was taking out just ?10. He was then kicked and punched (one after the other by the different thugs) and hit over the head whith an empty bottle of beer. He was almost kicked unconscious. 4 men attacked him 3 black one white. Luckily the man in question was ok but was only just conscious when I found him and had a very bad cut to his head. Everyone, PLEASE be careful and try not to take cash out late at night! It sounds obvious but after a few beers everyone does it (takes cash out I mean, not violently mug !) It was disgusting to watch and it all happened in about 10 seconds flat.