jollybaby

One of my good friend's house burned to the ground when she was three or four and so she has never seen any of her baby photos - I've always thought that was really sad.

Hopefully she was on her way to have her hair done

The fact remains that taking photos of people without permission (in particular little children) is considered by many as unacceptable behaviour today. This man should have been sensitive to this. The odds are that he wasn't a perv but trying to take some reportage type shots in the surroundings he was likely to cause unease. You could argue for hours about privacy/nanny states etc but in this instance the OP clearly felt uncomfortable with his behaviour and did what she felt was right at that time. I got the impression that rather than trying to create mass hysteria on the forum that she posted as a point of discussion - was she overreacting, would anyone have done the same and it's difficult for us to say without being there. It brings me back to a time on my travels when one of my companions was trying to take atmospheric photos of the souks in Dubai - she tried to surreptitiously include a group of arabs - but one of the men saw her and came over and lectured her on respect, decency and how she should have asked to take the photo - which they would have agreed to. Although I'm not sure a row of men smiling - saying the arabic equivalent of 'cheese' was the look she was after.

At least your eggs were free range

Andystar - love the drunk on the bench!

I've often wondered about it too! I think Mr JB may take a little bit of persuading though. . . . .

LE I can see why you disagree with TLS but why do exactly what he does? In your post you have made the sweeping generalisation that working class southerners are lazy, bigoted, tw@ts. I'm not sure my father and the many others who fit that demographic would be delighted to be thought of as that.

Hear hear- if everyone on this forum had the same opinion then there wouldn't be any point in having a forum at all.

No no no topless running is not cool. Particularly with a heart rate monitor on - why oh why oh why do they do that. Keep it all covered up please

I think I was on the bus with this driver yesterday - he turned off the engine at least 3 times on the journey between Victoria and ED

Yes I was on the bus. Two school kids got on - around 15 and started fighting and broke the door on the bus. Not sure what happened next as when they nearly landed in my lap I decided it was time to jump off and escape to the safety of sainsburys

Yes in an ideal world there wouldn't be any cars on the road and we'd all be cycling everywhere- but this isn't an ideal world but a busy city suburb. The backstreets of East Dulwich are full of parked cars and vans- many obscuring junctions and so potentially dangerous for both cyclist and motorist. As keef said - this isn't a cyclist vs motorist debate this is about making an assessment of risk. I wouldn't be willing to subject my children to that risk - nor would my partner who is a cycling fanatic Sorry cross posted with Jeremy/Keef etc

Whilst I may not agree with her tone I'd have to say I'm more with Morag on this one. I've come across some god awful driving around the back streets of ED and putting a little one who can barely see over the top of a parked car- sounds a little dangerous to me. I feel the same when I see people towing children in the little carriages behind their bikes.

we're away for the weekend - i hope that didn't contain our belongings!

Not a good road for black cat owners. I found a dead black cat there a few months ago - well actually I said to my friend 'look at the cat having a sleep in the gutter' and she gently pointed out that puss was more than asleep. I knocked on a few doors and found the owner who was devastated as their other cat had been run over a few weeks before. Rest in peace kitty.

No it's shut and has been since I moved here 2 1/2 years go - you'll have to try somewhere else!

According to the markings on the ground it's 1700m to go around the road but not sure how accurate that is

Not sure if they serve take away bags but the best chips I have had recently were at Franklins - was dreaming of them for days . . . . .

The fireworks I heard didn't sound like they were coming from dulwich College- agree with OP more like the Goodrich Road are. I thought they were coming from the same party that were playing Michael Jackson non stop til the early hours - not really complaining though as I had quite a lively bash a couple of weeks ago. Was bit disappointed that it didn't make the forum!

welcome Barty The forum is kept in impeccable order so don't be surprised if one of your posts magically disappears to another section. Don't be offended if you start a thread on what you think is an extremely important point to be met with the first reply saying something like - 'here we go again' and then a link to a 20 page thread on same point - even if it was last discussed 2 years ago. For me the best thing about the forum is the wanted/offered - I've managed to get rid of lots of junk and also found decent pest control, handymen, got someone to buy something in ikea for me and had great meals out - to the point where my boyfriend is driven mad by me saying 'well on the forum .. . .' have fun

Perhaps time to be moved to the 'about the forum' section. . . . given that this thread does not contain any ED news/gossip or information ps can't see that a separate incident/crime room would work - there'd be barely anything left in the main section aside from threads about shops closing down etc

Andy you are a star!

For some reason my stock response includes "it's only 10 minutes from London Bridge on the train" as if I need to justify our lack of tube service!

Talking about clothes shop - it looks like Petals is closing down - I saw the shop up for lease in an estate agents' window. Shame I've bought a few nice things in there.

For some reason I read the list of rules and regulations when at the park yesterday and no BBQs are not permitted . . . . though as Lozzyloz said there were a fair few folk grilling away.