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On 26/11/2025 at 21:30, Cyclemonkey said:

Won't someone think of the poor people burdened with a £2M house "through no fault of their own" .....  seriously?

This is literally unearned money mainly gained through govenrment policies that has given home ownership preferential treatment for decades but you think it is fairer to rise income tax?  Young graduates are already effectively paying a higher marginal rate of income tax due to student loan repayments and can barely afford to rent in London,   but it is fairer not to touch the unearned housing wealth of boomers?  

It isn’t unearned money, because it isn’t money at all. It’s a theoretical value. Do you think the government will take an iou for when a house is sold and (and if) the money becomes real?

I’m not sure the problems were caused by Everyone Active. They run perfectly good centres elsewhere, including the Queen Mum which until recently was my main pool. As far as I can remember the problems with the Dulwich pool started months after it was handed over to Southwark. But I might be wrong on that. I think there was a period when EA weren’t investing in it, pre hand back to Southwark, which is not surprising, but it was maintained to legal standards, I’m sure.

I tried to swim at Dulwich a couple of weeks back. The water is far too hot. I would say it’s bordering on dangerous.

I’m sure it’s within the tolerances etc but it is significantly warmer than JAGS (warm but still ok for session swims) which itself is way warmer than any of the other pools I swim at (Queen Mum, St Pancras, Oasis).

I do wonder if all the problems they had with filters are related to the temp of the water. Peckham Pulse and Camberwell aren’t hot  so I think it’s a manager decision to run Dulwich so hot.

Appreciate that the pool temp has nothing to do with the showers.

On 10/11/2025 at 19:31, malumbu said:

I tried a Lime bike once, too heavy and bulky for me but I understand that many really like them.  And very much support the concept.

Which part of the concept appeals the most? Paraphrasing Private Eye … Is it the weight and  the dangerous way people ride them, the way they get left fallen over in the middle of the street, or thrown in the Thames as I saw today, or is it that they have giant batteries and rely on electricity? 

Underhill Rd is closed to traffic. There’s a massive water leak. 

They’re just about to reopen the pool at Dulwich Leisure Centre. Try there.

On 11/08/2025 at 14:09, Dogkennelhillbilly said:

You've taken these cheese puns whey too far.

Sorry. They have become a bit grating. It was just a rarebit of fun.  

5 hours ago, Viva Marias said:

Dear neighbours and customers,

The notes displayed on the front door of Maria’s Tortilla restaurant do not reflect reality. I’m dealing with a rogue landlord who has unlawfully instructed bailiffs entry and taken control of the premises. Im not backing down and with help from my lawyer, I’m trying to open the restaurant as soon as possible. 
Thank you for your understanding, your support is greatly appreciated.

I’ll be back!

Maria

Maria’s Tortilla 

 

Very best wishes to you. If there is any help you need, it’s definitely worth asking on here if you are able to.  Lots of people have lots of experience and very happy to help!

On 08/08/2025 at 18:49, Brian up the hill said:

Am I right in thinking the cheese shop in the Village has gone? 

Yes, but I remember it fromages ago.

On 06/08/2025 at 11:59, Insuflo said:

Cheese Block, Mons and Heritage formed a cheese triangle.

Oh, very strong!

On 06/08/2025 at 12:51, Spartacus said:

This is a Philly thread 

Yes. We must proceed Caerphilly 

Relaunching as Ollie's House https://ollies-house.co.uk ?

Seems that's what they've done with other Megans.

Like an asian-ish version of Megans.

Menus look insipid, twee, cookie cutter, corporate. Meh.

Same same, but different.

Yes, because of course there were no violent robberies in the olden days. Pretty much no crime happened at all I believe through the entire Victorian era.

Can’t imagine what it must be like you have your doorbell rung harshly.

Probably a daft question but does Chacarero not sell chacareros?

Genuinely without wishing to be unkind, but if you can’t use the speedometer, should you really be driving? You wouldn’t pass the driving test. If it’s a vision thing, Taylor West are very, very good (although also very expensive).

The swimming lessons at JAGS Sportsclub are very popular, and the gym there might meet your needs. Southwark took over running its leisure centres from everyone active a while back and so far seems to be making a real mess of things. There’s lots of private gyms and other council ones in Lewisham and Lambeth so depending on exactly where you’re going to be you can look at those. JAGS and Dulwich College both have sports clubs with nice facilities, but you can’t use them during the school day. Check their sites for details. 

It’s been closed for several months, I think.

The teaching at JAGS is very good.

Is this one to ones she’s having? Or classes?

if it’s classes ….

With classes bear in mind that they all follow the same Swim England 7 stage curriculum.

Your child might find weeks 1 to 4 of any given term easy, or get there a bit faster than the rest of the class. Then when the class moves on to weeks 5 to 8 (for example) she will find she is back in line with the others because they”ve all got to the same level again. She might then actually find the next stage more challenging than some of the others and take a bit longer to get there. We”re all good at different things. But again, the teacher will get the whole class to a point where they can do all the specific things listed out in the curriculum before they can move onto the next stage, as a class. Swim progress isn’t just a linear progression.

Meanwhile, with classes as well as learning to swim, she’s also getting routine, consistency and, hopefully, developing some swim friendships. You might move her out of Cindy”s only to find that you’re back where you started a term or two later, just in a different pool.

If you think the teaching at Cindy”s has been good (and I don’t know, but I hear it is) then I’d recommend you stick with it. They’ll get her there, and the rest of her class there, and it’s unlikely that anyone in a different class will move her on any faster. It’s hard to move a child up mid term because there isn’t the space to. At least not in London, where all of the classes are full all of the time.

If it’s one to one’s …

Have a chat with the teacher. Explain that you think she’s ready for something more challenging and the teacher will explain what’s going on. Maybe there is one very specific thing they’re working on. And once that’s cracked she can move on to the next bit, but skipping it would be a false economy. Chat to them. Agree a plan.

I don’t think it is. It’s certainly is not possible to come from the gym to the pool via the wet side changing without coming back through reception and through the wet change gates. You could get to the pool from dry change but the lifeguards would know you hadn’t come from wet change.

Better do a swim only membership for £40 / month and you can use that at Vauxhall and Forrest Hill.

I use it and mainly swim at St Pancras but it’s also valid for The Oasis in Covent Garden and any other Better nationally, not just in London.

The pool at East Dulwich doesn’t work for people who want to swim for fitness. It’s boiling hot, doesn’t have a deep end and they don’t manage the lanes very well. Peckham Pulse by contrast has problems with the heating and is often freezing. Camberwell is better but seems very chlorinated.

all in I have given up swimming with Southwark, so far for me my £40 swim only at Better is, well, better.

Norovirus is rife, apparently.

It’s only him and his son. They don’t come in every day.  It still there and genuinely helpful. Give him a tinkle before you set off. 07708 875252 I think. 

Our water bill is a small fraction of what is was pre-meter.

Strongly support renationalisation. 

Had mine swiped out of my hand by a passing uber food cyclist. Stand well back from the road if using your phone. Very easy for a passing cyclist to snatch it and be off. 

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02724-0/fulltext

On 23/12/2024 at 23:24, Jellybeanz said:

Apple may offer something for returning it as I think they sometimes re-use parts/metal within?

They do. They won’t give you as much as Shoreditch repairs. 

Take it to Shoreditch Repairs https://www.shoreditchrepairs.co.uk

Call them first. They’ll either buy it for the parts they can salvage, or they’ll tell you how best to recycle it.