tallulah71

Yes I've seen casts of babies' feet in numerous houses....great idea, thank you so much!

OK. Seeing as ED has now turned into Nappy Valley, I thought this would be the best place to ask some sound advice for a special gift for my brother and (french) sister-in-law's baby due very soon. I don't want to buy a ?65 petit bateau / brora cardi grown out of in 2 weeks (which they've asked for - the cardi not the make) but what I'd really like is something hand made and special - and original. I don't have children, so I really have no clue about what someone might like , but I'd like some input from mums as to what is special! Thanks so much! x

OK. Seeing as ED has now turned into Nappy Valley, I thought this would be the best place to ask some sound advice for a special gift for my brother and (french) sister-in-law's baby due very soon. I don't want to buy a ?65 petit bateau / brora cardi grown out of in 2 weeks (which they've asked for - the cardi not the make) but what I'd really like is something hand made and special - and original. I don't have children, so I really have no clue about what someone might like , but I'd like some input from mums as to what is special! Thanks so much! x

EmmaG Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Si Mangia is a nice Italian! No it isn't. The staff are charming. The food is crap.

thebestnameshavegone Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > An iMax. A guitar store. A Slug and Lettuce. > > A venue on par with somewhere like The Luminaire > on LL > > A decent bar open til 2am with decent DJs Slug and Lettuce. you ARE taking the piss surely?

Good for you.

*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Celestial? I didn't realise there was anything > worth stealing in there. Ha ha h ah ah ha ha ha h!! totally agree. And they're not the friendliest of people. (Doesn't mean I condone shoplifting though.)

I think they're stunning. It would be nice if people didn't bang on about how much it all costs as rate-payers etc etc. Those gates will outlive us all, and are far better than the nasty wooden gate which preceeded it. Worth the wait. Just one question...At what time in the morning does it open? Thank you.

?? Have you been to Overhill Road?

rahrahrah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I may have missed something... how do stencilled > anti poo logos help? they don't.

Very Banksy-esque. I agree....ish Sadly, no WAY do they a) stop idiots from letting their dogs crap, or b) stop dogs from thinking, 'hold up, there's a stencil - must crap elsewhere'. Come on James? Who's paying for this?

I am a dog owner, and am equally disgusted at people who don't clear their dog's mess up. It appalls me that they think it's fine to let their dogs crap in public places. They're the same people who think it's OK to throw McDonalds food containers out of moving cars. I have a huge pile of the free green poo bags (supplied at the libraries and Peckham Rye) and always offer them to peolple who are caught short. For several weeks now, I have had to do the early morning walk behind the flats in Overhill Road because the 'anti-dog brigade' have demanded a new gate be installed in the old Camberwell cemetary, closing off a large, clean expanse of public greenery. The space behind the flats is shocking for dog mess. Either my dogs, or I step in a pile virtually every time we go. The other morning a young man took his dog out and stood smoking a fag while the dog ran around (presumably amusing itself) and he waited until the dog had emptied himself. I told the guy his dog had crapped, and he stood and stared at me. My friend who is a dog walker has had many run-ins with men who tell her to F off if she points out their dog's mess. Sadly, I don't think the kind of people who leave their mess are the kind of people who read this kind of forum. (or who read....??) So it seems a bit of a waste of time to target your average dog-owner - most of whom are very conscientious. In my experience it's usually youngsters, who are always very apologetic and a bit embarassed, and guys who own certain breeds and don't give a monkeys whether or not you offer them a bag. Cleaning poo is beneath them. I'd love to see some fining in action but I agree that signs, stencils, etc don't really work. (There aren't ANY poo bins that I am aware of behind the estate...) I saw someone sticking a flag on a toothpick in all the pavement poo weeks ago, and then sometime later, someone taking a photo of it. Funny but sad. Maybe we should do a photographic installation of how messy our beloved ED has become in the gallery in Northcross Road.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm really sorry to hear that you've been burgled > and especially that you've lost irreplaceable > items of sentimental value. > > But, the latest Met crime stats for the 12 months > up to the end of September 2010 compared to the 12 > months up to end of September 2009 show a decrease > in crime locally and similar burglary rates. > Perhaps you should read the 2 threads started this week with the words 'mugging' and 'car theft' in the titles. I bet they'd be delighted to read your little statistcs. > That isn't to say we shouldn't all be vigilant. > But crime levels locally are slightly down in > total and burglary at the rate of 11 per 1,000 > population per year or 1.1%.

A friend and I witnessed a mugging in daylight in Peckham Rye Park 2 weeks ago when we were out walking our dogs - a young black kid on a bike took the phone out of the hands of a woman who was talking on it at the time. We called the police and reported it and gave a description straight away. As he cycled past us, he slowed down, eyeballed grinning and pulled up a black scarf over his face before riding off. How can a mugging not be serious enough to report?? I agree with peterstorm - have to get control and not allow ourselves to be held to ransom in this way. Going to someone's home and demanding, with the prospect of violence, that they hand over their keys? It disgusts me. How can that family relax now knowing he was probably waiting for the husband to leave for work before the attack?

RosieH Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ahem! It's "repehensible"? ***************************************************

PeckhamRose Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- >

fairyuk24 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hmmm i love maltesers! They're so yum! Once you > have one from rthe packet/box you just can't stop! ********************************************************** You're a marketing man's dream....

13 please

Daniel Day Lewis supports Millwall too....It's probably a bit too ethnic for Rod.

Shep-turds i call it...

it's going to be an italian restaurant. Let's hope it's not another 'Bella Pasta' like the one before.

I agree...the gardeners are all lovely too. Best park around - certainly better than Dulwich park. P.S blue water in fountain is vegetable dye and therefore safer for dogs to drink than the ratty water of the streams. Weird though!

hang on, where did you find that picture of me...?

We haven't met in person yet. Dinner might be a bit optimistic - it's a first drinks date. The last time I made the mistake of going to dinner on a first date, I paid as he made himself absent at bill time. HonaloochieB : I meant no longer with me. (Although....) Daizie : Go girl. As mentioned in the OP, you share the opinion of some of my girlfriends. Just not sure I've got the front to assume someone will pay my way. WMTD : not big, but yes will eat everything. That's what it's there for regardless who's paying. I thought birds ate twice their natural weight.... My NEXT question - since I have your attention, and I'm enjoying all the responses, is: jeans or no jeans? (to a very dark, cavernous bar) And I don't mean no jeans - I'll save that for later date.....

TonyQuinn Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Madger, I suspect the battle has already been > lost....unfortunately Dulwich is no longer the > Dulwich we fell in love with way back. It has > become, and this is a fact, Clapham. When the > Clapham hordes, and their friends at Foxton's > turned up, then this is the logical conclusion. I > will write to the council, they do have a habit of > actually acting on people's concerns strangely > enough. But, it would prove only to be a > short-term fix. Dulwich has irrevocably changed. **************************************************** Exactly.