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ED has grown in confidence as a predominantly family orientated area. LL is therefore losing any attempt it had ten years or so ago to become another 'night out' destination. The likes of Adventure Bar and Drafthouse who would have shown an interest in those early days are no longer viable in this area as families take over from singletons. It's all about Peckham these days for that sort of thing. ED is about food, coffee and gift shops these days. A kind of Northcote Light. This is why the likes of Adventure bar do not work anymore, and Jack Wills, Space NK will follow on behind the cinema. Maybe Adventure bar would work better on Bellenden Road?


Louisa.

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Louisa how DARE you? Bellenden Road is way too stylish to host the Adventure or anything of that ilk. No self respecting hipster Peckhamite ( not to mention middle aged blow-in like myself) would draw much pleasure there. Duncan's Croydon jab is cruel but accurate.
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DuncanW Wrote:

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I can honestly say that Adventure Bar has never had any appeal to me in the slightest. It looked like it had got lost on the way to Croydon.


I couldn't agree more. Spot on.

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The first bit of your post (below), I think is broadly true. Although this could change with the new cinema coming. May be able to sustain a few more bars (or at least the ones already here). Adventure bar was always just bad though.


Louisa Wrote:

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> ED has grown in confidence as a predominantly

> family orientated area. LL is therefore losing any

> attempt it had ten years or so ago to become

> another 'night out' destination. The likes of

> Adventure Bar and Drafthouse who would have shown

> an interest in those early days are no longer

> viable in this area as families take over from

> singletons. It's all about Peckham these days for

> that sort of thing. ED is about food, coffee and

> gift shops these days. A kind of Northcote Light.

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Much repeated by me but I never got East Dulwich as a destination for going out unless you lived here or very near (excluding the old Comedy Club). I lived in Camberwell for years and never came here in the evening except for a Sunday night curry or the Comedy Club - Inside 72 was good but worth travelling too? Camberwell and Brixton were far livelier and later and if Peckham was like it is now then I expect I'd have gone down there too.
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Louisa Wrote:

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> ED has grown in confidence as a predominantly

> family orientated area....


Fair point about families, but no Peckham hipster would ever be seen dead at Adventure. ;)

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