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When you tell friends/ colleagues you live in East Dulwich what do they say ?


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I had this comment from someone last week:

"Oh East Dulwich... I hear it's the Sante Fe of South east London !"


....perhaps slightly over the top but nice to hear !


Generally people have heard positive things about ED - what responses have you had ?

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Moos Wrote:

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> I take great pleasure in telling people I live in

> Peckham, and watching their faces.



They usually dredge up some half-remembered thing about Damilola Taylor, or the 5 minutes of Ross Kemp on Gangs they watched the other night from my past experience.


They usually live somewhere like Homerton themselves and don't appreciate the irony.

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I too get, oh you mean Peckham.


Or - that North London thing that they think the river is about 15 miles wide and so anywhere in South London is miles away.


Occasionally people think it's somewhere in the country (Kent/Surrey?) but I used to get that loads when I lived in Camberwell, "Oh in leafy Surrey" which a lot of people think is Camberley I guess

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Question asked by fellow passaengers on a cruise who were wearing football shirts.....when they didnt know where East Dulwich was I said near Peckham.......

"and what football team do you support then?" they asked....."MILLWALL"!!!! says I


"AWWW they smashed up our new stadium"

LOL magic!!!!

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If inviting visitors, they almost always ask if it's alright if they stay over as it's 'such a long way back to Stoke Newington'.


Despite me being back home in an hour whenever I go to visit them...

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You can't win, can you. Either it's a desert miles from anywhere and rife with crime, or it's up-and-coming and full of yuppies. I just smile and think about how happy we are living here. In Peckham, that is...
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Moos Wrote:

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> I take great pleasure in telling people I live in

> Peckham, and watching their faces.



Do you tell them 'well there's Peckham, Peckham and Peckham" and then explain the difference, esp the part about the Bellenden Conservation Area! Or the Goose Green Triangle. Is there any other estate agent lingo I've forgotten?

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"Where do you live?"

"East Dulwich"

"Oh, where's that? Kent?"

"No, South London"

"What's the nearest tube station?"

"There's no tube actually"

"Is it actually in London, or Surrey? Or Kent?"

"It's in London. Near Peckham and Camberwell".

"Oh... sounds nice..."

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