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There was also a phone shop and a place selling ?sports type clothes? and at least one place selling old prams which were out on the pavement. And an old fashioned jeweller. And a butcher (and another butcher in NXR if memory serves.) And a greengrocer in the stretch of shops down towards the roundabout (and another one in NXR, which lasted some time after the other one closed). Around 1990? OMG that looks like history 😮 Where does the time go?

I can't see any reference to magnets anywhere, including the OKR recycling centre website. I have replaced a number of fridge and whiteboard magnets with stronger ones, but the old ones have a plastic top with the magnet underneath, so I don't think I could put them in the blue bin. I know I could contact the recycling centre, but I thought someone on here might know?

I don't remember an International Cocktail Bar, but I do remember Liquorish. And also, Sea Cow! And also, where Poundland now is, used to be a DSS signing on place. I think that hideous huge Foxtons branch came in between the DSS and Poundland?

And we had a 7/11 ( do they still exist?!) on the corner where Superdrug is now.

How old was the listing? I don't remember that name at all! Are we still talking about The Cherry Tree?

I've remembered the name of the tea shop. It was Chandelier. And full of chandeliers. It had lots of different kinds of tea. And when Blue Mountain opened, which was long before that ( I think), it sold lots of different coffee (I think) and chocolate covered coffee beans. Or have I dreamed that? And the little shop part at the front sold great bread etc. and there were lots of little rooms, all with their own character, including upstairs. It was really quirky. I miss it. But that was about thirty years ago or more, AAAARGH. And it went through several incarnations after that, though always with Mel (I think). It was so sad when it finally closed. Where has the time gone? I can't believe I've been here so long. Oh yes, that does ring a bell.

I think it's you who is cynical 😂 I think the truth is somewhere in between. I can't edit/add to my previous post in answer to this because of the final smiley, I don't know why that should be (memo to self: stop using smileys, it is very childish) . My partner couldn't remember either, but when I said was it The Vale, he said oh yes, that's it. So you win today's prize for best memory 🤣 Unless The Cherry Tree had yet another name before or after The Vale, as that name still rings no bells for me at all!

Crikey, I don't remember that incarnation, or that sign 😮 I must be more senile than I thought. I will ask my other half, whose memory is less crap than mine 🤣

You are confusing The Cherry Tree (near the station) with Black Cherry (which you're right, was briefly The Draft House before becoming Franco Manca!) No, it wasn't The Railway Tavern, and to the best of my recollection it was never a hotel, though I may be wrong. It was called something else prior to the couple taking it over, and they changed its name back to The Cherry Tree because it had been called that previously. I think! Somebody on here will remember what it was called, I'm sure!

The Foresters is now The Bishop! It was a rather unreconstructed (?) pub, the sort where you were worried the carpet sort of squelched as you got within the smell of the gents 😂 And how about the pub which is now The Cherry Tree. Can't remember what it was called before, though I think its present name is a blast from the quite distant past. The beer used to be really badly kept, but complaints were let's say not welcomed. For a very short while after that it was very well managed by an excellent couple who brought in an absolutely fantastic chef, but that ended in tears when they all got sacked by the then owner, presumably pissed off because the pub was bringing in a lot more customers than he had ever done. Ah yes, The Drum. Full of smokers (and smoke), and after hours drinking if you sneaked in round the back 🤣 Is that the greengrocer which was in North Cross Road? I don't remember that at all! I probably didn't go in that direction that often.

Inside 72 was great! There was also a sort of antique type shop on the same stretch as the weird military shop. I think it was where Spinach is now, though there was at least one shop in between (?tea shop?) My friend and I once did a cocktail crawl down Lordship Lane, starting at the Black Cherry (now Franco Manca I think). We ended up with her with a set of crystal glasses and me with a stick back chair staggering drunkenly from said antique type shop back down what apparently we must now call "The Lane" 🤣

It moved from Peckham? I didn't know that. Where was it in Peckham?

What and where was The Yellow Door? I don't remember that, and I was here when the Blue Mountain opened (before Grace and Favour, if memory serves).

That's appalling. That's also appalling.

You would think a firm of solicitors would have more of a grip on how their clients could contact them, under the circumstances, wouldn't you? Could they not have put up a temporary website with contact details, or contacted individually every previous client with any kind of unfinished business with them? Instead of, apparently, just a scrappy sign with a phone number on outside their old building? A phone number which according to a post above is of no use in contacting anybody who can help? Am I just being naive?

Where did you get that information? Someone further down the thread says that Clutton Cox say they have never heard of Glazer Delmar?!

If you have chased and chased, how about contacting your MP? And/or a local councillor? Obviously they don't have any direct influence on this, but it's amazing how a letter from an MP can focus people's minds 😂

What did the neighbour say when she spoke to them? Were they receptive? What sort of thing is the neighbour shouting? Does the snoring and shouting happen every night? Has your friend recorded it, so they can demonstrate the loudness of the snoring etc.? Their neighbour may not realise how loud it is. I did this with my partner 😂 There are several free recording apps for mobiles, eg Dolby On. I definitely would agree that they contact their GP. Who hopefully is one of the good ones. There are various things that can be done for snoring, depending on the cause. Depending on the nature of the shouting, the neighbour might find therapy helpful (available on the NHS in six week stints, which can be repeated if necessary). They can self refer, that doesn't have to be done via their GP. I can't see there is anything else which would help, apart from the noise insulation suggested above, unless the neighbour (or your friend) could sleep in a different room. They aren't aware of their snoring and shouting when it happens, as they are asleep, so it's hard to see what the council could do. I'd say it was very important to be sympathetic, demonstrate the nature of the problem to them and suggest appropriate courses of action. If your friend antagonises them (I'm not suggesting she has) the neighbour is not likely to be inclined to do anything about it.

Years ago, I asked an estate agent about the effect on my house value if I got a loft conversion (this was in the days before everyone in SE22 started having loft conversions). The estate agent said there was no point - given the small size of my garden, nobody would want to buy a house with four or five bedrooms. I never went ahead, but he was wrong.

I think these articles just pick places at random, or on a rota, as their lists seem to be constantly changing 🤣 https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/24577631.east-dulwich-one-uks-best-places-live-2024/ Oh! Just noticed this article is based on ONE person's opinion - a blogger 🤣

I have just noticed that this thread was started in February.

That's appalling. Why would somebody break into a food bank?

I'm confused. Have you changed your forum name, or are you a different person from Tim2706?