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SimonM Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am pretty sure it was there in 1984....but am > ready to be corrected. xxxxxxx I live in Ulverscroft road opposite the BMC. The opening of the BMC was one of the first signs of the changes happening in ED. I'm absolutely certain it wasn't there when I moved to ED in 1991. If there was a cafe there in 1984, it can't possibly have been the same place. When the BMC opened, it had a counter at the front selling bread, yummy cakes and coffee beans. There were a few little rooms at the back, including one tiny one decorated in Chinesy red. It was a very unusual venture for the area at that time. North Cross Road when I moved here had a newsagent, butcher, cobbler and Greek deli. Lordship Lane had a toy shop and junk shops. There were no decent places to drink. Grace and Favour opened a while later as a teashop/cafe, but then became what it is now. Surely someone else must remember the BMC opening??!!

eccentric Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > like it or loath it BMC has been in the vanguard > of ED gentrification for at least 20 years. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Not 20 years I'm sure, I moved to ED in 1991 and it wasn't here then :-S

There's a man on LL who barks at buses?? Another barker in ED?? Who he? I must meet him ! Bet he's not as good a barker as me (she says modestly) :))

If North Cross Road is pedestrianised, I am going to have to reverse all the way down my road every market day - not sure my driving skills are up to it !! Neighbours, you may wish to park elsewhere !! :-S

Am I being very thick here? The 176 goes to Waterloo .... why not just get a 176 then a train from Waterloo? What's the point of Vauxhall? Cost? :-S

As I say, there are already open mic evenings in ED. We were specifically looking for people interested in a traditional folk singaround :-$ If your nanny is into this then great, tell her to get in touch, but just because she can sing and does open mic doesn't mean she will be into stuff like "Jolly Wagoner" and "Banks of the Sweet Primroses" :)):)):))

m bond Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does > anyone know of anywhere else decent to eat in east > dulwich? xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Just outside East Dulwich - Ganapati in Bellenden Road - truly excellent food and lovely people :)-D Oh and interesting wine and beer as well :)

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Great thread :)):)):)) :)-D

candj Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > John Lewis sells them in packs of 6 blocks. They > are kind of expensive for what they are. If the > lumber yard has cedar you could always have them > cut you some blocks - or line your whole wardrobe > with it! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx You have to sand them down every so often to keep the smell fresh - they are a bit expensive for what they are, but you can get them on hooks to hang on a rail, they are non-chemical and smell a whole lot better than camphor. I have awful memories of staying in a room in Rangoon which was full of mothballs for some reason - every night I put them in the corridor, and every day someone put them back in the room - and yes I know it's not very PC to visit Burma, but I didn't know that at the time .... :-$

Sounds great but not quite what I had in mind :)) But go for it :)) :)-D

Well at this rate, sounds like you'll be playing by yourself :))

Surely somebody on the forum must be a folkie who likes a sing??! Not one??? :-S

What's the difference between "pretend" mosaic and real mosaic? Looks real to me - I like it :)

I wasn't going to post this till we'd found somewhere suitable to have one (have an idea but haven't asked!), but hey, all a bit chicken and egg if nobody would be interested anyway, so ..... The Goose evenings have been going great, every one a sellout so far, but Nyge and I would really love to do something (as well as, not instead of) where people can come and sing rather than sit and watch others sing. Not open mic singer songwriter stuff, there's already places in ED for that, we're thinking more unaccompanied traditional stuff. Bit of a niche thing maybe, but hey, there must be more people than us who'd be up for happy time in a pub having a singaround over a pint or two :) Maybe once a month? And/or (not the same night) a folk session with instruments? (Memo to self, must dust off my melodeon and get to grips with the John Kirkpatrick DVD tutor :)) ) If you're interested - and/or if you can suggest a suitable venue - please could you PM me? :)-D

Galliman Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Then again I liked Le Chandelier > too, so what do I know! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Liked"? Has it closed? I once went to the Blue Mountain for lunch as a birthday treat, when I worked locally. I had to leave before the food came, because I wouldn't have had time to eat it :-S Had to get a salami and sundried tomato baguette from Le Petit Chou instead, also a treat but rather less of one as I used to get those quite often :)) and eating at my desk wasn't quite the same .....

OMG whilst sitting outside the Palmerston last night I noticed their sign for the first time ..... Is it supposed to be ironic in some way? Is it intended to relate to the style of the shoes? AAAARRRGGGGHHH !!!!! I never thought I'd wish for that "art" shop to come back ..... :-S

Spangles30 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Look at the places in Brighton which > are 'organic' etc and far more 'down to earth' > with character. Sorry too tired to expand upon > what I mean. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx The "organic" blah blah Infinity Foods shop in Brighton (separate company from the bulk buying one, I recently discovered) is mega expensive. I went in there a couple of weeks ago. Virtually everything they had I could get cheaper in somewhere like SMBS - which I had always thought was quite pricy :)

In my experience the service has been very slow ever since it opened. I used to still go, because it used to have a nice atmosphere with all the little quirky rooms. Now it's opened out into one big room downstairs, it just isn't the same. Shame. Edit: PS I'm the twins' aunt :))

OMG I've never had them before, and I use cedarwood blocks (which are supposed to be a moth deterrent) in my wardrobe, but the other day one flew out of a hamper where I'd stored some jumpers. Is this the start of an invasion ?????? :-S

Davina - mmmmm - didn't see any Birkenstocks or baseball boots on the website :)):)):)) Don't think I'm their target customer, then :))

That takes me back, when I was a kid (in Streatham) there was a guy who used to come to the house selling little tins of polish and stuff. But then we also had paraffin deliveries (of both pink and blue paraffin :)), a baker with a wicker basket to carry bread and cakes from his van to the house, a milkman delivering proper sour-tasting yoghurt in glass pots, a vegetable man and - YES! - a rag and bone man ringing his bell, with a horse and cart. My aunt used to rush out with a shovel to get the horse manure for her roses. AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHH :)) History, innit :))

M&S clothes have been at least a size bigger than everyone else's for as long as I can remember ( a long, long time :)) ) I've always thought it's to make you think you're a size 10 when actually you're nearer a size 14 :)):)):)) and you're so pleased you can fit into a 10 you buy whatever it is :)):)):))

I do like the stuff at Sugar, but can't afford to buy much of it :)

At least she wasn't selling tea towels. I'm gobsmacked that someone is hawking a book (just one book!) from door to door. Even more gobsmacked that people are buying it! Good luck to her :))