Sue

Just wanted to say how touched I was by this thread.

I'm assuming you're all quite new to the area? There was a period some years back when the postal deliveries were REALLY bad, letters were literally thrown onto the doorstep by new posties running down the street .... Then there was the infamous postal strike when the whole delivery office was full of undelivered mail for weeks after the strike ended, and the manager would only speak to customers for a designated hour (I think) on Fridays ...... Really, things are so much better now :))Even if I find it a bit suspicious when I get no post for a few days and then a whole pile arrives at once, I just think about how much worse it used to be .... :))

Frisco Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "What I want to know is, why Sainsburys have a > sign outside saying they're open twenty four > hours, then underneath that it says the times > they're ACTUALLY open - erm, not twenty four > hours." > > They are open 24 hours from 8.30am on Mondays to > 10pm on Saturdays, when they close due to not > being able to trade on Sundays for longer than six > hours. > > I don't have a problem with the sign saying that > they're open 24 hours, but I do think that they > should have a clear and brightly lit sign on their > gates stating that they are closed. In my view, > this could prevent the incidents that happen at > their front door when people (the ones who can't > or don't understand the signs of the road) try to > get in after the shop has closed. xxxxx Ah. Clearly both my OH and I are extraordinarily thick then, as neither of us realised from the sign outside the 8.30 Mondays to 10pm Saturday thing (and if this is because they can only trade six hours on Sunday, why aren't they open till midnight on Saturday??)

What I want to know is, why Sainsburys have a sign outside saying they're open twenty four hours, then underneath that it says the times they're ACTUALLY open - erm, not twenty four hours. Well I guess they ARE open twenty four hours, just not twenty four consecutive hours, rofl :))

dessie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There's an acoustic open night at the Plough on > Friday evenings - someone was doing a very good > Bert Jansch impression/interpretation last week - > About ten years ago Bert, John Renbourn, Martin > Carthy and Davy Graham and even Vin Garbutt all > played upstairs at the EDT - some great nights - > don't know what happened to it Thanks, will check out Plough, but in my experience acoustic clubs are usually full of singer-songwriters who only go to do their own thing and then leave - very little folk - though Jansch stuff sounds good :) Davy Graham is totally out of it these days, worst gig I've ever been to a couple of years back, at the Spitz, seen him since at a festival and he wasn't much better, don't know how people are still paying him, sad as he used to be great. Yeh I was around when Martin Carthy played at the EDT, but hey, I was so blase, seen him so often, I didn't bother going, rofl :)) My OH says he was there (I didn't know him at the time though!!)

Keef,if you mean Andy, Hankdogs et al, they've moved venue, not at the Ivy House any more :) and to the best of my knowledge it was never a folk club as such??

If you mean Andy, Hankdogs et al, they've moved venue :) and to the best of my knowledge it was never a folk club as such??

Each to their own, prefer her Dad's stuff :)-D

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I get on that train...and it's always full of > people who get in my way, for now I just shout at > them but pretty soon I'm gonna get tooled up xxxxxxxx :)):)):))

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Count me in, I can grow a decent beard at 3 days > notice. Now, where did I put my ankle bells and a > stick? Showing yer age, bet you think folk is all like the Dubliners, innit :))

Ooops sorry quote didn't work, my fault probably

Well we were thinking of a mix of folk dj-ing and live music (my OH Nyge djs at Big Chill, he's half of FolktoFuture). So yeh, Shirley Collins et al may well be part of it (sadly she doesn't sing any more). Thanks for the interest, I had been thinking maybe of Village Inn (ex Page 2 Bar) as within walking distance of ED, but will certainly check out the Hob (never heard of it, don't usually go to FH :) )

:)) Stereotyping, eh :))

OK OK maybe the demographic of ED doesn't lend itself to a folk club, but my OH and I would be up for starting something here - anybody else interested, or are we doomed to a four hour round trip to Walthamstow every Sunday night?? :))

I live just round the corner, and if it was nicer it would be my local, but it's totally unatmospheric, doesn't have a good range of beers, usually pretty empty and - well - just doesn't feel as if much thought or effort has gone into it really. Thank God for the Palmerston !!! :)-D

Yes I had MEGA problems when I used them to rent out my house a few years back, don't get me started (6)

Went down there on Saturday night after seeing a flyer on a lamp post in LL, didn't notice much difference in the decor etc from the Page 2 Bar days, and no real ale on draught, but the music was good and we had a good time, friendly vibe and nice dog, we will definitely go again :)-D

I find the plane noise in East Dulwich very bad, but I guess that's because I don't have double glazing. If I wake up in the middle of the night, once the planes start, I can't get back to sleep again. And you can hear them approaching in the distance long before they go over here, with the noise steadily increasing. I can put up with it when sitting in the garden, but not when trying to sleep (td) I first moved here sixteen years ago, and it wasn't anything like so bad then.

Anterior Trading never seemed to get new stock or change anything, I would have bought stuff there if they'd been a bit more adventurous cos I'm an old hippy, but I'm not suprised it closed down because if you're not going to be on-trend you have to have really good stuff - and they just didn't. But SURELY not another b****y maternity/baby shop ?!?!?!?!?!?!

Great cheese stall, but overall so far the warehouse is somewhat disappointing ..... no atmosphere at all, five minutes and you've seen it all ......

Keef Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I'm not, there are places for wine, but Theshers > make heir money from good old cans of lager :)-D > > Cheers does okay I gather. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Best place for lager is the Greek deli in LL at the Goose Green end, six cans of Stella or Red Stripe for a fiver - and it does organic wine, as well :)-D

I was very against the idea of Cafe Nero coming to ED, but hey, I have to admit, despite only having been in there once on a cold and rainy Sunday, it was very nice lounging about with free papers and a hot chocolate and watching the rest of ED walk past ....... Now Foxtons, that's a different kettle of fish ..... HTF was that allowed to happen ??????

I'd be up for that and I'm sure my OH would as well :)-D

Neither of the garden centres in East Dulwich is very good, in my opinion (and I used to teach horticulture - and have also worked at Bressingham). There's the Secret Garden in Crystal Palace, and also Shannons in Forest Hill, both with friendly staff and a reasonable range of plants, better than the ED ones anyway. And a great Wyevale on the Purley Way, but that's a bit of a trek unless you're going to Ikea !! But they have a great range of bedding plants for hanging baskets etc..

There's good bread at the stall in North Cross Road market ....