katie1997

I can feel a reprimand from Mr Palaeologus heading towards this thread... (especially if Jelly turns out to be an attractive, young, american woman) ;-)

In no particular order for me it's pretty similar to many of the above - friends, food, proximity to London, Peckham Rye park, Horniman museum and gardens, Dulwich library, walking along Uplands/North Cross road and saying hello to the many familiar faces in shops and on the street, chatting to shopkeepers/cafe owners/bar staff, the variety of coffee shops, pizzas from the Gowlett, sandwiches from Homemade, bagels from Jacks, being able to arrange brunch/lunch/drinks locally at the spur of the moment, not having to get taxis, knowing what is going to happen in the area before its happened, meeting neighbours on the 176, not being able to walk down LL without bumping into someone I know/being waved/smiled at, checking out the unusual displays outside the shop that plays music on Uplands just before you get to the Actress, the Barry Barry Road race, being in an area that has its very own curry appreciation society, bookshops and gang activity. and Nunhead Cemetery, Peckham cinema. I can feel more edits coming on...

...has anyone mentioned that there's rather a lot of wildlife in East Dulwich by any chance? ;-)

Another vote for the Lister Centre in Peckham. Had to take a neighbour's ill wife there in his absence and they were brilliant, we were seen fairly quickly too. I was really impressed with the service as had expected to wait aaaaaaages.

apparently the :)-D are on me see you in The Great Exhibition on Friday 30 March :))

Ok - so say you've lived in East Dulwich/surrounding area (SE London) for a while now. What would you really miss most if you had to leave it all behind for a year or so?

'When did banter become flirting?' When did banter become (tantamount to) bullying? personally, I think its the modus operandi thats what's made people (myself included) think of BBW; don't think anyone has been particularly unwelcoming to GingerB either...

Does anyone want to gently break the news to Michael Palaeologus (Chief Bhuna) or shall I do it?

you could always have popped in before your manicure...

brilliant news CC, well done (tu)

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Gingerbeer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > LLLL (sorry there isnt a pound sign on my laptop-- > well there probably is but Im not up to finding it > right now) I looked at several neighborhoods and > ED seemed to be what I was most looking for: lots > of green spaces, slightly quirkly, not terribly > far from school, relatively affordable, and it > seemed a tightly enough knit community that people > might actually look you in the eye or say hello > when they pass you on the street. ....and East Dulwich has what many other parts of London don't have. An active online forum. What an amazing stroke of serendipity!!!

Wetherspoons hasn't yet arrived in ED GingerB, but give it time. I reckon it'll be here before W_______.

Do I detect a pattern emerging here Strafer? B)

....they look round, soft and pleasingly smooth to the touch. And I'm sure they taste delicious too (after all, she's an amazing cook and can do wonderful things with them) but I tend to switch off when its just about the mangoes. That's all.

anyone else sick of hearing about Shelina's mangoes?

woodrot Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > removed to avoid upsetting everyone in ED. Did you break the news to them? *whispers* (about Waitrose/M&S etc)

'views are my own' on PERSONAL (so yeah we gettit, means NOT your business account) twitter bio information.

Scottish foxes. They like deep-fried eggs/eggs wrapped in sausage meat and breadcrumbs.

Do tell Nette...

Maltby St!!! Pah. Soooooooooo COMMERCIAL.

Quids. Stella.

KidKruger Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It's fair enough to have a preference that a > specific night / event does not happen at a > venue. > However the comments about the folk club come > across more like attacks on it. > It hasn't been held at CPT for some time, so is a > non-issue for that venue, especially now there is > just the one bar area. > But comments like it being a 'so-called' folk club > are derogatory, suggesting it's some weak > substitute for the real thing. > I think there's a disgruntled other agenda at the > heart of those comments, which is not being > honestly represented by those posters. That's what I thought as well KK. There hasn't been a folkmafia sing-along at the CPT for so long it seems odd to bring it up but fair enough if you don't like it and want assurance that the new owners don't plan to reinstate it. Personally I think backstreet boozers have never been the same since the demise of darts, table football and wet t-shirt competitions. Not necessarily on the same night.

neilking81 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks Katie :) I'm not sure they have anything > going especially as the mosque is just for prayers > and is currently men only? We were just looking to > see if there are any social gatherings, study > circles or community initiatives we can get > involved in so all thoughts welcomed :) hiya - well it says 'islamic centre' as well so I though that may be a good pointer for any other gatherings not necessarily just at the mosque. sorry if that wasn't much help. el pipe is right though, maybe you should post this in the forum's 'what's on' section instead. Odd bunch that we are here in the lounge indeed. Good luck.

Administrator Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This thread is going way off topic, I may have to > move it to the Lounge shortly. Hmmm. So all we need to do on the Waitrose "aspirational" supermarket thread is talk about other stuff and it'll get lounged. Righty ho. Back on topic, The Great Exhibition opens from 5pm this Thu :)-D