MrBen

The original founders of Glastonbury were firmly upper class establishment.

And let it be known that the last time I saw DulwichFox....it was in there.

Comparing the FP with the EDT is not really fair...two very different beasts. I quite like the FP as it reminds me of a US bar. Bourbon, beer and BBQ stuff and feels quite comfy sitting at the bar there without anyone else having to be there.

Gowlett is something of a border post. And a fine one at that. Jezza - Flying Pig was rammed on Saturday at 3pm and almost every table at the back taken with diners in mid Jan. Go figure.

Oh god. I'm getting flashbacks of a 5 minute handshake / totes hardcore Burns recital with the security guard at Tesco Metro.

Wash them and give them to someone with newborn baby or two. They're very handy.

Help-Ma-Boab Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Start in SE22, end in SE15. There is a good route. This. There are obvs several good routes that will wind you to Peckham lite (Bellenden) or peckham proper with a start in ED. "We were outside the Four Quarters and boarding an empty 12 when the drugs kicked in...."

Taxing non doms and UK owners with BTL the right rate starts to make it less attractive vs other investments that they're not investing in at the moment.

Help-Ma-Boab Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sherbert Dip Dab. EVERY.TIME I swapped it for dairy milk to spare your blushes

A tad harsh Strafer. Multiple house ownership I have no issues with provided it's taxed correctly - it's not at present. It's taxed way too low. Multiple home ownership of EMPTY homes though....well that kind of grates. Almost as much as a landlord jamming 8 polish builders into a 3 bed house in Sydenham.

It's all good apart from the chocolate.

Indeed. I had an offline suggestion for this thread which was basically a hard hand shuffle to some bad porn when the missus is out, followed buy a hot bath and a bar of cadburys dairy milk

I get the sentiment and history of the place...but apart from Jah.....how many of you actually went there in recent years on a regular basis? I didn't. And I'm pretty sure most on this thread weren't regulars either. Choice (not all homogenised choice) in Peckham, LL and Forest Hill has increased massively in the past 15 years so this location now looks way oversized for it's previous purpose and is now on one of London's busiest traffic clogged roads. A smaller pub there would perhaps be good...but only for the odd occasion when the other 15 pubs that are near shops, transport etc don't appeal. It's time has passed I'm and not everything with a history needs to be sacred for ever more.

JohnL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > MrBen Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > And a tenner says that if I stuck my home on > the > > market tomorrow it would sell within a few > weeks. > > If it was at the right price. Thats all it is > > really...the hazy margin around what the "real" > > price is sprinkled with the human variables of > > buyers at the time. > > But you can't blame sellers if they want the > highest price > at any cost. > > I have a 33% share in a inherited house - and it's > empty and > will remain so until the best price comes. And what is the "best price"? A subjective number that you just have in your head or based on actual transactional market activity? You could hold that sucker for years. Just remember you'll be paying capital gains tax on it...at 28%. And with a third share the other two are going to have to agree with you.

And a tenner says that if I stuck my home on the market tomorrow it would sell within a few weeks. If it was at the right price. Thats all it is really...the hazy margin around what the "real" price is sprinkled with the human variables of buyers at the time.

But consolidation in this area WILL happen. I quite like the tech world at the moment. For all the useless apps emerging there are some smart people disrupting existing channels with new ideas...shaking things up a bit. Moving the world forwards. Having said that, I'm not sure this is one of them. Rather t's the kind of early sign that someone will. If people had more confidence generally a much higher % of home sales and rentals could be conducted privately. Especially in a busy market like London.

I saw them plat a few years back. Rumours were rife that there was a new Chas. But I think they had just aged 20 years.

Water.

The Dulwich Raider Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for the feedback, and interesting piece, > Steveo, thanks for posting. > > As for tracking me down... Well, I'll be in > Margate on Saturday, drinking ale in the Lifeboat > ahead of the Margate v Dulwich Hamlet game. Come > and say hello! > > TDR Sounds like your perfect day: Ale in suitable alehouse > pink and blues Unfortunately I'll be on baby cover but the Margate trip sounds great. I've always wanted to go there after reading cockney w@nker in Viz when i was a kid.Think it was his destination of choice?

Queen

At 75k a pop range rovers hardly can count as popular....especially on the windblown impoverished, iceland frequenting terraced streets of SE22.

Babies. Everyone around here seems to have one and I never really understood why.

Each to their own Loz. As long as nobody gets hurt etc

This is something of a tribute to Mark (Sly) ...from the cutting room floor. RIP Mark - you will be missed. And for those of you who missed the Zumba cum self defence class that was "Table Tennis with General Sir Mike Jackson" you'll find it here: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?20,1255978 ps I'm not sure Loz was a fan of surreal comedy

Acid - horrible drug and not good for those with an overactive mind like me.