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nancysmum Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > yes, the swap would be good, but keep some hungry > sharks in there too, for the sport! Might not need any

I've always pronounced Woodwarde Road as 'Wood Wood' but I've heard a few say 'Wood ward' or even 'wood ward e'

The best Jimmy Sommerville story I heard was that, passionate animal rights guy that he is, on seeing a load of lobsters in a tank in a very posh Geneva restaurant, he insisted on buying the lot and released them back into the wild into Lake Geneva. Upon which they promptly died in the fresh water lake.

Just like this please The Highwayman Inn Its one of my favs and God knows ED coulddo with something similar.

mockney piers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And then there was Michael Caine who only came to > build a bloody bridge, or something ;-) Local though, went to Wilsons in Camberwell, and not a lot of people know that. Wonder how he did at french?

I spoke to my mortgage broker today and he thought rates might go up in the short term but be a lot lower than they are at the moment this time next year. I mean, who knows?? The local market could go further down but longer term it still has to a good bet, it's history repeating itself. And this is a very nice place to live, even if you risk the health of your liver at the monthly drinks.

All the young dudes was written by David Bowie who was born in Brixton and lived in Beckenham and I think knew Dulwich quite well. So it's not a bad choice. Surely for East Dulwich it's 'Buddha of Surburbia'

God did he feel sick

No I don't think you're wrong at all. It may well have always been called the Magdala but that would date it at after 1868 and as far as I can see the building was built after 1868. The point being that many pubs changed their names after great victories. The Magdala was one such name as was the Trafalgar and the anti-Galician I think. If it was renamed it would interesting to know what the original name is and if the new owners are going to use that. The Palmeston was originally the Lord Palmeston and seems to have been built after he died. Personally, if it is the original name, I think it'd be sad to change it. You mentioned, in another post, that Collison was the grandad of a friend of yours. Mutual friend?

Interesting point Woody, but do we know that it was always called the Magdela. I seem to remember listening to a Robert Elms chat show on Radio London (the late, much lamented GLR) and he did a thing on Pub Names and I'm sure he did something about the Magdela and where the name came from. I found this on Wiki, so God only knows how accurate it is. The Battle of Magdala was fought in April of 1868 between British and Abyssinian forces at Magdala, 390 miles from the Red Sea coast, which at that time was the Capital city of Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia). The British were led by Robert Napier, while the Abyssinians were led by Emperor Tewodros II. The sharper eyed amongst you will notice the difference in spelling, but Lord Robert of Elms put this down to a corruption of the name at the time. But my question is does anyone know if it was always called The Magdela or if it was renamed after another great Victorian victory. Perhaps the new owners have found the original name and are going to call it that. They'll have to paint out the old sign you can still see the name.

Or not. Very suspicious I say. Closing case

I can't believe he did it, not proven is as good as guilty, it assumes you have committed the crime but there is not enough evidence against you for a conviction. Mind you all Scots are guilty in my opinion. I think this is another case of the Police taking the easy way out. A clearly very inadequate individual with little ability to challenge them and their authority. Look at all the other cases, Birmingham six, that poor woman accused of killing her babies, when they were cot deaths and subsequently killed herself after she was freed. Christ, if we still had the death penalty, what then? All you read about it points to a professional killing, the question is why, and of course who. There are loads of rumours, but unless the Police actually investigate the crime properly we?ll never know.

No, Wandsworth actually.

Reminds me of a friend who suffers terribly with his Chalfont's discussing his liberal application of 'Arse Cream'. One of the guys we were with thought he said 'Ice Cream'!!. Oh well, you probably had to be there, grapes of wrath and all that.

I agree, beats blooming trees, opps, sorry.

Don't want to be a miserable old git but, after 10 odd years of New Labour the poor are worse off and more heavily taxed, both income and indirect taxation. We have it dead easy in London. The poor are poorer, and the rich are much, much, richer. I don't think being rich is a bad thing but I do think being poor is a very bad thing. This government has squandered it's massive opportunity to make things better for everyone. Financially much better off, but morally bankrupt.

123 you're back in the room!

It was strangely perverse

You'll know

Can he extend my belt?

VeryBerryCherry Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ... Oh, and what's the male equivalent? > > > Faddy daddies??? >:D< I think it's UDD's (Usless Dulwich Dads) at least thats what Mrs Oldie says, can't think who she means

Yeah, but nostalgias not what it used to be. (Has someone already done this?)

No, no atmosphere.

Sorry that should be Lush of course

I think The Jah Lash has a certain gravitas to it, no?