SimonM

>>The answer to this question is clearly Sainsburys.<< Part of me says there has to be more to it than that - given that a (relatively) flash new Sainsburys had previously opened in Peckham with zero gentrification effect. And yet you're right of course. I remember the local campaign against the DKH Sainburys being waged by a few local Canutes (shades of the more recent anti-Caffe Nero shenanigans) - how it would steal a "valuable^ green space - the KCH Medical School Sports Ground - and kill off the cheap and cheerful budget shops then gracing LL. Words of praise were heaped on the Co-op supermarket - invaluable to pensioners on a budget apparently - but in my view a truly awful shop with half-empty shelves and low quality produce. The pensioners I knew on low incomes also in fact looked forward to the new Sainsbury's, and there's no doubt there was some kind of sea change in people's shopping habits and expectations when it opened. I think the huge car park was more of a death knell to the parades of shops in Dulwich Village, oddly enough, than ED itself - although the Co-op was indeed an early casualty, as were a number of local butchers' and bread shops. So yes the arrival of the big chain store certainly changed the character of ED....ironic really. Sainsburys financed the new park on Dog kennel Hill complete with dedicated fenced off area for dog "walkers" and KCH Medical School got the Sainsburys sports ground in Dulwich Village as a quid pro quo.

Deplorable scousist "joke" What do you call a scouser in a suit? The accused

>>SimonM...."one of the Sheffield clubs" eh? There'll be trouble afoot soon enough<< Yep. The one that helps out Leeds United finances by buying their better players in the annual Elland Road fire sale. :))

I think "Blue Mountain" was the first straw in the wind - in its original incarnation I mean. Although North Cross Road had been described to me as ED's very own "Bohemian Quarter" long before that.

>>...and SimonM, isn't he one of the Sheffield clubs, Utd? Weds? doesn't matter which really...<< "Doesn't matter which???!!!"(6) Wash your mouth out with soap and water!! There's probably as many people here supporting Yorkshire clubs as London clubs...

No! :))

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>>Dulwichmum and Ana go shopping<< I think that is really brave of you - where should I address the wreath? :))

If the two games between the big four finish as draws (as it not unlikely) then there's a chance both Portsmouth & Man City will move into the top 4. As Liverpool - or Benitez anyway - continue to show such disdain for the Premier League there'd be a certain poetic justice if they finish 5th or even 6th this season :)) I still hope they beat Marseilles though

"Okay Carruthers...hand over the microfilm"

Aston Villa 2 Portsmouth 1 Chelsea 3 Sunderland 0 Everton 2 Fulham 0 Man Utd 5 Derby 0 Newcastle 2 Birmingham 1 Reading 1 Liverpool 3 Middlesbrough 0 Arsenal 2 Blackburn 2 West Ham 1 Bolton 1 Wigan Athletic 0 Tottenham 2 Man City 1

>>No because in the last episode the Patrellis? mother says to Clare that Peter will survive because of the power he >>got from Clare. << But Mama Petrelli is clearly (td)(td)(td)evil (td)(td)(td)and her word is not to be trusted...

>>Is Katherin Jenkins that Welsh opera singer with the big lips and the electric dresses?<< Yes. She is the Welsh singer that is not Charlotte Church; or Cerys Matthews come to think of it. All of the foregoing are out of a Penge brickie's league (well except Charlotte maybe):))

Chener Books is off-beat and different and practically a LL institution. I'd hate for it to be replaced by a Waterstones-type literary retail experience, with its piles of 3 for 2 Dan Browns and Katie Price "novels". Chener recently featured a series of window displays of old children's annuals from different years which in my view made it one of the most interesting shop windows in ED >:D

I sort of assumed the regeneration power was no good in a nuclear explosion? Wasn't Hiro about to decapitate Sylar when he got distracted by Nathan doing that loyal brother thing? Anyway as loong as Ali Larter is in Series 2.......>:D<

>>maybe they could start selling doggie biscuits too.<< If you take a closer look on the counter next time you go, they do in fact have a jar of doggy treats of some kind...:))

>>Rome is great! Series 2 has already been and gone though, it finished a few months ago.<< I meant series 2 of "The Tudors" ia already in the pipeline. As you say, "Rome" has already had its two series and there are to be no more... :(

>> Are you a true gentleman?>> I did used to harbour aspirations in that direction but alas have become old and cynical and less discriminating...:'( >> I am just stunning you know (for a lady of my age).<< Yes, so I gather. All the chaps say so! :))

>>In my experience it is never a good idea to indulge in sex before marriage<< I do so concur. It is why a true gentleman flirts only with married women....:))

>>Lots of sex and violence, but set in an historical drama, so acceptable!<< Yes! A bit like "Rome" in that respect, only not as good :)) I see Series 2 is being made though...

>>Daniel Beddingfield the "Carbohydrate King" - I am not saying anything here I have not said to his face you know...<< He looks like Jamie in "Coronation Street"...

16th! And that is early for us. As for carol "singers" my father would always holler out "you're too early!" to any such "artistes" who dared to darken our doorstep before Christmas Eve...

To be quite fair to Forest Hill it does not have a McDonalds and hasn't for some time: nor does it have a Gourmet Burger Kitchen. :)) It has the major disadvantage of the South Circular ploughing through part of its main shopping drag - but Dartmouth Road is not entirely devoid of character I think.

>>Ah, but was it an organic pear? Perhaps strangely shaped, covered in mud and infested with green fly? Feel the quality!<< What is the difference between an organic pear and a pregnant au pair? One costs a fortune and is strangely shaped......unnn...wait...No I did have the answer...

We were walking up Lordship Lane, approaching the Friern Road junction when that idiot roared past. I just had time to mention that he was going much too fast when clearly he must have misjudged the bend and skidded over to the lamppost. I just dread to think what the consequences would have been had he missed the post and hit some pedestrians.