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borderpaul Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Plus a new M&S and London Overground on the way > adding another 20% on top. I think the ?800k+ 3 > bed house is quite realistic in the near future or > is that just crazy. Overground is not coming to ED. Peckham Rye and Denmark Hill only.

???? Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Two houses on our street bought last year needing > work and now done up (including loft conversions) > went on the market last weekend both sold > already... asking prices approaching 800k. > > Underground on the way? - don't think that's right > bp and certainly hope not, would ruin the area. 3 beds with loft conversions? What road are you in?

Jenjeroo Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Was she wearing lots of pink? I saw a rather dodgy > looking lady walking up and down upland road last > night. Hanging around the corners. We should > report this to the local police. You are a vet? And you post things like this?

There was a bee nest/swarm outside Melbourne Grove Surgery the other day, on top of a bin, in a box, with a sign saying that someone was coming to deal with it. Can't imagine how it got there.

trentk69 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am just going through getting quotes for my > motorbike insurance, and the premiums seem to jump > when the SE22 post codes are entered. > > Is ED really that bad for vehicle theft? Some > companies will not even cover me if my bike is > left parked on the street! > > Does ED have the problem, or is it being tarred > with the London brush - i.e, ED is part of London, > therefore vehicle theft must be high? Jump from what amount? What area was it insured in before now?

Boatloads on Nutfield Road now.

Annette Curtain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Ms B Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Huguenot Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Plain english is very overrated. > > > > > > Whither then the nuance, the elegance, the > > bloom > > > of a creative metaphor? > > > > Creative use of metaphors is great - arguably > all > > language is metaphor anyway, so perhaps it's a > > false opposition - but we're talking buzzwords > > here. > > > Exactly > > > Get with the programme > > > Netts:-S Can't. It's being up-cycled, reused and repurposed.

Annette Curtain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > > Much like The Maudsley then > > > :-S > > I'm down with W&S, as they got me a full asking > price cash offer on my gaff (which I then turned > down, as you do) You must have been popular with your hopeful buyers. Why would you do that?

Saila Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i've spoken to someone in contact with the victim. > She is still recovering at home but getting better > quickly. > > the 3 men were in fact boys. She thinks school > children around 14/15 years old range.... I hope she is able to do some photo-fit descriptions. Glad to hear she is recovering physically at least.

Southwark Council's Environmental Health dept. and the Fire Department deal with these. Call EH first. It it is causing a nuisance they can tell you to put it out and they also have the power to fine miscreants.

Thanks for replying Veejay. Have been researching the coastal parts of Southern England round that way. Chichester, Arundel, Worthing etc. What made you choose Ferring?

It's the ex-Kerry Katona factor that coloured Iceland's reputation. Then they had Jason Donovan and a few slebs recreating a party. I admit I never went in to Iceland until about 12 years ago when I accompanied a friend. Then when I moved closer to one I kept wandering in and discovered some very reasonable purchases. I am very picky about what I buy though. In an ideal world there would be room for everyone.

Wondered if there was just one person writing their blurb or if it's an in-house style. That alone would put me off using them.

The owner of that house posts on here.

What happened to Buen Provecho? They were around the previous two years. The queues were so bad for food that we too did not wait around.

Pickle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We only just watched the first episode last night, > but were saying the production team must jump for > joy when the likes of the two old boys from > Bermondsey walk through the doors, they made > fantastic viewing. They were really fantastic. I hope they are able to be friends for a long time to come.

Annette Curtain Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > He retires to Worthing. > > > You really mean... > > Goring-by-sea > > (there's more to it than breakwaters you > know....honest) > > > Netts:-S I heard nearby Ferring doesn't have any street lights.

I don't think Ed is necessarily more spread out, it just doesn't have enough space to house that type of shop unless the Co-op went. Crouch End also has long roads, but more of them.

HelBel65 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > > Crouch End shopping area is a bigger area than > > East Dulwich. > > Not true. Waitrose, Tesco Metro, Budgens and M+S > Food together with several long established and > much loved independents are all within a 2 or 3 > minute walk of the Clocktower - they all seem to > be thriving. That's the point. The only > independent to close in Crouch End recently was, > sadly, the bookshop and that can hardly be blamed > on the supermarkets... > > I said earlier on this thread - once M+S is here, > Waitrose won't be far behind and I stick by that. > Having just moved here from Crouch End, I will be > quite happy! Bigger shopping area means more streets and space, not sure what you think I meant. East Dulwich has one main rather narrow street - Lordship Lane. Not the same with Crouch End. The approach into Crouch End from Highgate (where M&S is is also much wider. At the Clock Tower the road splits......... so if you moved to ED from Crouch End it sounds like you want some sort of mini replica area? First Mate sums it up, as usual, very well.

Wooster & Stock?

LondonMix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If enough consumers want to shop at a store (m&s, > wholefoods etc) and that store decides to > competitively bid for space on LL, thEn it has a > right to open, and they the consumers have a right > to shop there. Simple, whatever the store. You > act like M&S and those who want to shop there > aren't entitled to do business in the local area! Nowhere did I say M&S don't have the 'right' to open on LL. I am pointing out drawback to losing the carpark, asking why people feel the need to have an M&S and querying why Iceland is perceived by many to be a bad store. Just because a company has money to pay for an expensive lease doesn't mean it benefits the whole community. I do not live round the corner from Iceland so the loss of the carpark will not affect me on a daily basis - either due to noise or extra cars on the streets. It is a great and unusual amenity to have in the area though.

LondonMix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They can Gidget, but M&S can make money off of > them in ED so why wouldn't M&S want to do that and > why don't they have the right to shop for what > they want locally? This is business and > consumers, nothing else. "the right to shop for what they want locally?" - which is what - any kind of produce M&S produces? who is they? I want a WholeFoods here, and a Trader Joe's store - so do I have a right to those?

jimmyay Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The world didn't end in crouch end when they got > an m and s and a waitrose. There are still stacks > of independent shops there. People need to get off > their high horse. This will take east Dulwich > upmarket. Crouch End shopping area is a bigger area than East Dulwich. East Finchley fought plans to have a Waitrose located there and were successful.

LondonMix Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I think a Waitrose would do better. But losing > market share to Aldi etc is reflecting what's > happening to the country's finances as a whole. > While we as a country are getting poorer, East > Dulwich's demographics are getting increasingly > richer. Therefore, you'd expect a Waitrose or M&S > to buck the trend here. I predict it will be > packed. There are a lot of young single renters > who work in the city who are desperate for this > kind of convenience food living here now. ED isn't > just young families anymore! So if they work in the city why not go to the numerous M&S stores there and at train stations?

AlexC, ED has done fine without an M&S here so far. They are at motorway service stations so hardly exclusive. I am curious as to why some people are so desperate to have one here. That is all. For the record, in the past, when living/working near one I have shopped there and found myself being really disappointed by most of the food. Even if one comes here it won't have a full range of everything you might want, like the ones in Oxford Street.