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Nawt wrong in taking pride in your food and the service industry. Best coffee is a bit further west; Federation Coffee in Brixton Village Arcade. Though there are a few new cafes at the northern end of Lordship Lane which we have not tried yet. Anyone? Nero, Starbucks and Blue Mountain make rubbish cappuchinos. Like Zeban says, it's all in the grind.

We had the exact same problem. Cars descending on a quiet residential street - Sundays, weekdays, slamming doors, litter on the street and crying children coming out of the 'church' at 1am at the morning. Neighbours next to the 'church' had to put up with the equivalent of night-club-level noise music and shouting. We asked the 'pastor' nicely, he didn't care about our concerns. We reported noise levesls to the Council, they were very helpful and Noise Abatement offices came around to assess levels of disturbance from cars and singing. It then turned out, surprise surprise, that the 'church' did not have plaaning permission to hold a 'Place of Worship' in an industrial building. Many residents petitioned the Council and helpful local MPs, all of us trying to evict the church. This went on for 6 months...then the landlord discovered the premises had been sublet to an illegal church and promptly changed the locks and issued them with an eviction notice. Just as the Council was going to serve an injunction. So I would suggest this is not just 'city life' - people cannot descend en masse to a residential street. Think of it in reverse; would you have chosen to live next to the equivalent of a pub? There are ways and means...good luck!

Hi, We got married at Beauberry House in Gallery Road near the Dulwich Picture Library recently. It's very reasonable and you can have use of the entire premises. We had the reception upstairs then dinner downstairs. The restaurant holds 60 people. Then back upstairs into another room for music. You can bring your own DJ. Rates very good, food excellent.

Leaving bottles/cans out on the street/fences etc is a signal for drug dealers, letting 'clients' know stock is in/the coast is clear etc.