Somerfield or the Coop's fish was pretty poor in the 90's though reasonable for other items, including meat. If you wanted proper fish, you went to the family run Sopers in Nunhead, also open on Sunday mornings. You could order anything from them: eels, turbot, hake, huge prawns at not exorbitant prices. I sold up and left ED (and London) in 2003 after 16 memorable years living in the red house at the end of East Dulwich road overlooking Goose Green. I went back for the first time last year and was staggered at the changes, mostly for the better: new delis, bars etc. A 'White Stuff' no less. Extraordinary. Still trying to get my head around the Lord Palmerston being a gastro pub when it always used to be hard, spit and sawdust kind of a place. And as for the Foresters, now that used to be really tough. The barber in Northcross Rd who cut my hair (erratically) and who had been there since the 50's remembers when the place was frequented by the Krays and the Richardson gangs. He also remembered the V1 rocket that hit the Lordship Lane Coop killing 40 people in 1944. I watched a programme about Camberwell Grove last night on BBC2 - East Dulwich would make an equally interesting topic. see: www.flyingbombsandrockets.com
