Louisa

For anyone brave enough to venture into such a common looking place, I highly recommend the Gratin?e de Coquille St Jacques, and the escargot for starters ... mmmm wonderful :)

rob you are a card!

Has anyone thought that perhaps Eric and Margaret are quite happy with the customer base they already have, and therefore do not feel the need to expand the business or attract new customers? I dont mind people thinking it's grubby and dirty, it means I can enjoy a meal in peace without being forced to listen to some young professional talking about mummy and daddys lovely new 12 bedroom bungalow down in Surrey lol ;-)

Jeremy you know your stuff! you could have Le Moulin back on it's feet in no time at all..

I believe the whole tone of this thread is a bit snobby to be honest rob. If we are going to point the finger at somewhere for bad service and awful food, why not pick a place like GBK or Caffe Nero.. Older people do still have taste buds, and we do recognise a good quality restaurant.. Le Moulin is everything you could want from a restaurant and it's good value. I know it's verging on the disgusting for some people to enter into a building which is showing it's age a little too much, but I can assure you that it's clean and the food is always fresh.

Jeremy if I am in the minority then so be it, it's obviously a successful minority if it's managing to keep Le Moulin in business after all these years. Perhaps the majority who take your view could offer Eric and Margaret some business advice if you believe you know how to run a restaurant better :) Bob that is a good point, but usually word of mouth will spread and people will visit regardless, if the food is upto scratch.. the decor and peel of the paint add to the charm of this little place, which has stood the test of time unlike many along LL.

I dont get this snobby idea that you shouldnt eat somewhere because it may look a bit dated or need a lick of paint. That restaurant has been there many years for good reason, it offers superb customer service and the food is very good. Half of these places along LL have not been around for five minutes and probably wont be lucky enough to reach a stage where the paint on the outside is starting to peel. I wonder sometimes if ED is turning into Islington heaven forbid.

Vietnamese food is fab... bring it on I say! (how about closing down sea cow and putting it there?)

The chap in Emily's chippie told me that some woman from Corrie had moved in locally, I believe she is 'Tracy Barlow' in the soap? Not sure of her real name.

Anyone know of a buggy free shop in ED? i'm still looking...

I would never venture into the EDD because it looks overpriced and snobbish from the outside.. The fact that a customer was treated like that is appauling and outrageous.. We all slant the chain stores and supermarkets for forcing small business out of the market place, but at least when you drop a bottle of wine or some good smash from the shelf, they come to your aid and dont insist on charging you...

I was told by the lady in Bells kitchen and plumbing supplies that they had recently been approached by a number of people trying to encourage them to sell up.. Oddly enough, she mentioned the name Zizzi? anyone know who or what they are? I am presuming that Bells own the shop rather than rent or lease, otherwise it would seem quite an underhand tactic on behalf of these various businesses.

The one lovely thing about Nunhead is that is has a whole host of traditional indepdent stores eg Soapers fishmongers, Masons butchers, Ayres the baker, a wonderful grocers.. they arnt organic though SHOCK!! HORROR!! hehe

I found what appeared to be family photographs in the early 1900's on a local history website. I know that the Dulwich Society website has a catalogue of listings for people who lived at specific addresses in the area. For example, I found out that before my family moved in my place in the 1930's, an engine driver and his family lived here.

John Lewis is a good quality store, and considering there was one in Peckham until not so long ago, a small John Lewis express (hehe) might go down quite well... I love department stores..

If we lose the concrete house, then what else will the Dulwich area lose? Perhaps Southwark could compulsory purchase some of the fields from the college and build a brand spanking new shopping centre with over 3,000 parking spaces? How about we knock down the picture gallery and put a 17 storey block of flats overlooking the village? It has to stop somewhere.

It seems that every single aspect which makes the Dulwich area quite unique in inner London, is being eroded by probably the most corrupt and inept London borough of all of them - Southwark Council. I am sick of this, we recently lost the 350 year old farm laborers cottage opposite Peckham Rye Park next to the old Waverly School, and now we are about to lose one of the most iconic buildings in all of ED - the concrete house... I am genuinely upset about this, how long will it be before we have five story buildings full of flats with no chracter everywhere?

This shop next to the butchers was once a hair salon which closed in the 1970's.

That building on the corner of Spurling RD was once a private drinking club from the mid 1950's up until the late 1960's, and I know this because a relative of mine used to go and play cards and gamble there during the early hours. It apparantly has a basement as well as upstairs. Before this is it was a Jewish deli, but that was long before the dawn of time and i'm sure no one is old enough to remember on here lol... I think it's been a private residence for at least 40 years..

Yes, Jones & Higgins, now look at the place... what a difference a decade or five makes!

Peckham Rye park was orignally Homestall Farm, which was bought by the London Development Corporation in 1880, whcih was an addition to the common which was being slightly overstretched. Peckham Rye is technically a parish and a ward, which has been in existance ever since this part of London was taken out of Surrey. "Peckham Rye" is actually a place, hence the confusion with the train station in Peckham also going by the same name.. I think in geographical terms, Peckham counts as anywhere north of rye lane, and Peckham Rye anywhere to the south bordering ED. I think people who live around that area consider themselves to be mostly Peckham Rye folk, rather than ED or Peckham, so therefore, despite the SE22 postcode, it is a very distinctive community.

There did used to be a full scale good quality greengrocers on LL until about 3 years ago when that awful Black Cheery bought the business premises up and turned it into a place for the yuppies to sup on half a lager and pretend they are millionaires lol (actually it was just a regular greengrocers not some fancy organic place, so half of the ED crew probably dont miss it) Louisa

What a bloody rip off..

My grandfather was a copper posted in Peckham during the war, but he often worked at ED cop shop too, which was on crystal palace rd in those days.

I am 100% sure mad Lizzie was never involved in Pan's People, I just wish I had said hi to her the other day, though i'd probably have mad a fool of myself by saying something like "shake it out!" or "let's do it!" or maybe "woo!".. I found this link of lizzie in 1989 with "The London Boys", it's a wonderful clip