Parker's Folly

Nothing wrong with the place, just the snotty, self-satisfied people that populate it now. The thrusting, preening, "Oh my God, look at us, we've arrived!" types, who pay over-the-top prices for very average, working class Victorian terraces stuck in a ditch in South London.

The 436 is the Devil's own bus, quick or not. I'd rather pierce my eye repeatedly with a rusty nail than be forced to climb on that bus.

I notice everyone is quite happy to go on about brilliant primary schools here, but very little is made mention of secondary schools. I can't claim to be an expert, but I think that is possibly one of the weaknesses school-wise in the greater Dulwich area - correct me if I am wrong.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > So if it weren?t? for the crows Peckham Rye would > be full of rotting fried chicken bones and donner > kebab meat. > > I was in Nairobi recently and nearly soiled me > britches when an entire flock of eagle/hawk like > birds landed around me. They each stood about 2 > feet tall! A local explained to me that they are > scavengers and feed off all the rubbish in the > city. > > I think I prefer the crows. They?re more poetic > anyway. I think you encountered Maribou Storks there chum. They are freakin ugly birds and bloody scary too.

London is great to live in if you are single, or a couple without kids, or if you have a lot of money. If you are none of the above, and have a family, I personally believe living out of London offers a better quality of life for young children growing up. I love East Dulwich and its probably the nicest part of London for me, but I worry about schooling around here. Unless you have ?20,000 p.a to send a kid to the better schools, once your kids hit secondary school age, there is a lack of quality around here, in my opinion. Of course, that could change over the next 10-15 years, but you don't really know that at this point in time.

Polly D Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Liquorice burgers are v v nice. Sounds digusting - aniseedy meaty burgers? Yuck...

Louisa - ho hum darling, your bigotted ideas about class are so enlightening. As if we have a choice over what accent we have. No matter what "class" you are, you will generally speak similarly to the way your parents do, and they in turn. Not much choice there. Speaking of accents, isn't estuary English meant to be taking over the whole of southern England now? So where do you get your ideas of bland middle class accent then? Listen to the BBC presenters for example - very few of them speak RP now, and even Her Maj's accent has changed over the years to reflect a watering down of its poshness.

It seems that 90% of the "famous" people spotted in East Dulwich are all out of Soap Operas - how sad. Where are the really famous people?

I'm amazed that no one has commented on how great the view over London is from the hillside just below the estate itself. I walk there often and hardly ever see anyone around, except the occasional dogwalker. Either people just don't know about it, or are put off by the thought of walking near an estate for some reason. In my opinion the views are better than those from Hampstead or Highgate by far - you have a panoramic view of the whole London skyline, stretching from Millinium Dome, Canary Wharf, the City, St Pauls, BT tower, Houses of Parliament to the Battersea Power Station, you name it. On a clear day you can even see the Wembley Arch and Harrow. And best of all, you don't have 1,000 tourists tossing frisbees over your head either....

Michael Popodopoulous and friends - I don't see why you should "care" so much about Peckham when you don't even live there. What is it to you if there are lots of churches there? Would you be making the same jokes if there were 20 mosques there as well? The people of Peckham are entitled to do what they like, including worship at a church, whether it is evangelical or not. Sorry if this is off topic, but then again, a chemist in an area which is not even East Dulwich is slightly off topic too.

Why don't we just recycle the plastic bags and make lego blocks out of it? Pardon my ignorance on such matters. I suppose someone will tell me now that the process of forming the lego blocks will release noxious gases into the atmosphere. Or maybe we could turn plastic bags into a type of breeze block for building new houses in the Thames Estuary?

This has been rehashed on here a number of times. If you want to know the answers, speak to residents of Notting Hill, Fulham, Hoxton & Shoreditch, etc. It's called gentrificationm and is a fact of life, anywhere in the developed world.

Lord Haw Haw aka William Joyce

The deep south of what? Kent or Essex?

The 363 bus goes all the way to Crystal Palace. You can catch it in Peckham, anywhere along the Rye and Forest Hill Road and then up past the cemetary and back to the South Circular junction with Lordship Lane and then on to Crystal Palace. Its actually a very quick journey most times - 15 to 20 min max.