worldwiser

ToastED and BrickHouse are the obvious two others depending on where you are.

Me too, without hesitation. Very sory indeed to hear of your experience.

Hang on a moment, isn't loading from LL exactly what people were calling for so as not to burden the people of Chesterfield Grove? Sounds like we got what most people asked for. Result!

I imagine JC would have another word for M&S ED. His definition of rammed is 'close to empty.'

Astonishing what they've managed to cram into the place. And almost comically good humoured staff. But the rather unedifying hordes made it one of the most gymnastic gauntlets I've run in a shop in quite some time. I'm assuming the desperation to get one's hands on some mouth-wateringly ripe mango and impossibly-trimmed asparagus spears will subside in the days to come and it will soon become less of a challenge.

I guess cause he doesn't have to! Very occasionally it's really rather nice that some businesses are immune to market forces. I'm sure that curry house on the corner of Matham Gv which has been under renovations for about a millenium must be another case. They'd have dumped about ?50k in rent if not. Pretty sure the card shop, the Dulwich DIY shop too.. this fact alone will ensure diversity of commerce for quite some time to come. And as I've mentioned before, only about 30 or so shops are chains out of almost 250 units in the ED vicinity. The idea that we have an identikit high street is simply not backed up by any evidence at all.

A large number of the premises on LL are owned outright by their indie proprietors and hence rising rents will have no effect on them whatsoever. Chener Books being just one example.

LondonMix, oh how true. But they're laughing. They've had an M&S for years. And when Woolies went bust another more aspirant W took over 😀 The double!

I was in the Co-op in Crouch End the other day - the look and feel of that branch is unrecognisable compared to the ED one and a total delight. So the improvements may already be coming unless Co-op feels the people of CE are more deserving than ED.

It occurs to me that the parking issue, if indeed it is one, will be self-correcting. Any initial increase in road traffic will be quickly displaced onto public transport, foot or other branches when people learn they'll be circling for 15 minutes or more in a fruitless search for a space. M&S might be a bit of an attraction but not to that extent. Or what LondonMix said.

If anyone knew what it took to provide those products so cheaply they really wouldn't buy them. Either the supplier is screwed or the buyer.

Say what you like about the old Iceland but a 'character' property it absolutely never was!

Far from wanting to wish any new business anything other than good fortune, it's a real shame a deli of some kind couldn't have tried to make a go of it after the sorely missed predecessor.

Also ED Deli went ages ago and M&S will be the only thing that vaguely offers (albeit quite inferior) anything approaching what they used to do. Independents have little to worry about and may even see increased custom as more people drawn in.

How is it difficult to get away with taking a photo from across the street? Or even if it were right outside the door? Both are entirely legal.

I ask again, what is the argument against a zebra crossing on EDG? There would be no change to parking with such a measure.

Abe, perhaps. But my point is that if people are crossing there anyway it's surely better to let them do it safely and predictably rather than in the haphazard, dangerous manner they have to at the moment. What difference would that appreciably make to traffic flow? And even if there were a reduction, isn't safety more important?

I was trying to find in the various threads if someone has made the argument against a simple zebra crossing set back a few feet across EDG. Can't find one. Is there one? I see plenty of such examples along the Kings Road and other major London thoroughfares, even with tight pavements and junctions between 2 equally busy roads. People are going to cross this junction come what may. Given that, the issue is to allow them to cross more safely. Surely a zebra would accomplish this? If TFL have the illusion of free traffic flow down LL, this is only at the expense of pedestrian safety. Does TFL prioritise traffic flow over safety?

A Hollywood scriptwriter would probably remark, 'Don't give me problems, give me solutions.' Sounds to me like a load of people are finding any conceivable way to avoid solving this. Man created this junction, man can surely improve it to the point where people don't have to risk death just to cross a god damned road. Effective politicians are the ones who don't take no for an answer. Seven years of accepting no just isn't tolerable. We want this sorted, please make it happen before someone is killed.

This issue has been going on for years. There's a thread from 2009 in which James Barber says he's met with council officials 'several' times: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,337808,337816#msg-337816 And then it resurfaced in 2014 after a serious accident: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,337808,337816#msg-337816 In January 2015, James Barber said he'd requested a meeting with the 'head of council service for highways' but I can't find any references as to whether this meeting took place and, if it did, what was decided. This problem is clearly not going away. Can we finally get some momentum behind progressing a solution please? James, 7 years' council inaction is clearly unacceptable. Especially when they're blowing hundreds of thousands on overpriced North Cross Road-type 'improvements' that barely deserve the description.

The gate opposite the church cannot be closed shut. Trust me I've tried. It's therefore useless for its intended purpose.

I'm sure there's a sensible health & safety reason for not having an entrance right off a busy roundabout but they could definitely add one near the EDR corner (the service road side rather than the busy side) The gate near the church hasn't worked for months so may as well not exist but they've just spent an eye watering amount redoing Camberwell Green - they can obviously afford to replace with self closers and add one path.

No it's not. And yes you can. Look up the licensing conditions of the premises who have such unsociable collection hours. Get in touch with the licensing team at Southwark and quote the specific clause of their licence that's being flouted. They'll soon tow the line.

The catch is it's only Friday's and Saturdays. Anyone who's genuinely interested in improving their health will have to join anyway - 1 day a week isn't enough.

I personally think that there's no way anyone will ever push the A50 button. The kind of economic turmoil that has already crashed the country in the past 48 hours is nothing compared to the 5-10 years it'll take to extricate ourselves from the myriad pieces of EU/EU-related legislation. There will have to be so many individual votes that this matter will occupy 100% of Parliament's time and nothing else of any consequence will ever get done. The cost of doing all this will be in the tens of billions. By the time we finally emerge from the hell of all of that, the UK will have ceased to exist as Scotland and N Ireland grab their own lifeboats and it'll be amazing to me if even England itself appears on a map.