Alan Dale

Thomas Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Referring mainly to the comments made by Alan > Dale, is there a reason for the slightly negative > approach? Just being a bit cheeky really. Seems everyone is all over rugby at the moment because England did well. I wonder whether the relevance of Rugby in modern Britain is being overstated in order to boost national morale. Are you unable to feel somewhat proud of > there being two players linked with the local > area? Completely indifferent to the England lads backgrounds. Certainly not proud - I don't see that it has anything to do with me. Would similar comments been posted if the two players attended Kingsdale? Assuming that Kingsdale is a comp then I guess I would have made some sort of gleefull post about how the increased popularity of Rugby meant that the comp lads were now keeping the public school lads out of the team. Pie in the sky though isn't it?

spadetownboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Alan Dale Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I think its more to do with their schools not > > playing football or even their culture not > valuing > > football as highly. > > > > Baiting the rugby lads was a regular Wednesday > > night affair at uni. Josh Lucy even pushed me > once > > but I let him off (shat myself I mean). They > were > > all too nice to actually fight though. Well > > brought up too much to lose.... > > > who,s josh lucy? My thoughts exactly. He's a rugby player. Apparently it's spelt differently though.

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*Bob* Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Didn't forty-eight Bellenden dwellers get knifed > on their doorsteps in the space of the last few > days?! They did but they are all making a good recovery in Australia.

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The petition includes reference to ELL and is not merely about maintaining the status quo.

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http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/keep-the-south-london-line-link-at-denmark-hill/signatures.html Almost 100 signatures. Great stuff. That and the fantastic news that the terrace on Windsor Walk is on the verge of being restored to its former glory: http://www.driversjonas.com/uk.aspx?doc=24046 Things are looking very positive for the area.

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TheOutsider Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As someone who has been watching this forum for > the last few weeks, I've chosen to join now. > > I visited East Dulwich for the first time a couple > of months ago, and I can say it is a unique town - > But one thing that seems to have a lasting > presence on my mind is the extortionate prices in > the clothes shops. > > I visited a few shops on LL and one on Northcross > Street, and the same clothes that are sold for ?15 > in the midlands (where I am from) are being sold > for ?45+, its crazy > > As my family own a retail mens clothing business , > im tempted to investigate whether it would be > worth opening up around the Dulwich area, but I > need an insight from the people of east Dulwich. > Could East Dulwich do with a casual men's shop > thats not ludricously priced? We sell trendy mens > jeans similar to that River Island for around ?20. > Smart Hoodies, ( the multi colour stripes etc) the > type you would lounge around in for around ?15 > > Would this work, I'd love to hear your thoughts on > a possible mens shop in East Dulwich I think you'd be fishing in the wrong pond. A menswear shop could do well but only if it sells branded clothes. Have a look at the menswear in ED on Northcross Road. That sort of thing but more of it I think..

dc Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > My daughter's at the Charter and they play rugby > there - even she does 'touch rugby' and really > enjoys it. > > She's also been identified as having an > 'exceptional ability' at basketball although quite > how they worked that out after a few weeks I'm not > sure and neither is she. She suspects her talent > is being taller than the other kids. Anyway she's > on a special basketball training camp this week - > it being half-term. Don't remember things like > that 'in my day'. Schools get 'gifted and talented' money for super kids. It pays to identify them earlier. Congratulations she's officially a basketball genius.

I think its more to do with their schools not playing football or even their culture not valuing football as highly. Baiting the rugby lads was a regular Wednesday night affair at uni. Josh Lucy even pushed me once but I let him off (shat myself I mean). They were all too nice to actually fight though. Well brought up too much to lose....

That and the generally low standard...

Much better.

And with a fair crack at it my Gran could have won an olympic medal for curling. God bless her.

I suppose it's a question of style Spangles. Excessive use of capitalised words and unnecessary multiple question marks and exclamation marks give the impression of someone on the verge of a complete nervous breakdown. You may be calmly imparting your opinion but it reads as though you are absolutely frantic in your quest to disparage one of your neighbouring areas. If you are as maniacal in your distaste for Bellenden as your posts would imply then that seems to be an overreaction. If not then perhaps you should tone down your posts in order to correctly convey your message. What do you think?

DaveR Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > "Do you accept the assertion that if rugby wasn't > a fringe sport then it would be highly unlikely > that Dulwich would have two ex pupils in the > England squad?" > > > No > > This youth club has had various players in the > England football team, and there are similar > places in London and Merseyside. That youth club is a school of excellence that recruits boys from all over the North East. A hot bed of footballing talent. In my opinion the presence of two Dulwich College lads in the England team says more about the limited appeal of rugby than the sporting success of the school. I'm surprised that you genuinely believe otherwise but you are of course entitled to your beliefs.

Do you accept the assertion that if rugby wasn't a fringe sport then it would be highly unlikely that Dulwich would have two ex pupils in the England squad?

Dulwich_ Park_ Fairy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There's a lot more than 9 teams that play > international rugby Alan, I thought it was just the six nations and the trinations. 6 + 3 = 9. Am I missing something?