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Yeah it does.....massively. Good luck though!

Err.. that's because that side is wild....it's used for school projects I believe. There's nothing remotely wild about that section in the image above.

Nunhead might be lacking in baby shops and places that sell over-priced coffee but it's a 10 minute walk from my door to the East London Line.

Great event. I usually try and watch the hurling and camogie games in the morning.

Been pretty busy since it opened and seems to attract a nice crowd. Great views from up there. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a12/lspag1/FranksBar.jpg

Ignore them. They've got zero meaningful powers and just go after easy targets. Keep chalking up the pavement until the police get involved (highly unlikely).

Cue ED residents making gun signs and screaming for rewinds.

It's not all that long ago that it was half that price.

They open at 8AM each morning. I believe they have a breakfast menu also. Had two great pizzas from there last night. Will definitely be going back very soon.

This is one of the reasons The Duke failed in it's previous incarnation imo. The surly kid with the tattoos put me off going there big time. The Gowlett and The Nun's Head seem to hang on to friendly staff who look like they really enjoy working there. The less friendly ones don't last.

Lived off Bellenden Road for 4 years until late 2006. Nice local feel with some great shops but there were always quite a few wannabe gangsters hanging around the streets. In particular a couple of very nasty scraps between teenage gangs (yoots coming over from New Cross/Deptford to fight locals) really stick in my mind. The bloke who ran my local corner shop got shot in the leg and there were at least 2 other fatal stabbings just off my street, all in the space of about 18 months. Moved to Telegraph Hill and it feels a lot more chilled round these ends.

The vibe in the Bishop is sometimes akin to a student union. The Topshop clad masses outside on the pavement don't do it's rep much good either.

So according to those figures they had ?60K a year left after rent and rates to pay wages, stock, utilities, insurance etc. No wonder it's on the market.

Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If you want to get technical about it St Patrick?s > Day is a Catholic feast day and therefore can be > celebrated by anyone who so chooses. It just has > special significance in Ireland as he is their > Patron. > It's not exclusive to the catholics. It's celebrated by the Church of Ireland too. http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a12/lspag1/4h3bla1.jpg?t=1236495019

SCSB79 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > what annoys me about St Patricks Day is the amount > of non-Irish folk "celebrating" it. Tell me about it. I feel embarrassed for tans who feel the need to highjack someone else's national day. It'll be the 4th of July next.

As said above East Dulwich is fairly shite for music but the surrounding areas are pretty good. There are decent acoustic nights at the Old Nunshead in Nunhead. Loads of random crazy acts at the Montague Arms near Queens Road-Peckham. Amersham Arms in New Cross (run by the people who operate Lock Taverns in Camden) have loads of greats acts on. New Cross Inn and Deptford Arms also have bands and DJs.

A car was on fire at the corner of Peckham Rye and Barry Road (just beside The Clockhouse) on Friday night. Dunno if it was malicious.

From the looks of her I'd say her outgoings were fairly substantial.

EDOldie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Can you get a deep fried Mars bar in ED? It's all about the pizza supper if you're up in Glasgow.

As with most areas of London the chippies in ED are pretty low quality (and that includes the Sea Cow). I always drive down to Herne Hill if I fancy fish and chips. Olleys absolutely destroys anything ED has to offer.

Michael Palaeologus Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does the recent death of this conceptual artist > have anything to do with Bellenden area by any > chance? He lived well into his 80's and could regularly be seen in the Crossways Cafe ploughing into a fry-up. Nice man but I could never understand ANY of his work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Latham_%28artist%29

peckhamboy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Matalan maybe, *Bob*. > > Outsider - I think a menswear shop would probably > do well in ED provided you get the right sort of > stuff in. But as others said, you may struggle to > make much profit because of the rent. Question-Air in Dulwich Village is the only half decent men's clothes shop in the area imo. http://www.question-air.com

Bellenden- boasts public art created by Britain's foremost living sculptor and one of the UK's most ground-breaking conceptual artists (recently deceased). East Dulwich- getting more bland and mainstream by the day.

This is going way off topic but as someone who buys a fair bit of vinyl I've given up on shops. Way more choice online and that's excluding the Bay of Dismay. I suppose the bigger issue is that if somewhere the size of Croydon can't support great 2nd hand record caverns like Beanos it doesn't look too good for ED. As for Chener's I just finished reading a great recommendation from one of the staff. Always found them to be super-helpful.

Bellenden Belle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > As for black youths hanging around with pitbulls - > are you sure that isn't estate agent prejudice? It absolutely was. Just got back from a night time art thing at McDermott Gardens in Bellenden. 3 yoot man dems skinning up in the corner and taking the piss out of the art installations was the highlight. lol