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Interesting. Where does he conjure up the money from?

Ouch! lozzyloz Not an easy question, so much data to consider; too nuch for here - and a risk of being lounged. The best book I have come across on this subject is Alec Cairncross' "Years of Recovery: British Economic Policy 1945-51" (some of the data goes up to 1954). Unfortunately the book was published by Metheun in 1985, but perhaps a copy can be borrowed through the Southwark Libraries inter-loan service. If I were to pick out one feature of this period which subsequent recessions (proper and mini) have not experienced is raw material and import supply problems. And, to try to keep this on topic, you might have visited all the gift shops in East Dulwich and not been able to find a single cushion or candle-stick. Now for the collective East Dulwich Forum YAWN.

> What does a Civic Centre do / provide? Services Hondas.

Just a clarification: Even I'm not old enough to have been in busineess across 1947-1954.

snorky: What markup do you think the gift shops have? lozzyloz: 1978-1982 is perhaps not a good overall analogue for Spring 2008 (except for commercial rents). The data seem to be shaping up like 1947-1954 with the added complication of leverage. MacRoban

Most economists are wrong. Next time you're out shopping pop in to one of the few remaining local businesses that survived 1978-1982 and have a chat about what a real recession is like.

1991 was ~NOT~ a recession, merely a little dip.

If I remember the last recession (c1978-1982) properly, rent reviews were set aside, adveristed rents were subject to deep discounts on negotiation, and freeholders offered new leasholders rent holidays rather than bear the costs of vacant properties.

Has anyone else seen the young men with clip-boards taking photographs of house frontages?

A contrarian view is that the middle of a recession is a good time to start a new retail business, but we're not there yet. If I were thinking of starting a new business, I'd wait six months and then review the position.

It's only the local natural social hierarchy: Dulwich Village West Dulwich Bellenden Village East Dulwich Nunhead Peckham Camberwell

More PR.

Linea Novacula would make a good boundary.

www.nunheadforum.co.uk is superior to www.bellendenvillageforum.co.uk

I thought this young lady lived in North London.

Barry Road will be a nice little earner for the Council.

Didn't see this in the nationals. Mr Tchenguiz seems to have multiple problems at the moment.

It seems that neither Apax nor Punch Taverns can raise enough money at the right price to fund the purchase of M&B. M&B seems to be bleeding cash and may not be able to meet this coming quarter's overheads, let alone debt interest. Could this be the end of our Harvester? Watch this space.

Front garden tax. Some East Dulwich streets will become good revenue earners.

New rolling stock for Denmark Hill commuter services.

Press release.

What is a "mega-walk"?

I was hoping for a return of the Co-op to Lordship Lane rather than a closure. Apax still has time before making a decision. I guess.

The sale of Somerfield seems to be floundering. [EDIT: Thread title changed as there are now serious detailed negotiations]

Schr?dinger Snorky.