Will no one think of the children?! Honestly, you seriously think that having a Sainsbury's will mean drunk school children rampaging round the streets of leafy Dulwich in their uniforms? C'mon. The young people round here seem to have better things to do and I'm still hopeful (triumph over experience though that is) that we will one day have a pub again and the kids can go back to doing their under age drinking in there in the time honoured tradition. Sainsbury's has a Think 25 policy which means that, although you can legally buy alcohol at 18, they won't sell it to you unless you can prove it or you look over 25. Shepherds, as far as I know, has no such policy, is also open late and sells booze but it's proper dodgy and ridiculously overpriced. Alternatively, there's the pretensions of Dulwich Vintners which is merely overpriced. As a grown-up, I'll be more than happy to nip out for a reasonably priced bottle of red of a gloomy Wednesday evening. I'm beginning to suspect that the people who object to this have alternatives in the "just popping out", walking distance shop but would prefer Dulwich Village to keep Shepherds so they can nip in once a year and gush over how quaint and eclectic it is. Anyhow, delightful though this badinage is, it's a done deal. The estate has done what it always does and maximised its profits. We are getting a Sainsbury's local, opening in January. Hurrah!