Dogkennelhillbilly

The space between Tesco Express and Dulwich Trader on Croxted Rd is now Chococo. It's basically a hot chocolate and coffee bar, as far as I can see. It was pleasingly busy with kids and parents when I passed by! https://www.chococo.co.uk/our-chocolate-houses/dulwich

I went into one of Westminster Carpets's competitors the other day and the salesman asked if I wanted flooring. Luckily I got the first punch in, but I was still a bit shaken up by the whole experience

Maybe the signor in question spotted some hot jacuzzi action and just had to stop in?

Is the occupant of 513a Lordship Lane in North London wondering when the bloody garage is going to drop off their car? It's been a week since they took it for an MoT...

A new VW Passat is £40,000+ these days!

East Dulwich has gone so upmarket that Ferraris are considered disposable items now... The same car in happier times:

And did East Dulwich Grove become "even more of a nightmare" as a result of the "meganursery"?

A couple of updates to this terrible event: 1) In 2021, two cousins (one from Penge and one from Streatham) were convicted of murder and sentenced to a minimum of 23 years in prison. The Southwark News has a summary of the awful day. https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/dulwich/donnell-rhule-dulwich-knife-murderer-cousins-sentenced-to-life-for-killing-18-year-old/ 2) Last week, a female prison officer from Forest Hill was sentenced to eight months in prison for pursuing a relationship with one of the two murderers while at HMP Brixton. https://metro.co.uk/2025/12/15/probation-officer-admits-relationship-prisoner-hmp-belmarsh-25501445/ https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/38203627/probation-officer-jailed-illicit-relationship-murderer-secure-prison/

...and so, 4 years on from the "dramatic planning meeting" that approved the "meganursery", how has it all worked out in reality? The building looks nice from the outside - but I don't know anything more. Did either of the nursery businesses on EDG fail because there was no demand for nursery places in East Dulwich? Did Carmageddon on East Dulwich Grove get worse? Were pre-COVID work patterns abandoned forever (lol)? Were some of the concerns expressed in opposition to the planning application a teensy bit overblown...? https://southwarknews.co.uk/area/southwark/mega-nursery-approved-amid-dramatic-planning-meeting/

Whose view is that? Because it's nuts. Even as someone who blames Thatcher for everything, I accept there are multiple causes. The population of England has grown by 20% since 1981 so demand is much higher. Supply (ie new homes) hasn't grown by anywhere near that. And obviously selling off social housing doesn't help the availability of affordable (ie below market rate) housing, but it doesn't change the number of homes in existence.

It's called The Restorative Place. Also, the Fired Earth storefront is under offer too, apparently. How exciting...!

Dulwich Village update: The old DVillage location is (again?) under offer. The storefront next to the new grocer is going to open as a yoga and pilates studio...the name of which I've forgotten. 🤦‍♂️ Megan's is starting to push its takeaway coffee and cannibalise some of Redemption Coffee's market share. Is Megan's struggling? It's quite a big restaurant they have and rent cant be cheap. The reinventing of the Megan's branch on Lordship Lane as Ollie's seems to have stalled. And Redemption is looking a bit tired these days...

I can't remember if it was Charlie Booker or Victor Lewis-Smith who described rubberneckers as the kind of people who'd get rid of the translucent film on ambulance windows if it meant they could get a better look.

There's a scrapyard and vehicle dismantler at the end of Rathgar Rd (behind Loughborough Junction station) but I don't know if they buy assorted scrap metal or just cars or what...

Meaningless but you got the hump about it? Busybodies and ghoulish people gossiping about serious incidents helps no-one. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45513645