Dogkennelhillbilly

1) would love to know how Superdrug, SDM, the vape shop, the nail bars, 9000 pizza shops etc that have all opened in the last 3-4 years are exclusively for oat latte-drinking gentrifiers. 2) i got (possibly correctly) slated for calling Soderberg a bourgeois coffee shop, but apparently there are such things as C2DE shops. Interesting. 🤔 All hail the corporation in its infinite wisdom!!! It's weird to see people critical of market forces because it meant rising house prices and Iceland closing, but so enthusiastic about those same market forces when it brings them a Poundland. Especially when its fans seem to be so happy about buying "crap food" at prices that are, err, not even cheaper than anywhere else.

Like what, specifically?

...or Superdrug...or Co-Op...or little Sainsburys...or big Sainsburys...or any of the dozen convenience stores up and down Lordship Lane...or the chemists...or the DIY stores... What exactly are these products that are so much cheaper at Poundland? It's just all the same FMCGs that are available everywhere else.

Early contender for Didn't Happen Of The Year Award (EDF section).

Doubt it.

Savers is a glum discounter. There's one up in Crystal Palace but it's not as good as the Poundland a few doors down.

Yes, thank god someone is selling toothpaste and fizzy drinks on Lordship Lane, there was never anywhere to buy it before.

It's a joke on the very first page of this thread, and the poster lives not in East Dulwich, but in...Australia! I think the other quote in the article is (cough) paraphrased at best. The journalist doesn't realise the concern isn't that it will knock out farmer shops, it's that it will affect Farmer's, a shop.

Coyle won't get reselected, surely?

Ribena's recipe has changed in the last few years - I think there is much less sugar than there used to be.

Seems a bit unlikely that it's storage. Supermarkets don't leave the stuff lying around that long, especially the popular goods. Have you had COVID...?

Interior designer to the stars, Nicky Haslam, wearing a lovely camel coat. I considered asking him where he got it, but I'm probably not wealthy or cool enough to buy it. Also, Baroness "Come on, Arlene" Foster of Aghadrumsee DBE, trying to pay with cash in Redemption. I did not see whether the payment was in exchange for ash or just a coffee.

I assumed you meant this was graffiti, which would have been pretty cringeworthy, but in fact it's Poundland's own publicity material, which is immensely cringeworthy.

So, to be clear, you have children attending one of these schools, is that what you're saying? And you're genuinely worried that "weirdos" are going to show up to primary school picket lines to "impose their views" on your children?

1) You don't get to "take the salary" if you're on strike. That's how strikes work. 2) "teachers shouldn't complain about low pay because my teacher nephew doesn't mind working a second job" isn't the great argument you think it is.

I don't support privatisation but it was while Thames Water was under state ownership that neglect and underinvestment set in. Thames Water has reduced daily leakage by 15 million litres per day since privatisation...'course, it's still at 635 million litres per day so...

Yeah, it's gonna be just like Orgreave tomorrow when rabid mobs of flying pickets descend on a primary school. You want to watch out, I heard some of those maths teachers are tooled up with compasses! 🤣

I do hope the Picturehouse survives and the workers are kept on, and I agree that Peckhamplex is a bit "you get what you pay for". But a ticket tonight for "What's Love Got To Do With It", a general release film, at the Picturehouse is £14.90, and the same film at the same time at Peckhamplex is £4.99. You're looking at the thick end of fifty notes for a family with 2.4 children. If it's a big stupid film that doesn't require reverent silence (Top Gun, animated films, sports stuff), I'll take my chances with Peckhamplex. If it's a quieter, more sensible film, I might go to the Picturehouse.

It's now open and looks nice. £12.50 for fish and chips. I didn't go in or eat the food though!

You really think teachers on Thursday are going to be intimidating the same children they teach every other day of the week? Give your head a wobble, mate.

Picturehouse has always been expensive. Peckhamplex is a fiver, and even the Odeon in Streatham has plenty of showings for £7-8 every week, esp if you sign up for their mailing list. It doesn't really, though. 2001 has always been criticised as being slow and ponderous - sorry, "awe-inspiring" and "atmospheric". Besides, 2001 was released in the same year Carry On Up The Khyber was in general release in the UK. It's not like Kubrick was ever the only show in town.

Southwark is brain dead because Thames Water's 100 year old cast iron pipes keep bursting? Cuckoo! Cuckoo! 🤣 #SouthwarkDerangementSyndrome

Still time for you to lead the charge, Dave. It's obviously something you're passionate about.

Seems weird the council doesn't just shake the magic money tree.

tbf, those chippies are all either awful or 15 mins' walk away.