The most important (deceased) person associated with East Dulwich

[Ted Max]

There were always rumours that they got a very good deal in return for the publicity for Barratt's of having the Thatchers as a client - and that they never really moved in and sold on at a large profit as soon as possible.

But I've no idea if that stacks up or not.

[woofmarkthedog]

Ted Max Wrote:

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> There were always rumours that they got a very

> good deal in return for the publicity for

> Barratt's of having the Thatchers as a client -

> and that they never really moved in and sold on at

> a large profit as soon as possible.

>

> But I've no idea if that stacks up or not.

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I mean Ted

As if they would do such a thing & even if she did, she'd have forgotten by now poor old bat that she is.

[computedshorty]

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[milliemum]

SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> Didn't Gustav Holst used to live/teach here as

> well?

He used to teach at JAGS....my granny and her sisters were taught music by him.

[Mick Mac]

Denis Thatcher - was he important?

[steveo]

Maggie and Dennis supposedly liked the house because of the proximity of the golf course but also, the rumour went, because there was a handy nuclear bunker in the middle of it - the golf course that is.

[Townleygreen]

No, steveo, it isnt/wasnt a nuclear bunker - just a Royal Observer Corps post - intended for watching where H bombs exploded over the capital, as there is a great view from there as many know. I believe!

[HonaloochieB]

Asset Wrote:

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> so was P G Wodehouse

And he will be my nomination. Also on the basis that whenever he was writing about a suburb he would always have East Dulwich in mind.

And plus of course, there's Maud who was 'of the people' and ended up marrying Bertie Wooster's relative Lord Yaxley.

Or 'Piggie' as Maud called him. Anyway she lived in East Dulwich.

So that does it for me.

[SimonM]

Wodehouse attended Dulwich College I know, but has he any real connection(s) with East Dulwich?

[Narnia]

computedshorty Wrote:

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> Famous?

> Fred!

> Who can you remember that lived in East Dulwich

> that got famous !

> Cor that?s easy, its Francis Melbourne, who?s

> Francis Melbourne.

> The bloke that lived in a big shed at the bottom

> of the hill by the station, collected all the

> stray animals, he worked on the Dustcarts out of

> the Council depot facing the station, always wore

> Wellies, he never stopped smoking, his mates said

> he combed the dog and smoked the hair, he always

> smelt horrible.

> Yeh! I remember him now, tall bloke black oily

> hair walked with a lisp.

> He used to cook outside the shed he lived in, the

> eggs from the goose that he used to tether on the

> green by the E.D Hotel.

> Locals got to call it Goose Green, and he made

> Omelettes from the eggs, that?s how the

> footballers got their name, Dulwich Omelettes, and

> they used the name of his big Kennel to name Dog

> Kennel Hill.

> Then they named a road after him Melbourne Road,

> then another Francis Road, they thought he was a

> Saint to give a home to all those strays, so they

> changed it to Saint Francis Road.

> His horses used to stray into that road and leave

> Dung and Piddle that got onto the shoes of the

> people that visited their relatives in the new big

> building at the end of the road, in the end it got

> called the St Francis Orspiddle.

> Cor Fred you have rubbed shoulders with some

> Famous people!.

This message deserves more than just being ignored IMO. It's interesting at least.

[HonaloochieB]

SimonM Wrote:

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> Wodehouse attended Dulwich College I know, but has

> he any real connection(s) with East Dulwich?

Connections? In the sense of being connected I suppose you mean?

Blessed if I know old top.

D'you mean connected by marriage? If you do then your humble scribe will be seen sidling out the side door.

Please don't tell me it's a connection by aunt, if so your HS will ensure his rapid egress from the London area until the aggresive whim dies down.

A fellow can't be too careful.

[SimonM]

Well I sort of hoped it might be pigs kept in ED allotments that inspired "Blandings" you see....

[louisiana]

Phyllis Pearsall, who invented the London A-Z, lived in Court Lane Gardens. She walked 3,000 miles to create it. It's something we use every day. I'd say that is important.

[computedshorty]

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[KidKruger]

I know that Bob Dylan spent a couple of nights at a house on Crystal Palace Road during the 60's.

[SimonM]

He's not dead yet though surely?!

[beniremedy]

With reference to the thread regarding Robert Browning and Dulwich, people might like to know he features in the current exhibition in the Wodehouse Library at Dulwich College. Joined Up Thinking explores the literary connections between Dulwich College, writers who were at school at the College, and writers like Robert Browning, who lived and went to school locally but have influenced Old Alleynians like Sir Ernest Shackleton. Shackleton used to recite poetry by Browning to his crew in the Antarctic. The exhibition is free and open to the public on week days 9am to 5pm during term time until the 18th December 2009. Report to Reception first to get a Visitor's Pass.

[PeckhamRose]

Edgar Kail.

A road named after him leads to Sainsburys and Dulwich Hamlets.

He was a footballer for Dulwich Hamlets who went on to play for England in the 1920s.

Or indeed Boris Karloff as previously mentioned.

The 'Did you know that?' corner: Raymond Chandler indeed went to Dulwich College and at the time the headmaster was one Mr Gilkes (there's a Gilkes Crescent off East Dulwich Grove). Mr Gilkes said he could not stand hearing boys swear, and indeed when Mr Chandler became an author, no matter how awful a situation Philip Marlowe was in, he never ever swore.