woofmarkthedog Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Fine Fare It wins hands down for me...http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Supermarket_in_Thirsk_Market_Place_-_geograph.org.uk_-_27885.jpgNow I'd like on of those in my back garden, actually I'd support a petition to bulldoze Wells Park to get one in* sighs & starts laugh crying ** tears up photo of "mother" again *W**F Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-349169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Applespider Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Actually, while the demographics are really important, you could have 100% ABC1s but if there's no suitable site available at a reasonable price, you won't be getting a Waitrose. I'm sure there's nothing wrong with ED's demographics... just with the properties available. It's not just the size/shape that it's important but the access for delivery trucks, customer parking etc.Since I live near the Horniman, I'll take one in either or both. Since I work for John Lewis, I get a discount at Waitrose that doesn't extend as far as Ocado (although I'll still use them rather than use the dire Forest Hill Sainsburys) ;-) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-349334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBen Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 Applespider Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> > Since I live near the Horniman, I'll take one in> either or both. Sorry - my mind is well and truly in the gutter tonight. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-349359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I can't believe anyone actually gives a toss to the extent of this thread. I'd always thought the Waitrose thing was a forum standing in joke..By the way, shafties can't wheelie. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-349363 Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofmarkthedog Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 ruffers Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I can't believe anyone actually gives a toss to> the extent of this thread. I'd always thought the> Waitrose thing was a forum standing in joke..------------------------------------------------------IT.......was but there's serious people on "the forum" these dayzAND this is now a serious subject now ( that's "now" twice, now )So, watch y'gonna do about it...* cracks knuckles, winces * W**F Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-349369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted August 6, 2010 Share Posted August 6, 2010 I'm gonna whinge a bit, probably.Shafties can't wheelie because of the torque reaction by the way. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-349381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darcy Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Lousia, er, do fried chicken munchers like to:1. visit a month-long classical music festival featuring (practically all of them) some of the best musicians in the country (many of whom actually live in Sydders)? At Sydenham International Music Festival, in case you haven't heard of it?2. Visit over 25 resident artists' houses as part of the Sydenham Arts Festival and attend a multitude of literary and cultural events over a two/three-month period?3. Live in houses worth ?500,000 plus on the Thorpe Estate, or ?1.5million plus Cator Road, to mention just a few? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-349947 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Darcy, is this you? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-349954 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 "Sydders"? Seriously? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-349961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Visitors from Sydenham Town Forum, who are taking Louisa far too seriously, and who really love "sydders" (WTF?!?) a bit more than a person should love an area. That said, there are a few of those in ED too.And to think people wrote this thread off very early. Good effort Louisa, took a bit of time to mature, but it got there in the end :)-D Quote In just my road there are at least six classical musicians, four designers, a programme-maker at the BBC, an ex-BBC world service journalist, a solicitor, a retired accountant....and this is in one of the more modest roads....Would none of these people eat fried chicken then? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-349963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 Ha ha, cross posted with Jeremy. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-349965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
giggirl Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 darcy Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Lousia, er, do fried chicken munchers like to:> 1. visit a month-long classical music festival> featuring (practically all of them) some of the> best musicians in the country (many of whom> actually live in Sydders)? At Sydenham> International Music Festival, in case you haven't> heard of it?> 2. Visit over 25 resident artists' houses as part> of the Sydenham Arts Festival and attend a> multitude of literary and cultural events over a> two/three-month period?> 3. Live in houses worth ?500,000 plus on the> Thorpe Estate, or ?1.5million plus Cator Road, to> mention just a few?> 4. In just my road there are at least six> classical musicians, four designers, a> programme-maker at the BBC, an ex-BBC world> service journalist, a solicitor, a retired> accountant....and this is in one of the more> modest roads....Darcy - I don't understand your post. To be fair, most of the thread is leaving me at a loss, but please tell me what point you are making. As I read it, you seem to be saying "hey, look at me guys - I'm middle class". Is that your point? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-350045 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosieH Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 darcy Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> 3. Live in houses worth ?500,000 plus on the> Thorpe Estate... Oh my god, darcy, you own, like, a whole tower block...? Bet the lifts still smell of wee though. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-350069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
darcy Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I think you are showing your complete lack of knowledge of Sydenham Rosie H. The Thorpe Estate is a network of roads with beautiful Edwardian houses. I think you would struggle to find something like it in ED, which always seems like a real mix to me, with council flats, people who can/want to make an effort with their house and those who can't/don't. It's certainly not some middle class oasis. All I am saying is don't underestimate Sydenham, there is more to it than meets the eye and community spirit is one of them. Which counts for a lot when you live somewhere long-term.It's not a competition and there are many people over here who couldn't think of anything worse than having to deal with the smugness of ED. Let's face it there are a lot of people paying inflated prices for tiny flats over there, then having kids and thinking "oh shit it's not that great afterall". Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-350141 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruffers Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I'm pleased it's not a competition, otherwise people might start digging over things like house prices and who's the smuggest. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-350157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 darcy... talk up your neighbourhood by all means, but why not try to do it in a slightly less condescending manner? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-350169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RosieH Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 darcy Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I think you are showing your complete lack of> knowledge of Sydenham Rosie H. No Darcy, it's called sarcasm, you possibly don't have room for that in Sydenham what with all the piles of cash and everything.You know what though, for all the piles of lucre, where's the class? Don't you know it's terribly arriviste to talk about money? Suggests it's a novelty you haven't got used to yet. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-350174 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Rosie - you knowledge of language never ceases to impress me. Arriviste - I love that. Kpau. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-350176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 *looks severely over spectacles*Dear me, Mick Mac, don't you know that it's spelt:With standards like that, I may have to suggest you move to Sydenham. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-350178 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Mac Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 And I took such care in spelling arriviste correctly, only to fall at the sucker fence. drat. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-350181 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Moos, Mick M, pull youselves together, it's this sort of dissent in the ranks that those Sydders bounders will be looking to exploit.United front, people, united front! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-350198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 For any Sydders bounders who might be loitering in the vicinity it's perfectly obvious to me what happened.Mick M is a huge fan of 80s pop and routinely ends his posts with random names of groups from the period.On this occasion he went to throw in T'Pau but accidently hit the 'k' instead of the 't'.Any easy miskate to make.So all is fine here in ED, morale has never been higher. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-350216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Your morale is fragile... Like china in your hand!I've said several times that Sydenham has some lovely housing, the likes of which you won't find in Dulwich. This is because it was once rather grand (about 100 years ago), whilst ED was a place for the plebs.These days, most of those lovely big houses, are divided in to flats. In some areas, Sydenham residents look longingly at Dulwich (although they'd never admit it). When I first came across the Sydenham forum, it was a thread called something like "Middle class pub", in which several posters complained that they didn't have somewhere nice to go in their lovely area, unlike down in ED.On the other hand, there arew things about Sydenham that are great. I always say I am happy where I am, as I have all the good stuff about ED a 10 minute journey away, but I really like the feel of where I live. Quote ED, which always seems like a real mix to me, with council flats, people who can/want to make an effort with their house and those who can't/don't.You've just described ED, Sydenham, Forest Hill, Brockley, Camberwell, Honor Oak, Lee, Greenwich, Blackheath... so on, and so on. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-350232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalubriousSyddersin Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I've kept my powder dry a little here. Did any of you take The Times last Friday? Page 6 of bricks & Mortar; 'Southeast London's boom street'.Yep, good old Sydders. I'll cut&paste a little extract*. As for the Middle Class Pub thread Keef that was shall we say 'lively' (pre The Dolphin days I hasten to add) and was even referenced in a Time Out article for it's 'peevish tone' - Time Out did a focus on Sydders and it was mostly complimentary. Bar the High St which they, along with Susan Emmett from The Times thought made Sydders 'unlovely'. OUCH, but fair comment. * Large double-fronted Victorian villas, the sort that that are often left to crumble in less affluent neighbourhoods, have been selling for sums of up to ?1.6M since the start of the year...there are other signs of gentrification...I suggest you read it in it's entirety. Surprisingly though I think some of the streets in and around Sydenham Hill are our best. Some of those properties/streets are large family homes with jaw-dropping views and prices to match! Cator Road (the subject of the article) is a treasure though. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-350253 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladymuck Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 100 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/12601-the-old-waitrose-nugget-is-back-to-haunt-us/page/4/#findComment-350254 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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