The East Dulwich feel..

[Tonyotonyo]

The worst area of them all is ponders end/Edmonton green. It's just beyond any horrible descriptive adjective.

[Horsebox]

Tonyotonyo Wrote:

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> The worst area of them all is ponders end/Edmonton

> green. It's just beyond any horrible descriptive

> adjective.

It's not that bad, really. There are worse places in the world.

Welcome to the neighbourhood.

[Penguin68]

Cant understand why the place is so much more affordable than say, Muswell Hill, Crouch end etc because its style and Chic are pretty much beyond them both.

It's South of the river. Taxi's don't come here, neither do the tubes. Neither, thank god, do people, generally, from North of the river, because of what they have heard.

[????]

Taxi's don't come here? Never been turned down

[eater81]

Do you realise how much of a bunch of tossers you all sound?

'Style and chic', 'channel four documentaries'!!??

The original poster has moved to overhill road. Correct me if i am wrong but does'nt it have a couple of 'chic and stylish' tower blocks at the top end?

We 're talking about a middle of the road, monolithic south london suburb for christ's sake! Lordship lane is more likely to be featured on booze britain the way things seem to be going.

Great transport links?! Well forest hill station isn't even in east dulwich. Its a good 20 mins to get there once uve faffed around waiting for a bus from lordship lane.

Spending 40 mins on a bus to travel all of 6 miles to covent garden is my idea of hell. Apart from london bridge there is nowhere decent you can get to in less than half an hour, for an area that is barely 5 miles from the city centre that is piss poor.

[????]

3/10 - have you only got one bait?

[huncamunca]

ED is a now formally recognised as a halfway staging post between :

Fulham / Clapham / Battersea ( First flat )

ED ( First house and arrival of kids )

Sevenoaks ( Grammar schhols innit )

[expat]

>eater81 wrote

>Correct me if i am wrong

Lots of pople have tried....

[louisiana]

???? Wrote:

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> Taxi's don't come here? Never been turned down

Likewise. This used to be a problem in the bad old days of the 80s, but Ken changed all that.

[Tonyotonyo]

I think you need to find the meaning of the word Monolithic Eater...

[reggie]

Whatever hole I'm living in I prefer to like it and not call it a shithole. Its a deliberate form of optimism and positivity.

Having said that, I do think East Dulwich is a 'good' place to live.

[eater81]

Tonyotonyo, wherefor art you tonyo? The word monolithic has many meanings depending on the context it is used. I suggest you look it up in the dictionary and then delete your last post.

[SeanMacGabhann]

Expat. "lots of people of tried" comment hasn't had enough love. Come on people it's genius

As for taxis back.. It's not as bad as some people describe but it has happened more often than I'd like. I've had black an drivers turn us down (all same lie ie shift finishing) at heathrow only for us to say central london and be accepted.

[Tonyotonyo]

I think we should end this conversation. You seem a rather angry individual

[Penguin68]

As the person who started the taxi-driver hare - I should point out that I was commenting on perceptions which might create a price differential between apparently similar housing north and south of the river. In fact, my own experence of whether drivers are prepared to go South of the river are as mixed as anyones - it does help to say, vaguely, 'Camberwell', (or even 'Vauxhall') and then just direct from there. Although there is no tube, taking a train into central london from ED (granted there are fewer of them) is actually much quicker than travelling the equivalent distance by tube 'up north'. But perceptions place us as a transport black spot. And that does impact housing prices.

[northlondoner]

eater81 Wrote:

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> . Cheers for pointing out my poor

> spelling, i guess it further marks me out as

> ignorant and uncultured for not being part of the

> east dulwich dream world no?

Correct

[charliecharlie]

some people are just born miserable and grumpy... bad luck old fella!

lived in the area, inc Camberwell and Peckham, for 25 yrs... think I am so lucky... brilliant, loads of interesting stuff to do, great mix of people and cultures, never (so far) had any trouble

good choice Tonyotonyo!

[eater81]

All I can say is "Taxi for Tonyotonyo"! If the black cab drivers now no longer have a problem coming to East Dulwich, he/ she should have no problem finding one!

[Tonyotonyo]

Ok so, any Pubs show the football around the area? Im not a football loving hooligan but I do like to catch the matches on a Sat/Sun afternoon. I've heard that 'the castle' does it?

Any help cheers

[Tonyotonyo]

I chose to end the conversation as it was on the journey to know-where constructive. Monolithic to me, means a huge single momument built out of stone/rock. Which to me isn't very East Dulwich?? Maybe you live in a different area to me. If I offended you with that last post due to its patronizing nature I apologise. However, as you haven'y been the most 'welcoming' type to grace this forum I suppose I shouldn't be apologising that much. I think you indirectly called me a tosser on your first post...

Anyway shall we sweep this under the rug and forget about it? As I am not on here to waste my time arguing about trivial matters.

[eater81]

No Worries, regarding the football, I can whole-heartedly recomment the Crystal Palace Tavern. The back room has a classic old-school pub feel, nice big screen and generally not too many people to block your view / nick all your seats. Nice pint of Spitfire as well.

I can generally be found there whenever my beloved Man Utd are playing, however not wearing an 'Eater81' t-shirt for fear of being lynched by the East Dulwich Massive.... perhaps I should get a Man U shirt made with:

EATER

81

on the back!

[Tonyotonyo]

Uh oh - Im a City fan! Are the Manchester massive not exactly welcome?! Maybe i'll just wear blue or something...

[jacklemon]

Welcome to ED Tonyo. I too can vouch for the CPT. Nice no frills pub.

I haven't been yet but I think The Actress, formerly The Uplands, which has just opened on the top of Northcross Road also shows the football. There is also the East Dulwich Tavern but that can get pretty busy. I've not heard anything anti-Manchester myself. The majority of people support Chelsea I find.

Other things I would recommend, The Mag is a nice place for food, if you're a tennis fan there is a good friendly club at the bottom of Lordship Lane opposite The Harvester, and finally South East Cars (020 7732 0033) are the best taxi firm in the area. ?16 from ED to Liverpool Street... Bargain.

[eater81]

I was not implying that people in ED hate mancs, far from it, they all support man u...

It's just that there are people in ED who would like to lynch me personally due to my 'controversial' stance on various local issues.

[Tonyotonyo]

Ah I see. Well You know what they say.. All Man U fans don't come from Manchester. I might just get Sky as sometimes I cannot be arsed getting up early on a Sat/Sun day off to walk down to the pub. I would rather Lounge around my front room...