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Sue

Sue

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MissNoodlesHats Wrote:

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>I'm part Irish but would

> agree this is not a particularly 'Irish area' in

> terms of immigrant profile.


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The Irish shop in Lordship Lane has been there for many years, and surely it must be doing OK or it would have closed down?


And I'm assuming that probably it's mainly people of Irish origin who shop there?

Otta

Otta

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No, on the page that lists the most recent posts in a given section, there are numbers of views, and numbers of posts. If you spot a 99, you quickly go in and post "100". That is it (I know, I was quite disappointed when I realised it was as simple as that).


I only did it because Quids seems to be "on a break". It's his trademark really.

MissNoodlesHats

MissNoodlesHats

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I did not say that


>I'm part Irish but would

> agree this is not a particularly 'Irish area' in

> terms of immigrant profile.


That was somebody else. In fact Southwark does have a very large Irish population, historically I think probably larger than it does now. In the some of the estates off the old kent road, if you go a wandering you will find the odd horse happily grazing I kid you not. Not saying that you have to own a horse to be irish but their are certainly deep irish roots in Southwark. Deeper say than the goose green fair, although not as appealing to the local councillors obviously. More power to local councillors is their moto according to chener's paper, or ' I want a promotion by the back door ' ! And you can fund it . Com

Undisputedtruth

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I know a couple of Irish pubs. One in Rye Lane and the other in Nunhead. But in the Cricklewood/Kilburn area there have always been a sizeable Irish community. I've never had the same impression with Southwark though.


There is a wonderful Roman Catholic church in the back streets of Peckham.


Edited to add the RC church.

Sue

Sue

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MissNoodlesHats Wrote:

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their are certainly

> deep irish roots in Southwark. Deeper say than the

> goose green fair,


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The Irish Festival has always been on Peckham Rye so far as I know, the Goose Green fair is a different event and unconnected to anything Irish I think.

Alan Medic

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new mother Wrote:

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> Funding it is clearly a joke. The event itself

> sounds perfectly ghastly but not as frightening as

> the idea of an "Irish shop".


The Irish shop is not an idea, it exists. Why does the idea of it frighten you? I find your post quite offensive. The shop sells stuff you can't normally buy in the UK but would be common in shops Ireland.


What makes you write crap about something you obviously know nothing about?

maxxi

maxxi

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Alan Medic Wrote:

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> new mother Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Funding it is clearly a joke. The event itself

> > sounds perfectly ghastly but not as frightening

> as

> > the idea of an "Irish shop".

>

> The Irish shop is not an idea, it exists. Why does

> the idea of it frighten you? I find your post

> quite offensive. The shop sells stuff you can't

> normally buy in the UK but would be common in

> shops Ireland.

>

> What makes you write crap about something you

> obviously know nothing about?



Though I believe NewMum is guilty of trying some OTT type of ironic humour I agree with the doc wholeheartedly.


Whether it's Nash's red lemonade or Club orange, Taytos, Odlum's flour or a sack of imported spuds at Christmas (though still no luck on the Kerr's Pinks last year) there are many things an Irish person can buy to get a taste of home, not to mention newspapers including some regional ones.


The woman in charge can seem a little grumpy and is nearly always in mid-conversation when I've been in but once you have her attention the experience is perfectly safe.

Sue

Sue

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Alan Medic Wrote:

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> new mother Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Funding it is clearly a joke. The event itself

> > sounds perfectly ghastly but not as frightening

> as

> > the idea of an "Irish shop".


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>

> The Irish shop is not an idea, it exists. Why does

> the idea of it frighten you? I find your post

> quite offensive.


xxxxxxx


So do I, and I'm not Irish.


Maybe it's supposed to be funny. But isn't.


Mockney, that fair episode of Father Ted was brilliant :))

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