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Townleygreen Wrote:

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>

> I suppose you could argue that the name Dulwich

> Village comes from the street which runs through

> it?

>

1896 OS map shows the thoroughfare today called Dulwich Village was called High Street then. Bit of late Victorian / Edwardian rebranding to differentiate it from the not quite so upper class East Dulwich?

Townleygreen Wrote:

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> Dulwich was a hamlet in the parish of Camberwell.

> Probably till the mid 19th C or thereabouts, which

> is where the name comes from.

>

> I suppose you could argue that the name Dulwich

> Village comes from the street which runs through

> it?

>

> St B is only a couple of hundred meters (if that)

> from there, not unusual for a church in a country

> village, that sort of distance?


247 Mtres


Foxy

uncleglen Wrote:

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> St Barnabas Parish Hall is in the Village. I liked

> living 'that side'....no satellite dishes, no ugly

> extensions on the houses- a much nicer appearance

> altogether (except for the revolting plantation

> blinds)



So happy to hear I'm not the only one who hates those bloody shutters ...

Townleygreen Wrote:

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> Foxy said "247 Mtres" (I said "a couple of

> hundred")

>

> Foxy, you're splitting hairs there, man!


Wasn't being critical but as YOU have brought this to light you actually said

'St B is only a couple of hundred meters (if that)


In fact (according to Google Maps) it is 247 Mtrs. More than 200mtrs


So I was NOT splitting hairs.


Foxy.

TheCat Wrote:

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> Only on the EDF would a harmless thread about not

> being able to get a pint of milk on a High Street

> end up with arguments over the local parish

> boundaries....


An extremely astute observation- please expand

I know this is off topic but I couldn't resist.....What's been banned is the sale of new stocks of hoovers that produce more noise and heat than suction...how is that a bad thing? A lot of manufacturers spend time making products "sound" more big and powerful than they actually are - meaning the machine costs more to run as it's less efficient and uses more energy!


Turning now to finding milk in DV - I remember when I first moved I went down to the village as I had heard so much about it....I thought I was completely lost, and asked a passer by where all the high street shops were - they directed me back to East Dulwich!

Townleygreen Wrote:

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> Only in the sense that you can't buy a new one,

> Foxy. Nothing to stop you using it!


Not entirely true. Apart from the Power issue (Energy) there is also an issue of how loud it is.

But as I do not live in a flat above someone, no one is going to complain.


DulwichFox

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Townleygreen Wrote:

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

> -----

> > Only in the sense that you can't buy a new one,

> > Foxy. Nothing to stop you using it!

>

> Not entirely true. Apart from the Power issue

> (Energy) there is also an issue of how loud it is.

>

> But as I do not live in a flat above someone, no

> one is going to complain.

>

> DulwichFox


No it is entirely true, there is a ban on new sales of machines over 900 watts and 80 decibels being sold (once stocks are exhausted), there is no ban on using them in any way, shape or form.

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> I think we should consider ourselves lucky that

> the EU hasn't banned milk being sold in Pints.


They have. They do now make you buy 568ml instead. And I bet you that stays after Brexit, because it was actually the UK government that did that.


Maybe we should exit the UK, to get away from all the needless bureaucracy.


At least Australia rounded it up to a more sensible 600ml when they changed to metric.

dbboy Wrote:

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> More EU interference, can see why people wanted

> out, whether that was right or wrong, we're

> feeling the consequences now. In Europe they think

> the UK is mad to be leaving.


Why do you call it interference? Isn't it a good thing?

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