What is it like living next door to Peckham?

[Eileen]

What does it feel like for East Dulwich residents to have Peckham on the doorstep and going through significant changes? I live on the boundary between, in a part of Peckham (Bellenden) very like East Dulwich. I have lived here for over 40 years and so I feel fully part of both places. The emergence of the EDF 10 years ago was difficult for residents in our area as we don't really feel that south west Peckham is a separate place. It's obvious at Peckham Rye station watching people stream off the trains and dispersing in all directions that that part of Peckham is a very local place for people who live all around Peckham whether in SE22, or SE5 as well as many parts of SE15. So I imagine and hope that many East Dulwich residents will feel part of the Peckham Festival as a very local happening of relevance to us all.

That's a preamble to the Peckham Festival blog here - http://bit.ly/2h2fUwb We'd be very glad to welcome East Dulwich people to our Peckham Vision http://www.peckhamvision.org Open Studio or our events over the weekend, and talk about what it's like living next to this town centre that is undergoing such rapid change. Also would be good to have a discussion on here about this before and after the Festival.

From the blog: "As a local resident in Peckham [and East Dulwich], it can be easy to feel overwhelmed as you witness the super-fast pace that things seem to be changing. Obviously, lots of it is very exciting; there are new independent eating spaces opening on a weekly basis and no shortage of arts and music events aimed at everyone in the community. That said, it begs the question, where is Peckham going and is it in a direction that?s best for everyone?..."

A summary of Peckham Vision events in the Festival are listed here: http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?6,1861451

[malumbu]

When I moved to London East Dulwich was actually West Peckham

Now it feels like Peckham is East East Dulwich. Times change

[nxjen]

There was an attempt to rename South Peckham so it would become East Dulwich North.

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,861896,863384#msg-863384

[Loz]

> What is it like living next door to Peckham?

OK, now I've got "Peckham? Peckham? Who the **** is Peckham?" in my head...

[bargee99]

I've lived in East Dulwich all my life which is somewhat over 60 years. It has never been West Peckham unless you are maybe using Estate Agent gobbledegook. ED wasn't a gentrified place for the next half century or more. Maybe Peckham was more desirable in the days of the likes of Jones and Higgins where I used to have a Saturday job in the 60's but that era didn't last long. It is only in recent years that Peckham is spectacularly rising again in desirability.

[rendelharris]

Loz Wrote:

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> > What is it like living next door to Peckham?

>

> OK, now I've got "Peckham? Peckham? Who the ****

> is Peckham?" in my head...

Glad it's not just me!

[dbboy]

Peckham or East Dulwich? Whilst parts of Peckham have seen astronomical increase in property prices, ED has also seen its fair share as well. So where would I prefer to live given the chance, it's got to be ED by a mile, just compare Rye Lane to Lordship Lane. Only three things bring me to Peckham, the station, Morrison's as required, some of the banks and Lidl. The rest of it, sorry but no thanks.

[nxjen]

A lot has been said and written about the gentrification of Peckham but I think it's rather exaggerated. True, there are pockets that have changed - the shops/cafes along the north side of Peckham Rye, the Bussey Building and multi-storey car park, the Bellenden Road area - but Peckham is a large area and most of it remains the same, including the shops along Rye Lane from Nigel Road northward. Having said that, I usually go to Peckham during the daytime and perhaps am missing the Peckham Buzz that happens in the evenings.

[malumbu]

I joke that everyday I cycle along Rye Lane (most days of the week) another bar has opened. It feels that way. And low and behold I pass the old tile shop after being on hols for a short week and it has suddenly turned into a bar. 15 years ago it was the other way round as pubs were becoming grocery stores.

[rendelharris]

dbboy Wrote:

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Only three things bring me to

> Peckham, the station, Morrison's as required, some

> of the banks and Lidl. The rest of it, sorry but

> no thanks.

That's at least five things!

[red devil]

That's inflation on the high street for you...

[NewWave]

nxjen Wrote:

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> A lot has been said and written about the

> gentrification of Peckham but I think it's rather

> exaggerated. True, there are pockets that have

> changed - the shops/cafes along the north side of

> Peckham Rye, the Bussey Building and multi-storey

> car park, the Bellenden Road area - but Peckham is

> a large area and most of it remains the same,

> including the shops along Rye Lane from Nigel Road

> northward. Having said that, I usually go to

> Peckham during the daytime and perhaps am missing

> the Peckham Buzz that happens in the evenings.

The evening peckham buzz is strictly for the 20somethings I'd say, having been to a couple of the bars it seemed to be a very young studenty crowd.

I can't help wishing i'd brought the house we viewed there 6years ago which my other half rejected because he didn't want to live in Peckham-It would be worth a bloody fortune now!!!!

I find Peckham reminds me greatly of Dalston a few years ago.

Very rough around the edges pretty shabby a bit sketchy but still interesting.

I hope gentrification doesn't turn it into Old street or Brick lane which are just becoming another (YET ANOTHER) bland high street

[edhistory]

I can only offer my condolences to people who live in historic East Dulwich and their home got shafted with a SE15 postal district in 1917.

[Angelina]

You've obviously never been to Brixton, which has been subject to poshing-up over the recent years.

It changes the basic nature of the place - changes the people, the activities, the types of business, drives people out. Basically loses the soul of the place, which is what made it attractive in the first place.

[JohnL]

NewWave Wrote:

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> nxjen Wrote:

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> -----

> > A lot has been said and written about the

> > gentrification of Peckham but I think it's

> rather

> > exaggerated. True, there are pockets that have

> > changed - the shops/cafes along the north side

> of

> > Peckham Rye, the Bussey Building and

> multi-storey

> > car park, the Bellenden Road area - but Peckham

> is

> > a large area and most of it remains the same,

> > including the shops along Rye Lane from Nigel

> Road

> > northward. Having said that, I usually go to

> > Peckham during the daytime and perhaps am

> missing

> > the Peckham Buzz that happens in the evenings.

>

>

> The evening peckham buzz is strictly for the

> 20somethings I'd say, having been to a couple of

> the bars it seemed to be a very young studenty

> crowd.

> I can't help wishing i'd brought the house we

> viewed there 6years ago which my other half

> rejected because he didn't want to live in

> Peckham-It would be worth a bloody fortune

> now!!!!

> I find Peckham reminds me greatly of Dalston a few

> years ago.

> Very rough around the edges pretty shabby a bit

> sketchy but still interesting.

> I hope gentrification doesn't turn it into Old

> street or Brick lane which are just becoming

> another (YET ANOTHER) bland high street

I'm over 50 :)

mind you do tend to get a few of my age among the youngsters - oldest swingers in town