6 Lordship Lane (Lounged)

[JoeChuff]

i'm thankful it wasn't Armani Junior! The first time I saw one of their ads I thought, "the terrorists are right"

[peckhamboy]

presumably noone is going to argue that Mothercare is an exorbitantly expensive upstart selling designer tat?

No, but it is a *gasp* chain so it would still be picketed if it opened up on LL...

[snorky]

ed_pete Wrote:

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> Snorky - move to a less affluent area and you

> might find it more tricky to shift those Banksy

> prints...;-)

Ebay know no boundaries

[peckhamasbestos]

Sorry to add further to what is a pointless and tedious debate (free market anyone?) but I recall that there is a children?s clothes shop on the walworth road, selling exclusively designer clothes

I warrant that the value of goods in this shop far outweigh those in any of the above mentioned Clapham/ED boutiques!

[JoeChuff]

> I warrant that the value of goods in this shop far

> outweigh those in any of the above mentioned

> Clapham/ED boutiques!

are you trying to put together a job? ;-)

finally just in defence of my fellow whingers, i'm sorry if people get offended by me slagging off their tastes, shops and way of life. it is after all a free market. please bear in mind though that we don't necessarily come on EDF for democratic debate to decide the future of our high street - it's just a good place for some of us to let off steam and complain about the inevitable. i love you all really.

[Mellors]

I like JojoMamanBebe. I think they do decently made stuff at pretty reasonable prices actually. Its certainly not designer stuff (go to Soup Dragon, Raisin or Partridges for that). Plus you can always supplement with the fab charity shops in ED or Primark/Sainsburys. I think it will be much nicer than an empty shop, and somewhere that sells maternity clothes is great, otherwise ther eis only Mothercare in Peckham with a very limited range.

I think people just seem to have a downer on anything baby related, which is a bit sad. I wouldnt say that JMB is a massive chain or "Claphamy" at all - I dont think there is one there?

And Snorky, I am actually from Nelson in Lancashire. Their property prices have gone up by tens if not hundreds of thousands over the last few years and they are all complaining about the posh people moving in. You woud fit right in.

[snorky]

peckhamasbestos Wrote:

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> Sorry to add further to what is a pointless and

> tedious debate (free market anyone?) but I recall

> that there is a children?s clothes shop on the

> walworth road, selling exclusively designer

> clothes

>

> I warrant that the value of goods in this shop far

> outweigh those in any of the above mentioned

> Clapham/ED boutiques!

THis is the other end of the scale, but is driven by exactly the same ostentatious comsumption ethos - you will see more Ralph lauren in Romford than you will in Clapham.

Just because you may a higher disposable income does not mean you have better "taste" or are not motivated by the same drip feed of advertising and its incestous and exploitatitive kin : marketing & mechandising - the end result may be differently dressed children, but the actual value of the sales may be exactly the same.

[snorky]

Mellors Wrote:

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> I>

> And Snorky, I am actually from Nelson in

> Lancashire. Their property prices have gone up by

> tens if not hundreds of thousands over the last

> few years and they are all complaining about the

> posh people moving in. You woud fit right in.

Whos complaining about posh people ? Not me - nor Am I harking back to the sepia tinted days of yestertyear when you could leave your doors open & the Richardsons would pop in for tea etc etc.

I am however disputing the proposition that lots of expensive shops = better quality of life

[snorky]

anyway, enough of this petty squabbling fellow ED residents, lets have a group hug and unite againt the obvious enemies of Forest HIll and their fellow interlopers Nunhead - trying to steal some of EDs deserved glory.

ps - dont get me started on those bastards in Telegraph hill.

[peckhamboy]

I am however disputing the proposition that lots of expensive shops = better quality of life

Who put that proposition forward? I don't think anyone has even come close to claiming that. The people you're taking issue with have only been saying that another baby shop doesn't = worse quality of life. It's not quite the same.

[lozzyloz]

snorky I took this last night and thought of you. Looks like the Conservatives have come up with the answer.

(Can I flog a limited run through you, say ?500 a pop framed?)

[SeanMacGabhann]

Lozzyloz

I pass that sign every day and always intend to take a pic of it - well done sir

[lozzyloz]

Thank you.

[rifleman harris]

I apologise if this question has been asked elsewhere on this forum but: Does anybody know what that white shop does/is towards the bottom end of North X Road?? it never seems to be open but there is always something wierd going on in there. During the summer there was a portable TV showing some woman waving.

[snorky]

Art innit

probabaly one of those talentless harridans/ pompous wankers from Goldsmiths art MA having of a bit of " art happening" in leafy ED, whilst mummy pays for their edgy groovy student pad in le croix Nouveaux

[Selma]

Do you mean the jeannie avent gallery? If it's art...

[blinder999]

The nutters in the white coats have been doing a sort of therapy thing for the last few weeks - I think it's all over after this weekend.

Very nice people, and a lot of fun, and free tea and cakes, and they like kids. I thought they were Scientologist-types at first, but now I'm a convert. Give it a try. Space Station 65

[mockney piers]

"The Dulwich Horror" good pun!!

[luddite]

do none of you lot ever want to leave east dulwich again ? at least sushi is the one thing i might stll fancy when i go up town YO ! hey try busabai eatery fantastic pacific rim food wardour street its in an old bank when you next make a foray out into the big wide world

ps im actually surprised we havent lost a bank yet to become a bar gastro thingy ....?

i think inside 72 was a building society

[mamafeelgood]

since when has the clamour for a sushi venue silenced the fact that it would bring ed one step closer to clapham aramgeddon ... let alone this new kids shop that is being shot down in flames before it even opens.

[Rolo Tomasi]

luddite Wrote:

> ps im actually surprised we havent lost a bank yet

> to become a bar gastro thingy ....?

> i think inside 72 was a building society

Yout right luddite, inside 72 was the Cheltemham & Gloucester

[James]

Sushi place good. Boring chichi babyclothes bad. Got it?

[Jamma]

There's a simple barometer for when Lordship Lane and E Dul in general jumps the shark - the day AJ Farmer (aka theshopthatsellseverything) shuts down is the day I move out of East Dulwich.

That day still seems some way off at the moment.

[SimonM]

God yes that shop is definitely one of the jewels in the crown!

[JDR]

I hate to say this but as a girl who only really shops in Primark, the accursed baby shop sells items much more practical than its (overpriced) clothes. There are very few shops that you can buy all of this stuff in one place (though I have used them only through mail order before). It may not be what everyone wants, but its mainly popular as they sell boring practical baby related items. Dull, unglamourous, but rare and therefore will be popular