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Ooh, what?s the most offensive / provocative thing I can say on each thread ?

No-one knows it?s me, I can hide on the Internet and let the drivel flow.

I?m so far down the pecking order, and my prospects so limited, that I actually think East Dulwich population is posh by comparison to me, so I resent them through my jealousy.

😭😭😭

Siduhe Wrote:

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> I for one welcome all the effort that Steven

> Taylor is putting into his latest incarnation.

> From suited and booted Surbiton refugee, to

> working class doyenne in only three accounts...

>

> ;-)


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Inside 72 was a good little local "dive bar" (as the Americans might put it). I liked it, and there are similar-ish things in Peckham these days. To be honest I am not sure if it would do well in ED in the 2020s.


The Drum... went in once with a friend. It was like accidentally walking into a stranger's living room. Had one drink and left. I guess it was a quiet night and the few other people in there all knew each other. Maybe a bit unlucky.

fishbiscuits Wrote:

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> Ah yes... The Vale when it had the bar in the

> middle and pink lighting. Never really worked for

> me. Landlord was also a bit of a strange character

> (based on the one dealing I had with him).



It was an awful pub, and so was the landlord.


There was a short time when a really nice and enthusiastic couple ran it, renamed it The Cherry Tree and brought in an excellent chef, but the owners chucked them out and it went downhill again 🙄

Sephiroth Wrote:

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> Driving through Kent a couple of years ago I

> stopped at a random village pub.

>

> That very same couple were running this pub. Was

> nice to see them again



Oh really? Can you remember the name of the village and/or the pub? I'd like to see them again too. They were lovely, and really shabbily treated.

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