Identify East Dulwich

[thomas.fursdon]

Hello everybody,

Im a second student at The London College of Communication ( formally London College of Print )

I also live in East Dulwich, but only for about 6 months now.

Im currently working on a project in which i have to create a visual identity for an area, my chosen area being East Dulwich ( or Dulwich as a whole - undecided, your welcome to persuade me to do one or the other, given valid arguments! )

My questions to all of you are;

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1, What is East Dulwich(/Dulwich) to you? ( the fondest thought? do you resent it? do you think of it like where you used to live in the countryside?

and it would help me if you could answer these too:

please give an example of each of the following that say to you - Dulwich, OR specifically East Dulwich.

2, Colour ( you can show me a picture if you want to be exact.. eg, this mug i got from habitat)

3, material ( concrete, oak, grass, clouds - anything )

4, shape ( circle, brick, arched window, windy road, dodecahedron - anything )

5, Person ( this may be irrelevant to many, personally no one 'says' it to me )

6, Time of day ( 2pm, elevenses, dusk, twilight, when-the-sky-is-a-vivid-blue )

7, Building ( concrete house, Dulwich library, that nice deli, any house made out of this (e.g.) brick )

8, food/drink/taste ( coffee, mums lamb stew, tangy, shortcake biscuits )

9, weather ( rain, warm rain, torrential rain, sat in the warmth watching the umbrellas outside )

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Please anyones help is greatly appreciated!!!

(my answers are 1, Where i see all the foxes playing on the way home. 2, red bricks. 3, red bricks and wood, 4, windows 5, n/a. 6, when nothing is bright everything is warm coloured even if its freezing. 7, the house on the corner of my street by the laundrette. 8, the sausages i get from the butcher. 9, leafy everywhere. )

Thanks! Tom

[citizenED]

My answers,

1. East Dulwich is Home.

2. Grey skies - (I see a lot of sky from my place, but then I love grey)

3. House facades

4. Tree Shape

5. The guy from Greetings card shop

6. 10.45am on a Saturday Morning _ I am walking down Friern Road on the way to Peckham Rye Park.

7. The Plough

8. Coffee and Almond Croissant

9. Bright Autumnal Day

[Marmora Man]

1, Penultimate home (latest of 9 in a 23 year marriage)before moving to Cornwall.

2, Victorian Red Brick

3, Peckham Rye grass and daffodils

4, Victorian windows and architraves

5, Owner of Pretty Traditional Greengrocers & owner of William Rose Butchers

6, Saturday morning around 11.00 having shopped for weekend food, bought a rose for my wife at the Fresh Flower Company and thinking about a coffee.

7, Our House

8, Home made barbequed lamb kebabs - cooked on our roof terrace overlooking London skyline

9, Sunny & crystal clear

[thomas.fursdon]

Thanks for your reply guys, perfect answers! all help is greatly appreciated! suprised only 2 people answered out of urm.. 200? but hey what can you do! maybe if i could get say.. 8+ more i could use it as valid research!

not sure why this was moved to the lounge seing as it was put under 'General' for 'Discuss life in London's East Dulwich.' but hey..! I'd just appreciate the help as its quite a big university project. thanks again! tom

[Alan Medic]

1. I've lived here 20+ years but still don't think of it as home like I used to think of home.

2. Green. There's lots of it.

3. Dog pooh. Or at least people complaining about it.

4. Circular

5. The next one to be friendly without having to be

6. Morning in the Summer when the sun rises early

7. THE 'concrete house'. Scary.

8. Spicy veggie burgers

9. The first morning of Spring where it doesn't feel cold.

[thomas.fursdon]

thanks you 3 i really appreciate the help.. anyone else? 329 views i would love a little more participation its for a good cause! ( my education! )

PLEEEEEEAAAAAAASSSSSSEEEE

thanks. tom

[Worker]

1. Home

2. Green

3. Brick

4. Long, straight lines

5. The stall owners at North Cross Market

6. Weekend mornings

7. Our house

8. Full breakfast at Homemade

9. Sunny

For East Dulwich.

Good luck!

[Thomas Micklewright]

1) home, community, interesting stuff to do for free,

2. Green

3. Bricks

4. Labirinth of roads

5. Cllr James Barber and Hugenot

6. Early morning quite red sky cycling to dwork

7. Blue brick cafe

8. Curry at Indian mischief

9.sunshine

[beef]

Hi Thomas, happy to help with homework;

1. Final resting place after a long journey around the country, where I chose to raise my children, probably one of the best places in GB.

2. Baby blue

3. Wood and brick and leaf

4. Triangular

5. Staff at Dulwich Library

6. Saturday, twilight, after a days drinking.

7. East Dulwich Tavern

8. Curry

9. A warm, bright sunny weekend.

Hope that helps :)

[HAL9000]

Thomas Micklewright Wrote:

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> 5. ... and Hugenot

Most of the regular posters will understand - but what do you suppose the OP will make of it?

[Huguenot]

That even after months of abuse he still can't spell then name of his nemesis :)

Or that even though I've explained I live 8,500 miles away my disaffection for food Nazis is emblematic for the opressed citizens of East Dulwich ;-)

Or that my rage for a better society and fierce love for my neighbour has triumphed over all.

*points to horizon, gets coat and tiptoes through pantry door*

[Lynne]

Home

Yellow brick

green

Circle of Goose Green roundabout

Me

1.30pm

Baths

Sainsbury's bread

Sunshine in back garden

Lynne

[Cedges]

1, Where I aspire to live - hopefully in a nice large Victorian on a tree lined street

2, Eggshell blue/green / cream - a la 'restored' 'vintage' furniture

4, Bay Windows

5, My best mate

6, Saturday Afternoons - when I'm most often there

7, Not one specifically but, lordship lane from Goose Green to the police station. Ooh and the rambling vintage store up Northcross Road.

8, Woodfired pizza, Indian, Pricey Burgers, Really slow pizza from Speedy Pizza, Roast Dinners

9, Sunshine