Jump to content

Independent shops on/around LL? What a laugh!

Reluctant runner
 Share

Recommended Posts

Reluctant runner

Reluctant runner

Posted
Posted
We are surrounded by retailers with more than one outlet - Winkworths, Iceland, Moo two, Somerfield, East Dulwich Deli, The Bishop, Blue Mountain Cafe, Wates, GBK, Barclays, HSBC, Costcutter, Hope and Greenwood, William Hill, Budgens, Palmeston - I am too tired to continue but there are plenty more.
Quaywe

Quaywe

Posted
Posted

Reluctant, I agree that there are too many chain stores however you do exaturate a little: Just because the likes of Mootoo and ED Deli, H&G, have another store it does not mean they are not independant. EDD started in ED, hence the name, and yes have now opened at Harrods. Moo too have another store in West Dulwich. So what. As for H&G and Blue Mountain, I wasn't even aware they had other outlets.


These are all locally owned and operated stores. They give something back to the community and are certainly not forcing locals operaters out of the neighbourhood. "independant" does not necessarily mean "one-store", it has more to do with the way they operate. You can hardly put them in the same basket as Iceland, Somerfield, etc.

Ko

Ko

Posted
Posted

Quaywe Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Reluctant, I agree that there are too many chain

> stores however you do exaturate a little: Just

> because the likes of Mootoo and ED Deli, H&G, have

> another store it does not mean they are not

> independant. EDD started in ED, hence the name,

> and yes have now opened at Harrods. Moo too have

> another store in West Dulwich. So what. As for

> H&G and Blue Mountain, I wasn't even aware they

> had other outlets.

>

> These are all locally owned and operated stores.

> They give something back to the community and are

> certainly not forcing locals operaters out of the

> neighbourhood. "independant" does not necessarily

> mean "one-store", it has more to do with the way

> they operate. You can hardly put them in the same

> basket as Iceland, Somerfield, etc.




I read in the freebie saturday paper a couple of weeks ago (Southwark News or the Weekender?) that Hope & Greenwood now sell at Harvey Nichols, Waitrose and a few other places - I think they also said Selfridges and British Airways first class. Good on them for doing so well. I've seen their chocolate in Waitrose in coastal Kent and did a bit of a double take as it was far away from ED! Most interesting bit of article was that when they renovated the shop, they found out that it was once an old sweet shop as they found the old sign behind the facade. They also said that they started out by trying out recipes in their kitchen. As I can't afford BA first class, I'll just stick to Northcross Rd. Their hard work is paying off and I for one don't begrudge them.

mockney piers

mockney piers

Posted
Posted

Coffe shops aren't really my cup of tea (you see what I did there, ho ho ho, god I'm funny) but it's a bit much to say a Nero has spelled the end of east dulwich. There's clearly a demand, it offers a decent service, the coffee's even pretty good (I'll occasionally dabble at the camden branch if I'm feeling a bit peaky in the morning, whyever that would be the case I cuoldn't say) and lastly it's british, not some horror of an evil corporation from the US. So carry on I say, better than an empty unit or yet another pub/bar, and we're pretty set for curry houses.


We couuuuld do with another boutique of course ;)

vicksg

vicksg

Posted
Posted

As I've said elsewhere on the forum, one of the reasons you don't get more independent businesses opening up in East Dulwich is that the landlords who own the premises will only rent them to 'established' businesses. So they're doing more than any other group of people to make it easy for chain stores to open up.


It's frustrating, unfair and ought to be banned, but it's the landlords prerogative.

Jeremy

Jeremy

Posted
Posted

Quaywe Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Don't be so naive to think that Nero being on LL

> is a good thing. Nero set a precedent that will

> make it easier for other shops like Starbucks to

> appear...and they will if we don't unite against

> them.



I wasn't that happy to see Nero open up, but to be honest it is a damn sight better than Blue Mountain (slow & rude service, exepnsive prices, very average food and drinks)

snorky

snorky

Posted
Posted

Jeremy Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> The slow and rude service is the worst thing. Some

> of the incidents that me and my friends (on

> separate occasions) have witnessed in there are

> just unforgivable.


Ditto



terrible place


shut them down. drive them out. no mercy for the Blue Mountains cafe

snorky

snorky

Posted
Posted

Quaywe Wrote:

-------------------------------------------------------

> Don't be so naive to think that Nero being on LL

> is a good thing. Nero set a precedent that will

> make it easier for other shops like Starbucks to

> appear...and they will if we don't unite against

> them.


NO thanks.

mockney piers

mockney piers

Posted
Posted

I'd like to like blue mountain, but they do make it awfully difficult. The best thing that could be said about the service is that it's charmingly .. err .. rural.

Not everywhere has to worship at the god of american style service industry (have your product within 46 seconds with a fake 'have a nice day', or your money back) and I do sometimes like the more laid back approach, and am especially more forgiving when i leave london as the pace of life is often different.


But having said all that BMC pushes the tolerance envelope too far even for little old me. And last time i was there it was 7 odd quid for a cooked breakfast that I'd be very hesitant to describe as value for money (though the snag (singular) was nice).

Quaywe

Quaywe

Posted
Posted

BMC is a haven for ED mum's and their prams. It bores me but I like that they are there rather than a chain store. The Drum has the best coffee in ED but is too smokey. Bring on the anti-smoking laws!


Mockney, are you going to the G&B tasting on Wednesday night? You (and others) might finally be able to put a face to the EDKiwi name...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
  • Advertise Here

  • Latest Discussions

    • malumbu
      How late is your Christmas Card

      By malumbu · Posted

      Two subjects here.  Xmas cards,  We receive and send less of them.  One reason is that the cost of postage - although interestingly not as much as I thought say compared to 10 years ago (a little more than inflation).  Fun fact when inflation was double digits in the 70s cost of postage almost doubled in one year.  Postage is not a good indication of general inflation fluctuating a fair bit.  The huge rise in international postage that for a 20g Christmas card to Europe (no longer a 20g price, now have to do up to 100g), or a cheapskate 10g card to the 'States (again have to go up to the 100g price) , both around a quid in 2015, and now has more than doubled in real terms.  Cards exchanged with the US last year were arriving in the New Year.  Funnily enough they came much quicker this year.  So all my cards abroad were by email this year. The other reason we send less cards is that it was once a good opportunity to keep in touch with news.  I still personalise many cards with a news and for some a letter, and am a bit grumpy when I get a single line back,  Or worse a round robin about their perfect lives and families.  But most of us now communicate I expect primarily by WhatApp, email, FB etc.  No need for lightweight airmail envelope and paper in one.    The other subject is the mail as a whole. Privitisation appears to have done it no favours and the opening up of competition with restrictions on competing for parcel post with the new entrants.  Clearly unless you do special delivery there is a good chance that first class will not be delivered in a day as was expected in the past.   Should we have kept a public owned service subsidised by the tax payer?  You could also question how much lead on innovation was lost following the hiving off of the national telecommunications and mail network.
    • alice
      Just found these matches!

      By alice · Posted

      Why have I got a feeling there was also a connection with the beehive in Brixton on that road next to the gym
    • Sue
      Just found these matches!

      By Sue · Posted

      Ah, thanks,  it all comes flooding back. I've actually been to the Hastings shop, I'd forgotten all about it, along with her name! Didn't she (in between?)  take over what  was then The Magnolia, previously The Magdala, now The Lordship, with her then partner? Or is that some figment of my imagination?  In fact, didn't they transform it from The Magdala (much missed) to The Magnolia? With flowery wallpaper covering the front of the bar? Which reminds me of the pub's brief period after The Magnolia  as the ill-conceived and ill-fated The Patch.
    • lucyvatkinson
      Puppy things

      By lucyvatkinson · Posted

      Looking for crate/toys/play pen etc. Ideally will buy in a bundle. Can collect!

East Dulwich Forum

Established in 2006, we are an online community discussion forum for people who live, work in and visit SE22.

Home
Events
Sign In

Sign In



Or sign in with one of these services

Search
×
    Search In
×
×
  • Create New...