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Muttley

Muttley

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Why does the Telegraph avoid mentioning two of the very best (and longest established) food shops on Lordship Lane, SMBS and The Cheese Block? Could it be that in the eyes of the Telegraph these are not 'local'? Disgraceful that at least one of those two didn't get onto their list.
Bleep

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Muttley Wrote:

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> Why does the Telegraph avoid mentioning two of the

> very best (and longest established) food shops on

> Lordship Lane, SMBS and The Cheese Block? Could

> it be that in the eyes of the Telegraph these are

> not 'local'? Disgraceful that at least one of

> those two didn't get onto their list.



Space I'm afraid. It's not just East Dulwich featured.

Muttley

Muttley

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Bleep Wrote:

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> Muttley Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Why does the Telegraph avoid mentioning two of

> the

> > very best (and longest established) food shops

> on

> > Lordship Lane, SMBS and The Cheese Block?

> Could

> > it be that in the eyes of the Telegraph these

> are

> > not 'local'? Disgraceful that at least one of

> > those two didn't get onto their list.

>

>

> Space I'm afraid. It's not just East Dulwich

> featured.


You missed my point. They had more than enough space to mention the ED Deli, Mootown, Moxons, William Rose, Hope & Greenwood and others, all of which just happen to be the sort of shops that would fit in comfortably in Telegraph or indeed Daily Mail strongholds like - I don't know - Arundel, or Stow-on-the-Wold, or Corbridge. But they had no space for SMBS or Cheese Block which were here long before all the others.

flong

flong

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You missed my point. They had more than enough

> space to mention the ED Deli, Mootown, Moxons,

> William Rose, Hope & Greenwood and others, all of

> which just happen to be the sort of shops that

> would fit in comfortably in Telegraph or indeed

> Daily Mail strongholds like - I don't know -

> Arundel, or Stow-on-the-Wold, or Corbridge. But

> they had no space for SMBS or Cheese Block which

> were here long before all the others.


Don't understand your point at all. Why should a journalist visiting East Dulwich, writing a piece on the food highlights of the area, care an (organic) fig about how long the places have been here? The piece wasn't intended to rank SE22's food stores for their longevity.


And how on earth are SMBS and the Cheese Block are any more "individual" than the places that the feature mentioned? I could come up with more stores that are similar to those two in, say, Cardiff or Oxford than I could find ones analogous to Mootown, EDD or Hope & Greenwood.

monica

monica

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Marmora Man Wrote:

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> Article about Farmer's Markets & Local Produce in

> this weekend's Telegraph.

>

> I did spot the new deli, Romeo Jones, in Dulwich

> village a few weeks back - the owner is very

> friendly, but it's small and expensive.

>

> Telegraph Article

I assure you that the health store will not become a whistles that i promise you.

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louisiana

louisiana

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SeanMacGabhann Wrote:

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> Actually, I have thought of one difference about

> those shops (or their owners)....but I doubt it's

> behind the Telegraph's selection


I think you're right Sean.


A little odd that they mention Morrison's in Peckham(!), and a bakery that has no premises yet, but not the best cheese shop for miles around and the glory that is SMBS.

AnotherPaul

AnotherPaul

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Time for East Dulwich merchandise m'thinks.

Starting with a t-shirt emblazoned with;

'I'm from East Dulwich, does that make me a celeb?'


ap


oh, and why care what journalists write about ED. Muttley are you planning Alistair Campbellesque rants at journos telling them they should have visited cheese shop X over tat shop Y then? It can't matter that much.

dulmum

dulmum

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> Actually, I have thought of one difference about

> those shops (or their owners)....but I doubt it's

> behind the Telegraph's selection


But Mootown is run by a Welsh bloke and his wife who is second generation Indian, whose family are from Derby - hardly classic torygraph demographic either

steveo

steveo

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My book Guns Cash and Rock n Roll: The Managers was reviewed by the Telegraph... and the Mail. With this tenuous link, I will shamelessly take any opportunity to plug it. It's about the best band managers ever and it's on Amazon. Read about it here. Support your local author... please
Jah Lush

Jah Lush

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Steveo about time you posted, yer blinking lurker you. Shameless self-promotion going on here but having read the book twice and sub-edited the first draft and lent you god knows how many books for research and given you the utmost encouragement without any mention in the damned acknowledgments (what acknowledgments!) I can only highly recommend it to everyone on here. Go buy it and enjoy and make this man some money so he can buy me a drink.

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