What kind of shop/eaterie would you like to see on LL?

[Penguin68]

I would like to see a sports shop, not a JD Sports, but a shop selling cricket bats, pads, balls, hockey sticks, sports trainers, slips, tennis rackets, balls and the like.

We did have one, once; first it halved in size, then closed - suggesting that we can't offer the market for one.

[Sue]

When was that, Penguin68?

I don't remember a sports shop?

[Penguin68]

In the 1990s, a few doors up from Binester Toys. Later the site split and one half dealt in mobiles. It then just sold sports shoes but earlier had sold a much wider range of sports equipment.

[mimifantasia87]

a bakery !!! fresh bread fresh cakes or a steak house!!

[BrandNewGuy]

mimifantasia87 Wrote:

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> a bakery !!! fresh bread fresh cakes or a steak

> house!!

We have two bakeries ? Truly Scrumptious at the trad end and Brick House at the sourdough end

[imasnookercue]

I know this one wont be popular but a pound shop or very cheap general store (so basically a poundshop) would be most welcome. If i need household basics such as bin bags, bog roll, cleaning stuff etc etc, its such a pain having to go to Peckham and navigate the feral youths, beggars, blaggers and general wasters of Rye Lane just to get some of the above stuff at a reasonable price. Im not going to the DIY shops on LL and paying ?8 for a plastic toilet brush, or go to Sainsburys and pay a mind boggling ?4 for their cheapest bin bags.

[DulwichFox]

Penguin68 Wrote:

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> I would like to see a sports shop, not a JD

> Sports, but a shop selling cricket bats, pads,

> balls, hockey sticks, sports trainers, slips,

> tennis rackets, balls and the like.

>

> We did have one, once; first it halved in size,

> then closed - suggesting that we can't offer the

> market for one.

I remember the sports shop. I seem to remember is was somewhere between the Palmerston and the Foresters.

Didn't it sell Football Kits. ??? would of been back in the eighties ???

Foxy

[fishbiscuits]

imasnookercue Wrote:

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> I would also like to see a proper nightclub.

There are a couple of clubs in Peckham.

> the only thing close is 'Sylvester' which closes at 2 and is tiny.

What/where is "Sylvester"??

Angelina Wrote:

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> a reasonably priced noodle bar

Tonkotsu in Peckham?

rahrahrah Wrote:

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> I would like to see a good burger place offering take outs tbh.

Meat Liquor in ED or Honest Burger in Peckham?

kp4 Wrote:

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> I would love a good middle eastern food in the area.

Yadas and Persopolis in Peckham

Pugwash Wrote:

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> A decent Thai restaurant

Begging Bowl in Peckham is quite nice

Rumbero Wrote:

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> Pie and mash

M Manze. In Peckham.

Pugwash Wrote:

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> Clothing shop that caters for those of us who have

> 'restricted incomes' and are not size 12.

Plenty of clothing stores for the full-figured lady in Peckham!

mimifantasia87 Wrote:

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> a bakery !!! fresh bread fresh cakes or a steak house!!

Brick house is nice... one in ED, one in Peckham. There is a steak house called Meet District in Queens Road (Peckham).

imasnookercue Wrote:

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> I know this one wont be popular but a pound shop or very cheap general store

I've heard a rumour that there are couple of pound shops in Peckham too.

So basically.. you're all living in the wrong postcode!

[Penguin68]

As fishbiscuits notes - this seems to be about wanting to import outlets which are anyway just round the corner, a bus ride or a cheap uber away. Our local community really is slightly larger than just LL. If you like these places (and I do like many close but not on my doorstep) just go to them. And I'm not sure LL is really right for late night opening night clubs, with all that they bring with them. [Nor are the outlet footprints really large enough]. Purely selfishly I'd like to see a wider range of food - a good Vietnamese, a modern Chinese (not just cantonese cuisine), a South Indian (i.e. Keralan etc.) - but I'm not sure we have the customer base to support even one of these. Oh, and Farmer's already offers good value domestic consumables - maybe not pound store cheap, but very competitive and with a very wide range.

[Earl Aelfheah]

This thread was about what stores you would like to see on Lordship Lane, not what stores do you like in Peckham.

[Gloves]

Thai Corner Cafe is the best and most authentic Thai outside of Thailand.

[TheArtfulDogger]

imasnookercue Wrote:

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> I know this one wont be popular but a pound shop

> or very cheap general store (so basically a

> poundshop) would be most welcome. If i need

> household basics such as bin bags, bog roll,

> cleaning stuff etc etc, its such a pain having to

> go to Peckham and navigate the feral youths,

> beggars, blaggers and general wasters of Rye Lane

> just to get some of the above stuff at a

> reasonable price. Im not going to the DIY shops on

> LL and paying ?8 for a plastic toilet brush, or go

> to Sainsburys and pay a mind boggling ?4 for their

> cheapest bin bags.

Farmers ?

Use what's there already rather than asking for a duplicate 🤔

[creditwheredue]

A proper old school fish and chip shop that doesn?t sell kebabs or burgers.

[Penguin68]

I would like to see a shop or eatery which has been well researched (as regards local needs) and which is economically sustainable - which probably means with a flexible approach to changing customer needs. It needs (based on the high rents and rates being charged) to either sell high ticket or (and?) high volume items. It will need to understand the constraints of small footprint outlets and to cope with increasing parking restrictions which will make it reliant either mainly on (very) local trade, or on mainly bus access. The fact that restaurants seem to be doing better than traditional shops may reflect the area's greater accessibility by car out of normal shopping hours.

[carlafindle]

Gloves Wrote:

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> Thai Corner Cafe is the best and most authentic

> Thai outside of Thailand.

You must be joking!

[Sue]

Gloves Wrote:

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> Thai Corner Cafe is the best and most authentic

> Thai outside of Thailand.

Erm, no it isn't.

Have you actually been to Thailand? If you have, you must have eaten in some truly awful places aimed at tourists who don't actually like Thai food :))

Or are you just trying to wind people up? :))

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Id like to see a Rumour Monger set up beside the Cheese Monger in between the Fish Monger.

I think Mrs Buzzard may be a regular.

[fishbiscuits]

rahrahrah Wrote:

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> This thread was about what stores you would like

> to see on Lordship Lane, not what stores do you like in Peckham.

OK... but opening a business very similar to another one that's only a mile down the road isn't always going to make sense, is it?

[kp4]

Well fishbiscuits it does for people who work or are unwell and have no time or energy to travel a mile down to Peckham, Herne or Forest Hill or other surrounding areas. No one implies that these must happen. They are just some ideas and responses to the original post. There is no need to be patronising.

fishbiscuits Wrote:

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> rahrahrah Wrote:

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> > This thread was about what stores you would

> like

> > to see on Lordship Lane, not what stores do you

> like in Peckham.

>

> OK... but opening a business very similar to

> another one that's only a mile down the road isn't

> always going to make sense, is it?

[fishbiscuits]

If they're unwell I would suggest a nice bowl of soup or something. Maybe not Thai food or burgers. Or nightclubs.

[Satellite]

Gloves Wrote:

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> Thai Corner Cafe is the best and most authentic

> Thai outside of Thailand.

Nonsense

[fishbiscuits]

Satellite Wrote:

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> Gloves Wrote:

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> > Thai Corner Cafe is the best and most authentic Thai outside of Thailand.

>

> Nonsense

I can only assume it was a joke of some description.

Thai corner is fine for what it is I suppose, but it is just generic stuff... various deep fried brown things to start, followed by red or green curry with "your choice of meat or prawns". It is to Thai Food what Mr Liu is to Cantonese... or what Dulwich Tandoori is to Indian.

[monica]

imasnookercue Wrote:

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> I know this one wont be popular but a pound shop

> or very cheap general store (so basically a

> poundshop) would be most welcome. If i need

> household basics such as bin bags, bog roll,

> cleaning stuff etc etc, its such a pain having to

> go to Peckham and navigate the feral youths,

> beggars, blaggers and general wasters of Rye Lane

> just to get some of the above stuff at a

> reasonable price. Im not going to the DIY shops on

> LL and paying ?8 for a plastic toilet brush, or go

> to Sainsburys and pay a mind boggling ?4 for their

> cheapest bin bags.

Farmers on Lordship lane, just by GBK sell all things household and they are very fairly priced. I call them the treasure shop, due to them selling the most random products.

[Annie5]

It would be great to have a Lebanese restaurant nearby .......

[Rumbero]

Posh pie and mash then (seeing as we're in East Dulwich). Something like Piebury Corner? (Unless fishbiscuits manages to locate a branch in Peckham of course).

https://pieburycorner.com/