Family argument.

[Jah Lush]

Pugwash Wrote:

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> The first supermarket on the now co op site opened

> in the 1960s - cannot remember whether it was

> Somerfields but have an idea it was a really naff

> name.

Wallis.

[vanihe]

no

[Sue]

bob Wrote:

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> It was amazing when it was thistles the chef and

> owner was called Sammy Josef Egyptian Moroccan

> cuisine amazing Bob S

I am sure it was Thistells, because the name always used to make me laugh, given that there were thistles everywhere and Le Chardon is The Thistle.

I've just googled and found this (scroll down to cafes and restaurants and you will see Le Chardon - Thistells :)

https://www.facebook.com/Igrewupindulwich/photos/heres-a-snapshot-of-how-lordship-lane-was-15-years-ago-lots-of-gaps-and-probably/895799073779717/

[hammerman]

Seabag Wrote:

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> nxjen Wrote:

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> > > i*Rate The International Stores had a counter

> > > service at the back, too. What a shame they

> > > closed!

> >

> > It was dreadful! Sparse selection comprising

> > pre-sliced luncheon meat and corned beef and

> lumps

> > of drying out cheddar

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> Gosh, there were places like that, I?d actually

> forgotten how rubbish things used to be.

What a terrible comment! My family used to shop at International as it was the Sainsburys of the day.