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DulwichFox

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Otta Wrote:

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> Fox, that is how I felt about The CPT.


Well yes.. A few characters there too. Again some sadly no longer with us.


But the The Great Exhibition is better as a pub than the Palmerston.


Fos

Undisputedtruth

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steveb Wrote:

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> The Old Kent Road and Bermondsey at weekends in

> the eighties



+1 massively.


I'm still shocked about the Dun Cow turned into a surgery. Perhap it was because enough blood was spilt there in its heyday.

Moos

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Apart from the Mothershop, surely?


Ms B Wrote:

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> Shopping in the West End. Same shops everywhere

> now and I find it astonishing how many people

> still schlepp in from out of town to go to the

> same places they have in their local high street,

> but even more crowded.

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What's that?


Moos Wrote:

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> Apart from the Mothershop, surely?

>

> Ms B Wrote:

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> > Shopping in the West End. Same shops everywhere

> > now and I find it astonishing how many people

> > still schlepp in from out of town to go to the

> > same places they have in their local high

> street,

> > but even more crowded.

Marmora Man

Marmora Man

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The Fox & Anchor, Smithfield Market.


Used to be a proper market pub opening at 5.30am and full of meat market porters, also frequented by nurses & doctors from Barts, and the occasional city gent taking in the full English with claret or Guinness before work.


Now it's a Malmaison Hotel.

maxxi

maxxi

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TillieTrotter Wrote:

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> It had great pubs as I remember. Frog and

> Nightgown, Dun Cow, Green Man, The Vic (Pages

> Walk), Dogguns. Happy days!



The Thomas-a-Beckett after the refurb - old boxing films on a big screen in the corner and the landlord and his wife doing mentalist tricks ("What am I holding?" "A set of car keys!") for the customers


...oh, and the occasional 'warehouse' party in the boarded-up fire station.

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Moos Wrote:

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> Selfridges: the Mothershop.

>

> *makes obeisance*


Bit chavvy (sorry, I realise that probably says more about my taste in clothes than yours - I just looked down and realised that nothing I'm wearing was bought in the last two years, and even then it was in a sale).

Undisputedtruth

Undisputedtruth

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Ms B Wrote:

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> Moos Wrote:

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> > Selfridges: the Mothershop.

> >

> > *makes obeisance*

>

> Bit chavvy (sorry, I realise that probably says

> more about my taste in clothes than yours - I just

> looked down and realised that nothing I'm wearing

> was bought in the last two years, and even then it

> was in a sale).


Some stuff are chavvy. I blame marketing for that. But if you're an expert shopper then you should be able to pick up some really cool pieces. I've got my shopping technique down to a fine art so others may have a different opinion, based on their ability and self-esteem, to know what's good or not.


I'm probably one of the few blokes who love shopping.

Jah Lush

Jah Lush

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Kings Road, Chelsea. Now just like any other high street and full of tourists, although it's been so long since I've been down there I would think even they have gone elsewhere. I think the Chelsea Potter is the only pub left as well. Please tell me that hasn't gone too.
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Jeremy Wrote:

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> I wouldn't describe Selfridges as chavvy - almost

> all the clothes in there are out of my price

> range. The real chavvy places are the big

> "designer discount" retail parks.


Burberry can be found in Selfridges and it's a brand long associated with Chavs. Shame really, considering its heritage and quality.


As regards to 'designer discount' outlets, some people have made a killing on Ebay by picking out the right items. Being a good shopper is about having the ability to select the right product at the right price point. Some people will always be chavs because they don't know how to buy clothes and rely too much on useless marketing information. There is no distinction in logic between chavs who shop inside discount outlets and chavs who shop inside marks and spencer. It's the state of mind rather than income that defines a chav.

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