ED - You need to up your game

[Voyageur]

woodrot Wrote:

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> I dont think I have ever been to Penge - its

> somewhere I see on road signs - is this Penge a SE

> London Shangri La ?

Far from it! It is down at heel and largely provides Poundland and Wilkinson type shopping experiences - with some notable exceptions - and typically old school South London pubs. It does have plenty of lovely old houses though and is great for transport links, and up until recently boasted the oldest Nick in London. Funnily enough it reminds me now a little bit of LL/ED when I lived there in the early 80s (ED was the cheapest place we could find to rent!)..... hopefully it won't travel in the same direction ;)

It evidently had its glory days in past decades, and it is fondly remembered in the 'Penge Papers: Confessions of an Unwaged Metropolitan Husband' by Brian Wright.

[Dopamine1979]

Fell asleep on the N176 once and ended up in Penge.

There was no cupcake shop open so I had a kebab.

[*Bob*]

It's all a lie - there is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Only Penge.

[annabel42]

According to the Evening Standard property section yesterday, West Norwood is the new East Dulwich .

[LondonLogCo]

There's a Subway on Sydenham road

And that is considered progress

Careful what you wish for eh!

[womanofdulwich]

WEst Norwood has the Blackbird Bakery, Roseberys, The Cemetary, Good train services, Co-op, B and Q, Tesco and Sainsburys and Feast. ;)

[*Bob*]

I think when you're forced to list an auction house, a place to bury the dead, and the UK's worst DIY shed as 'appealing local amenities', there is clearly some room for improvement.

There is a eye-popping vintage shop though.

[civilservant]

Pengians? Penguins?

why MUST we always rate a place by the quality of its beer? at that rate Belgium would be close to paradise (or so I'm told)

[El Pibe]

Haven't more people been killed in Belgium than anywhere else, or something weird like that?

[woodrot]

mebbes WW1 did skew the numbers a bit

The contemporary winner is the Congo ( in all its recent forms ) which is up to about 6 million or so. Yes, 6 million.

Even Penge looks attractive compared to the DRC

[Mick Mac]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> Haven't more people been killed in Belgium than

> anywhere else, or something weird like that?

Well I haven't.

[maxxi]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> Haven't more people been killed in Belgium than

> anywhere else, or something weird like that?

It's down to mass schizophrenia... that and mayonnaise-smothered chips in little paper cones.

[Salsaboy]

The KFC in Penge has just had a major re-furb, so things are on the way up.

[????]

El Pibe Wrote:

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> Haven't more people been killed in Belgium than

> anywhere else, or something weird like that?

Tin Tin - prolific serial killer and Poirot's too thick to see it.

[civilservant]

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> El Pibe Wrote:

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> > Haven't more people been killed in Belgium than

> > anywhere else, or something weird like that?

>

>

> Tin Tin - prolific serial killer and Poirot's too

> thick to see it.

Poirot probably got a headache from the honking of all those saxophones

ED has ukuleles, but they were invented somewhere else, I think

[KalamityKel]

Salsaboy Wrote:

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> The KFC in Penge has just had a major re-furb, so

> things are on the way up.

In penge

[maxxi]

Salsaboy Wrote:

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> The KFC in Penge has just had a major re-furb, so

> things are on the way up.

We've been Penged.* Bring on the ED Nandos and let's make a fight of it.

*From Urban Dictionary - To be "Penged" - a grudging acceptance that Peckham and Brixton are out of one's (ED's) league and that Penge is the true oppposition.

[red devil]

No need to get Nandos, let's start twinning ED with some obscure French Meilleur village fleuri...Penge won't know what's hit 'em...

[Voyageur]

red devil Wrote:

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> No need to get Nandos, let's start twinning ED

> with some obscure French Meilleur village

> fleuri...Penge won't know what's hit 'em...

To be honest, I very much doubt Pengians would give a toss :)

[Asset]

David Bowie lived in Penge...

*Bob* - what does mrs bob do with snake oil? I'm intrigued.

[Mick Mac]

Going along Lordship Lane yesterday made me think that although night time LL (bars and restaurants) may not have improved much in recent years I think it's daytime buzz has certainly improved. Better shops, streetside eating, northcross market etc. Which is good.

[local bastard]

Woodrot, may I suggest a winter pullover. Or a change of borough?

[local bastard]

Woodrot, may I suggest a winter pullover. Or move to a warmer climate?