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I think dear old Garth was probably just asking his missus what was for tea: "If I asked you, and indeed I hope it is OK to ask you, given the events of the past few days, whether in fact it is in your mind or not to have assessed the food situation in the fridge, vis a vis the impending lunch party on Sunday, what might be the plans that have been laid for future comestible consumption, do you think you could attempt, at this stage, and I appreciate the answer might only be a best guess, to give me a heads up, and an update, by way of an answer to the question, what is for tea?"
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Ex girlfriend saw the new dark haired dude from Spooks in one of those boutiques in Dulwich Village. I got a very irritated look off the black haired Irish guy from Cold Feet and Jekyll Hyde and countless ads, who was sitting texting on a bench outside the Bishop. Also look out for BBC's middle east corr Jeremy Bowen who I spotted on North Cross Road perusing the market.
Jimmy Nesbitt has beena round ED for ages but now lives on Stradella Road - sort of Herne Hill - hes the only celeb I have ever seen in 8 years in ED. My wife spots peoles all the time - incl Tracey Barlow.... and I hear Stacey (of G&S) lives here too but I never see any of these glam pusses. Must open my eyes, pay more attention.

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    • But all those examples sell a wide variety of things,  and mostly they are well spread out along Lordship Lane. These two shops both sell one very specific thing, albeit in different flavours, and are just across the road from each other. I don't think you can compare the distribution of shops in Roman times to the distribution of shops in Lordship Lane in the twenty first century. Well, you can, but it doesn't feel very appropriate. Haa anybody asked the first shop how they feel? Are they happy about the "healthy competition" ?
    • ED is included in the 17 August closure set (or just possibly 15 August, depending on which part of the page you trust more) listed at https://metro.co.uk/2025/07/25/full-list-25-poundland-stores-confirmed-close-august-23753048/. Here incidentally are some snippets from their annual reports, at https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02495645/filing-history. 2022: " during the period we opened 41 stores and closed 43 loss-making/under-performing stores.  At the period-end we were trading from 821 stores in the UK, IoM and ROI. ... "We renogotiated 82 leases in the year, saving on average 45% versus the prior lease agreement..." 2023: "We also continued to improve our market footprint through sourcing better store locations, opening 53 and closing 51 stores during the year." 2024:  "The ex-Wilco stores acquired in the prior year have formed a core part of this strategy to expand our store network.  We favour quality over quantity and during the period we opened 84 stores and closed 71 loss-making/under-performing ones."
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    • You've got a point.  Thinking Leyland and Screwfix too but this felt different.
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