Peckham vs Hipsters

[Catalyst]

Following on from a previous thread on here where everyone seemed to refuse to believe change was afoot in SE15.

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1013219,1026732#msg-1026732

First Vice (which was bad enough).

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/we-went-on-a-quest-to-find-the-new-dalston

Now even The Metro have cottoned on.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/03/21/peckham-the-new-place-to-party-in-london-3552421/

[RosieH]

Oh come off it - everyone???

Christ, if it's in Metro, then it's already over. I'm predicting Penge.

[Salsaboy]

Penge is in fact the new Peckham.

[woodrot]

Peckham has peaked, Penge is passe ,the smart hipsters are Downham bound

[Annette Curtain]

I'm going for West Wickham.

[Salsaboy]

They won't let you in.

Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> I'm going for West Wickham.

[RosieH]

What is "Downham"?

[woodrot]

"Downham is a district located in south-east London, occupying much of the boundary between the London Borough of Lewisham and the London Borough of Bromley; it is the name of an electoral ward covering much of the area on the Lewisham side. Downham was named in honour of Lord Downham, who was chairman of the London County Council between 1919-20.[1]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downham

[RosieH]

Lord Downham sounds like quite the hipster.

Downham seconded.

[david_carnell]

I'm all about Thamesmead.

The smell of sewage is just, like, so..... it.

[Townleygreen]

Downham was originally a large council estate built between the wars. Many of the people who moved there came from areas like Rotherhithe, where slums were being cleared.

[maxxi]

Ladywell - its time has come...

[????]

But Catford will always wait

[Otta]

Sidcup people.

That's where the real party people live!

[????]

Chislehurst=Car key rings thrown in the hat

[Otta]

Mottingham = Car keyrings stolen from the hat.

[numbers]

Charlton. Give it a decade or so.

[RosieH]

They said New Cross twenty years ago...

[Otta]

New X 20 years ago was where I cut my teeth as a teenager. Lots of squat parties and pop tarts to eat.

[RosieH]

I blame you then.

[Otta]

But it was never hip.

Crusty? Yes. Punk? Yes. Grunge? Yes. Rude Boys? YES! Lots of other things? Yes

Hipster? Hell No!

[RosieH]

What are you talking about? Loads of hipsters in New Cross.

Just not enough to do up the shop fronts to make it look like the Dalston strip.

[Vicanna]

I read somewhere that an area can only be classified as 'hip' once the postmen are delivering in skinny jeans.

[Otta]

Not 20 years ago there weren't!

Hipster didn't exist then. Hipsters took all the cool stuff and made it annoyingly pretentious. That is my honest opinion. Since my early 20s I've always liked drinking in "old skool" pubs, because I hate hate hate places that are "cool and hip".

Total load of wank.

[RosieH]

Nah, 20 years ago there were definitely hipsters - I know because I myself am cool and hip and hung out there with them.

The terminology may have changed, but the man-made fibres certainly haven't.

S'just another word for art school style innit.