jim_the_chin Posted October 16, 2024 Share Posted October 16, 2024 Just spotted this on a driving app - is this a thing now? 2 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenijenjen Posted October 16, 2024 Share Posted October 16, 2024 Not heard of it before but it makes sense. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted October 16, 2024 Share Posted October 16, 2024 (edited) Yes, and there is a great discussion about this on the South Dulwich Forum, apparently some people from Sydenham Hill are a bit grumpy about the name change. Edited October 16, 2024 by malumbu 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683608 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Aelfheah Posted October 16, 2024 Share Posted October 16, 2024 Yes and East Dulwich is now South Southbank 1 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683619 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_hermit Posted October 16, 2024 Share Posted October 16, 2024 West Peckham surely? 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683633 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted October 16, 2024 Share Posted October 16, 2024 (edited) South Dulwich, the new front line Edited October 16, 2024 by malumbu spelling silly person 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted October 16, 2024 Share Posted October 16, 2024 (edited) Saw this first when out walking with my granddaughters a few years back. We had already had a discussion about why there was a North, West and East Dulwich but not South Dulwich, and then we came across a map or sign (can't remember which) on a footpath with South Dulwich on it. I've lived round here for decades, and never knew! Now, there's West Norwood, South Norwood .... North Norwood wouldn't make sense, but why no East Norwood?! Edited October 16, 2024 by Sue Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_hermit Posted October 16, 2024 Share Posted October 16, 2024 And Croydon, Acton, Harrow, Finchley, Kensington. I think they all miss a compass point: North, South, East, South and East respectively. 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683673 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hen123 Posted October 16, 2024 Share Posted October 16, 2024 (edited) 18 minutes ago, the_hermit said: And Croydon, Acton, Harrow, Finchley, Kensington. I think they all miss a compass point: North, South, East, South and East respectively. Exactly - it is an unspoken rule. South Dulwich isn’t allowed. It should be East Gipsy Hill or North Crystal Palace. Edited October 16, 2024 by Hen123 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus Posted October 16, 2024 Share Posted October 16, 2024 I got in a black cab the other day and he refused to take me His excuse was he didn't go South of the Dulwich😅 1 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683677 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted October 16, 2024 Share Posted October 16, 2024 Upper Dulwich bottom Describes locations just off Dulwich, that pretend they are. And a private joke from another community site on a distant planet. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzer Posted October 16, 2024 Share Posted October 16, 2024 is that with or without anal warts????????? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683682 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Panther Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 12 hours ago, Sue said: We had already had a discussion about why there was a North, West and East Dulwich but not South Dulwich, and then we came across a map or sign (can't remember which) on a footpath with South Dulwich on it. I've lived round here for decades, and never knew! The sign might have been at St Stephen's Church on College Road, next to Sydenham Hill Station. There's a footpath along the side of the church, above the railway tunnel, connecting College Road with Kingswood Estate. That's the only reference to "South Dulwich" I've ever seen, and it's been there for years. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 (edited) 5 hours ago, Pink Panther said: The sign might have been at St Stephen's Church on College Road, next to Sydenham Hill Station. There's a footpath along the side of the church, above the railway tunnel, connecting College Road with Kingswood Estate. That's the only reference to "South Dulwich" I've ever seen, and it's been there for years. Yes, I think it was there, or at least in that general area, though I have no idea why we would have been walking there, unless we had been in the woods and decided to walk home a different way! Edited October 17, 2024 by Sue Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesh31 Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 (edited) 13 hours ago, the_hermit said: And Croydon, Acton, Harrow, Finchley, Kensington. I think they all miss a compass point: North, South, East, South and East respectively. It might not have a tube station, but South Acton is definitely a place Edited October 17, 2024 by Jamesh31 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenijenjen Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 27 minutes ago, Jamesh31 said: It might not have a tube station, but South Acton is definitely a place South Acton Station is on the Richmond branch of London Overground, formerly the North London line. District line trains used to run there until 1959, I think it was a shuttle service from Acton Town. 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Panther Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 3 hours ago, Sue said: Yes, I think it was there, or at least in that general area, though I have no idea why we would have been walking there, unless we had been in the woods and decided to walk home a different way! This is the church website, with the sign I mentioned in the first photograph. https://www.ststephensdulwich.org/about-us/ Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683737 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_hermit Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 4 hours ago, Jenijenjen said: South Acton Station is on the Richmond branch of London Overground, formerly the North London line. District line trains used to run there until 1959, I think it was a shuttle service from Acton Town. Interesting... I couldn't find any districts where all four compass points are used, but now I have! Harrow East is a constituency, but is it a place?! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683755 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 2 hours ago, Pink Panther said: This is the church website, with the sign I mentioned in the first photograph. https://www.ststephensdulwich.org/about-us/ If you are meaning the blue sign, that isn't what we saw. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683758 Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdulwicher Posted October 17, 2024 Share Posted October 17, 2024 21 hours ago, malumbu said: Upper Dulwich Oh God, I can already visualise this in an estate agent window: "nestled in the heart of the Upper Dulwich quadrant is this modest 7 bedroom 5 bathroom apartment...." And then overhearing a conversation, maybe at a posh cafe, along the lines of "well, I live in Upper Dulwich you know...yes it's a charming little place, only the 7 bedrooms but we get by... Nanny of course has the attic room..." 1 2 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683779 Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Barber Posted October 18, 2024 Share Posted October 18, 2024 Perhaps this comes from a proposal by former Dulwich Society chair of Transport sub-committee Alastair Hanton to rename Sydenham Hill station South Dulwich. The argument being the station name doesn't reflect where it is. The train operating company told him it would cost £100,000 and that they had no plans to make this name change. 2 2 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewWave Posted October 18, 2024 Share Posted October 18, 2024 9 hours ago, James Barber said: Perhaps this comes from a proposal by former Dulwich Society chair of Transport sub-committee Alastair Hanton to rename Sydenham Hill station South Dulwich. The argument being the station name doesn't reflect where it is. The train operating company told him it would cost £100,000 and that they had no plans to make this name change. But The station is near Sydenham Hill...In fact nearer there than Dulwich surely 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
malumbu Posted October 18, 2024 Share Posted October 18, 2024 Bit of a daft thread, or a fun one until people started to be serious 1 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/352507-south-dulwich/#findComment-1683870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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