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Katy Tonbridge Wrote:

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> DulwichFox Wrote:

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> > Katy Tonbridge Wrote:

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> > > So it seems this is far from a freebie

> getting

> > > stuffed through every door. Apparently it

> only

> > > goes to people who are deemed to have "made

> > it",

> > > and clearly I haven't. What a relief.

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> >

> > I got a copy. ?? :)

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> > Foxy

>

> Hmm, what was it about the millionaire Foxy that

> first attracted me to him?


Funny that.. Not as rich as Paul Daniels but I am an Amateur Magician.. :)


Foxy

Louisa Wrote:

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> I prefer Absolutely Peckham. Tonnes of adverts for

> chicken shops and nail bars, and a special report

> on how the new pound shop to replace WH Smith has

> transformed the fortunes of Rye Lane.

>

> Louisa.


Louisa. I love your style.

I heard there was going to be a new Pound Shop on Lordship Lane. Everything a Fiver.


Foxy.

Got my copy through the door.


The ?3.95 price on it is obviously just supposed to make you think it's worth something, as quite clearly it's a free mag which nobody in their right mind would pay twopence for, let alone nearly four quid.


At least half of the magazine consists of estate agents' stuff, including houses in SW2, and what reviews of "Crystal Palace's newest fish restaurant" and The Lido Cafe in Brockwell Park have to do with Dulwich, God knows.


Oh, and the "What's on in September" section has exactly five things in it which appear to be in Dulwich, the rest being in places like Brockley, Forest Hill and West Norwood.


Absolutely Not Dulwich, then.


"Stylish. Intelligent. Elegant. Absolutely" it says at the bottom of the front cover. In my experience, anything described as "stylish" is usually anything but, and this crock of s***e hasn't caused me to change my mind :))


My next copy will go straight in the recycling bin without a second glance.

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