magnificentstan Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Maybe Pretty's will take the lease? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all_star Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 There is an Irish section in Tesco in East Dulwich Road. Sells Barry tea, Irish cadburys, Kimberleys, tayto crisps etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoLo1 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 I got a definite smile last Saturday, so I have no complaints. I have been taking two enthusiastic kids in there for the last few months for a Saturday morning treat, then over the road to Lucas. I always thought the security grille made it look so unwelcoming, but I presumed it was attacked sometime in the 1980s and the owner never dared remove them as a result. With a little TLC it could have been more welcoming to all.I hope someone enterprising might look at the Polish Shops, in Forest Hill for example, and build on their models to cater for the younger generation of Irish people (and help avoid kids assimilating to the point they don't connect strongly with their Irishness). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grace3 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 They had a 'wake' for it today in 'The Castle' neery a soda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Club Orange is great.Never understood why people rave about Tayto so much. They're nice and all that, but no nicer than KP or Tavern Snacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoLo1 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 King, Otta, these are the only ones worth eating, my kind of royalty (though I will take the kids to Tayto-land next Summer if I can!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louisa Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Otta I never got Tayto either, I still miss Smiths crisps and Golden Wonder.Louisa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 You can still get Golden Wonder in some shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grace3 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 The 'confusion' is the 'proper' Tayto comes from Armagh and not that 'free state' crap that nicked the name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellerophon Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 *Bob* Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I still miss Target ArmsBob, i feel your pain.....Cassie has been there for the last 18 years, and i remember her openingUsed it to buy the County newspapers to send back to my parents most weeksReminded me of many a village shop in Ireland when we used to spend the holidays over thereOften waited patiently to be served as she chatted to one or two of her customers, as that's how i've been brought upIt was a brilliant marketing ploy, as by the time it came to pay for the papers, I would have some black pudding, Emerald sweeties and a can of Cidona picked up as well - Genius !Will miss it, as for so long it's been part of my routine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brain_opera Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraferJack Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 What kind of comment is shush if you're not Irish??I am and thought the post from cle was spot on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otta Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Glad you said that SJ. I was going to say similar, but not being Irish I thought I'd get shushed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagrid Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Thanks for the mention of target arms, quality shop for decommissioned sub machines guns and air rifles. Completely forgot about it but well remembered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alice Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 and weirdly a fine selection of dolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Even in the 80s - Camden, Holloway, Kilburn, Archway....whole swathes of London that were pretty Irish with many fantastic pubs.....sad that it's gone, and a whole subculture lost - but London changes as it always has Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MelonSmasher Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Although I've never been inside the shop, I've always liked the fact that its there in a strange way, will try to pop in before it does close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraferJack Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Exactly that quids. Coming to England in the 60s, 70s and 80s was absurdly different to last 10 years No internet, no access to Irish radio or tv, prohibitively expensive flights home. Ireland was a world awayNow... Meh. An hour away for cost of a few pints . No prejudice. Decent jobs and money. Clinging to a different culture as was just isn't required Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peckhamasbestos Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 have to find somewhere else to get my white pudding :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 peckhamasbestos Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> have to find somewhere else to get my white> pudding :(Butchers up by The Plough has it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBen Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 maxxi Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> peckhamasbestos Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > have to find somewhere else to get my white> > pudding :(> > > Butchers up by The Plough has it.Don't tell them Maxxi! Hidden gem is that butchers. Baffled as to why he's not busier as the rib of beef and chicken I've had from there is IMO better than WR and at about 25% less. Lovely guy too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraferJack Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Same reason why people ask "where??" When you mention Val's or red apple newsagentThat end of the lane doesn't register for most peopleBut agreed about the butcher being good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Might help if they had a name. And a shop sign. With their name on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin68 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 There must still be an 'Irish' market locally, if the number of Irish daily papers and magazines sold in Sainsbury's in DKH are a guide - presumably if they weren't being bought, they wouldn't be stocked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffins78 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I didn't know they sold Irish papers in Sainburys, that's good to know! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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