L'east Dulwich

[Jah Lush]

Vik Wrote:

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> I was born in Kings, we're a dying breed round

> here these days.

Me too.

[Vik]

???? Wrote:

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> ...i dunno, my three were all born there as were

> most of us blow in's kids

>

> *Blown in from the London Hospital in my case

Good point, I meant adults though, I have a feeling most have blown in!

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

I was born in Dulwich hospital ...I am in the minority .

[maxxi]

I'm a 'blowing through' rather than 'in' (which sounds like a leaf wedged in a gutter). Like a lot of provincials who moved to London (in the 80s in my case) ED is just another area of the city I have lived in and I don't expect it will be the last.

[KidKruger]

What's with the "ooh I'm so authentic I've lived here always" thing !?

I think if I stayed in the same town forever I'd be a bore with limited knowledge of elsewhere !

[Alan Medic]

Vik Wrote:

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> I was born in Kings, we're a dying breed round

> here these days.

My son was born there. If you're all dying is there something I should tell him? He only 23 and looking forward to a long life.

[El Pibe]

of the 6th largest city, i've been known to mention this oft quoted stat myself in the past.

Apparently hugely dubious as pointed out by SJ once upon a time and more recently auntie beeb.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26823489

"The consulate defines London as the city plus "the south eastern quadrant of the UK including Kent, Oxfordshire and maybe Sussex too"."

London's ranking, using the ONS figure and putting it on a list of these French urban areas, is so low that it doesn't appear in the top 60. Using the French consulate figure, of 270,000, London is only the 23rd biggest French city."