A day on Bermondsey Street, SE1.

[The Dulwich Raider]

Hello all, and Happy New Year.

I spent a day on Bermondsey Street for Deserter. Half-life came too.

I blame him for the swearing.

http://deserter.co.uk/2015/01/streetlife-bermondsey-street-se1/

TDR

[Jah Lush]

Good one. Is nowhere safe from gentrification?

[Louisa]

Penge.

Louisa.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Eltham.

[Mason]

watch this space, this was what was said of ED, Nunhead, Catford, and in times gone by Clapham and Battersea.

[maxxi]

I also remember the street from the early 90s when the Bishop Brewery was still up at Borough and bermondsey antiques market was very popular because a bye-law meant that if you 'accidentally' bought stolen goods there they were yours for keeps - not sure if that's still the case but it made the place a right den of duckers and divers on a Friday morning.

[miga]

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[steveo]

Great(ish) minds think alike. May I volunteer a piece about the old days of 'B' Street?

http://drawinglondon.weebly.com/uploads/3/0/8/3/30835497/the_great_stink.pdf

And posters too

http://drawinglondon.weebly.com/index.html

[????]

I would have stone cold bet on Woolwich even just 5 years ago but I've hear that's turning too

[Jah Lush]

Excellent article Steveo.

[MrBen]

I'm writing a piece "In search of the Raider" in which I attempt to track down the famous local blogger and his half life chum at a Hamlets game purely from his silhouette Twitter pic. All we know is that he's hairy, likes job centres and garden centres...and rollies.

[PeckhamRose]

Excellent article. I know of a woman in her 80s who lives on that street who bought her house dirt cheap many, many years ago and is now pissed off she's too old and frail to enjoy the money selling the place might give her. She loves it there.

[The Dulwich Raider]

Thanks for the feedback, and interesting piece, Steveo, thanks for posting.

As for tracking me down... Well, I'll be in Margate on Saturday, drinking ale in the Lifeboat ahead of the Margate v Dulwich Hamlet game. Come and say hello!

TDR

[steveo]

I shall be unmissable in my p and b cravat

[Jah Lush]

I'll be there too. Will buy you both a pint.

[steveo]

We'll be out on the pavement looking at the size of that pub

[MrBen]

The Dulwich Raider Wrote:

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> Thanks for the feedback, and interesting piece,

> Steveo, thanks for posting.

>

> As for tracking me down... Well, I'll be in

> Margate on Saturday, drinking ale in the Lifeboat

> ahead of the Margate v Dulwich Hamlet game. Come

> and say hello!

>

> TDR

Sounds like your perfect day: Ale in suitable alehouse > pink and blues

Unfortunately I'll be on baby cover but the Margate trip sounds great. I've always wanted to go there after reading cockney w@nker in Viz when i was a kid.Think it was his destination of choice?

[Jah Lush]

Aww... never mind Mr Ben. We'll be singing this on the coach on the way down.

 

[MrBen]

I saw them plat a few years back. Rumours were rife that there was a new Chas. But I think they had just aged 20 years.

[Otta]

I was gonna book a ticket, but then realised that I really couldn't be arsed spending 5-6 hours on a coach in one day only to end up in Margate.