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Evening all,


I wrote little thing about West Norwood, past and present, that may be of interest to some of you.


http://deserter.co.uk/2015/04/we-know-west-norwood/


I'm ashamed to say that it's full of swearing, sex and drug references. They keep asking me to desist, but I can't, they're my favourite things.


TDR

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Saw Star Wars at West Norwood Library in '77 on a primary school trip, moved out of there to ED in '80 due to heroin needles being left in the green outside our house, dad made the right choice. I bet West Norwood has changed a bit, used to drink at The Rosendale in the mid-late 90s when it was a rowdy boozer (the best kind).
My parents moved to West Norwood in '76. I hated it. When we moved there my dad and I did a pub crawl. Jack Stamps was then the Thurlow Arms. I saw Wreckless Eric do a cracking gig there in 1980. The Hope I have to say was probably the only decent boozer around in those days, though The Horns was ok ish. The rest of 'em were all hell holes. As soon as I could afford to leave home and move back to Dulwich I did.

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