When you tell friends/ colleagues you live in East Dulwich what do they say ?

[KidKruger]

I had this comment from someone last week:

"Oh East Dulwich... I hear it's the Sante Fe of South east London !"

....perhaps slightly over the top but nice to hear !

Generally people have heard positive things about ED - what responses have you had ?

[lenk]

"Really? I've heard some horrifying stories about child-abducting clowns down there"

[matthew123]

Well friends in North London would always say to me, "Matthew you want to get yourself out of that shit hole"

[R&A]

... i'm told (and slightly agree) that East Dulwich is just 'glorified peckham'...

[*Bob*]

I try to keep it to myself, to be honest.

[Brendan]

?Where?s that?? is quite a common response.

[Alan Dale]

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[Moos]

I take great pleasure in telling people I live in Peckham, and watching their faces.

[HonaloochieB]

"Dulwich Village"?

"No East Dulwich"

"Oh"

[lenk]

Moos Wrote:

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> I take great pleasure in telling people I live in

> Peckham, and watching their faces.

They usually dredge up some half-remembered thing about Damilola Taylor, or the 5 minutes of Ross Kemp on Gangs they watched the other night from my past experience.

They usually live somewhere like Homerton themselves and don't appreciate the irony.

[????]

I too get, oh you mean Peckham.

Or - that North London thing that they think the river is about 15 miles wide and so anywhere in South London is miles away.

Occasionally people think it's somewhere in the country (Kent/Surrey?) but I used to get that loads when I lived in Camberwell, "Oh in leafy Surrey" which a lot of people think is Camberley I guess

[ratty]

I usually get asked how I can afford it!

[Brendan]

I normally find that the only thing mention of Peckham brings up are Only Fools and Horse references.

?Where? Nelson Mandela House then?? or ?Do you ever drink in the Nag?s Head??

[JetSetWilly]

yeah i tell them i bought my gaff in 97 for practically fuckall, and now its worth shitloads.

actually i don,t, i tell them ed was a bit of a shithole in the 90,s when i first moved in but its better now if a little bit poncy in parts.

[lilolil]

Question asked by fellow passaengers on a cruise who were wearing football shirts.....when they didnt know where East Dulwich was I said near Peckham.......

"and what football team do you support then?" they asked....."MILLWALL"!!!! says I

"AWWW they smashed up our new stadium"

LOL magic!!!!

[lenk]

If inviting visitors, they almost always ask if it's alright if they stay over as it's 'such a long way back to Stoke Newington'.

Despite me being back home in an hour whenever I go to visit them...

[sophiesofa]

Oh it's a bit full of yuppies down there isn't it. That's what i got last time.

[cate]

I make sure they know it is in Zone 2 and everyone seems really shocked.

[Moos]

You can't win, can you. Either it's a desert miles from anywhere and rife with crime, or it's up-and-coming and full of yuppies. I just smile and think about how happy we are living here. In Peckham, that is...

[sophiesofa]

Also get the I'd never live somewhere that doesn't have a tube. Generally followed by some explanation of why they'd never live that far out of London. Then they seem shocked at it being zone 2 but still think it's too far out.

[*Bob*]

I tell them I live in Dulwich.

If they insist on visiting I have to come clean and admit it's Peckham.

[Shaw74]

I always get - Isn't that where Maggie Thatcher lives?

[cate]

Moos Wrote:

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> I take great pleasure in telling people I live in

> Peckham, and watching their faces.

Do you tell them 'well there's Peckham, Peckham and Peckham" and then explain the difference, esp the part about the Bellenden Conservation Area! Or the Goose Green Triangle. Is there any other estate agent lingo I've forgotten?

[Moos]

Of course! I wouldn't want my acquaintances to think I'm under-privileged, goodness me.

"Goose Green Triangle" is new to me, though, made me smile.

[Jeremy]

"Where do you live?"

"East Dulwich"

"Oh, where's that? Kent?"

"No, South London"

"What's the nearest tube station?"

"There's no tube actually"

"Is it actually in London, or Surrey? Or Kent?"

"It's in London. Near Peckham and Camberwell".

"Oh... sounds nice..."