Famous people of E.Dulwich

[computedshorty]

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[Huguenot]

Exactly cs, and there's many more in the "Famous people in ED" thread

[annaj]

Welcome to the forum computedshorty.

Before starting threads you might want to try doing a search, using the search box top right, to see if there's already a thread running on your topic that you could add to. The forum has been running for a while now and lots of things have come up before. It's always good to hear new voices and new opinions, but seeing the same threads satrted over and over does start to get a bit dull.

[computedshorty]

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[Marmora Man]

Boris Karloff was born on ForestHill Road - there's a blue plaque above the closed Turkish restaurant.

[computedshorty]

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[Gimme]

annaj Wrote:

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> Welcome to the forum computedshorty.

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> Before starting threads you might want to try

> doing a search, using the search box top right, to

> see if there's already a thread running on your

> topic that you could add to. The forum has been

> running for a while now and lots of things have

> come up before. It's always good to hear new

> voices and new opinions, but seeing the same

> threads satrted over and over does start to get a

> bit dull.

Don't be put off computedshorty... I found it very interesting. Maybe I missed the fascinating previous thread.

Actually, think I might have seen it but it wasn't very good. Nobody mentioned people like James Nesbitt, Jenny Eclair, the girl from Gavin and Stacey, Monica Ali or a number of other people.

The forum is for everyone not just those who are long in the tooth and continually looking for something new.

[Jeremy]

James Nesbitt : Herne Hill

Jenny Eclair : Camberwell

I think you're right about the Gavin and Stacey person though.

[annaj]

Since you missed them, Gimme, here's the first thread, the second thread, the third threadand the fourth thread on the topic.

You're obviously not alone in finding the subject fascinating and, if you look through, you'll find everyone you've listed plus an awful lot more mentioned.

I'm not trying to put anyone off, but it does get a bit tedious when things just go round and round.

[Weegee]

I think I saw Lorraine Chase, famous for the Campari ad and the saying 'nahh Luton Airport!!'

in Sainsburys...

[dv1]

...and she drives a Mercedes SL with the number plate C11ASE

[Gimme]

Not wanting to be rude AnnaJ but the only boring thing about this thread is the posts where you are trying to stop it :-)

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I'm with Anna.

If you are new you cannot be expected to read the whole back catalogue, but that is where the search function comes in handy.

After sometime on here, you will be old hands and experience the same groan when someone new starts something old.

[brum]

A bit harsh there, Gimme.

[Gimme]

Surely the idea of the Gossip section is for bored people to kill a few minutes / hours etc.

So what if the discussion has been had before. "Famous people in Dulwich" is hardly a thread designed to exchange information.

I can see the point of someone asking "anyone got any advice on sash windows" and being pointed to the thousands of posts on it but the point of gossiping isn't the same. Computedshorty probably didn't start the thread to get information but rather to have a natter and kill a bit of time.

Do we really want guardians of the forum who tell people what they can and cant natter about?

I don't. If I see a thread that asks "what's the best curry in ED?" I just don't open it.

If you don't like what's on, change channel.

[pepsi]

Well said Gimme. annaj - why so tetchy?

[computedshorty]

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[Gimme]

Percy Lane Oliver founded the first voluntary blood donor service from Colyton Rd (which borders Peckham Rye Park)

http://www.beatnic.co.uk/2005/06/17/percy-lane-oliver-1878-1944/

[vallajo]

I saw Helen Lederer in SMBS last week. I was behind her in the queue and and saw she knocked a packet of nuts off the shelf, looked at it on the floor, and then didn't pick it up. These celebrities eh?

[helena handbasket]

Shorty I think you have a lot of valuable and intersting things to say, and I love that you have stories of your own to support some ED history. Some of us are enjoying it! I agree that anyone who isn't interested should maybe ignore this thread.

[Horsebox]

Don't forget Nasty Nigel the 185 Bus Driver.

He passes through ED on a daily basis and can be spotted by the steaming rage flowing from his angry little ears.

It's quite a sight to behold.

[HonaloochieB]

The musician Joe Jackson lived on the Dog Kennel Hill Estate for a while, and used to drink in the Cherry Tree pub on the Vale.

The one that is now The Vale.

And let's face it, he turned out all right really.

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plus Bonzo, Coco, Crusty and Pogo of course