Nero Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 The new Italian place is to open in 2 weeks' time, according to the boss there. And Bont interiors is to move, locally, but not sure where. The 2 Trees place is likely to be left unused for some time, as the owners, it seems, thought about opening a cafe but are not likely to do that. Nero Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
TillieTrotter Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Brilliant, cant wait.:)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-19709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherPaul Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Good to hear about the Italian, make me happy that will.The trees folks always seemed a little non-committal for running a bar cafe. they were both closed at the strangest of times, as well as for three week summer breaks and then there's the sickly paint-jobs.It's a peculiar strip of shops, quite desolate.The co-op was robbed two nights back. I'd be surprised if the robbers didn't have to queue for 10 minutes before making off with the loot ;-) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-19752 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 While it's not funny that the Co-op got robbed, the 10-minute wait comment did raise a wry chuckle. And because I never go in to buy much but often end up buying more that is easily carry-able I'm stood wobbling in the queue for those 10 minsAs a parade of shops I've seen worse - but it can't quite settle. The Two Trees suggested better times ahead and the FHT & Herne revamps can only be a good thing but there is still a bit too much tumbleweed. If only the Rye extended another hundred yards, the outlook from those units would be so much better Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-19753 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted June 2, 2007 Author Share Posted June 2, 2007 I am going to ask my neighbour the Labour councillor about the strip. It is better than it was, but it could be a bit nicer. I am NOT against betting shops and laundries, but the pavement and furniture is all wrong. A few trees would do wonders. Nero Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-19770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatnic Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Nero, it would be good to hear how you get on with that, and whether we can do anything collectively via the forum or otherwise.For me the biggest bugbear is the traffic situation - the junction with Dunstans Road is plain dangerous, especially with the speed people drive up and down Forest Hill Road.Also there are a couple of unused retail/eatery spaces on the strip - I wonder what would work best for local residents if we could have a say in what might go there? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-19774 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shambles Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 A good bakery would be nice..pop down of a morning pick up paper and fresh bread..mmm Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-19775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
citizenED Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 It has always been a little odd that strip, but at least it does have some decent shops ie DIY place, the chemists and there are places to eat. Nero is right, the street furniture and paving needs smarting up. Good luck with the new Italian place - hope it works out.If you want a really impoverished strip - try the one opposite the Harvester. OK so we have Barcelona and a flower shop but the rest is awful. A little cafe opened up there - Coffee@501 - looked smart, nice decor, decent frontage. Looks like someone spent some money. only lasted a couple of weeks before it closed down.citizen Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-20028 Share on other sites More sharing options...
val Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Anatolia (sp) is good Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-20032 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatnic Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 Good call on the bakery - maybe as part of a small deli/caf?...And agreed, Anatolia is good. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-20040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherPaul Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 The building at the corner of Dunstans and Forest Hill looks like an ex-pub but would make a perfect cafe/bakery. Problem is it's in use as a warehouse and it's exterior upstairs is in a very poor state. Would require lots of money to sort out without much of a guarantee that it would thrive - I'd go but there's only so much coffee I can take. Less expensive would be some trees and a sort out of the street furniture. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-20048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatnic Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 And something to lock bicycles to (apart from the trolleys outside the Coop) would be handy Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-20052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillcourtcouple Posted June 4, 2007 Share Posted June 4, 2007 well not that long ago there used to be a bakery on that very strip and was open all hours i wonder who remembers that of course by not long ago i mean ooh what ten years....:)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-20086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherPaul Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 Bike locks and somewhere for all those trolleys to go, it often looks like a dump. It is really deserving of some improvement, anyone know of council funding available? I'll look into it too. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-20105 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Nero are you sure about the Italian ( would be good )Bob S Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-22206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 Sure. Spoke to the signor himself. Nero Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-22217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadWorld74 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I live round the corner from the co-op. You mean to say that the bookies was held up and now the co-op!!!??? I'm shocked. what the hell is going on with all these robberies? It seems a bit bloody un-normal for so many to be happening all at once. I've lived in some rough parts of London before and never seen as many hold ups as in ED.I like the run down-ness of the stripe of shops in Forest hill. Won't be long before it's a mini version of LL. It reminds me of the old times, greasy spoon, bookies, crap co-op (sorry but the co-op sells nothing and is crap.) It's still awful that it was robbed. What happened does anyone know? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-22262 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdodgepot Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I don't know much about it, but I was in the co-op the other day when they were talking about it with another customer - apparentley a couple of guys came in and said they had guns stuffed down in their trousers or something and they grabbed the money from the till. i don't think anyone was physically hurt.i think the co-ops been done a few times, and the bookies, and i can recall the post office getting robbed too a while ago.by the way, every single co-op shop i've ever been in has had slow service. and smelly fridges :)) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-22310 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Back to more important things - has that Italian opened yet? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-22325 Share on other sites More sharing options...
val Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 and where is it going to be please Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-22326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 Val, The Italian restaurant will be near to the Coop on Forest Hill Rd. It is the sister restaurant to one in C Palace - Lorenzo, I believe? Nero Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-22330 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadWorld74 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Shaggy...back to more important things? yeah cause another f-ing coffee shop is more important than an armed robbery isn't it. The worlds' gone to sh!t it really has. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-22333 Share on other sites More sharing options...
val Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Thanks Nero Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-22334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 What is the blue place on the corner, exactly? BTW, hats off to the barber, the new Lorenzo, the beauty salon, Bonts, the chemist shop and the P Office for doing their bit to make Forest Hill Rd look better. William Hill is not that bad, really, but it is the acres of space outside the shops that make it look like a Tarmac'd ponderosa. Nero Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-22340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadWorld74 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 I like the parade of shops as they are. Sorry to rant on about the hold up, but it's a bad thing.Anyway enjoy the coffee shop! I will pop my head round if they do a decent espresso. (Being half Italian, it better be good!) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/811-forest-hill-rd-gossip-new-italian/#findComment-22345 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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