The Ivanhoe (Hoopers) - East Dulwich, Peckham or Camberwell?

[Alan Dale]

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[lozzyloz]

A lot of the highlighted gang feuds seem to be about territorial disputes. I hope this doesnt degenerate in the same way otherwise we'll have to ask Mark to ban SE5 forumites from the EDF.

[*Bob*]

My friend says he saw Alan in the Canning last week - brandishing an Uzi and talking about someone dizrispektin him.

I can only hope Mockney doesn't go down in hail of bullets.

Still, it's only gangstas killin' each other , innit?

[scor46]

Not sure if it was Alan at the Canning.... but i did see a strange man with measuring tape and an A to Z

[lozzyloz]

Camberwell Old Cemetery is in ED so you'll have to make a permanent move here eventually!

[mamafeelgood]

you're all raving mad.

i was born in a london post code and lived in london post code area all my life. have nothing to prove to anyone so don't care what my post code is, just whether the amenities are good.

but if you want to be a true londoner you would be mortified to admit that you lived in an area with a code as high as 22. se22 is just embarassing if you are really up with london bull, oh and an 020 8 number, forget it, you're in hicksville.

so i'm pleased to be in se5 with 020 7 but it really means nowt to me as i never go to camberwell, known as the maudsleys out patient room in our household. lived there for years before moving but why walk for over half an hour to butterfly shopping centre when in 15 i'm on LL?

hoopers is a great local, the kind of place that half the forum cries about losing in se22, so put your money where your moan is and support a truely independent pub.

p.s. most snobs in clapham claim to live in battersea...

[Jah Lush]

mamafeelgood Wrote:

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> p.s. most snobs in clapham claim to live in

> battersea...

And most snobby people who live in Battersea call it South Chelsea....pathetic!

[mockney piers]

Nice one mfg.

Indeed you're right and I should make an effort to go more often, as I'm rather fond of the place. I shall definitely pop in this weekend.

[mamafeelgood]

south chelsea, so do people in knightsbridge live in north chelsea? or are they rich enough to not care?

[Jeremy]

Most of Battersea is just nasty, half of Clapham is horrid too... what is it with people who live in these places? Why do they have these illusions of grandeur?

[ChavWivaLawDegree]

MFG - I used to live in SE1 with an 0207 phone number, and it's true, having an SE22 postcode and 0208 number now, does feel like I've moved out of 'proper' London. Nice as it is, it does kind of feel like an add on to the real city.

[mamafeelgood]

just been there for a lovely lazy bank holiday pint in the sun. as i looked out i could see over the road a sign with se15 written on it ... should we include peckahm then? does it make it part of the bellenden regen ... or is this area soon to be renamed the post code cross road?

let's see what foxtons come up with...

[Alan Dale]

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[mamafeelgood]

well it was quiet in there, but we sat outside. as it's an old style pub when i do go there and it's quiet i'm never that bothered, it doesn't have that feel of an empty cool bar when you feel like 'i'm i the only one that doesn't know when the party is on?' Plus the land lord/bar staff are always up for a chat. they also have wifi in there which is handy when i want to get away from la famille down the road...

[DaveR]

"but if you want to be a true londoner you would be mortified to admit that you lived in an area with a code as high as 22."

The number in your postcode isn't an indication of how far out you live - I believe it's alphabetical, or was originally, so SE3 (Blackheath) is followed by SE4 (Brockley) then SE5 (Camberwell), SE6 (Catford) etc.

[Alan Dale]

Don't you mean SE5 (East Dulwich)?

[DaveR]

No

[Alan Dale]

SE5 (Champion Hill but not Camberwell)?

[Ted Max]

Settle all your postcode disputes here.

Abbey Wood must be well posh. Er...

[Alan Dale]

Why is a hotel and airport car parking company also the authority for London postcodes?

Is it because they are on the internet?

Still at least they seem to think SE5 means Camberwell.

[mamafeelgood]

i know, i know, as the tube map proves london town planning has had nowt to do with real geography.

post code / phone code envy is a great london thing and all the jazz that goes with it is classic. on that note, did you know that nunhead is the smallest post code district in london?

[mockney piers]

BT is already dishing out nxxx xxxx phone numbers with 1-6 & 9 as the first digit, so eventually the phone number snobbery effect will be diluted.

Actually it'll probably increase at the same time, "i've an 'original' 7 number darling, we've had this number since 1536"

[Alan Dale]

Our number starts 0203...

[mockney piers]

There you go, good to see you at the dangerous edge of London's 8 digit telephony frontier.

[mamafeelgood]

i was heartened to see that outside westminster on a mark thomas organised mass demo there were a group calling for the end of using 0208/0207 because as any true londoner will know (nod to posts above) it's 020 the code and nowt else ...

but daaaaarling, i do so miss the days of 01 for london.