What has happended to the shop nect to cab office on Northcross Rd

[dulwichflower76]

I think it was called something Trading", it sold large pieces of furniture, It's been closed for ages. Has the shop closed down?

[dulwichflower76]

I have just noticed my spelling errors-sorry:-$

Flower

[Mark]

it was Anterior trading, I believe it's now going to be a maternity wear shop

[monyvibescu]

Anterior Trading was a very good Eastern furniture & nick-nacks shop. The bloke who ran it used to import stuff from Bali and Thailand and thereabouts and always had interesting & individual things in - I've got a good portion of my birthday/christmas pressies from there for the last two or three years. Apparently (according to the bloke who ran it anyway) it was the first alternative/unusual/trendy/whatever shop to open on North Cross Road and he has watched the strip become boutique-land around him over the past 15 years or so.

He said he was forced to shut up shop because of a massive rent hike which made it uneconomical to continue. Apparently, the same happened to the picture-framing shop a few doors up. I think it's a real loss to the area - every time I had a present to buy, I'd pop into ED & Grace&Favour & the other one on the corner to have a look, but always end up getting something better (and often cheaper) from Anterior.

[wee quinnie]

I noticed that they are painting the floor in the old Anterior Trading a couple of days ago. Does anyone know if there is a new business about to open?

[luddite]

i believe its to be another baby and childrens shop ....yawn

however just to be pedantic i believe the true pioneers of ncr and maybe east dulwich ? were the blue mountain ...followed by the grace and favour which used to be a cafe and a shop . then came willow ,then thai corner ,then anterior trading and then ED when ncr was up and running as a popular street..we used to have red chilli pizza and a key cutting shop where stella b and fresh flower are .in my opinion at never hit the spot they never changed their stock or displays thought im sure there were people who loved it .i just felt it was rather dated .the rents can never be put up beyond market retail per square footage rates in any given area .there is always the right to appeal .lordship lane used to be far less intersting than ncr something which has rapidly changed ,with green and blue moo too le chandelier and the 'chains '

im of the opinion its all good

[Sue]

Anterior Trading never seemed to get new stock or change anything, I would have bought stuff there if they'd been a bit more adventurous cos I'm an old hippy, but I'm not suprised it closed down because if you're not going to be on-trend you have to have really good stuff - and they just didn't.

But SURELY not another b****y maternity/baby shop ?!?!?!?!?!?!

[ratty]

Excellent - another baby shop! People do have babies ya know!

[Zebedee Tring]

A maternity wear shop for ED? What a great idea! Why didn't someone come up with that before now?

[Keef]

ratty Wrote:

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> Excellent - another baby shop! People do have babies ya know!

But some people don't have babies ya know!

Why do parents always get so defensive about these comments? Surely even if you do have babies, there are other shops you'd like to see so that you can go and not think babies for 5 minutes?

[Mellors]

Hurray, another place for me to fritter away the child benefit (other than on gin and fags from the offy in Barry Rd).

[Keef]

>:D<

Please don't take my comment above as anti baby or anti parent, I plan to join the ranks sometime...

It does bug me though when parents bite the heads off of people that don't care for babies or parenthood. They are just as entitled to an opinion even if they haven't reproduced.

[Ant]

Just you wait till the sleep deprivation kicks in, Keef. ;)

[Marmora Man]

It's always worth remembering that eventually babies grow up and become 18 - old enough to buy you a drink - tho' they'll probably cadge the money for it from you!

[MadWorld74]

I think it's going to be called 'Oranges and Lemons...'

[Caron]

I was sorry to see the demise of Anterior Trading. Although the stock wasn't on-trend or updated, you could always buy well-priced presents there. As for baby shops, I'm not a mother so not interested in them, but we don't have that many, do we? There's Soup Dragon and the new one near Nero, but I think that's it, so there's probably room for another.

Let's face it: shops reflect the residents. They only open up where they're going to get customers. I have to say I often feel like the only woman in ED without a baby.

[????]

I have a two year old and a few week old but am fed up with every other shop being a baby one...oh great another baby shop all we need now is another Deli and maybe one more pricey kitchen utensil type shop and my life will be complete

[Caron]

?????? - what shops would you like to see in ED (do some blue-sky thinking or whatever it's called)? I would love a huge book emporium with a cafe like Foyles or that huge one near UCL. It would cure my addiction to Amazon.

Totally off-topic - my post was delivered at 5:00 pm today. What kind of service is that?

[Cassius]

Caron Wrote:

> I have to say I often feel like the only woman in

> ED without a baby.

Don't worry Caron - I can assure you that you are not!

Oh and we got our post mid pm as well on Saturday...........