Dulwich...dead posh innit!!!
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Skim said:
Well, they all were villages at one point
None of those places were as you describe 20 years ago, it's only recently that the useless shops catering for tourists have sprung up. Barnes, Hampstead and Dulwich have always been posh, but Blackheath has changed quite dramatically. I like them as places to visit as they're something different, and all those areas have decent pubs.
Skim said:
I don't really see what's horrendous about Dulwich Village
It's a really beautiful, peaceful place to walk around. I often go on a circular walk through Belair Park where there are lots of geese and ducks and squirrels, cut through the village into Dulwich Park and it's a lovely environment to stroll around in. London seems a million miles away and it's nice when you're stressed and need an bit of solitude.
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sunflower said:I don't really see what's horrendous about Dulwich Village
It's a really beautiful, peaceful place to walk around. I often go on a circular walk through Belair Park where there are lots of geese and ducks and squirrels, cut through the village into Dulwich Park and it's a lovely environment to stroll around in. London seems a million miles away and it's nice when you're stressed and need an bit of solitude.
Dulwich Park is nice enough, but the Village has such a staid atmosphere. I just find it dull and complacent – everyone's got the same SUV/Bugaboo pram, it's overwhelmingly white and affluent, there aren't many interesting shops/restaurants, there's no buzz, no life. All too genteel and restrained for my tastes – I grew up in a boring village and don't have any desire to be in a village atmosphere in London.
What I love about London is the clash of cultures and classes, its amazing diversity – I don't feel that when I'm in Dulwich Village, I just feel bored...
ChrisFilter
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Skim said:Dulwich Park is nice enough, but the Village has such a staid atmosphere. I just find it dull and complacent – everyone's got the same SUV/Bugaboo pram, it's overwhelmingly white and affluent, there aren't many interesting shops/restaurants, there's no buzz, no life. All too genteel and restrained for my tastes – I grew up in a boring village and don't have any desire to be in a village atmosphere in London.
What I love about London is the clash of cultures and classes, its amazing diversity – I don't feel that when I'm in Dulwich Village, I just feel bored...
Fair play.. personally I love having the option of spending time in the peace and quiet and all round niceness of the place as much as I love having the option to spend the time at some dodgy rave. Variety n' all that.
Belair Park is lovely.. really quiet and understated, empty half the time.
Anyone check out the fair that was there last week? Tiny little Victorian number, but beautifully painted and maintained. Felt like a proper treat.
ChrisFilter said:
but but but ...fair + fairground people = burgalries ?
But the steam fair is pretty good
Belair or Burbellery/ bilberry house as its been renamed ( was renamed ? ) has the oddest resturant in the world when I went last year - French Japanse fusion
Wasbi monkfish = didnt work
£5 for a glass of beer didnt work either.
Skim
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ChrisFilter said:
Yeah, we stumbled on that by mistake... went up to the park (it's the only playground round here with baby swings) then ended up spending a couple of hours wandering round the stalls.
Dulwich Village wasn't all bad on that day – we had some very tasty burgers washed down with elderflower cordial then watched this awfully nice WI-type lady introduce a local hip-hop act on the stage
It was fun.I should add that I quite like East Dulwich. It's got a nice mix – a few upmarket shops, a few shabby ones, some nice bars and an unpretentious atmosphere...
electric.avenue
lots of work to be done
I used to live in West Norwood, and then in Herne Hill, (rented room, not home ownership). We often used to walk into Dulwich. Yeah, nice place, but twee and expensive.
East Dulwich is a different kettle of fish though, if I recall right.
East Dulwich is a different kettle of fish though, if I recall right.
Maggot
The Cake of Liberty
It's in North Cross Road, Off Lordship lane. I mentioned it earlier, it's called Hall and Greenwood and is next to the Blue Mountain Cafe. Also on the same road is the lovely little Thai Corner Cafe. It's very small and booking is recommended.Skim said:I must find that old-fashioned sweet shop I've heard about, though...
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Maggot: Yep, that's the one.. was really impressed 
electric.avenue
lots of work to be done
Yeah, I used to live near Lordship Lane too. (I think I've lived just about everywhere in south London).
Is Lordship Lane Dulwich though, or is it more on the fringes?
Is Lordship Lane Dulwich though, or is it more on the fringes?
hipipol
Peckham Wry
Top end of Lordship Lane
Lived at that end for years, just accross the street entrance to dulcich Park, so closer to village an all that than the main drag in Esat Dlwich proper, but never felt part of either really - more less thought of the area as The Plough, or Dulwich Library, about 300 yards down the hill from me, even the Common/Coxs walk, about 150 up it, towards Forrest Hill.
BTW, the chippt near where the S Circ meets Lordship is tops
Lived at that end for years, just accross the street entrance to dulcich Park, so closer to village an all that than the main drag in Esat Dlwich proper, but never felt part of either really - more less thought of the area as The Plough, or Dulwich Library, about 300 yards down the hill from me, even the Common/Coxs walk, about 150 up it, towards Forrest Hill.
BTW, the chippt near where the S Circ meets Lordship is tops
ska invita
back on the other side
It was true a few years back when I worked in Dulwich Oddbins for a (highly underpaid) stretch. THe village was suffering a spate of daylight robberies and they wanted to hire more thugish looking staff than the usual dulwich-types - to my shame I fitted the bilL!Dan U said:I have no complaints about the Dulwich Estate, they are my landlord and they've barely put my rent up in 3 years and fix anything instantly with no complaints
It's a charity btw, and has been since 1619 set up on the back of the estate gifted by Edward Alleyne. He was an actor, not a Lord as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Alleyn
The stuff about the shop's is true though. The one's they own round my way can't have steel shutters for aesthetic reasons. No idea on the beer can's though
Didnt know that about the estate - interesting.
never been in there but good description ;0sir.clip said:
and does have it's fair share of wacky shoreditch wannabees ..not been for a while though used to have the lovliest barmaid ever....mmmmh mmmmmhcorporate whore said:That Dulwich College is a registered charity is a bit of a shocker.. it owns the freehold of pretty much everything from Half Moon Lane to Dulwich Plough
I'm don't think that the Dulwich Estate does own most of the freehold these days. Certainly it doesn't own the freehold for many of the houses in dulwich now and hasn't for a long time. I believe that people still need to pay a small amount to them though for general upkeep of the estate, but quite nominal. Also, it means that you need planning permission from them as well as the Council when doing anything, and their rules are stricter.
zoltan69 said:but but but ...fair + fairground people = burgalries ?
But the steam fair is pretty good
Belair or Burbellery/ bilberry house as its been renamed ( was renamed ? ) has the oddest resturant in the world when I went last year - French Japanse fusion
Wasbi monkfish = didnt work
£5 for a glass of beer didnt work either.
The fair has been going for years and years. It's a real shame what they've done to Belair though, and god knows why they've renamed it. When I was young it was quite a scruffy place that used to be a venue for all sorts of things, such as activities and classes for children and elderly people. I think it was owned by the Councl at the time
http://www.melismasystems.co.uk/belair/history.shtml
hipipol
Peckham Wry
Inside 72 is an utterly fantastic place not all Hoxtonite/Shorditchy - I can tell that by simply looking out the window where I am, it is to stare out yer office window at the foundry, now all covered in shite mega corp advertising hoardings - nope never seen any of them in Steve and Bevs bar
Its wonderful, but small, with the worlds oddest soundtrack
As for the "loviest" barmaid.... I suspect I know who you mean ... shes now the manager at the Rye Hotel!!!!!!!!!
The Centre of the Wandsworth Diaspora and only a short stagger accross the Rye from the Gardens - where all the as yet no-breeding specimins seem to live
Its wonderful, but small, with the worlds oddest soundtrack
As for the "loviest" barmaid.... I suspect I know who you mean ... shes now the manager at the Rye Hotel!!!!!!!!!
The Centre of the Wandsworth Diaspora and only a short stagger accross the Rye from the Gardens - where all the as yet no-breeding specimins seem to live
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Anyone remember the name of the little tea shop at the park end of Carlton road.
Recommended for tea and lovely cakes before/after a stroll around the park.
Belair house is SHITE under it's new management.
Recommended for tea and lovely cakes before/after a stroll around the park.
Belair house is SHITE under it's new management.
kyser_soze said:
Um..
Its Beauberry house nowadays
Theyve toned down the japanese-french fusion side of the menu since I was there a few months ago, but their website still has these "favorites:
"Roast Black Cod with Black Bean Sauce £17.50
Tuna Spring Roll with Ginger and Coriander £8.50
Lobster Tempura with Ponzu and Wasabi Mayonnaise £22
Sea Bass Tempura with Shiso Leaves and Nori £7.50 "
If you want to see off duty footballers and those baby bentley things, then beaberry os the place to go
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