AlexC

I notice Mr. Barber has won the Online Councillor of the Year award. Many congratulations James - richly deserved! His online presence has made me feel a lot more in touch with local government. In previous areas I've lived I can honestly say I rarely knew who my councillor was - they were pretty invisible. Having James' presence on here makes the whole process so much more accessible - it's very refreshing!

Seems the new Waitrose on Old Brompton Road is going to be the first smaller format store to trial the name 'Little Waitrose'. A new sub-brand.

Prince Philip is a legend. My favourite of his gaffes is when he asked a Scottish driving instructor how he kept the natives off the booze long enough to get a licence.

edcam Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > And it was a fair comment, considering it's well > over a mile away from the station. It isn't a > jusgement, just a question re where such a > proposed "posh shop" would be placed. It's pretty much exactly one mile, and East Dulwich station isn't even in the East Dulwich ward - it's South Camberwell, but anyway I'm nitpicking :)

Louisa Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > AlexC Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Please do not feed the troll :) > > > Sorry who are you? Ive been posting on this forum > for 4 years nearly, go and do something > constructive like deleting your account from > here. > > Louisa. Wow - 4 years. What's that got to do with anything? It's just that saying this is a skanky part of SE London sounded troll-like to me - but then you're entitled to your view and I'm entitled to think it's slightly detached from reality.

Please do not feed the troll :)

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > BUT its clear that despite many individual posts > in the past requesting such another supermarket > that when actually asked posters are strongly > against. I'd have to strongly disagree with that statement. There are plenty of no's, some more vocal than others and also a fair amount of yes's and maybe's. I don't think it's clear cut at all, and as someone else stated I'm sure there are plenty of forum lurkers who have not made their opinion known as well as the ED residents who don't visit the forum.

My vote would be a yes, ideally for a Waitrose but it would depend on the specifics, i.e. where it would be located. In an ideal world, it would replace the Co-op which never seems that well stocked when I go in. For me personally it wouldn't effect my spending on LL as I tend to go to Sainsbury's or the Waitrose in Beckenham for my main food shop anyway. I'd still use LL for what it's good for - speciality shops and nice cafes/restaurants.

That's excellent news! Thanks so much for letting us know Tessa.

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I ordered dessert at the Pizza Hut and they gave me tiramisu and a blindfolded horse. I said, 'No ? mascarpone'.

Maccers Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This has to be the funniest thread I have ever > read on the Forum. > > Bring on the ED class war! > > Would DJKillaQueen volunteer as leader of the > militant anti-Waitrose crowd? Maybe Pearson could > front up the right... This is indeed turning into a classic thread. I'd love a Waitrose in ED but then I do have a vested interest as I work for them (well John Lewis Partnership, but same thing)....so ignore me! I just want somewhere close by to use my discount card. :)

One of my butlers usually fetches it for me.

Move to Croydon? Come on now, that's a bit harsh! :))

I quite agree re: supply and demand. If it's there, it's there because people are shopping there. I was just surprised how people get very defensive when people say they don't like it. So, another vote for a Waitrose from me then. :)-D ...although, the building would still be fugly though!

standswithfist Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > that is offensive. leave Iceland alone!!! We are > not bl@@dy Battersea/Chelsea etc we are EAST > DULWICH and PROUD!! Just for my clarification, why is being proud of ED synonymous with liking Iceland? It's just another big chain shop. So what if it's been there 20+ years. Things change.

concita - how did the burglar evade the movement detectors in your alarm system? That's the bit I don't get in these burglaries, but there is obviously a way of doing it!

james84 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Loz, > > I think your missing the point, nothing seems > happening about the 11 plus burglaries that I have > been told about in the area in the past months > (and tehy are just teh ones taht have been > mentioned on here). When the police themselves are > saying that they are seeing a noticable rise in > crime in the area then that is good enough for me. > You shouldnt always believe the stats that some > people will tell you- they are not alwaya a true > reflection of the hard facts, these stats > included. ..then are you implying that there are numerous residential burglaries that don't get reported to the police? Anything that does, I would expect to see on the Met website and although there is definite work that needs doing it does not seem to point to a crime wave.

Really sorry to what happened to you concita. It must have been terrible. Would people say that the stats found on the Met site, e.g. http://maps.met.police.uk/access.php?area=00BEGH&sort=rate&order=a&ct=3&crimetype-button= are accurate for residential burglaries? I know even one burglary is one too many, but the stats on there favour comparably to other areas of London I have lived in - areas I would rate as safe. Burglaries also seem to have been coming down steadily from 104 in 2007/08 to 82 last year. This is however presuming those stats are an accurate reflection of what actually goes on! I definitely feel a lot more aware of burglaries in ED, but more from the fact I read about them on here.

Thanks for the crime stats James. Makes for very interesting reading. I'm going to be moving to ED from Queens Park, NW London in a few weeks. I've never once felt un-safe in Queens Park after living there for over 5 years, including walking back home late at night etc.. It's quite an affluent area with lots of families, so it always felt very safe. Looking at the stats, reported crime incidents are about double in QP vs ED, including nearly double the instances of violence against the person! I would have thought the population of the ED ward would be more than QP, so the per capita stats would probably show a wider difference. Puts it all into perspective really! People are probably more aware of crime on this forum, because people post about it here. There is no such forum in QP that I'm aware of, so I never had any visibility of incidents. My conculsion is therefore, eater81 = troll