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JoeChuff, you are spot on! But has someone forgotten a fleet of Audi TTs driven by men in deck shoes and rugby shirts who look like Shrek but bray like David Cameron? They spend their days boasting about what exotic animal they last ate and how much profit they have made by buying for investment purposes.

All I would add to the above is that the only annoying thing is the transport - which paradoxically has probably helped to give it the villagey feel that makes it so desirable now (the same could be said of places like Stoke Newington and Crouch End). It's worth checking exactly what your commute will be. If you work in London Bridge it's brilliant. Soho or the City is ok but getting to somewhere like Ladbroke Grove is a nightmare. Having said that, I love getting back here after working in the city - it seems so leafy and serene in comparison (loads of lovely parks and green spaces). It's also great to be able to walk down to Lordship Lane for a meal out or have a look around the market on Northcross Road at the weekend.

Hi and welcome Newsummer I'm gay and live with my boyfriend here. East Dulwich tends to attract arty/media types who are generally gay friendly but it has to be said, it's more a "young straight couple with kids" area. Which is fine by me as I wouldn't want to live in a gay ghetto - Soho and Vauxhall are but a bus ride away when you need them. Still, it does surprise me that there isn't a gay pub in the area. The Rye Bar and Grill on the corner of Peckham Rye is gay-owned and probably the closest thing we have to one. Great Thai food there and a friendly, mixed crowd. Inside 72 on Lordship lane is also quite mixed on occasions. PS If you fancy a laugh head to Stonewall's in Lewisham... gay chavtastic.

I'd rather not. But I would for that fanciable man who works in ED

I'll take that as a "no" then...

I will get em out for the boys if you ask me nicely

Great idea for the club night Steph. Roses, Northside, some early Charlatans. Not forgetting Candy Flip's version of Strawberry Fields... Maybe we could have a mini baggy festival on Goose Green?

Mumra, congratulations on (Spr)outing yourself! May I suggest you listen to the recent album by NME darlings Captain - which sounds like a cross between them and (dare I utter these words) Deacon Blue?

Unfortunately the rises are accelerating the gap between rich and poor - wider than under Thatcher, according to yesterday's BBC news. Shameful for a Labour government. I don't think it's a coincidence that we're seeing a growing rabid chav underclass in this country who have no respect for anything or anyone. A policeman told me that there has been an alarming spate of burglaries in ED recently...

Great news that Peckham Rye is getting a cafe! My mum remembers shopping in Peckham with her mum as a young child (this would be around the early 50s). It was actually the epitome of aspirational middle class (nobody believes me!) and had a big department store with a doorman.

EDKiwi are you joking!? I love it when people come to visit and their preconception of Peckham Rye Park (a patch of dead grass with a burnt out Escort) is totally shattered by what is, in my opinion, even better than Dulwich Park (apart from the lack of Cafe and London Recumbents). Why disassociate ourselves from Peckham? Who cares what snobby people think?

What does Carol Vorderman do when she gets constipation? She works it out with a marker pen.

As in, the 80s band?

"Unchristian sexual preferences" Bob? I like it! Fills my head with thoughts of shagging on pentangles by candlelight. Having slaughtered a nut roast. By the way, I hope you have never had sex outside of marriage (or used a condom for that matter), as that is unchristian too;-) As I'm sure Dulwichmum will concur.

Bob, what does that mean about my bed having only one side? It is next to a wall if that's what you mean... or is it some sort of euphemism?

Oh my God ladies have I touched a nerve!? Was only joking. Have never been to Butlins actually. But I am fluent in French having lived there a few years ago. Why so defensive?

well I do like em fresh faced but that's pushing it a bit, even for me

Oh God, it would have to be Tuscany, wouldn't it? Or driving the Espace down to Avignon? And other such bourgeois cliches.

I reckon a Madchester revival is imminent. A reappraisal of Northside is long overdue... seriously. Kaiser Chiefs remind me of Menswear. Except that Menswear were pretty. Johnny Borrel of Razorlight looks like that Muppet with big lips and long hair to me. And his music, like that of the Killers, is overblown MOR nonsense of the sort Jeremy Clarkson would like.

Um, is this ladies only a la Loose Women or are "the gays" allowed to join in? There is a hottie who works in Ed on Northcross Road who gets my vote. He has that well-bred, public school educated look about him. Good cheekbones. And he always looks well-scrubbed with a slightly scruffy edge (I like a nice clean bloke). Plus I like his 80s jumpers. Anyone agree?

I like Camberwell's arty vibe and it is much more mixed up and down-to-earth than ED (do we really need any more boutiques selling overpriced pommades and baby clothes!!!?) Some of the architecture there is fantastic, especially the lovely Grove Vale. However it seems to be absolutely full of nutters, drunks and crackheads, which I find a bit scary and off-putting. Probably a bit un-pc to say that but it's the truth...

Did anyone read about Tesco's application to sell alcohol at an Express Store in Bornville, near Birmingham? Thanks to local pressure it was rejected. I'm not that bothered either way but to those who object, rise up and be counted - it seems to work!

Reading this is like being in Groundhog Day. By the way, isn't it disgraceful how East Dulwich is becoming posh and attracting chains like Cafe Nero?

"The police don't want to know." Why doesn't this surprise me? Maybe we should report the police to Watchdog as well, the lazy b******s.

Oh dear, you will have everyone weeping with nostalgia for an age of innocence...