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Dressed as a tramp? That's a bit harsh! Although I must confess I once mistook Jo Brand for one in Dulwich Park (seriously, I am not being nasty - I like her). I still can't get over Desmond's. What a classic.

Hey Spadeboy, where was Desmond's filmed? That would be a FANTASTIC claim to fame! Btw DulwichMum, I think the ad in Dulwich Park was for a new gossip magazine for women. It featured the lovely Vanessa Feltz if I remember rightly. Wonder if she was given a script - like the guests on her TV show?

I've got a good 'un. Last year they were filming the sequel to 28 Days Later (imaginitively titled 28 Weeks Later) in one of those posh roads behind Peckham Rye - Mundania I think. I also read somewhere that one of those x-factor rejects had her video filmed in the EDT. I watched it and it definitely was but I didn't recognise her... reckon the EDT is more famous than she is.

I would worship at the altar of a new M&S. How about a mixed use development of a Mosque with a gay bar, a vegetarian deli and a carvery in each of its miniarets? Thus encouraging communities to mix with each other? PS. I agree with Snorky too. Has the world gone mad?

You speaka my language Huguenot!

Ibo, I think you need anti-depressants

Kitchenware!!! No! How dull and totally awful.

A community centre? How dull!

I wish it was a falafel restaurant

I'm honoured just to get a mention!

My experience of Southwark Planning department is that they are a bunch of work-shy slackers who don't bother to reply to messages or emails. Despite the fact that ED is a relatively prosperous area, many streets look shabby, dirty and neglected. Where is all the money we pay in taxes going!!!?

It's a holding camp for all the chavs who have been forced out by gentrification.

Perhaps your site could be sponsored by Marks & Spencer or Cafe Nero...?

I really wish the lottery system would have happened sooner. People seem to have all kinds of tricks to work the system. As well as being able to buy in the catchment area for top schools, the wealthy seem to know how to pull the strings - whatever kind of school it is. I went to a selective grammar school in the 80s and noticed that about half my class were from the same, wealthy area of SE London, and had attended the same primary school. How strange that most of them were by far the lowest achievers in class! I just scraped in, but excelled academically. Which says to me that I was lucky and that the system is totally flawed. It's just not fair. Like many others, I have a kid who's extremely bright but I will have to put him through the stress and pressure of entrance exams to try to escape the no-hope comprehensives. Demand is so high that I have no idea whether he'll get in or not. But the last thing I want is for him to feel like a failure at such a vulnerable age.

Goose Green - I hear it's a bizarre mix of the underprivileged and pretentious middle-class bratty boys with long hair in Nirvana t-shirts (the sort who their parents educate in pop culture and don't discipline because it might hinder little Theo's creativity). Charter - a friend went for a job in their art department but was put off because the work was dire compared to his current inner-city comprehensive (albeit a good one). Have heard great things about Goodrich and Haberdashers. All hearsay I admit but worth considering.

Oh, what a surprise. Wonder if it's still closed... am so glad to no longer be a member. Is this the crappest gym in the world?

I've just had an idea. How about a bar for gay Kiwi cricketers?

I love it. It is totally pointless but for some reason I'm glad it's there.

Mark, is that a pen name for Richard Littlejohn?

Thanks for the gay dating tips Huguenot! I would just like to point out that firstly, I'm spoken for (hard luck!) Secondly, I still like to go to gay places now and again with friends. The sad fact is that gay people still have some way to go before being able to enjoy the same level of acceptance as straight couples, so gay bars can provide somewhere to relax and meet others without fear of being judged. The same is not true of race (e.g. your remark about "gypsy only bars") as it is socially unacceptable to be racist (note current furore about Celebrity Big Brother). If you were gay you'd understand this. You don't have to deal with homophobic or patronising remarks, dodgy stares or being verbally abused (as I have been on a bus in South-East London). Just for the record, most of my friends are straight, and I usually go out to straight places. PS Yes, let's get rid of Dog Kennel estate! Where do I sign for that?

Is there something I should know about Fulham supporters? Anyway, getting back to the point about segregation, this argument reminds me of the fuss about women-only sessions at Dulwich Pool. What is the problem? if there is a need/demand for them, let's have it. If not, let's not. What is bizarre is all these white, straight, middle-class men grumbling because something isn't tailor-made for them (for once). I'm gay and have a long-term boyfriend and sometimes it's nice to relax in a "safe" environment where you won't get nasty looks for holding each other's hands or being openly gay. This is something you wouldn't understand as you are not gay. Just like people may not understand why some women might want to swim without men present. I really don't see what people's sexual preference (or preference for organic sex shops, for that matter!) has got to do with segregation. Let's all just try to empathise a bit more, shall we?

Can Huguenot please explain why gay bars are elitist and contribute towards segregating society? And how gay men are supposed to meet each other if they don't have any? Are you endorsing cottaging?

Great news. I've already joined Fitness First in protest at how awful Fusion is so maybe this will give them a wake-up call.

I don't see the point of this place. Why anyone would want to have a drink in a dingy little room behind a spartan looking wine shop (whilst being stared at by snooty staff) is beyond me.

Make it a GAY BAR! YEAH!