Cyclemonkey

There's a Boots and a Superdrug in Rye Lane (the Superdrug is refitted and fairly well stocked - the Boots is a bit dismal) There are a also lot of places on Rye Lane that specialise in hair and make up products for black skin and afro hair. There is also a Superdrug in Camberwell. Clothes shops in Peckham are fairly limited (Primark, Peacocks and a few independent ones) I would look at the Clarks factory shop - they often have some good bargains. Brixton is good for chain clothes shops - it has H&M, New Look, Top shop, Dorothy Perkins, Warehouse, M+S, TK Maxx as well as a Superdrug and Boots. Other than that i reckon your best bet is to go in to town (Train to Victoria or get the number 12 to Oxford Circus) If you fancy a big shopping centre Westfield Stratford it is very quick - get the Overground from either Peckham Rye or Denmark Hill to Canada water and then the Jubilee line to Stratford - the journey will only take about 1/2 an hour.

Well, historically low interest rates, low levels of building and a government intent on inflating the market through poorly conceived policies like help to buy and you've got yourself a housing bubble right there.

Fox that was 6 years before i was born! Huggers- Kernal Table Beer is the 2.8% one, i like it a lot, perfect for a lunchtime pint.

Kingy, when i was there they had Fullers Redemption on for under ?3 a pint.

Not really, shareholders were invited to 2 preview nights before the bank holiday opening. The actual launch was soft, eg no fanfare or grand opening. I assume this is to allow them to get establised. I understand there are already some events booked for later this month.

Fox, it is indeed open. They had a soft launch over bank holiday weekend. I went last Sunday and had a couple of pints and a very nice plate of chilli and rice.

I didn't read it like that at all. As someone who cycles i feel strongly about the fact that cyclists should be respected as road users and given the space they need to cycle safely. However there is never an excuse for riding dangerously, especially on pavements.

Lowlander, whilst accidents are alway horrid for those involved cycling on the pavement is illegal and dangerous. I am a cyclist but being an adult i cycle on the road. I am increasingly irritated by cyclists who peddle at speed up the wide pavement at the Peckham Rye end of East Dulwich road. On Tuesday i was nearly hit by a cyclist as i walked down to the bus stop outside the Costcutter.

No bread makers here!! - I hand bake my bread - usually using Sainsburys own brand flour. Although i have been known to make sourdough which i presume is irredeamably middle class. i shall have to tell my old dad, a tenant farmer who left school with 1 O-level and has done manual work all his life that eating smoked salmon now marks him out as a middle class snob and he should desist immediately or be taken away to be re-educated by the Peoples Commisariat of East Dulwich.

I can't see what is wrong with smoked salmon and scambled eggs for beakfast - lovely. however i would imagine your average middle class person probably doesn't dine on this every day for breakfast. In a small survey of the middle class people of my household reveals that breakfast this morning for me was Sainsburys own brand branflakes and a blackcurrent yoghurt - Mr Cyclemonkey had some bread that i made the night before with a cup of tea. Not sure whether this meets with middle class breakfast approval - must try harder tomorrow.

James one of the issues i should think is that Lordship lane is very busy and tight for space - not helped by people parkign on both sides of the roads. You also witness some very bad driving and lane positioning = perhaps people unknowing enter the bus lane more than some of the large red routes where things are clearer or smaller roads that are elss busy. A clear long term objective would be to reduce the traffic on lordship lane and do something about all the cars parked there - often very badly.

Beef has never beena "cheap" food. If your burger is cheap then you are eating horse bum or floor sweepings reshaped into a burger. There are plently of wholesome, cheap cuts of meat but beef generally ain't one of them. Believe me, haivng grown up on a farm there is nothing snobby about wanting good quality food. Ehere i will conceed there is hilariousness in london where people do not really understand seasionality and costs of production so therefore do not really know anymore what a fair price for good quality food is and can get seduced by words such as locally sourced and artisan. Louisa has a point about some of the more stupid shops in ED/Peckham - the fact we have a "farm shop" is fairly laughable and the General Store in Bellenden road is outrageously priced. Good quality food should be accessible to everyone - you see people in towns in Italy and France buyign the best they can afford. We seem to have tuirned food either into an expensive hobby obsessed with provenance or as an exaggerated badge of working class pride to eat the cheapest shit imaginable. There is a middle way and that is often reconnecting with how food is grown and produced the real effort and costs involved. That is why i will happily pay good money for decent meat and cheese but laugh you in to next week if you try and charge me ?2.50 for a cupcake or ?3 for a tiny jar of fruit jam. (both of which hapepend recently at a Peckham food market)

That is an oddity but is the data on a postcode or ward level? Is there more bus lanes under council control in Ed than other areas of Southwark? (red routes are under TfL control)

Rules exist for a reason - we have to share limited space in London and fines are there to deter motorists from taking actions that are dangerous or cause inconvenience the majority. If you don't want a fine i suggest you don't drive in the bus lane. It is usally made pretty clear what motorists can do to avoid such fines. I have never known a group like motorists for special pleading and whinging. You live in a city with some of the cheapest and most extensive public transport in the country perhaps if motoring is so expensive and difficult try walking or getting the bus once in a while. Those of us without cars have to do this everyday - including carrying children, buggies, five bags of shopping etc.. it's cheaper and has the side bonus of keeping you fit.

Well that's good news the old pub site has been turned in to something good it hasn't been the Adam and Eve pub for a long time - it was empty for a while and before that was a series of venues known for poor behavior of certain customers (i believe there were rumours ocne that it was going to turn into a lap dancing venue) so given all that i'll take a developments of flats i can't afford and a bakery.

It's just a mansion block with a communal garden - what's weird about that? Fl0wer i don't think it is an HMO - just a block of flats - it is fairly normal for blocks of flats to share bins. Often the management company or freeholder will deal with bin cleaning. I lived in a medium sized private block in camberwell and we had those massive industrial bins and the freeholder used to organised haivng the bins cleaned every six months or so. i am thinkign now we probably need to clean the bins we share in our little four flat block :(

and additionally the Tesco on East Dulwich Road closes at 11pm

Hmm - a bit out of the price range of this "young professional" and i prefer my house not to look like it's just fallen out of a house developers catalogue.

There's a 24 hour costcutter at the end of East Dulwich road (near the Tesco!) Whilst i have concerns about Tesco dominance my immediate concern over the last few days has been the odd rotting smell that has been hanging around the car park of the East Dulwich rd Tesco.

A separate room from the living room, not an open plan space with a kitchen that looks like it has been built in a coridoor. New conversions never provide enough kitchen space. My purpose built, turn of the century flat has a good sized separate kitchen with enough room for a table and chairs. It also has cupboards and a larder.

Half a million and you don't even get a proper kitchen?? Truely there are people out there with more money than sense. I saw a 3 bed semi on Peckham Hill street on offer for ?800,000 the other day. Who is buying these houses???

I don't - it wasn't very good. I think people have hit the nail ont he head - the space is awkward and doesn't work well for a bar whatwever the offer. In general old shop spaces do not really make good bar spaces. If you notice purpose built pubs in London tend to be on street corners where the building can be designed for a much more genial space

It's always been very empty. We went there a couple of weeks ago after dinner on a Saturday night - a pub cannot survive if it only has about 5 customers at 10pm on a Saturday night in the summer. I wouldn't think this woudl be the last closure in SE15/SE22 Over the last couple of years i have been astonished that London and in particular our area seemd to have bucked the recession and more and more cafes, pubs and restaurants opened. Our household cannot be the only one that suffered the twin body blow in increasing bills and a decreased household income. We certainly spend a lot less on going out than we did 3 or 4 years ago.

Ahh sounds like it then. I was just suspicious because someone mentioned that there seemed to be parties there regularly every weekend with DJs so i wondered if the party was a slightly more professional operation.

As i said upthread it sounds like someone stretching the lines between private and commercial parties. It would be very very unusual for the council to grant an licence for an outdoor event with music to go one after 11pm (one of the reasons Franks only has a license until 11pm) you don;t need permission to have a private party on your own property (however you will be subject to noise legislation) however form the descriptions from people nearby these do not sounds like private parties - if they have professional DJs and seem to be held regualarly every weekend i doubt it is someone having a BBQ for their birthday. I would report them to the council but mention this as well as even if the party is free - if it is regular and is a professional type operation they will need a licence or at least a temporary event notice and will have to comply with various safety demands.