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Quick summary of what's changed in ED in the past year?!

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caro ed

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Evening all (well it's evening here anyway...)


Been living & working in Sydney for the past year and now VERY excited about coming home to ED in a few weeks... I've checked out the forum a couple of times and picked up:


- new Sainsbury's Local near the Plough

- Uplands to become new pub in same chain as Florence/Bishop

- lots of muggings around Barry/Goodrich Road in particular (eeek..scary)


Anyone able to catch me up on anything else quickly so i don't have to trawl through the posts?!


cheers & happy Easter!

caro ed

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Re: Quick summary of what's changed in ED in the past year?! new

Posted by: Andystar Yesterday, 11:10PM

I still haven't pulled


> hahahahaaaaa!


Oooh like the sound of the vodka sweet shop. And can't quite contain my excitement about the new sign at Chener Books.


To keep you in the loop on Sydney goings on

1) Andrew Clarke has finally dumped Lara Bingle (of "where the bloody hell are ya?" fame) which apparently was the most exciting story of the year judging by the media coverage

2) baby elephant miracle births and arrival of pandas from China manage to get onto the news on a daily basis

3) 60+ yr old granny's bum chewed off by shark but she fought it off & survived. Granny power.

4) Red dust storm turned the whole city into a Martain landscape back in September

5) Aus dollar is whooping Sterling

6) Sydney house prices are going through the roof

7) Vegemite still a poor imitation of Marmite

caro ed

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Actually live just down the road from the Surry Hills Bills' and was a bit disappointed the other day... $6 for a few measly slices of avocado on the side of my eggs on toast..


Well seeing as Ricky Martin's FINALLY come out i reckon it's only a matter of time for Bill to follow suit!


Have you eaten at the newly renovated Castle? Just had a squizz at a pic.. v posh. Really been missing my Sunday roasts so very exciting if they do this well as is just round the corner from my ED home :-)

ruffers

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Not eaten there no, we're the almost Forest Hill part of ED.


As stated the bit of Lordship Lane near The Plough is dragging itself up with new butcher and picture framer, FH station is now London Overground (OK not ED), they built a big modern looking new school on Peckham Rye, Thresher's shut down... etc.


And people whinged a lot.

MrBen

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I LOVE Sydney. Can't believe house prices are still going through the roof there though - if you thought we had it bad any Aussie worth his singlet will bang on about "renovating" and 300% increases. I think it all has something to do with copper. And China. Giving them some kind of economic shield....
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Not sure if this was in the past year, time moves so far, but Inside 72 closed down and became the dreadful Adventure Bar. If you have kids then the Goose Green playground is being torn up and rebuilt to be a bit more fun, and Warwick Gardens has a new play area with lots of free trees.
caro ed

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Yep, MrBen I hear you.. I turned on the TV the other day and guess what came on.. a brand new series called..Phil Spencer DOWN UNDER!! And yes, all the chat amongst friends is "god, if I don't buy now I'm not going to be able to afford anything more than a shoebox"... all VERY deja vu of London about 4 yrs ago. Mind you, it really doesn't show any signs of faltering here at the moment - the Chinese as you say are the main reason the economy's so strong - they're gobbling up the natural resources coming out of Australia at the rate of knots to feed their industry and the Ozzies are doing very well out of it thanks very much! Plus on the property side, Sydney has a huuuge housing shortage and once you throw in anything vaguely near a view of the harbour the prices go insane... On the flip side, interest rates have just gone up again for the 4th month in a row, with more hinted at, so will be interesting to see how it all plays out...


Aaanyway.. thank you all very much for the info on our lovely ED. Can't wait to be home!

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caro ed Wrote:

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> 1) Andrew Clarke has finally dumped Lara Bingle

> (of "where the bloody hell are ya?" fame) which

> apparently was the most exciting story of the year

> judging by the media coverage


Andrew Clarke? Blimey he got in (and out) quickly. Especially as Michael Calrke just dumped her!


> 5) Aus dollar is whooping Sterling

> 6) Sydney house prices are going through the roof


Surprising as NSW is broke. Australian success is riding on WA and QLD mining.


> 7) Vegemite still a poor imitation of Marmite


Marmite is sloppy muck. Vegemite is the Real Thing.


I've never understood the faciniation with Sydney. It looks good but is very shallow. A bit like Lara Bingle, really.

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