South Dulwich?

[jim_the_chin]

Just spotted this on a driving app - is this a thing now? 

[Jenijenjen]

Not heard of it before but it makes sense.

[malumbu]

Yes, and there is a great discussion about this on the South Dulwich Forum, apparently some people from Sydenham Hill are a bit grumpy about the name change.

Edited October 16 by malumbu

[Earl Aelfheah]

Yes and East Dulwich is now South Southbank

[the_hermit]

West Peckham surely?

[malumbu]

South Dulwich, the new front line 

Edited October 16 by malumbu
spelling silly person

[Sue]

Saw this first when out walking with my granddaughters a few years back.

We had already had a discussion about why there was a North, West and East Dulwich but not South Dulwich, and then we came across a map or sign (can't remember which) on a footpath with South Dulwich on it.

I've lived round here for decades, and never knew!

Now, there's West Norwood, South Norwood .... North Norwood wouldn't make sense, but why no East Norwood?!

Edited October 16 by Sue

[the_hermit]

And Croydon, Acton, Harrow, Finchley, Kensington.  I think they all miss a compass point: North, South, East, South and East respectively.

[Hen123]

18 minutes ago, the_hermit said:

And Croydon, Acton, Harrow, Finchley, Kensington.  I think they all miss a compass point: North, South, East, South and East respectively.

Exactly - it is an unspoken rule. South Dulwich isn’t allowed. It should be East Gipsy Hill or North Crystal Palace. 

Edited October 16 by Hen123

[Spartacus]

I got in a black cab the other day and he refused to take me 

His excuse was he didn't go South of the Dulwich😅

[malumbu]

Upper Dulwich bottom

Describes locations just off Dulwich, that pretend they are.

And a private joke from another community site on a distant planet.

[jazzer]

is that with or without anal warts?????????

[Pink Panther]

12 hours ago, Sue said:

We had already had a discussion about why there was a North, West and East Dulwich but not South Dulwich, and then we came across a map or sign (can't remember which) on a footpath with South Dulwich on it.

I've lived round here for decades, and never knew!

The sign might have been at St Stephen's Church on College Road, next to Sydenham Hill Station. There's a footpath along the side of the church, above the railway tunnel, connecting College Road with Kingswood Estate. That's the only reference to "South Dulwich" I've ever seen, and it's been there for years. 

[Sue]

5 hours ago, Pink Panther said:

The sign might have been at St Stephen's Church on College Road, next to Sydenham Hill Station. There's a footpath along the side of the church, above the railway tunnel, connecting College Road with Kingswood Estate. That's the only reference to "South Dulwich" I've ever seen, and it's been there for years. 

Yes, I think it was there, or at least in that general area, though I have no idea why we would have been walking  there, unless we had been in the woods and decided to walk home a different way!

Edited October 17 by Sue

[Jamesh31]

13 hours ago, the_hermit said:

And Croydon, Acton, Harrow, Finchley, Kensington.  I think they all miss a compass point: North, South, East, South and East respectively.

It might not have a tube station, but South Acton is definitely a place

 

Edited October 17 by Jamesh31

[Jenijenjen]

27 minutes ago, Jamesh31 said:

It might not have a tube station, but South Acton is definitely a place

 

South Acton Station is on the Richmond branch of London Overground, formerly the North London line. District line trains used to run there until 1959, I think it was a shuttle service from Acton Town.

[Pink Panther]

3 hours ago, Sue said:

Yes, I think it was there, or at least in that general area, though I have no idea why we would have been walking  there, unless we had been in the woods and decided to walk home a different way!

This is the church website, with the sign I mentioned in the first photograph. 

https://www.ststephensdulwich.org/about-us/

[the_hermit]

4 hours ago, Jenijenjen said:

South Acton Station is on the Richmond branch of London Overground, formerly the North London line. District line trains used to run there until 1959, I think it was a shuttle service from Acton Town.

Interesting... I couldn't find any districts where all four compass points are used, but now I have!

Harrow East is a constituency, but is it a place?!

[Sue]

2 hours ago, Pink Panther said:

This is the church website, with the sign I mentioned in the first photograph. 

https://www.ststephensdulwich.org/about-us/

If you are meaning the blue sign, that isn't what we saw.

 

[exdulwicher]

21 hours ago, malumbu said:

Upper Dulwich

Oh God, I can already visualise this in an estate agent window:

"nestled in the heart of the Upper Dulwich quadrant is this modest 7 bedroom 5 bathroom apartment...."

And then overhearing a conversation, maybe at a posh cafe, along the lines of "well, I live in Upper Dulwich you know...yes it's a charming little place, only the 7 bedrooms but we get by... Nanny of course has the attic room..."

[James Barber]

Perhaps this comes from a proposal by former Dulwich Society chair of Transport sub-committee Alastair Hanton to rename Sydenham Hill station South Dulwich. The argument being the station name doesn't reflect where it is. 

The train operating company told him it would cost £100,000 and that they had no plans to make this name change. 

[NewWave]

9 hours ago, James Barber said:

Perhaps this comes from a proposal by former Dulwich Society chair of Transport sub-committee Alastair Hanton to rename Sydenham Hill station South Dulwich. The argument being the station name doesn't reflect where it is. 

The train operating company told him it would cost £100,000 and that they had no plans to make this name change. 

But The station is near Sydenham Hill...In fact nearer there than Dulwich surely

[malumbu]

Bit of a daft thread, or a fun one until people started to be serious