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Jeremy Wrote:

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> Otta - lots of people away on holiday. The office

> and train both seem quieter than usual this week.



Yeah that was my theory. Was a bit disconcerting.

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Sue

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Andrew1011 Wrote:

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> When I moved to East Dulwich it barely had shops

> let alone chains, although the largish Co-op store

> was still operating on most of the Lordship Lane

> site between North Cross and Shawbury Roads. Oh

> and a Tesco, roughly the size of a small Tesco

> Express, and still the size of the current shop

> unit, on the corner of North Cross Road had

> recently closed down. I can't recall which

> supermarket company then had what is now the

> Co-op, but it was a smallish chain and not one of

> the big four or five.

>



What year was that?


The Co-op used to be Somerfield. That wasn't that long ago.


Londis on the corner of North Cross Road was a 7/11 I think.

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Sue

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Otta Wrote:

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> Jeremy Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Otta - lots of people away on holiday. The

> office

> > and train both seem quieter than usual this

> week.

>

>

> Yeah that was my theory. Was a bit disconcerting.



I expect they're all in their second houses in the country :))

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DulwichFox Wrote:

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> I would think that most Chains are PLC's and have

> 100's of stores. Boots. Tescos.

>

> I was under the impression that outlets like

> Franco Manca were franchises and not chains ??

>

> Happy to Stand Corrected if not the case..

>

> DulwichFox


Not necessarily. Chains could be private companies running the businesses directly.

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Sue Wrote:

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> Andrew1011 Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

>

> > When I moved to East Dulwich it barely had

> shops

> > let alone chains, although the largish Co-op

> store

> > was still operating on most of the Lordship

> Lane

> > site between North Cross and Shawbury Roads. Oh

> > and a Tesco, roughly the size of a small Tesco

> > Express, and still the size of the current shop

> > unit, on the corner of North Cross Road had

> > recently closed down. I can't recall which

> > supermarket company then had what is now the

> > Co-op, but it was a smallish chain and not one

> of

> > the big four or five.

> >

>

>

> What year was that?

>

> The Co-op used to be Somerfield. That wasn't that

> long ago.

>

> Londis on the corner of North Cross Road was a

> 7/11 I think.



I remember Co-op was Somerfield

Somerfeld were taken over nationally by Co-op IIRC.

Iceland took over Bejam (So there may have been a Bejam once).

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DulwichFox

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It all started with Fine Fare (There was one in Peckham). I remember it from when I was a kid.


Fine Fare started out as a chain of convenience stores back in the 1950s and grew into a supermarket chain.


The chain was bought out by the Dee Corporation in 1986 and many Fine Fare stores became Gateway and then Somerfield. The East Dulwich store was Gateways.


The last remaining Fine Fare stores closed down in 1988.


DulwichFox

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The large Co-Op store on the same side as Londis was certainly there in 1970-71 as I worked there in the cashiers department on loan from the large store in Peckham.

I think its now an estate agent

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There was a Bejam.



JohnL Wrote:

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> Sue Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Andrew1011 Wrote:

> >

> --------------------------------------------------

>

> > -----

> >

> > > When I moved to East Dulwich it barely had

> > shops

> > > let alone chains, although the largish Co-op

> > store

> > > was still operating on most of the Lordship

> > Lane

> > > site between North Cross and Shawbury Roads.

> Oh

> > > and a Tesco, roughly the size of a small

> Tesco

> > > Express, and still the size of the current

> shop

> > > unit, on the corner of North Cross Road had

> > > recently closed down. I can't recall which

> > > supermarket company then had what is now the

> > > Co-op, but it was a smallish chain and not

> one

> > of

> > > the big four or five.

> > >

> >

> >

> > What year was that?

> >

> > The Co-op used to be Somerfield. That wasn't

> that

> > long ago.

> >

> > Londis on the corner of North Cross Road was a

> > 7/11 I think.

>

>

> I remember Co-op was Somerfield

> Somerfeld were taken over nationally by Co-op

> IIRC.

> Iceland took over Bejam (So there may have been a

> Bejam once).

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Otta

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Sue Wrote:

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> Andrew1011 Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

>

> > When I moved to East Dulwich it barely had

> shops

> > let alone chains, although the largish Co-op

> store

> > was still operating on most of the Lordship

> Lane

> > site between North Cross and Shawbury Roads. Oh

> > and a Tesco, roughly the size of a small Tesco

> > Express, and still the size of the current shop

> > unit, on the corner of North Cross Road had

> > recently closed down. I can't recall which

> > supermarket company then had what is now the

> > Co-op, but it was a smallish chain and not one

> of

> > the big four or five.

> >

>

>

> What year was that?

>

> The Co-op used to be Somerfield. That wasn't that

> long ago.

>

> Londis on the corner of North Cross Road was a

> 7/11 I think.



When I was very young it was a Tesco, then it was 7/11 from sometime mid 80s. Not sure what it was between 7/11 and Londis, but pretty sure there was something between them...

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Otta

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???? Wrote:

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> Otta, I presume you were down there drinking in

> the evening? saturday in the day was packed up

> that end



Yep, 8 - 11pm on 25/7 (not 1/8). We actually popped in to the cinema to grab some leaflets, and there was hardly anyone about. But as Jeremy says, probably lots of people away that weekend. Just seemed odd to me because I've not actually been out in ED for ages so I really noticed it.

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adonirum

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DulwichFox Wrote:

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> It all started with Fine Fare (There was one in

> Peckham). I remember it from when I was a kid.

>

> Fine Fare started out as a chain of convenience

> stores back in the 1950s and grew into a

> supermarket chain.

>

> The chain was bought out by the Dee Corporation

> in 1986 and many Fine Fare stores became Gateway

> and then Somerfield. The East Dulwich

> store was Gateways.

>

> The last remaining Fine Fare stores closed down

> in 1988.

>

> DulwichFox


Dulwich Fox


I realise this thread is a month old, just catching up, but you missed out the store being named "International", which was sometime in the early 80's I believe.

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