How many different nationalities in Dulwich

[AnotherPaul]

1/4 and a bit Scottish, the rest is English - although from Stevenage which is another country.

AP

[SeanMacGabhann]

AnotherPaul - from memory there is many a Herts connection on here

CitizenEd - I spent 4 years in East Ham, venturing often into Ilford.... I shall say no more but we should catch up at next drinkup

[dulwichmum]

Oh Sean darling! I lived in East Ham for 30 seconds once, then I realised that there I would remain unless I went to university as my mother advised... And hey presto! A BSc and masters degree later and here I am virtually owning West Dulwich! Yes I could buy litres of natural yoghurt for 50 pence (sterling) and purchase a dozen green peppers and a bunch of fresh coriander for a pound, but East Ham just was never going to host a branch of Starbucks or sell organic veg - was it?

Isn't Dulwich simply perfect? Are you as drunk as me???

[mockney piers]

Blimey, do we have 3 forumites from stevenage or thereabouts? It's becoming the new Cleethorpes!!

[SeanMacGabhann]

DulwichMum

Maybe we crossed paths! But yes, I looked hard and desperately for any signs of LL cultue in E12 - but zilch. Nada. When the most salubrious venue was Big Del's Disco you know it's time to get out

[elizlondon]

Sixth generation Australian here.

Elizabeth

[mockney piers]

Sixth generation Australian? Is there such a thing, haven't you skipped past Australia and gone right back to Tolpuddle by then? ;-)

[Keef]

Sixth generation Australian is pretty bloody impressive!

[elizlondon]

:) thanks. Now you've got me nervous and I'm going to have to revisit the history and check to make sure, as it does sound rather a long way back. But I remember working it out when I did a project on family history at school, so should be right.

[mockney piers]

don't worry I'm sure you're right, 6 generations isn't actually all that far back....

mind you, three generations back and we're happily in the 19th century in my family, so six could easily be napoleonic wars or even american war of independence.

[elizlondon]

Just checked it, I'm definitely (on Dad's side) the 6th generation in Australia (from England). The guy who brought the family over was born in 1826 I think. I think it's about the same length on the other side too (though mostly from Germany), which is even more surprising.

[mockney piers]

To echo Keef, impressive.

I go Bosch a mere 2 generations ago via maternal grandma. They left Hamburg in the wake of the starvation at the end of the great war following the blockade of by the royal navy, which could well have been served by family from glasgow of 3 generations back; how ironic.

Some say it was the first instance of total war of the 20th century, and a moral precursor to Ukranian famine, Guernica, Blitz, Dresden et al. But I digress.