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Coming Up Next: Peckham's Gentrification

Crispy said:
However, the secret among the bohemians
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these bohemians are just the same old camberwell and goldsmith art students who have been there for decades - it hasnt changed much at all i reckon - only in the way all of london up to zone 3 has. still not one gentrified shop on rye lane. i reckon il'll all be fine (fingers crossed)
 
Puddy_Tat said:
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(jones & higgins department store)

more history of peckham here
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I remember working with a surveyor who had taken a look inside Jones & Higgins. He said it was amazing - like Harrods, with grand staircases etc.

I'll have to ask my partner (SE London born & bred in the 50s and 60s) for his memories as I'm sure he will have some.
 
Yeah, it's definitely been happening for a while. But, depending on which element of gentrification you concentrate on (economic rather than cultural) the whole of Greater London is being gentrified as nowhere is affordable to live for most people. The likes of the Old Kent Road, Mitcham etc. are all supposedly 'shitholes' but my days they're debaucherously expensive shitholes. I've come to believe successive government 'housing' and financialisation policies are the real enemy, not these useful idiots. Still, the cultural aspects do sadden me. Insipid mid-90s brooklyn theme parks = in-my-face reminder of my coming displacement and the rentier stopping me having children. Alas.

In Peckham there's an increasing number of people with bizarre transatlantic Loyd Grossman-esque accents. I don't think even Ruth Glass foresaw the aristocrats of Atlantis moving into the inner-city.
 
ska invita said:
these bohemians are just the same old camberwell and goldsmith art students who have been there for decades - it hasnt changed much at all i reckon - only in the way all of london up to zone 3 has. still not one gentrified shop on rye lane. i reckon il'll all be fine (fingers crossed)
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You can see the gentrification gradually creeping up from Bellend Road. Another year, and they'll hit Rye Lane.
 
ska invita said:
Rye Lane used to be one of swishest shopping streets in London in the 50s (supposedly)
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My dad remembered it well (he was the bloke to talk to for memories of Peckham in the past, but sadly he is no longer with us). There used to be several department stores and a few cinemas. This is the remains of the Tower Cinema:

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oryx said:
I remember working with a surveyor who had taken a look inside Jones & Higgins. He said it was amazing - like Harrods, with grand staircases etc.

I'll have to ask my partner (SE London born & bred in the 50s and 60s) for his memories as I'm sure he will have some.
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I used to go in there all the time with my mum as a kid - I don't really remember that much about its interior though - then it became a Houndsditch, then it closed down, part-demolished and the new shopping centre built.

I bought this book quite a few years ago, when I still lived in the area. It has tons of pictures from times gone by: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Peckham-Nun...375650685&sr=8-1&keywords=peckham+and+nunhead
 
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nice enough place / idea... the crystal maze 'clues' left about the area on how to find the fucking place were annoying, as is the apparent inaccessibility for anyone not blessed with two working legs.
 
It goes like this:
"A" leaves Camberwell Art College
Carries on squatting, gets into short life housing in Peckham, starts to make some money
Buys a nice double fronted victorian villa near the cemetery 15 years ago for peanuts. Makes it all nice and bohemian as they do.
15 years later nice girl from the BBC comes along and says she'd like to buy the house, get it valued and she'll give them a bit more on top to make it worth the hassle.
"A" fecks off to Lewes and starts breeding.
 
pissflaps said:
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nice enough place / idea... the crystal maze 'clues' left about the area on how to find the fucking place were annoying, as is the apparent inaccessibility for anyone not blessed with two working legs.
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Where is this and are pixelated faces de rigueur there ?
 
cuppa tee said:
None the wiser, but it doesn't look like a cafe.
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It's only during the summer and at the top of the multi-storey car park. Overcrowded. Food and beer overpriced. Food served in small portions. They don't take card payment.
 
Onket said:
It's only during the summer and at the top of the multi-storey car park. Overcrowded. Food and beer overpriced. Food served in small portions. They don't take card payment.
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we only stayed for one drink. they had run out of food by the time we rocked up, that was at about 2pm. they were taking cards tho.
 
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