Crystal Palace - news and discussion
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lemontop
hungry luma
RaverDrew said:I've been inside it, I REALLY wanna live there.
Marble Arch in 25mins is easy. Train to Victoria and then a quick busride from there.
Where is it? Is it part of the church near the station?
Crystal Palace is great, by far my favourite place I've lived in London. Rent is v affordable, lovely parks, restaurants are amazing, transport is fine, I'd just like one or two more decent boozers.
Red Jezza said:it should only be for the very best sort of people
that's why I am insistent that acid priest actually lives in CP, but his missus is spiritually a sydenhamite
ooh, haven't bigged-up Sydenham for a while..
*does the Sydenham dance*
whoooop!
erm, anyway...CP is great too. As you were.
BadlyDrawnGirl
Piano Tuna
beeboo said:ooh, haven't bigged-up Sydenham for a while..
*does the Sydenham dance*
whoooop!
erm, anyway...CP is great too. As you were.
CP is the dog's bollocks.
As for Jezza, funny he should be bigging-up Sydenham as, in the same manner as so many residents of Slough who insist upon their address being 'North' Windsor, to me he possesses the suspicious air of a Penge-ite...
BadlyDrawnGirl
Piano Tuna
beeboo said:Penge-ite...now that IS an insult
Well okay, to be fair to Jez, he sustains more of the essence of the Victorian Penge, when the pound shops and kebab takeaways were snuff parlours and backstreet abortionists' clinics...
ska invita
back on the other side
look what i just found in CP:
http://www.findaproperty.com/displayprop.aspx?edid=00&salerent=0&pid=118324&agentid=01605
tasty
love that bathroom...
http://www.findaproperty.com/displayprop.aspx?edid=00&salerent=0&pid=118324&agentid=01605
tasty
love that bathroom...
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
Is it for real?
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
I have never seen it, and I was drinking and eating on Gipsy Hill just last night!
Mind you, I am rarely there during daylight hours, since I only go there to eat and drink, so maybe that's why I never notice it.
Can someone buy it for me as a late Christmas or Birthday present, please?
Mind you, I am rarely there during daylight hours, since I only go there to eat and drink, so maybe that's why I never notice it.
Can someone buy it for me as a late Christmas or Birthday present, please?
waverunner
Be nice or I'll bite
I can't decide whether it's beautiful or hideous as a home 
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
I want it because it is "truly unique" (as opposed to all those properties which are "falsely unique"?) and because it has a clock mechanism in its tower. Oh, and because it has got a tower 
The views across London are worth having as well, of course.
The views across London are worth having as well, of course.
waverunner
Be nice or I'll bite
Ah yeah the views are gorgeous But... living in a tower? 
And where is it exactly anyway? I've never seen it and pass through and around Gipsy Hill quite a lot
But... living in a tower? And where is it exactly anyway? I've never seen it and pass through and around Gipsy Hill quite a lot
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
I don't think one lives in the tower - I think the tower is just kind of attached? I have no idea where it is - I was up Gipsy Hill last night and didn't see it.
Monkeynuts
Hello sailor
It's on Gypsy Hill itself I think, between the station and the triangle - ?
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
Monkeynuts said:
Which is where I was the other night. I can't believe that I have walked past this "truly unique" dwelling, and not stopped to gawk!
RubyToogood
RubyTwobikes
It's a converted church tower, and I think you do live in the actual tower. It might be possible to miss it if you were looking for a tower that didn't look like a church tower.
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
The White Hart.
waverunner
Be nice or I'll bite
I passed that every night (used to) and never noticed itMonkeynuts said:
Maybe cos it was night time? And um dark? And stuff?*twiddles thumbs*
Crystal palace/ upper norwood is a great place to live....
I reccommend it...
If you move there.. check out the indoor market down on Haynes lane. Its bonkers..
Also
check out Antenna studios, (they some-times have Art & music events on..)
& check out 'The shop' Under antenna studios for sex toys, skate boards, amps & guitars.... its round the corner from the indoor market....
Palace has everything really.. a great park designed by Paxton. Loads of eating establishments, pubs & bars Including weekend Fights..
my top gaffs are The Alma pub.. Nu midia.. restraunt... Domalis vegetarian returant.. The booksellar crow.. Bambino seconhand junk shop.. The secret garden...
Also check out the local fanzine 'The crystal Palazine' sold in the Book seller crow....
I hope you do move to palace as its got alot to offer...
I reccommend it...
If you move there.. check out the indoor market down on Haynes lane. Its bonkers..
Also
check out Antenna studios, (they some-times have Art & music events on..)
& check out 'The shop' Under antenna studios for sex toys, skate boards, amps & guitars.... its round the corner from the indoor market....
Palace has everything really.. a great park designed by Paxton. Loads of eating establishments, pubs & bars Including weekend Fights..
my top gaffs are The Alma pub.. Nu midia.. restraunt... Domalis vegetarian returant.. The booksellar crow.. Bambino seconhand junk shop.. The secret garden...
Also check out the local fanzine 'The crystal Palazine' sold in the Book seller crow....
I hope you do move to palace as its got alot to offer...
Guineveretoo
Mostly bewildered
sir.clip said:
I agree about most of this, but just felt I should clarify that Domali is not vegetarian, as it sells fish. Some people will find this a plus, of course
tommers
Fuck it, it's fine.
DON'T MOVE TO THE PALACE!
1. Lots of hills. Really, really steep hills.
2. No tube. Nope, no way of travelling underground whatsoever. Not like that nice North London, you can travel underground all you want up there.
3. Nowhere near as edgy or exciting as Brixton. Stay in Brixton, or move there, it's great. Loads of stuff happening, a vibrant multicultural community. And you can buy weed. On the street. You can't do that in Crystal Palace.
4. The park isn't all that great. Not really. And when would you ever go there? It's cold and wet half the time.
5. The White Hart is full of braying obnoxious tits. It's always packed. And they don't sell crisps. They sell Wasabi peas. For £3 a cup.
6. The "Triangle" is rubbish. Honestly. Even the McDonald's has closed down. I know. A place where not even the McDonald's can make any money. It'll be a tumbleweed infested wasteland within three years and your new flat will be worth shit. Precisely. Didn't think of that did you?
7. The Woolworths is awful. They never have anything in stock, and it takes them half an hour of incoherent mumbling and half hearted searching to find this out.
8. At the weekend there are lots of fights.
9. They all bang on and on and on about the bloody palace. It's like they have a brain transplant when they arrive and all they can think about is something that burned down 70 years ago. Probably because nothing at all has happened there since.
10. It's too close to Penge.
That is all. Don't move there. You'll regret it if you do.
1. Lots of hills. Really, really steep hills.
2. No tube. Nope, no way of travelling underground whatsoever. Not like that nice North London, you can travel underground all you want up there.
3. Nowhere near as edgy or exciting as Brixton. Stay in Brixton, or move there, it's great. Loads of stuff happening, a vibrant multicultural community. And you can buy weed. On the street. You can't do that in Crystal Palace.
4. The park isn't all that great. Not really. And when would you ever go there? It's cold and wet half the time.
5. The White Hart is full of braying obnoxious tits. It's always packed. And they don't sell crisps. They sell Wasabi peas. For £3 a cup.
6. The "Triangle" is rubbish. Honestly. Even the McDonald's has closed down. I know. A place where not even the McDonald's can make any money. It'll be a tumbleweed infested wasteland within three years and your new flat will be worth shit. Precisely. Didn't think of that did you?
7. The Woolworths is awful. They never have anything in stock, and it takes them half an hour of incoherent mumbling and half hearted searching to find this out.
8. At the weekend there are lots of fights.
9. They all bang on and on and on about the bloody palace. It's like they have a brain transplant when they arrive and all they can think about is something that burned down 70 years ago. Probably because nothing at all has happened there since.
10. It's too close to Penge.
That is all. Don't move there. You'll regret it if you do.
Monkeynuts
Hello sailor
DON'T MOVE TO THE PALACE!
1. Lots of hills. Really, really steep hills - so nice views and not boring like SW London.
2. No tube for two/three years. Nope, no way of travelling underground whatsoever. Instead you will have to travel overground and look out the window. You may even suffer the dignity of an airconditioned train or have to sit down.
3. Nowhere near as "edgy" or "exciting" as Brixton, so fewer malcontents and fewer Tarquins who think tension=cool, never having experienced uninsulated inner city life before. Stay in Brixton, or move there if you want this, it'll be great. Loads of stuff happening here, a vibrant multicultural community (a bit like Palace, cometo think of it...) And there are loads of dealers. On the street. Not many of them in Crystal Palace.
4. The park isn't all that great. Not really. It is only one of the highest points in London, one of London's largest, has stuff like lakes and concrete dinosaurs, that sort of shit. It's totally rubbish compared to Brockwell Park; there are hardly any neandethals with uncontrolled brutish dogs.
5. The White Hart is full of braying obnoxious tits. It's always packed. And they don't sell crisps. They sell Wasabi peas. For £3 a cup. A bit like most places in SW London. Fortunately there are plenty of other places to go.
6. The "Triangle" is rubbish if you like refried grease. Honestly. Even the McDonald's has closed down. I know. A place where not even the McDonald's can make any money. Bizarrely, the locals are not all that into total shit food. FFS, there's even a vegetarian restaurant among all the other places to eat.
7. The Woolworths, like every Woolworths except Nicosia, is awful. They never have anything in stock, and it takes them half an hour of incoherent mumbling and half hearted searching to find this out.
8. At the weekend there are lots of fights, albeit fewer than Brixton.
9. They all bang on and on and on about the bloody palace. It's like they have a brain transplant when they arrive and all they can think about is something that burned down 70 years ago. Probably because it was quite a wonderful building and Bromley council have yet to think of anything decent to do with the site.
10. It's not Penge.
That is all. Don't move there. We'll regret it if you do.
1. Lots of hills. Really, really steep hills - so nice views and not boring like SW London.
2. No tube for two/three years. Nope, no way of travelling underground whatsoever. Instead you will have to travel overground and look out the window. You may even suffer the dignity of an airconditioned train or have to sit down.
3. Nowhere near as "edgy" or "exciting" as Brixton, so fewer malcontents and fewer Tarquins who think tension=cool, never having experienced uninsulated inner city life before. Stay in Brixton, or move there if you want this, it'll be great. Loads of stuff happening here, a vibrant multicultural community (a bit like Palace, cometo think of it...) And there are loads of dealers. On the street. Not many of them in Crystal Palace.
4. The park isn't all that great. Not really. It is only one of the highest points in London, one of London's largest, has stuff like lakes and concrete dinosaurs, that sort of shit. It's totally rubbish compared to Brockwell Park; there are hardly any neandethals with uncontrolled brutish dogs.
5. The White Hart is full of braying obnoxious tits. It's always packed. And they don't sell crisps. They sell Wasabi peas. For £3 a cup. A bit like most places in SW London. Fortunately there are plenty of other places to go.
6. The "Triangle" is rubbish if you like refried grease. Honestly. Even the McDonald's has closed down. I know. A place where not even the McDonald's can make any money. Bizarrely, the locals are not all that into total shit food. FFS, there's even a vegetarian restaurant among all the other places to eat.
7. The Woolworths, like every Woolworths except Nicosia, is awful. They never have anything in stock, and it takes them half an hour of incoherent mumbling and half hearted searching to find this out.
8. At the weekend there are lots of fights, albeit fewer than Brixton.
9. They all bang on and on and on about the bloody palace. It's like they have a brain transplant when they arrive and all they can think about is something that burned down 70 years ago. Probably because it was quite a wonderful building and Bromley council have yet to think of anything decent to do with the site.
10. It's not Penge.
That is all. Don't move there. We'll regret it if you do.
PacificOcean
Unhinged User
Monkeynuts said:
Horses for courses. I lived in Camden Hill Road and hated it.
The train service was absymal (the half hourly service after 8pm was particularly shit) The train was also really slow to get into London, crawling between each station like an asmatic tortoise. I could hear my neighbours word for word in the flat above me. The "triangle" had sod all on it. The Safeway there was one of the worst supermarkets I have been in. It took ages to get anywhere decent by bus.
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