Tulse Hill news, chitter chatter and gossip
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T & P
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And frankly I’d much rather they would open 10 am- 4 pm than 12 pm -6 pm. Surely it’s more relevant to be open for breakfast shoppers than for late afternoon ones?
They’ve got the same hours as a full size supermarket. I’m not sure if they are above a certain size or whether the management choose to keep those hours.
The one in West Norwood doesn’t seem much smaller but opens with convenience shop hours.
Apparently that co op is a franchise and has had the same owner when it has previously been Somerfield, and whatever it was before that.
felonius monk
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The cut off size for Sunday Trading is 3,000 sq ft. Any food store larger than that has regular supermarket hours. Kind of makes sense for larger stores to match the opening hours of others- more people around later on a Sunday than earlier in the morning.
T & P
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The Tulse Hill Co-op must be the smallest 'big' supermarket in the country. It is certainly the smallest one I have ever been to that falls foul of the the Sunday Trading laws.
T & P
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In other news, I have seen a handful of workers busy doing something on the abandoned building site opposite the THH for the last couple of days. At first I thought someone had bought the site and work was about to resume, but all they seemed to be doing is gathering metal fences on the concrete structure, and I now wonder if they are in fact stripping the site of any materials with any monetary value.
Tulster218
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It's going to be a Badger Badger pub - Food and drink during the day with Japanese menu and Yakitori grill in the evening. Also board games.
This will be their second pub. The first one is in Deptford.
Oops. Wrong thread.
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Lidl have released a list of places they wish to open new stores, including Tulse Hill
www.timeout.com
I wonder if that is the Hill itself, or near the station. And where could be a potential location?
Lidl is massively expanding throughout London with over 200 new stores
Good news for the capital’s bargain lovers.
I wonder if that is the Hill itself, or near the station. And where could be a potential location?
T & P
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That list seems to include almost every area of LondonLidl have released a list of places they wish to open new stores, including Tulse Hill
Lidl is massively expanding throughout London with over 200 new stores
Good news for the capital’s bargain lovers.
I wonder if that is the Hill itself, or near the station. And where could be a potential location?
Herne Hill is also on the list.There's a Lidl in Upper Norwood, which is the one we go to rather than the one in Brixton, as it takes less time to get there. But having one in TH would be great.
Crispy
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That site on the corner of Knights Hill and Chapel Road is vacant and has been for at least 20 years. It's almost exactly the same shape and size as their site on Acre Lane.
I know the council wants to redevelop the land round B&Q, so one of these blocks would be about the right size:
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
Yeah that's where they wanted to go. The problem is the council have designated it part of some zone or other and it doesn't fit the usage. Which seems baffling given how long it's been empty.
Crispy
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Ah yes it's in a KIBA (key industrial and business area). They're protected from permitted development in order to preserve employment categories that would otherwise be swallowed up by housing.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
The middle of West Norwood is being developed: B&Q and around that area.
The only other place big enough in Tulse Hill is the car sales place/church at the bottom of Palace Road.
Seems a rather speculative list. Perhaps Lidl are now scouring Facebook, Twitter and local forums now we’ve done all their research for them on potential locations.
The only other place big enough in Tulse Hill is the car sales place/church at the bottom of Palace Road.
Seems a rather speculative list. Perhaps Lidl are now scouring Facebook, Twitter and local forums now we’ve done all their research for them on potential locations.
GarveyLives
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Presumably a supermarket site of such size also requires sufficient space for juggernauts to make deliveries.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Lol, good luck to them finding anywhere in London with space for 100 cars to park. The Lidl on Clapham Road in Stockwell has space for 6 cars to park, for example.
Always mystifies me the slavish adherence to parking: around half of Londoners don’t have cars and we get on just fine with our shopping. Of the course, the idea of the “big weekly shop” taken home in a car is one the supermarkets are happy to promote, given it boosts their profits (and increases food waste.)
Tulster218
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The idea of a big weekly shop is dead. Online is growing, and so are small local stores.
Supermarkets provide car parking space because that's what some customers want, and they'll drive miles to get it.
There was a plan in 2007 for a £600 pa tax on supermarket car park spaces, but David Cameron dropped them.
If Lidl comes to Tulse Hill it should be behind the Train station on Avenue Park Road, where the goods yard is.
friendofdorothy
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Is anything happening at the building site opp the Tulse hill hotel?
T & P
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I saw some workers site moving some fence barriers within site, but nothing since. Perhaps they were simply removing hire equipment or valuable materials.
Tulster218
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Or maybe they're secretly building a Lidl.
I’m in a Lidl triangle. Equidistant from Crown Point, Streatham and Acre Lane.That list seems to include almost every area of London
There's a Lidl in Upper Norwood, which is the one we go to rather than the one in Brixton, as it takes less time to get there. But having one in TH would be great.
It’s the only brand of shop I go to, but I have my choice of three.
Brixton Hatter
Home is south London mate
Block of flats being built there.
Mostly affordable flats too.
HOME
Welcome Welcome to our consultation website for 75 new genuinely affordable homes on the corner of Avenue Park Road, next to Tulse Hill station. We would like input from the community on our proposal
avenueparkroad.co.uk
Cat Fan
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Did people really say that the site being undeveloped made the area feel unsafe?Block of flats being built there.
Mostly affordable flats too.
HOME
Welcome Welcome to our consultation website for 75 new genuinely affordable homes on the corner of Avenue Park Road, next to Tulse Hill station. We would like input from the community on our proposalavenueparkroad.co.uk
Seems like it's quite early stage and possibly won't be going ahead until the economic climate improves
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Went to the Railway today at lunchtime and was amazed at how relatively quiet it was on such a gloriously sunny day, even in the garden. It got busier by late afternoon but basically we were the only people who had lunch that I could see other than a single couple near us.
It might still be financially viable as it is, but fuck knows how much trade they are missing at weekends since they ditched their traditional pub menu. The all-vegan offering unsurprisingly didn’t last, but they’ve replaced it with a pizza-only menu, which is not much of an improvement. Who the fuck wants pizza as the only option of a sunny weekend in a pub ffs?
It might still be financially viable as it is, but fuck knows how much trade they are missing at weekends since they ditched their traditional pub menu. The all-vegan offering unsurprisingly didn’t last, but they’ve replaced it with a pizza-only menu, which is not much of an improvement. Who the fuck wants pizza as the only option of a sunny weekend in a pub ffs?
freshapple
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Pubs do pizza coz the staff costs are minimal compared with running a full traditional menu
