West Norwood news, chitter chatter and gossip

[clandestino]

to add another perspective about B&M - I don't go there v. often but when I have been they've always been friendly to me/us. I still have a soft spot for them from their Lido days though.

When I went, the server just put my change on the counter without a word and then turned to serve someone else. When I had the temerity to ask for a bag for my purchase I was waved rather snootily to a box of bags by the window. It was busy, but nowhere near as busy as the florists, and they couldn't have been nicer.

 

[gaijingirl]

the charity shops are fab...

eta.. shame ianw about the bad service.

 

[gaijingirl]

What have you heard? One of them was about B&Q wasn't it?

well there's quite a few... B&Q (but that's been a rumour for ages now).. child friendly cafe thing (apparently their pop-up was rammed).. at least one Northcote Road venture is looking at Streatham (I know that's not WN but it seems like it's coming in from all angles.. up from Herne Hill, in from Dulwich, down from CP, along from Balham/Tooting), Antic is apparently still interested, Feast seem to be expanding - all that stuff going on in the Portico gallery and some of the other shops up that way - I just keep bumping into some very well-heeled people around and about and with all the new primaries opening up with decent reputations - it's inevitable really. I met someone the other day childminding who's charges' parents were moving here from E. Dulwich. #beginningoftheend..

 

[Orang Utan]

I never went in a charity shop when I was there! And I was skint!

 

[clandestino]

the charity shops are fab...

eta.. shame ianw about the bad service.

It was just surprising because it was in such sharp contrast to the rest of the street. As I say, I must have been in every shop on the street. I'm not saying everyone was amazingly friendly - some people were just functional as it were - but B&M were the only shop to be actively offhand/rude. It felt like a shop from another area.

 

[MillwallShoes]

anyone seen the new "rustic" looking coffee shop up near the auction house?

 

[Orang Utan]

That deli seems like an East Dulwich enclave

 

[clandestino]

child friendly cafe thing (apparently their pop-up was rammed)

Where was this?

 

[Orang Utan]

They're barely London though...and as MS says, probably cheap for a reason. For somewhere that's relatively central, WN is pretty cheap. You only have to move a mile or so north or west, and prices rise sharply.

They ARE London. It has got bigger.
Only 30 minutes on the train.

 

[clandestino]

And yes the opening of the Julians school in WN is going to have an impact too.

New primary school. New health and leisure centre. New cinema and library (hopefully). You can see how it all adds up...

 

[MillwallShoes]

Where was this?

well there's quite a few... B&Q (but that's been a rumour for ages now).. child friendly cafe thing (apparently their pop-up was rammed).. at least one Northcote Road venture is looking at Streatham (I know that's not WN but it seems like it's coming in from all angles.. up from Herne Hill, in from Dulwich, down from CP, along from Balham/Tooting), Antic is apparently still interested, Feast seem to be expanding - all that stuff going on in the Portico gallery and some of the other shops up that way - I just keep bumping into some very well-heeled people around and about and with all the new primaries opening up with decent reputations - it's inevitable really. I met someone the other day childminding who's charges' parents were moving here from E. Dulwich. #beginningoftheend..

a few shops along from the new library location

 

[MillwallShoes]

as a stay at home dad, i go to a lot of the toddler groups, and they are teeming with wealthy looking mums...

 

[clandestino]

Where they had the kind of pop up council outreach type thing? Between the old library and the post office?

 

[MillwallShoes]

Where they had the kind of pop up council outreach type thing? Between the old library and the post office?

think so, according to my mum

 

[gaijingirl]

yeah.. it was there. ianw I thought I shared their flyer with you on FB.. but maybe I didn't..

 

[MillwallShoes]

It was just surprising because it was in such sharp contrast to the rest of the street. As I say, I must have been in every shop on the street. I'm not saying everyone was amazingly friendly - some people were just functional as it were - but B&M were the only shop to be actively offhand/rude. It felt like a shop from another area.

they look like they are an efficient outfit. i gave them six months or so at the time, but maybe they really know what's going on and what's gonna happen...

 

[clandestino]

as a stay at home dad, i go to a lot of the toddler groups, and they are teeming with wealthy looking mums...

That'll be because we're only a short walk from Dulwich. I mean, Chatsworth Road and Chestnut Road are right there, but the houses are huge. It's weird really. I feel like the western boundary of WN is actually the high street.

 

[clandestino]

By the way, I've only just discovered the existence of Cenci in West Norwood. I went in there last week and it's a little out of my price range but I'm glad it exists - and the cheerfully eccentric lady who runs it was very nice.

 

[MillwallShoes]

By the way, I've only just discovered the existence of Cenci in West Norwood. I went in there last week and it's a little out of my price range but I'm glad it exists - and the cheerfully eccentric lady who runs it was very nice.

never knew that was there...how long's it been there, do you know?

 

[clandestino]

never knew that was there...how long's it been there, do you know?

Since 2005 I think.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

It was just surprising because it was in such sharp contrast to the rest of the street. As I say, I must have been in every shop on the street. I'm not saying everyone was amazingly friendly - some people were just functional as it were - but B&M were the only shop to be actively offhand/rude. It felt like a shop from another area.

I've had the same experience with B&M as you ianw. I wanted to be wrong so I went back three more times. 3 times out of 4 staff were rude and just odd with me as if they don't want customers - I left feeling really akward.
one time in there there was a nice young woman selling hats who said she was only temporary

too many other places along the high street to frequent to bother with snootiness

 

[clandestino]

I've had the same experience with B&M as you ianw. I wanted to be wrong so I went back three more times. 3 times out of 4 staff were rude and just odd with me as if they don't want customers - I left feeling really akward.
one time in there there was a nice young woman selling hats who said she was only temporary

too many other places along the high street to frequent to bother with snootiness

Sorry to hear you've had the same experience, but glad to hear it's not just me! I kind of felt like they acted like I was the wrong type of person to be in their shop...

 

[pissflaps]

wtf is b&m?

 

[Miss-Shelf]

beamish and mcglue

 

[pissflaps]

ah yes. looks like somewhere people who own mumford and sons records might shop.

 

[tommers]

But there's no chance of getting a three bed for 250 anywhere in London...

Eh? Try looking round crystal palace.

 

[clandestino]

A three bedroom house in Crystal Palace for 250?

Rightmove says no:
http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property...ertyType=houses&oldDisplayPropertyType=houses

 

[clandestino]

MS stated they were looking for a house, as they needed somewhere bigger for their family.

 

[MillwallShoes]

Eh? Try looking round crystal palace.

funniest thing i've read all day

 

[MillwallShoes]

ah yes. looks like somewhere people who own mumford and sons records might shop.

on their way to the cotton fields to pick an ol' bail of that mighty fine cotton before hitchin' a train back east