West Norwood news, chitter chatter and gossip

[Miss-Shelf]

There's decent pizza in Brixton but none that I know of round here.

Doodah is ok. Just ok. I had the White Hart pizza last weekend and it was FOUL.

gaijingirl tipped me off on that restaurant in Streatham, Addone I think it's called but I tried once and it was going to be two hours for delivery.

brava raggazi = great pizza

 

[discobastard]

brava raggazi = great pizza

Cheers. Will give that a go tomorrow! [emoji106]

 

[Maharani]

Yes but I'm talking delivery. Fresco used to be ok but it's very hit and miss.

 

[leanderman]

Bravi delivers

 

[Maharani]

Bravi delivers

Ooooh.

 

[leanderman]

Ooooh.

I discovered another delivery option, just as good as Bravi: Addomme by Streatham Hill station

 

[Maharani]

I discovered another delivery option, just as good as Bravi: Addomme by Streatham Hill station

That's the one discobastard mentioned ^.

 

[gaijingirl]

Adomme is a great restaurant to visit. Amazing food and the loveliest family running it. We had my Dad's 70th there as we knew from previous visits how great it is.

 

[colacubes]

For delivery I've found Pomodoro in Gypsy Hill excellent. Probably depends which end of WN you live though as it might be a bit chilly once it gets to the Tulse Hill end.

 

[Maharani]

For delivery I've found Pomodoro in Gypsy Hill excellent. Probably depends which end of WN you live though as it might be a bit chilly once it gets to the Tulse Hill end.

I doubt it would...I used to get pizza from Fresco in CP and that was fine.

Thank you, I'll try this place one time.

 

[colacubes]

I doubt it would...I used to get pizza from Fresco in CP and that was fine.

Thank you, I'll try this place one time.

It's properly good. I ordered about 6 when I was having a party and my oven wasn't working, and they turned up on time, warm and delicious

 

[Fingers]

Creeping gentrification.....

It starts with a coffee shop, then Foxtons move in, then all the local pubs get closed and turned into unaffordable flats, then a beard shop opens, then we all have to move further out towards Croydon.

Costa Coffee is moving into the empty Money Shop building at 529 Norwood Road SE27 9DL. Costa will sell cold food to eat in or off the premises and of course hot drinks – mainly coffee. The maximum hours of opening will be 6.30am to 8pm and 8am to 6.30pm on Sundays. The site had been shop selling beds for many years and then remained empty for a long time until the short lived Money Shop.

https://westnorwood.wordpress.com/…/another-new-coffee-shop/

ETA it is actually the old Cheque Centre place, not the Money Shop

 

[clandestino]

That's story's since been deleted so maybe it's not happening...

 

[gaijingirl]

That's story's since been deleted so maybe it's not happening...

 

[Fingers]

Damn fake stories of gentrifiers

 

[gaijingirl]

Sorry. Internet problems. Meant to say - that story (Costa coffee) is everywhere atm. I wouldn't be write it off just yet.

 

[Smick]

Who the hell wants a Costa coffee anyway? I'm not really into the takeaway coffee thing and I laugh at those at work who say they can't function without their Nero flat white in the morning, but surely nobody feels good about going to Costa. It's what you buy at a motorway services, or maybe use an automated machine in Sainsbury's. You may bemoan chains, but even within chain coffee shops, Costa must be the last choice.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Creeping gentrification.....

It starts with a coffee shop, then Foxtons move in, then all the local pubs get closed and turned into unaffordable flats, then a beard shop opens, then we all have to move further out towards Croydon.

foxtons have their claws deep into Croydon believe me
and Croydon is no longer that affordable either

 

[Smick]

foxtons have their claws deep into Croydon believe me
and Croydon is no longer that affordable either

Yeah, you can be in London Bridge, Victoria, Blackfriars etc from East Croydon in about 15 minutes. Plus there are loads of offices out there, a hospital. Loads of work which people will pay more to live near. I'd imagine it gets cheaper out round Thornton Heath, Selhurst, before getting pricier in Croydon.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Yeah, you can be in London Bridge, Victoria, Blackfriars etc from East Croydon in about 15 minutes. Plus there are loads of offices out there, a hospital. Loads of work which people will pay more to live near. I'd imagine it gets cheaper out round Thornton Heath, Selhurst, before getting pricier in Croydon.

selhurst and thornton heath getting pricey since this summer
east croydon (because its zone 5) is a little cheaper than selhurst and norwood junc
as I am looking to move there I am deep into the boring territory of property prices - the one conversation topic that can unify londoners from all classes and ethnicities and religions I find

 

[Fingers]

foxtons have their claws deep into Croydon believe me
and Croydon is no longer that affordable either

Oh arse, where am I going to go after London finally tells me to fuck right off My shortlist is back to Manchester but Mancs are getting priced out as bad as London.

Bristol, Sheffield (which I loved) or Newcastle where I spent many weekends with my first serious ladyfriend

Living here is not sustainable for living a decent life and it is bringing me down somewhat. Maybe I need to double my prices for work.

I can't go back north because of the climate which is why I live in London.

What to do eh?

 

[boohoo]

Oh arse, where am I going to go after London finally tells me to fuck right off My shortlist is back to Manchester but Mancs are getting priced out as bad as London.

Bristol, Sheffield (which I loved) or Newcastle where I spent many weekends with my first serious ladyfriend

Living here is not sustainable for living a decent life and it is bringing me down somewhat. Maybe I need to double my prices for work.

I can't go back north because of the climate which is why I live in London.

What to do eh?

Bit of Thornton Heath, like by the Pond are still fairly cheap but transport links are crap.

As Croydon is the next trendy place, everything around there will be affected unfortunately.

Something needs to give on rents and house prices.

 

[CH1]

Oh arse, where am I going to go after London finally tells me to fuck right off My shortlist is back to Manchester but Mancs are getting priced out as bad as London.

Bristol, Sheffield (which I loved) or Newcastle where I spent many weekends with my first serious ladyfriend

Living here is not sustainable for living a decent life and it is bringing me down somewhat. Maybe I need to double my prices for work.

I can't go back north because of the climate which is why I live in London.

What to do eh?

This article supports your original choice - but I am afraid I agree with you. Manchester was brilliant in the 1970s and even better in the 80s after I left (so we are told), but on a visit this year it struck me that it is seriously suffering from neo-brutalist overdevelopment as bad as Brixton.
Manchester named best UK city to live in - AGAIN!
Even worse the bar prices in the brand new concrete Wetherspoon in Rusholme (the Ford Maddox Brown) matched the Beehive, and the one in Piccadilly which is actually called "Wetherspoons" was on their emergency city centre tourist tarif (not that you would entertain Wetherspoons of course)

 

[wjh]

Damn fake stories of gentrifiers

Looks legit to me. Not sure why the blog post was deleted.

Quick search of the planning database finds 15/04191/ADV:

"Display of 1x new umbra grey aluminium fascia tray with 1x set of internal individually illuminated Costa letters, 1x double sided 600mm dia trough light illuminated Costa Coffee projecting sign, 1x Costa Coffee retractable fabric awning in Costa, red with black valance and the display of vinyl panels to the front elevation. | Ground Floor 529 Norwood Road London SE27 9DL"

Status Decided
Decision Grant Permission
Decision Issued Date Wed 21 Oct 2015​

I guess thats it then, up sticks and move to Thornton Heath.

 

[gaijingirl]

The story is back up now - seems they just put in the wrong photo originally...

Another new coffee shop

I don't drink coffee at all but those Costa machines in garages piss me off because they don't do tea. WHY NOT?

There are so many better things that could go in that empty shop but I guess it was inevitable really. So dull and predictable.

 

[gaijingirl]

I doubt it would...I used to get pizza from Fresco in CP and that was fine.

Thank you, I'll try this place one time.

Fresco have opened up a branch on Norwood High Street - gaijinboy has bought a couple of pizzas off them and they've been very nice - nice enough for me to nick slices and I'm not too into pizzas.

 

[clandestino]

Funny bit in the Adele interview in the current issue of Rolling Stone:

Adele pulls in front of an unlovely three-story brick building, next to a Texaco station. The ground floor is a discount store. Beginning at age 14, Adele lived in an apartment upstairs with her mom, Penny. Her dad has largely been out of the picture since Adele was a toddler — he is her least favorite topic of discussion, and she refuses to attach any importance to his absence from her life. "Mine were the fourth, fifth and sixth windows," she says, pointing them out.

 

[clandestino]

Adele wrote the songs for her first album, 2008's jazz-tinged, largely acoustic 19, right upstairs. She got a deal with the powerful indie label XL straight out of her Fame-style performing-arts high school, mostly on the strength of a few MySpace demos. (She made zero concessions to the label's hip ethos: "She signed to XL, and she's talking in interviews about her favorite group being the Spice Girls," says Dickins. "She's not saying her favorite group is Einstürzende Neubauten or Nitzer Ebb!") Across the street is the African Choice Market that used to be a pub where she'd get served underage, and Hollywood Nails, where she used to get manicures. She returned there, to the proprietors' delight, to primp for the 2012 Brit Awards.

 

[Maharani]

Funny bit in the Adele interview in the current issue of Rolling Stone:

Adele pulls in front of an unlovely three-story brick building, next to a Texaco station. The ground floor is a discount store. Beginning at age 14, Adele lived in an apartment upstairs with her mom, Penny. Her dad has largely been out of the picture since Adele was a toddler — he is her least favorite topic of discussion, and she refuses to attach any importance to his absence from her life. "Mine were the fourth, fifth and sixth windows," she says, pointing them out.

That used to be my favourite local discount shop, I miss it. Didn't know Adele lived upstairs!

 

[clandestino]

Yeah her song "Hometown Glory" is apparently about West Norwood.