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I am amazed by Stroud Green

MatthewF — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:07:42 +0100

Its the most amazing place in London, and I've lived in Ealing, Edgware, Hendon and Willesden Green and I've been in most parts of London from Hammersmith, Stoke Newington, East Dulwich, West Hampstead, Camden .. enough.

Its just the amazing combination of colourful, wonderful people.

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Ian — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:37:39 +0100

@MatthewF. Welcome.

Before you overdo it - just to let you know I can be a bit grumpy at times. Not often mind, but it's there.

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staplejack — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:43:02 +0100

I've only lived in a couple of places but its better than Croydon.

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The ginger monkey — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:15:18 +0100

Wow. High Praise. @matthewf - you're clearly a well-travelled individual. Glad you've chosen to lay your hat here, as Paul Young would have sung.

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Donal — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:37:36 +0100

I've lived in Camden, Finchley Road, Fitzrovia, Docklands, Kilburn, Highgate, Walthamstow and others ... the moment I moved into Stroud Green, it felt like home.

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commissar17 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:21:36 +0000

Hi, staplejack.

I've lived in Stroud Green for 15 years now, having previously been a resident of France, Portugal, Mexico and the US. I love the place but, let's face it, even Wells, Nevada (dried-up river bed, one shop, no bars, population 213 when I passed through) is better than Croydon!

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tosscat — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:50:22 +0000

Croydon has lots going for it - I miss it sometimes.

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David — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:08:08 +0000

I only went to Croydon once. I bought a Roland drum machine from a vicar at his church. The locals had broken in and stolen the bands drums and guitars. So he decided to sell the rest and quit the spiritual music route. I imagine he went back to kumbaya, acapella style.

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SgEnquirer — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:39:55 +0000

Im currently in Croydon (near crystal palace but still borough of croydon) and Im glad to be moving back to SG! I miss it soooo much it's where I grew up.
I've kinda gone full circle though as I started off on ferme pk rd then we moved to florence rd then I moved to SGR and now Im moving back to a flat off Ossian Rd!! My parents moved to Hornsey but my dad misses SGR more then my mum lol.

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wisteria53 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:04:13 +0000

Croydon for me = Lunar House and the Home Office.... spent a hideous 8 hours to get my visa changed when I got married and it put me off Croydon forever. I♥N4.

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bennyfromtheblok — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:21:17 +0000

"Welcome to Croydon - home of Nestle"

So says the sign at the train station. What kind of claim to fame is that?

Nestle's social irresponsibility is so well documented that I'm staggered that they approved the sign. It made me want to leave, until I saw a tram!

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SgEnquirer — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:50:36 +0000

Ah the trams :)

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tosscat — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:53:43 +0000

Except during summer when they're like greenhouses.

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Simon.Redmile — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:01:50 +0000

I moved to Stroud Green from Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Home from home you might say.

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Jeremy Fisher — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:00:16 +0000

So, when are we going to start our own currency and become a transition town?

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sg_mike — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:10:57 +0000

Let's move straight to border control ...

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Alison13 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:59:43 +0000

That involves defining the borders, and we've been there before...

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wisteria53 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:58:21 +0000

interesting previous conversations found through the search facility: one here and another here and one more here

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tosscat — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:02:23 +0000

Well done wisteria53, a lesson to us all.

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wisteria53 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:32:10 +0000

It's all thanks to your example, tosscat - I was determined to learn how to do this markdown stuff.

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tosscat — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:45:36 +0000

And look how you used the search function.

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Bernie — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:58:15 +0000

I have a stroudgreen.org CSE (I can do markdown after 3 failed attempts and then looking up how). Can tosscat outline the O and A level pass requirements? Is that clever search thing O Level?

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sahara_dessert — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:23:48 +0000

@# wisteria53 how do you do those little quirky 'teenage speak hearty things?' Don't seem to have them on my plain old keyboard

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Alex — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:29:03 +0000

I ♥ Google when researching stuff like this!

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nesta — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:05:38 +0000

@ Alex - how do you make the little hearts? as in I "heart" N4? I would so "heart" to know....

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tosscat — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:39:29 +0000

Alt - '3' on your numeric keypad only.

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nesta — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:45:03 +0000

i ♥ u tosscat ☺ thanks

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wisteria53 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:32:23 +0000

@sahara_dessert

I had posted quite a few of them on the Making Links and Images page as well for easy cut/paste:

♪ ♩ ♬ ♫ ♭ ♮ ♯ ◊ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ ☺ ☻ ☼ ♀ ♂ ○ ● ◘ ◙

Sorry for not replying in December; it gets busy around Christmas!

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taff bach — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:53:12 +0000

Oi, Wisteria53......did you know Sahara means big desert?

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wisteria53 — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:26:52 +0000

and dessert is what you eat after meals. So sahara_dessert means big desert sweets?

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Slabber — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:27:33 +0000

Is the reference to colourful people in the first post a bit racist?

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matt — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:28:30 +0000

Don't be silly