Comments on: Faded glories and wild schemes

By: yak

yak — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:24:46 +0000

Thirding the recommendation for Mangal. Went there for the first time tonight — great food at reasonable prices, with good service to boot. Very generous portions too. An excellent newcomer to Camberwell!

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:04:42 +0000

Seconding the recommendation for Mangal on Camberwell Church Street. don’t be put off by the elephant-leg-kebab sign — the food’s cooked on a traditional turkish charcoal grill, the kebabs are excellent, the service is very friendly, even the Turkish wine is pretty good. best new addition to the High St in ages.

By: slow motion

slow motion — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:06:05 +0000

If anyone hasn’t tried the new Turkish restaurant on Camberwell Church St, F.M. Mangal (no 54), you should. Fantastic staff — we were given complimentary turkish delight, starters, and watermelon to finish our meal. The food is all cooked in front of you on a charcoal grill, and smells amazing. They also have the best bread I have ever tasted in my life, have been thinking about it for days now!

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:05:52 +0000

Does this appear? Oh dear.

By: Joe Damage

Joe Damage — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:34:56 +0000

Bring back BRB pizza.

By: lili

lili — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:45:09 +0000

yes we are all sirens and we are also fat. men.

By: Dagmar

Dagmar — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:12:59 +0000

Carole, Hannah, Liliana, Dagmar… the sirens of Camberwell, luring sailors to their deaths, but what a way to go.

Welling — “the place of the spring” in Old English — has always suffered from once having had the BNP headquarters there. There is still has a shop called Bulldog Leisurewear and a shop called Fusion (normally a cross-cultural word) which sells brands with names like “Gelled Hair Bonehead” or whatever. The high street is on the old Roman Road Watling Street and has many charity shops. There is a shop called Nuxley Toys. There is a pet shop called “BitesnStrikes” which sells snakes, reptiles and arachnids.

However there is also these days a fabulous shop called “Follie Tosh Variety Store” which is owned by a lady called Folake Omotosho, which must explain the fabulous name Follie Tosh.

http://www.vandalstreetwear.com in nearby Bellingham sell hip hop, skate and street wear all in one place and you can use the barber services to complete your look.

By: John

John — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:37:15 +0000

The Somerfield in Croydon closed the same day as the Somerfield in Camberwell. There the similarities end as the one in Croydon re-opened as a Waitrose three weeks ago. Can only assume Morrisons are converting on the cheap unless they plan to open as part of the Arts Festival.

Congratulations to the Festival organisers for the advance publicity which came through the door today, a long scroll, similar to a medieval church roll.

By: NickW

NickW — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:53:58 +0000

Re Sirens — I believe one of the cocky phrases’ for sirens is ‘Camberwell Carols’ so they are evidently notorious in this area.

By: Phil G

Phil G — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:19:24 +0000

Morrisons is going to enhance SE5. God bless Morrisons. Cos they’re northern they do some interesting stuff too, like haslet, and potted beef. Yum.