ohgodno
5:14 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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, 5:06 Tue Apr 5
Nope. He lived on a road around the corner from Nan who lived the other side of Forest Gate. I know this because she hated him. Apparently she hated him because "he had ideas about himself". Her evidence for this was his front garden wall was two bricks higher than everyone else's. I remember her shouting at him. She had no idea who he was. She was mental.
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mashed in maryland
5:13 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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, 5:06 Tue Apr 5
He lived on Earlham Grove, IIRC.
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mashed in maryland
5:13 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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ohgodno 5:01 Tue Apr 5
I know what you're saying but that area isn't anywhere near the level of "posh" as parts of Dulwich, Forest Hill etc.
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,
5:06 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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Didn't the late TonyBanks MP live in one of those houses overlooking the flats?
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ohgodno
5:01 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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mashed in maryland 4:55 Tue Apr 5
The Woodgrange Estate in Forest Gate.
Massive double fronted houses built for Jewish clothes merchants. They all fucked off and Muslim shop keepers moved in. You can clearly see the Torah scrolls on the front door in a lot of them which is amusing.
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mashed in maryland
4:55 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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chim chim cha boo 4:19 Tue Apr 5
It's London all over yeah but apart from a few areas in Hackney I reckon it's definitely most pronounced south of the river.
Back in the day (about 10 years ago I'm talking tbf, not been around there for a long while) Camberwell/East Dulwich is a good example. In literally 2 minutes you could walk from Dog Kennel Hill to what was at the time probably one of the wealthiest parts of London where even back then houses cost about a million quid.
Same all over in Peckham and Brixton, even before the gentrification took hold. You get a huge grim looking towerblock estate literally over the road from leafy green avenues full of posh people.
Can't really think of many if any examples of any of it on that level in Newham or Tower Hamlets unless you're talking recently gentrified areas.
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BRANDED
4:28 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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I wouldnt say its what makes it great but I would say the the sheer amount of greenery is brilliant and unusual for such big citiies. I think I read somewhere once that London has the largest urban forrest in the world ( another words the most trees).
As for the rich and poor living side by side that is always essential for a city to be great. London is a great example of that.
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chim chim cha boo
4:19 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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mashed in maryland 3:16 Tue Apr 5
That's London all over, isn't it? In some ways it's the most charming thing about the place. Little villages joined up by the invention of the train and tube.
I saw a great program on BBC4 a while ago about Camberwell Green. Some rich kid from the city bought a huge plot when there were not many people living there because he thought he could get to the city in an hour by horse and four and the place was cut off enough to build a big house in the country.
Soon, other rich city kids cottoned-on and they too built big houses there and a few cottages went up to house the servants and keepers, a couple of shops went up and it became a nice, wealthy village.
Then the railways came, cut the village right down the middle and it became possible for anyone to get to the city in half an hour and more middle-class houses went up because it was considered a good address along with more shops.
The proper rich didn't like that so moved further out, the big houses were split up into flats and poorer people started to rent rooms in them and before long the middle-classes didn't want to live there either so they all pissed off and it all became run-down and working-class.
It's only within the last 30 or so years that the Georgian buildings have started to become desirable again and rich kids from the city have decided it's where they want to live again so they strip the houses back to their original state and it's a half hour commute to work.
It's happening all over London and in some parts you probably wouldn't expect. For instance around St John's church in Hackney are some of London's best Georgian houses and one street goes back to Tudor times.
Like I say, it's what makes London so great.
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Harry Hill
3:53 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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3 pint lunch and saw a kid with a postman pat bag- reminds me of that annoying fan over West Ham BML. I shuddered. Annoying prick!
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mashed in maryland
3:16 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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Chim
Bits of South London are like that. You can literally cross the road and go from a proper run down council estate and chicken shops to green avenues and expensive cars.
Forest Hill, Dulwich, Brockley, Peckham Rye, all round there
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Hammer and Pickle
3:16 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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But then you have emigrated to Camden Town, chim.
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chim chim cha boo
3:11 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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joe royal 2:39 Tue Apr 5
I take your point, although get beyond Kentish Town Rd and there are bits of Kentish Town that are lovely. It feels slightly dirty for me, an East End kid to say that though.
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joe royal
2:39 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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Chim
Like Maida Vale and Kilburn
Only a postcode apart but a world away
Think Kentish Town and St. John's Wood
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Gavros
2:37 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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People always try to claim they live in Harold Wood as its fairly nice, compared to 'the Hill' which is a shit hole.
For me, anything north of the A12 is Harold Hill.
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boltkunt
1:11 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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Same with people who live in chigwell / hainault and loughton / debden.
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chim chim cha boo
12:59 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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One of my pals gets really humpy with me if I say he lives in Harold Hill. 'I live in Harold WOOD you cunt, not Harold Hill'.
So what's the difference then? I don't really know either place but it looks nice where he lives. Id anything I'd say he lowers the tone of the neighbourhood even though he owns a motorbike shop.
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Gavros
12:59 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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I got set on by a load of boys from Harold hill in hollywoods in 1995. still got a big fuck off scar on my head from where one of the cowardly little cunts bottled me when I was looking the other way. still managed to get up a smash a few of them. some poor girl had her top lip torn to pieces from all the shit they were chucking about.
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HairyHammer
12:57 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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When the sun is shining England is indeed a very beautiful place no matter where you are.
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Charoo
12:54 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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Harold Hill is alright - known a fair few "characters" from that way.
Always got on really well with them tbf.
I train in Absolute at Gallows and lots o Harold Hill boys in there.
It's always real but I'd rather that than the over styled Brentwood set.
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Gavros
12:48 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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Had a few pints in the Morris Dancer in my time.
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WHOicidal Maniac
12:36 Tue Apr 5
Re: Harold Hill
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Spent all of my childhood on 'The Hill'. I liked it.
Broxhill Secondary was dogshit though.
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