Gareth's reviews
Review of Nunhead Cemetery
02 Sep 08, 16:57
Saw a werewolf with a chinese menu in his hand.. 
strolling round Nunhead Cemetery. Actually, that's a lie, but if you come to one of the annual open days, which is more akin to a village fair (a fete worse than death) you'll see a really top-rate selection of goths here! So, what is this place? It's one of the huge Victorian cemeteries built to accomodate the rapidly expanding deceased population of London. It fell into disrepair post WWII I think, but since the 70s a hardy group of locals have managed to stop anyone's plans to build houses on it, and it's a nice woody hill in SE London, albeit one with thousdands of dead bodies lurking a few feet underground under some cracking gravestones. Kids like exploring the woods, and in one place you get a fantastic view of St Pauls. Nice place to come for a quiet stroll.
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Review of Hair We Do
14 Aug 08, 11:34
Been closed for years - I think?!?! 
Seems to still be standing as a shopfront, but never seen it open, what's going on? With a name like this punters should be queueing round the block, shurely?!?!
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Review of Centre for Wildlife Gardening
23 Jul 08, 14:11
Wildlife haven in darkest Peckham 
I pop in here at least a couple of times a month. The garden itself is great to walk around, and there are various different gardens within the area - including a sandpit for the kids, and a pond (remembering to hold hands with the little ones as the temptation of jump in with the frogs can be huge on a hot day). The centre building itself will sell you seeds and dispense advice, and you can also buy plants for your own garden here - one of the advantages here being the plants have been grown in the same environment as your own garden, so if it works here, it will work at home! But the main reason to come is to be inspired about what you can do with your own chunk of ground at home.
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Review of Avondale Mini Market
13 Jun 08, 14:46
Porn, milk, beer and fags..
sounds like a perfect weekend! Well, it would be, but they're generally completely out of stock of at least 2 of the four staples of the corner shop. Quite often i've popped in to get some milk, and they had none left. Or they had a solitary can of Stella warming gently on a shelf. Or else a single packet of cigarettes. Clearly they have supply issues here, and I believe the main reason is the shop is slightly smaller than my bathroom so they probably have nowhere to put their stock. (I'd also like to point out my bathroom smells a lot better, well, most of the time). They never seem to run out of very cheap looking porn mags, of the 'reader's wives' variety. I don't buy porn here, but you can't help but see it on the shelf when that's the only thing they have left in the shop to buy. (As an aside, I don't understand how the printed porn industry is doing so well in smaller newsagents and service stations when surely the internet has cornered the market?!?) Anyway, even though the shop is tiny, surely they should have the basics in?
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Review of Peckham Pulse Healthy Living Centre
13 Jun 08, 11:48
something for all the family
I generally go here for the kids, as it has a great soft-play area - particularly useful during miserable winter days. Prices are cheap, staff are helpful, and it's very clean and not very old. It also has a hydrotherapy pool, which is perfect for the kids swimming sessions as it appears to be heated to near tropical levels, and the floor of the swimming pool can be raised so that you can encourage your nippers to walk. If you do have kids with special needs they did have special sessions organised here, and they were great - for parents as well as the kids. They have a full on adult pool as well, a private gym, a small cafe and some 'healing rooms' of some description.
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Review of Cave Of Spirits
12 Jun 08, 11:31
Off licence and convenience store
Well, this isn't a tatoo parlour, as We Love Local seems to think. It's your generic convenience store but in addition to standard booze it also stocks a load of real ale, or nut brown booze if you prefer. Handy if you're palatte demands something a bit more flavoursome than 'Eurolager'.
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Review of Ganapati
28 May 08, 16:22
Always fab food
This isn't the kind of Indian restaurant that serves lots of Chicken Korma and Tandoori chicken. They specialise in Southern Indian food, which means the focus is on fish, vegetables and some meat, but not huge portions of battery chicken. The food is great, they have some really good beers available, staff are super helpful and relaxed and it's a very easy going place. They do good, filling lunch offers, and if you're travelling to get here it's just a 5 min walk to Peckham Rye train station. Top place to eat in Peckham, no contest.
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