tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post1142338592616363806..comments2024-03-01T08:19:54.547+00:00Comments on BobFromBrockley: Where is Sarf London?bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-62960955364687511182021-01-09T09:03:36.445+00:002021-01-09T09:03:36.445+00:00Wimbledon fans sing “Sarf London”. I would suggest...Wimbledon fans sing “Sarf London”. I would suggest that Plough Lane/Haydons Road, which is closer to Tooting than Wimbledon and probably even South Wimbledon are in Sarf London. I agree that The Village, West Wimbledon/Raynes Park and Kingston Vale are South West London and more connected with Kingston and Richmond in Surrey. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-23580402143082134632017-06-12T11:04:36.054+01:002017-06-12T11:04:36.054+01:00Couldn't agree more South of the river there i...Couldn't agree more South of the river there is South London South East London and South West London.<br /><br />South London to me is- Kennington Stockwell Tooting Brixton Streatham Clapham Balham Peckham Walworth, Battersea, Crystal Palace, Dulwich Sydenham The Norwoods.<br /><br />South East London is New Cross Lewisham Deprdord, Greenwich; Woolwich Thamesmead Eltham Brockley Catford.<br /><br />South West London is Wandsworth Putney Wimbledon Barnes Mortlake Kingston Vale Raynes Park etcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-63139648179652939752016-06-30T00:28:32.375+01:002016-06-30T00:28:32.375+01:00I love london. It's only when you have to lea...I love london. It's only when you have to leave it that you appreciate how amazing it really isAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113002304103195105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-84298337851564223652016-06-30T00:27:05.155+01:002016-06-30T00:27:05.155+01:00I love all of sauf london. It's only when you...I love all of sauf london. It's only when you have to leave it you miss it so much. Believe meAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01113002304103195105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-46195061794262658462011-07-16T19:48:28.742+01:002011-07-16T19:48:28.742+01:00Now ,Bromley and Bexleyheath in Sarf London do me ...Now ,Bromley and Bexleyheath in Sarf London do me a favour.They might be London Boroughs but thats only a recent additon to making london greater . are you telling me that in 50 years time when they make Dartford or Gravesend part of the london Borough network that they would be clased as Sarf London.<br />As for Bermondsey alot of my pals live there and they do have that air of being nothing but Bermonsey ,the pub down there called The Blue Anchor lends it's name to much of the area just known as the Blue ,they are a different breed they even have a name for the way they walk called The Bermondsey Bowl .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-44058184411825439732007-06-19T09:42:00.000+01:002007-06-19T09:42:00.000+01:00Hmm. An interesting perspective from the last anon...Hmm. An interesting perspective from the last anonymous there. Is South of the River and SE London different? I can see that they are, but both seem to me part of the same bigger Sarf London thing. Take the Richardson Brothers. Their manor stretched from Peckham/Camberwell to Catford - is that South or South East? <BR/><BR/>Bermondsey as sui generis - maybe, there's a kind of island mentality. But the Isle of Dogs is the same on the other side of the river - an island unto itself, *and* definitively part of the East End. <BR/><BR/>The Bermondsey/Essex connection - Barrymore is another example isn't he? Good riddance both of them!bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-47834926054092597312007-06-15T19:10:00.000+01:002007-06-15T19:10:00.000+01:00Are you talking about South of the River rather th...Are you talking about South of the River rather than South London?<BR/><BR/>To me there is South West London, South London & South East London.<BR/><BR/>South of the river is fan shaped with the point at Waterloo fanning out roughly to the rim of the London Basin?<BR/><BR/>South London is Crystal Palace, Streatham, Balham, Tooting, Stockwell, Brixton, and Clapham East.<BR/><BR/>South West London is Clapham West, Wandsworth.<BR/><BR/>South East London is Peckham, East Dulwich, Lewisham. <BR/><BR/>Jade Goody is not to be confused with Sarf London she is Bermondsey, a different kettle of fish. As proved by her move to Essex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-44690686470396324872007-06-13T23:27:00.000+01:002007-06-13T23:27:00.000+01:00Ah, but did you know that the Dog and Bell was on...Ah, but did you know that the Dog and Bell was once run by two of the Hennessey brothers (proper Sarf London villians)? An extra layer of Sarfness to the place I reckon.<BR/><BR/>Talking of dogs, I'd add Battersea Dogs Home to list.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-21406256901687778442007-06-13T17:36:00.000+01:002007-06-13T17:36:00.000+01:00How funny. I was looking for some kind of an "offi...How funny. I was looking for some kind of an "official" explanation to my always calling it "Sarf London" and found your post - only two days old. Thank you, very handy. (",)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-82760302126989047872007-06-13T09:16:00.000+01:002007-06-13T09:16:00.000+01:00Eynsford - absolutely definately not Sarf London. ...Eynsford - absolutely definately not Sarf London. I was there a little while back, and noticed quite a few pro-hunting bumper stickers - not exactly a big concern for Londoners. <BR/><BR/>Swanley - a bit more borderline. It's historically had stronger connections to London (at least Swanley town has, Swanley Village being more like Eynsford) because of the market gardening, the jam factory, the fruit-picking convoys up and down the A20.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-45232365036534702592007-06-12T14:04:00.000+01:002007-06-12T14:04:00.000+01:00Hi Bob, i grew up in a place called st mary cray w...Hi Bob, i grew up in a place called st mary cray which although was in the london borough of bromley was in fact kent. I could walk for about ten minutes and be in swanley or crockenhill and a little bit further to eynsford all most definately not sarf london. I think (only my opinion) that se london would go as far as bexleyheath one way bromley town and maybe orpington. havent got a clue about the rest of the south though ;-)katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17342396993960550338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-26437396380647237662007-06-12T01:30:00.000+01:002007-06-12T01:30:00.000+01:00Don't forget 'Our Enery' from Catford, the only bo...Don't forget 'Our Enery' from Catford, the only boxer to put Cassius Clay down (at least temporarily!) in the ring.<BR/>He should certainly count as a Sarfener.<BR/><BR/>Whether Sowf/Souf or Sarf is the better spelling depends on which North & South the word comes out of.<BR/><BR/>Bellingham ex-pat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-28592693357964919522007-06-11T16:59:00.000+01:002007-06-11T16:59:00.000+01:00As I've not visited a dentist for close to two dec...As I've not visited a dentist for close to two decades, maybe you're right...bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-91301922717563510362007-06-11T16:49:00.000+01:002007-06-11T16:49:00.000+01:00So what they call Kings Cross then, where I live? ...So what they call Kings Cross then, where I live? Brothel of the nation? Or are we part of the alleged dump and rich North? Anyway most street girls have relocated now, to further north, on a street called "market street" of all names. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your SARF clarifications, just one questions, is it because you guys don't go to the dentist, and through a toothless mouth South becomes SARF.. ha ha only joking. You never stop learning!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com