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Old 31-12-2013, 12:14
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I think all three of these need an overhaul in 2014, with Janine gone Butchers Joints could be something else- like a trendy arty cafe as I like the brick exterior and they are big right now.

Arghee Barghee and McClunkys need a renovation too

ideas?
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Old 31-12-2013, 12:28
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I think all three of these need an overhaul in 2014, with Janine gone Butchers Joints could be something else- like a trendy arty cafe as I like the brick exterior and they are big right now.

Arghee Barghee and McClunkys need a renovation too

ideas?
I would love it if a bunch of bohemians moved into Albert Square - painters and writers and performers. Would be so much fun, we've not seen anything like that on a soap before.
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Old 31-12-2013, 12:30
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Mclunkeys seems to be forgotten now. You see it and it is mentioned but it's never used at all like it once was. I was always gutted when the owner abruply left, when it seemed at first he was gonna be in it a while and mixed really well with Lola, Fatboy etc.
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Old 31-12-2013, 12:37
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I would love it if a bunch of bohemians moved into Albert Square - painters and writers and performers. Would be so much fun, we've not seen anything like that on a soap before.
In reality that is what most East End Squares are like...I live in one.

DTC needs to rectify this.
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Old 31-12-2013, 12:38
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Mclunkeys seems to be forgotten now. You see it and it is mentioned but it's never used at all like it once was. I was always gutted when the owner abruply left, when it seemed at first he was gonna be in it a while and mixed really well with Lola, Fatboy etc.
Nico the owner was HOT...
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Old 31-12-2013, 12:47
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In reality that is what most East End Squares are like...I live in one.

DTC needs to rectify this.
Me too. I live in the East End and the portrayal of it in EastEnders is now so wide off the mark its almost a parody.

They need a trendy coffee shop, a shabby chic kind of gastropub, "yummy mummy" types of middle class family, a farmer's market etc to make it in any way reflective of how a lot of the real East End is these days.
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Old 31-12-2013, 12:49
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I miss Cora's charity shop.

I remember the video shop they had back in the 90's.

and you never see the bookies anymore. Not since Carol and Glynda briefly ran it.
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Old 31-12-2013, 12:53
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Me too. I live in the East End and the portrayal of it in EastEnders is now so wide off the mark its almost a parody.

They need a trendy coffee shop, a shabby chic kind of gastropub, "yummy mummy" types of middle class family, a farmer's market etc to make it in any way reflective of how a lot of the real East End is these days.
This could be where Bufchers Joints is.
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Old 31-12-2013, 12:54
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I miss Cora's charity shop.

I remember the video shop they had back in the 90's.

and you never see the bookies anymore. Not since Carol and Glynda briefly ran it.
I would bring the Bookies back with Max owning it and Cora working there.
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Old 31-12-2013, 12:57
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Me too. I live in the East End and the portrayal of it in EastEnders is now so wide off the mark its almost a parody.

They need a trendy coffee shop, a shabby chic kind of gastropub, "yummy mummy" types of middle class family, a farmer's market etc to make it in any way reflective of how a lot of the real East End is these days.
I love EE but you are right.
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Old 31-12-2013, 13:00
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I've always said that Eastenders need to change the Arghee Bhargee into a chinese resteraunt and have a new Chinese family run it..
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Old 31-12-2013, 13:07
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I've always said that Eastenders need to change the Arghee Bhargee into a chinese resteraunt and have a new Chinese family run it..
The Masoods should buy it back...
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Old 31-12-2013, 13:09
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The Masoods should buy it back...
They can't afford it

That's why all the money coming in, is going into Tam's Uni fund.
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Old 31-12-2013, 13:13
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The Masoods should buy it back...
No, that ship has sailed, imo, they had the chance to make an empire out of it, but now the Masoods need to focus on getting their family lives back on track and head in a new direction.

If we're talking about the East End today? Speaking on behalf of Hackney, which EastEnders is modeled on, I can say Chinese is the preferred takeaway, so bring in a Chinese and have a long awaited Chinese family to run it...
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Old 31-12-2013, 13:26
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Are there any Chinese Actors out there?
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Old 31-12-2013, 13:28
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Definitely think a Chinese restaurant with a Chinese family running it is a good idea. I think it'd be good if they expanded the location of Eastenders, it's always been focused on Albert Square (rightly so) but in recent years we've started to move around a bit, places like McKlunkys and the charity shop and Hev's flat are an example of this, so I'd like to see some kind of development - a block of flats? - somewhere near by. There never seems to be builders around or workmen. Albert Square appears indestructible!
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Old 31-12-2013, 13:31
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Are there any Chinese Actors out there?
No. 1,362,391,579 (and growing) Chinese people out there and not one of them act.
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Old 31-12-2013, 13:32
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Definitely think a Chinese restaurant with a Chinese family running it is a good idea. I think it'd be good if they expanded the location of Eastenders, it's always been focused on Albert Square (rightly so) but in recent years we've started to move around a bit, places like McKlunkys and the charity shop and Hev's flat are an example of this, so I'd like to see some kind of development - a block of flats? - somewhere near by. There never seems to be builders around or workmen. Albert Square appears indestructible!
This.

According to DTC, we will be zooming out of the square and I hope that when he does do this it would look like this
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Old 31-12-2013, 13:34
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Are there any Chinese Actors out there?
You must be kidding me.
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Old 31-12-2013, 13:37
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I would love it if a bunch of bohemians moved into Albert Square - painters and writers and performers. Would be so much fun, we've not seen anything like that on a soap before.
It would also be more in keeping with the creeping trendification of East London. After the arty-farties, the yuppies could move in, which could lead to some interesting developments with the born & bred locals.
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Old 31-12-2013, 14:18
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It would also be more in keeping with the creeping trendification of East London. After the arty-farties, the yuppies could move in, which could lead to some interesting developments with the born & bred locals.
Unfortunately knowing EastEnders they'd make a complete hash of it. The new 'arty' and 'yuppy' characters would be one dimensional cliches and the "salt of the earth" locals would run them out of town with pitchforks whereas in reality the "salt of the earth locals" would have been priced out of the area years ago with all the houses now owned by 'yuppies' 'yummy mummy' families and people who work in the media, arts etc.

Realistically almost nobody who lives on that square in its current incarnation could actually afford to live there.
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Old 31-12-2013, 14:25
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Unfortunately knowing EastEnders they'd make a complete hash of it. The new 'arty' and 'yuppy' characters would be one dimensional cliches and the "salt of the earth" locals would run them out of town with pitchforks whereas in reality the "salt of the earth locals" would have been priced out of the area years ago with all the houses now owned by 'yuppies' 'yummy mummy' families and people who work in the media, arts etc.

Realistically almost nobody who lives on that square in its current incarnation could actually afford to live there.
DTC himself is probariy a East End Square liver with a boyfriend in tow.
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Old 31-12-2013, 14:57
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I think all three of these need an overhaul in 2014, with Janine gone Butchers Joints could be something else- like a trendy arty cafe as I like the brick exterior and they are big right now.

Arghee Barghee and McClunkys need a renovation too

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Which one would you rather eat in Vaslav? I think its the Arghee Barghee for me.
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Old 31-12-2013, 14:59
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Butchers Joints should be a trendy new cafe/farmers market..
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Old 31-12-2013, 15:12
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Butchers Joints should be a trendy new cafe/farmers market..
Trendy cafe/artisan bakery I reckon.
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