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  Thread: Rivoli Ballroom
Post: Rivoli Ballroom

[img]http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/8CBF1252-247A-46D0-9163-D093AB08291E/0/rivoli.gif[/img] Looks like the Rivoli is under threat - big feature in todays Indy about it: http://news.independ...
lillam Wider Topics 30 32,821 08-12-2007, 10:51 PM
  Thread: Quiz Honor Oak
Post: RE: Quiz Honor Oak

[quote=baggydave]I know that deep down they have appreciated my advice for example on traditional pub games, and morris dancing. [/quote] :blink:
lillam SE23 Topics 11 11,625 08-12-2007, 10:57 PM
  Thread: HOP - New baker/Patisserie?
Post: RE: HOP - New baker/Patisserie?

[quote=fany9560] I looked through the window of the new baker yesterday and it doesn't look too inspiring - there is a plastic notice saying something like"kiddies favourites" and a plastic coke drin...
lillam SE23 Topics 43 38,980 19-01-2008, 02:47 PM
  Thread: Care in the community?
Post: Care in the community?

Can someone tell me a bit mnore about the 'care in the community' type buildings in HOP? I know nothing about them, so apologies if this is incorrect terminology. I'm refering to the two buildings,...
lillam SE23 Topics 6 8,548 20-01-2008, 06:10 PM
  Thread: Care in the community?
Post: RE: Care in the community?

[quote=Sooty] The building on the corner of Ackroyd and Brockley Rise is Honor Lea hostel - it's been there for many years and provides accommodation for people with long term mental health problems....
lillam SE23 Topics 6 8,548 20-01-2008, 11:34 PM
  Thread: Anyone else have the police come knocking this week?
Post: Anyone else have the police come knocking this wee...

Im just wondering if anyone else had the experience of a detetective of some sort come knocking on their door this week, supposedly making enquiries about a spate of robberies that took place 'a few m...
lillam SE23 Topics 8 8,074 23-01-2008, 10:47 PM
  Thread: Which is your Favourite Pub in SE23?
Post: RE: Which is your favourite pub in SE23?

[quote=hilltopgeneral] Not a single vote for 'local pub for local people', the Forest Hill Hotel? Come to think of it, I'm not sure I've ever seen it mentioned on this forum. [/quote] Clearly pe...
lillam SE23 Topics 66 70,624 23-01-2008, 11:02 PM
  Thread: Which is your Favourite Pub in SE23?
Post: RE: Which is your favourite pub in SE23?

[quote=gingernuts] [quote=lillam] Anyhow, back to SE23: where is the Moor Park Tavern? Rings a bell, but cant picture it. [/quote] Why do people keep calling the Moore Park Hotel the Moore Park ...
lillam SE23 Topics 66 70,624 25-01-2008, 02:13 AM
  Thread: Care in the community?
Post: RE: Care in the community?

Care in the Community is a funny phrase - unfortunately, as a community I dont feel we are in much of a position to provide any care. I know thats not really what Care in the Community means - it mean...
lillam SE23 Topics 6 8,548 25-01-2008, 02:53 AM
  Thread: Anyone else have the police come knocking this week?
Post: RE: Anyone else have the police come knocking this...

[quote=davidl] [quote=roz] I think there is a thread about this elsewhere on this site[/quote] I believe [url=http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=345]this is the thread you are looking f...
lillam SE23 Topics 8 8,074 25-01-2008, 03:08 AM
  Thread: Foxtons, East Dulwich
Post: RE: Foxtons, East Dulwich

[quote=hilltopgeneral] [quote=ontheedge] Worse still there is one parked outside my flats in HO. [/quote] You could try to eliminate this paticular pest by keying the Mini. Apparently it is effect...
lillam Wider Topics 28 35,624 25-01-2008, 03:46 AM
  Thread: Bar Equal
Post: RE: Bar Equal

:thumbdown: bad news. Add my respects to Ana - I remember when Bar Equal opened up - it was a brave move at the time... Perhaps the people at For YOur Eyes Only would want to take over VisualEye...
lillam SE23 Topics 56 60,320 26-01-2008, 02:33 PM
  Thread: Bar Equal
Post: RE: Bar Equal

Isnt Jim Dowd (MP for Lewisham West) head of the small-businesses-something-or-other? Probably he is a good person to get in touch with...
lillam SE23 Topics 56 60,320 26-01-2008, 02:38 PM
  Thread: Your local coffee shop
Post: RE: Your local coffee shop

Coffee Bay? ( I mean 'Mclarens') The Italian resteraunt does coffees. Then in Brockley you've got Moonbow Jakes, Toadsmouth and Jam Circus
lillam Wider Topics 3 4,938 26-01-2008, 02:42 PM
  Thread: Youth Behaviour
Post: RE: Youth Behaviour

There was an eruption of gang warfare at en event at the Rockbourne youth club a year back or so, but it was all about kids from other areas coming for a ruck. I think, to some extent, these things...
lillam Wider Topics 45 37,674 26-01-2008, 03:07 PM
  Thread: More than ten reasons not to move to Bromley
Post: RE: More than ten reasons not to move to Bromley

I've considered moving out there - supposedly you can get a fast train from Bromely to Victoria in under 15mins. But all things considered there is just something about it thats too small townish for ...
lillam Wider Topics 34 41,909 26-01-2008, 04:00 PM
  Thread: Which is your Favourite Pub in SE23?
Post: RE: Which is your favourite pub in SE23?

Went to the All in One / Foresters for the first time this Saturday - excellent music, and a really nice atmosphere inside - really impressed. Looks a bit snooty from the outside, but pretty down to e...
lillam SE23 Topics 66 70,624 27-01-2008, 11:00 PM
  Thread: Megabites -
Post: Megabites -

I just wanted to flag up Megabites for those who havent been in. Megabites has been running now for at least 10 years selling the best value sandwiches, baked potatoes and omlettes - always huge an...
lillam SE23 Topics 1 3,695 31-01-2008, 11:35 PM
  Thread: The History Of Forest Hill Station
Post: RE: The History Of Forest Hill Station

Great pictures - looks like we must have had trams running here too [img]http://www.rarekungfumovies.com/sydenham/fh/tn/19.jpg[/img] I like this one with the guard posing by standing on the rail...
lillam SE23 Topics 21 40,696 31-01-2008, 11:39 PM
  Thread: Time Out: Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Time Out: Honor Oak Park

[quote=michael] [i]Consume - Homes - Streets of London - Honor Oak Park, SE23; With talk of a new bakery and the East London Line on its way, could Timothy Spall's old manor be on the up? Jessica Ca...
lillam SE23 Topics 6 8,882 31-01-2008, 11:29 PM
  Thread: Linda Barker and Other Celeb Types in the Area
Post: RE: Linda Barker and other celeb types in the area

[quote=michael] According to Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders) both she and Joe Strummer (The Clash) lived in a flat in Forest Hill "with the guys who became the Basement Five". http://entertainment.t...
lillam SE23 Topics 47 81,460 02-02-2008, 07:13 PM
  Thread: Linda Barker and Other Celeb Types in the Area
Post: RE: Linda Barker and other celeb types in the area

Also, this one: [img]http://photos1.blogger.com/img/169/2272/320/flux.jpg[/img] [quote]Part of the Transpontine mission is to document the various byways of music in South London. In this spirit, an...
lillam SE23 Topics 47 81,460 02-02-2008, 07:25 PM
  Thread: Contacting the council - how?
Post: Contacting the council - how?

Ive got a particular problem, and though Ive been looking on the Lewisham COuncil website I cant find an easy answer.. ...bascially, the pavement outside my house is really bad - cracks, holes and ...
lillam Wider Topics 3 4,329 13-02-2008, 02:02 PM
  Thread: Contacting the council - how?
Post: RE: Contacting the council - how?

THats great.. thanks. ..you know your not 18 any more when you start bitching about the state of the paving!
lillam Wider Topics 3 4,329 13-02-2008, 02:38 PM
  Thread: Foxtons, East Dulwich
Post: RE: Foxtons, East Dulwich

[quote=lillam] The yuppie-attracting image of Foxtons is certainly shows they are not about providing affordable housing to working people - it is all about artificially increasing property values and...
lillam Wider Topics 28 35,624 20-02-2008, 09:28 PM
  Thread: Dog mess
Post: Dog mess in HOP

A lot more people seem to have dogs these days, and whilst pooper scooper culture seemed to be doing okay 10 years ago, it is a distant memory amongst the current generation of dog owners. In a 10 ...
lillam Wider Topics 62 51,056 28-03-2008, 08:56 PM
  Thread: HOP parking problems
Post: RE: HOP parking problems

[quote=tersie] I am sure when the overground goes in (or before this) something will have to be done, maybe a CPZ if it gets really bad. [/quote] ...I really hope not - one of the nicest things a...
lillam SE23 Topics 10 11,121 28-03-2008, 08:59 PM
  Thread: Drug Dealing in Brockley
Post: RE: Drug Dealer in Brockey Cross

[quote=annsquire66] The area around the Brockley Barge has historically had antisocial drink and drug problems. I used to live a couple of streets away in the early 90's and it was a no go area back ...
lillam Wider Topics 4 5,244 20-04-2008, 10:16 PM
  Thread: Honor Oak Park Rail Station
Post: []

Does anyone know what work is happening on the track around HOP? Have they cut all the trees down to widen the track? Why did track workers sit around in the woods behind HOP station for a week...
lillam SE23 Topics 112 118,091 30-04-2009, 09:58 PM
  Thread: Parents in Lewisham Occupy School Roof
Post: Parents in Lewisham Occupy School Roof

The spirit of the Glasgow school occupation and the Visteon workers has spread and parents in a primary school in Lewisham have occupied the school roof in protest at its closure. Lewisham Bridge Prim...
lillam Wider Topics 15 15,797 07-05-2009, 06:15 PM
  Thread: Linda Barker and Other Celeb Types in the Area
Post: RE: Linda Barker and Other Celeb Types in the Area

Not all that famous to be honest, but SE23 can also lay claim to one of the UKs only gay rappers, Q-Boy [img]http://www.pinknews.co.uk/images/qboy2.jpg[/img]
lillam SE23 Topics 47 81,460 28-06-2009, 02:49 AM
  Thread: Parents in Lewisham Occupy School Roof
Post: RE: Parents in Lewisham Occupy School Roof

an update on this: [b] Eviction Resisted at Lewisham Bridge School[/b] [quote]Up to 100 people gathered at the occupied Lewisham Bridge School this morning (Thursday 25 June 2009) to stop today?s...
lillam Wider Topics 15 15,797 28-06-2009, 02:51 AM
  Thread: Parents in Lewisham Occupy School Roof
Post: RE: Parents in Lewisham Occupy School Roof

An eviction notice has been served on the occupation at Lewisham Bridge. Bailiffs are arriving at 10.30 on Wednesday morning. Hands Off Lewisham Bridge are asking for your support in resisting t...
lillam Wider Topics 15 15,797 24-06-2009, 11:49 AM
  Thread: Banksy in SE23
Post: RE: Banksy in SE23

sticking up tiles is sometimes called Guerilla Grouting!
lillam Wider Topics 5 6,638 24-06-2009, 11:50 AM
  Thread: Extend 63 Bus to Honor Oak Park Station?
Post: RE: Extend 63 Bus to Honor Oak Park Station?

Sorry if someone has already said this: :thumbsup:+I always thought 63 should go to the station, then swing around by the CHandos and park up where it normally does. +THe reason I think it doesn...
lillam SE23 Topics 85 93,611 08-08-2009, 03:02 PM
  Thread: Friends of the P4
Post: RE: Friends of the P4

Yep its pretty good now, but before Ken Livingston (who i think was in part responsible for the better service and the P12) it was one of the worst bus routes known to woman or man. Ive waited an hour...
lillam SE23 Topics 39 36,258 01-10-2009, 07:49 AM
  Thread: Flight Paths over SE23
Post: RE: Flight Paths over SE23

I find that from about 5.30 - 7am I get Jumbos on their way to Heathrow flying over - woken me up on more than one occasion.
lillam SE23 Topics 72 70,434 01-10-2009, 07:52 AM
  Thread: Parents in Lewisham Occupy School Roof
Post: RE: Parents in Lewisham Occupy School Roof

They won! [quote]On Thursday 30th July Ben Bradshaw?s (secretary of State at the Department of Culture Media and Sport) secretary called Hands Off Lewisham Bridge with ?a very important message?; t...
lillam Wider Topics 15 15,797 01-10-2009, 07:54 AM
  Thread: The Fight Against the Theft of Sydenham Common and One Tree Hill
Post: The Fight Against the Theft of Sydenham Common and...

Hiya, just wanted to share this wonderful article entitled [quote]The Fight Against the Theft of Sydenham Common and One Tree Hill. Many open green spaces that we take for granted today still exis...
lillam SE23 Topics 6 8,945 16-07-2010, 10:13 PM
  Thread: The Fight Against the Theft of Sydenham Common and One Tree Hill
Post: RE: The Fight Against the Theft of Sydenham Common...

Thats great, thanks, though i could find nothing about it on the site. if you can find a direct link please post it. The pamphlet has a great picture with the hill literally only having one tree ...
lillam SE23 Topics 6 8,945 17-07-2010, 10:37 PM
  Thread: The Fight Against the Theft of Sydenham Common and One Tree Hill
Post: RE: The Fight Against the Theft of Sydenham Common...

i did find this The story of the "One Tree Hill" agitation, with a short sketch of the history of Honor Oak Hill (1905) Author: Nisbet, John, 1853-1914; Honor Oak Hill Protest Committee n...
lillam SE23 Topics 6 8,945 18-07-2010, 12:58 PM
  Thread: The Fight Against the Theft of Sydenham Common and One Tree Hill
Post: RE: The Fight Against the Theft of Sydenham Common...

Nisbets books mentions that St Augustines was built in 1872, whereas the gold course riots took place in 1905 - im a bit confused as to how the church fitted in to the golf course - or where the golf ...
lillam SE23 Topics 6 8,945 18-07-2010, 01:06 PM
  Thread: The Fight Against the Theft of Sydenham Common and One Tree Hill
Post: RE: The Fight Against the Theft of Sydenham Common...

sorry not 1905, but 1897...my mistake...still, the church would already have been in place
lillam SE23 Topics 6 8,945 18-07-2010, 01:19 PM
  Thread: Just Because This Happened Miles Away
Post: RE: Just Because This Happened Miles Away

i remember hearing of a woman getting bundled into the back of a van in the malham road industrial estate area, cant remember when now, in the last 10 years for sure. hopefully everything was okay, bu...
lillam Wider Topics 17 13,007 18-07-2010, 01:41 PM
  Thread: Threatened closure of Crofton Park libary
Post: RE: Threatened closure of Crofton Park libary

yes thank you. 5 libraries is a disaster...we have to fight to save them.
lillam SE23 Topics 6 8,781 20-07-2010, 11:51 PM
  Thread: Ian Tomlinson
Post: RE: Ian Tomlinson

Just to be clear Ian Tomlinson was walking along the road, the police came up from behind him and pushed and struck him from behind - he didnt know anything about it until he was on the floor. The...
lillam Wider Topics 27 22,475 25-07-2010, 12:00 PM
  Thread: Lewisham's cuts 'forum'
Post: RE: Lewisham's cuts 'forum'

Sorry to be negative, but this new era of listening and engaging with citizens on the big issues is all for show. Remember New Labour's Big Conversation? Or how about LibCons 'tell us what laws you wa...
lillam Wider Topics 16 16,408 25-07-2010, 12:10 PM
  Thread: Bovill Road
Post: RE: Bovill Road

Ive noticed it too (i live on bovill) its amazing how many new people have moved in and how many places are getting redone and sold - i reckon the the overground effect - we're near the station. i...
lillam SE23 Topics 21 27,181 09-09-2010, 11:43 PM
  Thread: Bovill Road
Post: RE: Bovill Road

i like that bovill road has its own thread - shame its about house prices. what else can we talk about bovill? hmmm... i like our new brown plaque for the fella who started the woodcraft folk
lillam SE23 Topics 21 27,181 13-10-2010, 11:22 PM
  Thread: Bovill Road
Post: RE: Bovill Road

welcome to the 'hood :thumbsup:
lillam SE23 Topics 21 27,181 27-10-2010, 08:02 PM
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