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Thread: Brockley Jack Post: RE: Brokley Jack
It looks like they are nearly finished. A while back there was a board up saying they would be offering 'tapas and deli-boards' |
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13-05-2008, 07:44 AM |
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Thread: King's College London is seeking bidders for a new ?7 million sports ground in HOP Post: RE: King's College London is seeking bidders for a...
I think King's won't know til the Autumn if they have the money to go ahead and complete the whole project this year. I hope they don't.
For those who don't know, the council gave planning permiss... |
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13-05-2008, 07:52 AM |
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Thread: SE23 v SE22 Post: RE: I wish...
Just to go back to Edd's comment about East Dulwich having better clas of shop/restaurant because it is "populated by a more middle-class type". Does anyone remember the recent history of ED? Lordship... |
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13-05-2008, 08:14 AM |
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Thread: King's College London is seeking bidders for a new ?7 million sports ground in HOP Post: RE: King's College London is seeking bidders for a...
I agree that the sportsground has to develop. I was in favour of many aspects of the scheme, most in fact - but not cramming 3 pitches including 2 hard surface ones, into an unusual and attractive spa... |
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13-05-2008, 06:58 PM |
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Thread: SE23 v SE22 Post: RE: SE23 compared to SE22
Really strange how memories differ - used to go over about once a week in early 90s to Lordship Lane to meet old friends and we'd go out to different places to eat, not great on names, but from memory... |
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14-05-2008, 06:27 AM |
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Thread: Things to do Locally with Visitors Post: RE: Things to do Locally with Visitors
Great suggestions above.
I took my in-laws dancing at the Rivoli - they loved it.
I also regularly take visitors on a brockley footpath walk to Nunhead cemetery.
Food-lovers i take to Lewis... |
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21-05-2008, 07:22 AM |
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Thread: Supermarkets Post: RE: Supemarkets
A while back, I fell on hard times and started shoppng at Lidl and Aldi (as well as going to Lewisham market and the excellent Turkish Food Centre shops round Lewisham). It is a bit anxiety-making buy... |
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25-05-2008, 07:39 AM |
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Thread: Supermarkets Post: RE: Supemarkets
The TFCs (Turkish Food Centres) : there are only 2 actual TFCs
http://www.tfcsupermarkets.com/branches.html
They are: i) in Lewisham High St, ii) large supermarket mentioned above on Bromley Rd o... |
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26-05-2008, 07:41 AM |
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Thread: Does Perry Vale need a coffee shop? Post: RE: Does Perry Vale need a coffee shop?
It isn't that near me but I would definitely use it a couple of times a week if the quality was good. There isn't a good patisserie (that I know of) in this area, though i love the Turkish bread and s... |
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30-05-2008, 05:44 AM |
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Thread: Does Perry Vale need a coffee shop? Post: RE: Does Perry Vale need a coffee shop?
No, it would be wonderful to have places like that that sell really excellent ckaes and good coffee - why would it be too upmarket? I am fed up with places opening up that sell just-about-ok things. ... |
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06-06-2008, 05:47 PM |
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Thread: More than ten reasons not to move to Bromley Post: RE: More than ten reasons not to move to Bromley
They do not have any ?1 shops in Bromley, so shopping there is beyond my reach |
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18-06-2008, 05:50 AM |
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Thread: More than ten reasons not to move to Bromley Post: RE: More than ten reasons not to move to Bromley
Yes, but I need a whole arcade of pound shops, like at Camberwell. |
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20-06-2008, 05:24 PM |
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Thread: More than ten reasons not to move to Bromley Post: RE: More than ten reasons not to move to Bromley
They sell rubbish - or most fo them do and they seem to be taking over some parts of South London. |
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22-06-2008, 06:28 AM |
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Thread: Right-turn camera at Wickes/Halfords Post: RE: Right-turn camera at Wickes/Halfords
You can turn in that little road that used to lead to the dogs. That way you avoid going into crazy downtown Catford. It is an awkward turn as you have to cut across the mouth of Ravensbourne Park, an... |
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30-06-2008, 06:22 AM |
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Thread: Brockwell Park Post: RE: Brockwell Park
I once got into it (Brockley Hill Park) when one of the houses was a building site - it had some lovely trees and also tennis courts. |
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04-07-2008, 06:11 AM |
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Thread: Brockwell Park Post: RE: Brockwell Park
I think it is shown at
http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/images/lewisham/brockley/map-01365-750.jpg |
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04-07-2008, 02:24 PM |
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Thread: National Brand Invests in Prominent Forest Hill Shopping Location Post: RE: National Brand Invests in Prominent Forest Hil...
Will that make the corner more atttractive? |
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06-07-2008, 11:00 AM |
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Thread: National Brand Invests in Prominent Forest Hill Shopping Location Post: RE: National Brand Invests in Prominent Forest Hil...
Just slightly surprised as there are so many other tile places nearby. If something opens up near me about 85% of time it turns out to be an estate agent (still) or property surveyor, or some kind of ... |
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08-07-2008, 07:01 AM |
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Thread: National Brand Invests in Prominent Forest Hill Shopping Location Post: RE: National Brand Invests in Prominent Forest Hil...
I love Shannon but bafled as to how anyone can possibly enjoy DIY, but glad it is going to be popular with local residents. |
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08-07-2008, 06:57 PM |
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Thread: National Brand Invests in Prominent Forest Hill Shopping Location Post: RE: National Brand Invests in Prominent Forest Hil...
(..baffled, I mean.) I do lots of it, but only under duress. |
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09-07-2008, 05:58 AM |
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Thread: National Brand Invests in Prominent Forest Hill Shopping Location Post: RE: National Brand Invests in Prominent Forest Hil...
At last, some sanity - except I miss Spud-u-like |
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10-07-2008, 05:57 AM |
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Thread: Gardeners Question Time Post: RE: Gardeners Question Time
It depends on what you like. Our flat garden has a fence alongside a little culvert with a large mature willow tree right the other side of it. I think it is absolutely lovely having the willow stems ... |
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10-07-2008, 06:07 AM |
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Thread: Quiet Coach Post: RE: Quiet Coach
Is there any gadget that blocks signals on mobile phones? That would put a stop to a lot of noise pollution. My friend has a gadget that turns off TVs in pubs, though she never uses it if someone is w... |
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19-07-2008, 07:31 AM |
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Thread: Advice on grass Post: RE: Advice on grass, in SE23
Different types of grass seed are sold at Shannons- I bought the multipurpose by Evergreen which has done well in our very shady garden with poor soil (the garden has a lot of heavy clay sub-soil brou... |
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20-07-2008, 09:13 AM |
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Thread: Advice on grass Post: RE: Advice on grass, in SE23
I mean you'll need to water at times when re-seeding. The new grass seems Ok through dry spells, but hard to judge, as the dry spells have been few and far between this year. |
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20-07-2008, 09:15 AM |
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Thread: Baited food? Watch out round Waldram Post: RE: Baited food? Watch out round Waldram
You could be right about a theory: I think there are foxes around with urban mange, so maybe someone is feeding them with medicated meat. |
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21-07-2008, 05:57 AM |
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Thread: Housing market Post: RE: house price recession
Dylan, you sound like a nice neighbour to have, but having the occasional barbeque is nothing for neighbours to complain about. If they live next door to Horniman gardens they must be used to some noi... |
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02-08-2008, 04:56 PM |
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Thread: SE23 link in DNB Life of the Day Post: RE: SE23 link in DNB Life of the Day
She's just on the top page. You have to log in and search |
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10-08-2008, 06:29 AM |
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Thread: Where are the free cash machines? Post: RE: Where are the free cash machines?
It is particularly badly served for cash machines, I agree. I live near there, and during the day the post office is fine - out of hours, you've got a 15 minute walk to Crofton Park one in one direc... |
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11-08-2008, 06:31 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
I loved the library. I thought it was beautifully restored, the equipment was wonderful and, early on a Saturday, it was quiet, with plenty of seats should I have wanted to sit and read.
I agree th... |
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12-08-2008, 07:01 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
Whoops, I meant to type 'inured' |
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12-08-2008, 07:05 AM |
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Thread: Where are the free cash machines? Post: RE: Where are the free cash machines?
I think they areasking about cash machines at Brockley Rise, so Forest Hill Station is quite a way. The post office is the only free cash machine there. Sainsbury's in one direction and Crofton Park ... |
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12-08-2008, 04:42 PM |
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Thread: Duffing Post: RE: Duffing
Duffing list:
the aforementioned slippers, shed, radio 4, shipping forecast.
Also:
Dr Who, libraries, church flower-arranging, gardening / allotments, going down to Kent, caravans and camping, kni... |
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16-08-2008, 03:26 PM |
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Thread: Duffing Post: RE: Duffing
I think sensitivity to excessive noise is a duffing characteristic (re the volume control in cinemas).
I find noise persecutory these days.
No sooner have I found a quiet spot to sit down (it is, ... |
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05-09-2008, 06:37 AM |
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Thread: Duffing Post: RE: Duffing
I don't think 'going down to East Sussex' is the same as 'going down to Kent' duffing-wise, but that is just my view. A liking for cats doesn't qualify one as a duffer - don't worry! - unless coupled ... |
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08-09-2008, 06:58 AM |
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Thread: Snowing! Post: RE: Snowing!
You didn't miss much - I was out in it with two suitcases - it was slushy, freezing and nasty here, not really settling - though travelling by train back from York that night there was a belt of thick... |
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01-11-2008, 02:15 PM |
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Thread: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich Post: RE: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
I like East Dulwich and Honor Oak
and my own dear Crofton Park,
and Sydenham and Crystal Palace
and Catford and
downtown Lewisham.
Surely it is lovely to get on a bus and go to these interes... |
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29-11-2008, 08:49 AM |
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Thread: Greyhound Pub Fire Post: RE: Greyhound Pub Fire
I used to go there in the 1980s and it was just how I liked places: scruffy but beautiful. Then it kind of got done up (in done-down kind of way) and some - not all - of the lovely interior was destro... |
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03-12-2008, 06:58 AM |
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Thread: Greyhound Pub Fire Post: RE: Greyhound Pub Fire
I haven't got a problem with new buildings around it, just that those particular new buildings, from the drawings shown, are unimaginative and ill-suited to that site. Better suited to Life on Mars. T... |
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05-12-2008, 07:46 AM |
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Thread: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich Post: RE: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
My memories of Lordship Lane, going back to 1975, is different. It certainly was not a fashionable area that wealthy young people moved into, but ('but' may not be the apposite word, 'so' might be bet... |
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09-12-2008, 08:17 AM |
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Thread: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich Post: RE: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
Apologies for my grammer in first sentence 'my memories *are* different'. |
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09-12-2008, 08:19 AM |
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Thread: Accident during police chase in Dartmouth Road 16/12/08 Post: RE: Accident during police chase in Dartmouth Road
I saw the immediate aftermath of accident, as was on bus going from Brockley Rise to Crystal Palace that got stopped - I carried on on foot past the scene, not knowing what was going on til I got ther... |
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19-12-2008, 08:10 AM |
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Thread: Post Post: RE: Post
No post in crofton park area for last 3 days! |
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05-02-2009, 07:26 AM |
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Thread: New Coffee Shop Post: RE: New coffee shop
Regular opening hours during the potentially lean times when a new business opens seems to me to be one of the most important factors in its success. At least, that is what I have seen around Crofton ... |
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26-02-2009, 06:50 AM |
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Thread: Feedback on proposed name Post: RE: Feedback on proposed name
I agree that 'The Sauce Company' is better than Gourman. Some names have the ability to irritate so much that I avoid the product. Gourman would be one such. |
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18-03-2009, 07:42 AM |
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Thread: The Railway Telegraph Post: RE: The Railway Telegraph
Hi Pam
That sounds really fantastic - good luck with the venture.
One thing I really like about this pub is the great garden. I am a smoker and garden-lover and very few places round this area h... |
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01-04-2009, 07:00 AM |
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Thread: Serial attacker lives in HOP or FH? Post: RE: Serial attacker lives in HOP or FH?
The guy who drives around in a battered green van - does the van have something about pipes or piping written on the side? ie. looks like a van that once belonged to a company. i got followed by a van... |
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30-04-2009, 09:33 PM |
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Thread: Dogs on Buses Post: RE: Dogs on Buses
Don't ! Am going to that vet today with my cat - I definitely do not want to find any snakes or spiders on that bus. |
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08-05-2009, 07:11 AM |
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Thread: Brockley Jack Post: RE: Brockley Jack
I stopped going and so did all my friends. The reason being we like having the odd cigarette, and seeing a lovely garden being constructed at the Brockley Jack for first time, only to find it was non... |
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10-05-2009, 08:10 AM |
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Thread: Brockley Jack Post: RE: Brockley Jack
OK, thanks for the tip - they must have changed things then, as when I went it was just after they created the garden and there were signs on every table in the garden saying things like 'this is a no... |
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