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Thread: Life in SE23 - Eateries
Post: RE: Eateries
| Finally made it to Bona yesterday. It's very good indeed, and very good value. It's basically targeting exactly the same ground as Franco Manca but perhaps with a bit less of a sense of being ushered ... |
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simonk |
Businesses & Services |
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15-02-2016, 02:20 PM |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Gentrification
| Shared ownership schemes are very good but there aren't very many of them as a share of the overall housing stock.
Prices in areas like FH have shot up so fast in recent years that the ability to o... |
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simonk |
Wider Topics |
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12-01-2016, 04:59 PM |
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Thread: The Catford Bridge Tavern to reopen next year
Post: RE: The Catford Bridge Tavern to reopen next year
| Sounds like it's going to be more a bar/restaurant than an actual pub, but better than nothing I suppose. |
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simonk |
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15-12-2015, 12:45 PM |
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Thread: Life in SE23 - Eateries
Post: RE: Takeaways
| I've never had an outstanding takeaway in Forest Hill, sadly. The south asian places are all middling to poor (Babur excepted but only ever eaten in there) - they all seem to have a problem infusing t... |
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simonk |
Businesses & Services |
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15-12-2015, 12:42 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
| Councillors don't get surcharged any more. What happens is simply that the government takes over and sets a budget on behalf of the council. |
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simonk |
SE23 Topics |
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130,907 |
18-11-2015, 02:04 AM |
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Thread: Consultation on Controlled Parking Zone in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Consultation on Controlled Parking Zone in For...
| It's a consultation rather than a plebiscite, so the decision won't necessarily be based on numbers for or against. |
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simonk |
SE23 Topics |
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123,970 |
17-11-2015, 11:48 AM |
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Thread: The Hob Closed
Post: RE: The Hob
| Yeah I had a quick look in yesterday and the beer selection is bland. Ales were theoretically Doom Bar, London Pride and a local one from Brixton but none of them were actually on at 8pm. The tap beer... |
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simonk |
SE23 Topics |
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10-10-2015, 08:19 AM |
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Thread: Dartmouth Tandoori to become Domino's Pizza?
Post: RE: Dartmouth Tandoori to become Domino's Pizza?
| Yes, the key question is whether it is already considered to be mixed A3/A5 use, though they would still need an application if they wanted to switch to pure A5.
My guess is that they wouldn't be t... |
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simonk |
SE23 Topics |
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10-09-2015, 10:59 AM |
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Thread: Dartmouth Tandoori to become Domino's Pizza?
Post: RE: Dartmouth Tandoori to become Domino's Pizza?
| Indeed yes there will - from A3 to A5 (hot food takeaway) or mixed A3/A5 if they are maintaining a restaurant use (assuming the unit doesn't already have partial A5 status).
The relevant policy to ... |
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simonk |
SE23 Topics |
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09-09-2015, 11:01 AM |
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Thread: Filming on Perry Rise
Post: RE: Filming on Perry Rise
| In a roundabout way yes as I used around 2% of the proceeds to buy a Crunchie. |
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simonk |
SE23 Topics |
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25-08-2015, 01:55 PM |
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Thread: Filming on Perry Rise
Post: RE: Filming on Perry Rise
| Yes it was apparently a short advert for a chocolate brand. I know this because one of the producers booked my spare room through airbnb for the night before. |
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simonk |
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25-08-2015, 01:48 PM |
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Thread: The Hob Closed
Post: RE: Future of The Hob
| There would be almost nil chance of their getting permission to demolish. Conversion, maybe (but they would need permission to convert to residential). |
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simonk |
SE23 Topics |
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106,689 |
11-06-2015, 10:47 AM |
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Thread: African Restaurant opposite FH station
Post: RE: African Restaurant opposite FH station
| The signage says it is opening in "spring 2015" so hopefully a quick turnaround. |
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simonk |
SE23 Topics |
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16-04-2015, 03:06 PM |
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Thread: Crossing Southwark Street
Post: RE: Crossing Southwark Street
| Queuing vehicles stopping over pedestrian crossings is a particular menace in the Southwark St/Borough High St area (and elsewhere of course, but it's particularly acute here). |
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simonk |
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16-04-2015, 03:04 PM |
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Thread: African Restaurant opposite FH station
Post: RE: African Restaurant opposite FH station
| Just spotted it now has its own FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/theperryvale
I tell a lie, it is apparently "The Perryvale" without a space. |
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simonk |
SE23 Topics |
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07-04-2015, 03:07 PM |
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Thread: African Restaurant opposite FH station
Post: RE: African Restaurant opposite FH station
| Message on the Crooked Well's FB page says they have just completed on the unit and will be starting work shortly. It will be called "The Perry Vale". |
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simonk |
SE23 Topics |
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07-04-2015, 02:56 PM |
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Thread: Location, Location,Location
Post: RE: Location, Location,Location
| I watched this. I suspect the reaction of the couples in the programme was the same as mine when I alighted on FH back in 2011 - surprise and delight that such a nice and well-connected area was so (r... |
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simonk |
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17-02-2015, 05:57 PM |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| The morning trains are fine, relatively speaking - no worse than they were last year and if anything slightly better, in my experience.
There do seem to be more commuters crowding onto the LO servi... |
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simonk |
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03-02-2015, 01:56 PM |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| There was a Westminster Hall debate yesterday on London Bridge services, including a contribution from Jim Dowd.
http://www.theyworkforyou.com/whall/?id=2015-01-27a.214.0
Relevant excerpt
Jim Dowd ... |
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simonk |
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28-01-2015, 01:29 PM |
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Thread: African Restaurant opposite FH station
Post: RE: African Restaurant opposite FH station
| Walk past this daily, literally never seen anyone eating in there. Hopefully someone can make a success of the space as it is in a good location and that side of the tracks could do with somewhere lik... |
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simonk |
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21-01-2015, 12:08 PM |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| I would definitely recommend using realtimetrains in that type of situation, as its information appears earlier than it goes up on the monitors or on the live departures site.
It's also good for fi... |
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simonk |
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21-01-2015, 11:38 AM |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| The morning trains were reasonably prompt (at least mine at 9.01 was, and the preceding trains were reported as leaving on time) |
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simonk |
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19-01-2015, 01:37 PM |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| Same on the 09.01! Left Forest Hill around 30 seconds late, got into LB just a couple of minutes after it was due. |
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simonk |
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09-01-2015, 11:42 AM |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| Having cut the service to half hourly Southern have cancelled this evening's 17.20 and 17.53 services - so there will be no trains at all from LB to FH for 90 minutes (at least) in rush hour. |
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simonk |
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08-01-2015, 06:11 PM |
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