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Thread: Horniman Primary - disappointing league tables
Post: RE: Horniman Primary - disappointing league tables
| I feel very sorry for teachers.
How is this helpful - speculation and headlines about how bad a school might be doing, splashed across a forum.
If you have concerns, talk to the school, or other... |
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31-01-2012, 09:25 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| Ok fair comments, I just think there was some very emotive language being used about the objectors. I know people are upset, but that doesn't mean to say there may not be solid reasons for the next do... |
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31-01-2012, 12:59 AM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| I've read this with interest.
So those are those who objected strongly to Dominoes prejudiced against pizzas?? Or the noise and disruption possibly resulting from this business?
By the same to... |
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30-01-2012, 08:56 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| Not sure reducing the number of available platforms is a good thing when you get a tailback of trains as a result of delays and disruptions.
I rarely use the ELL, I'm not knocking it as an additio... |
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seeformiles |
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09-12-2011, 12:46 AM |
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Thread: Air ambulance landing in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Air ambulance landing in Forest Hill??
| I was surprised, in retrospect, they were still letting people through the barriers but I got the impression people were understandably in a bit of daze and it was only just sinking in what had happen... |
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05-12-2011, 06:43 PM |
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Thread: Air ambulance landing in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Air ambulance landing in Forest Hill??
| I must've walked on to the platform just after it had happened, because two passengers were lying on their stomachs talking to or trying to give reassurance to whoever was trapped under the train.
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05-12-2011, 06:31 PM |
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Thread: Walking in the snow
Post: RE: Walking in the snow
| Ah well, we'll see. I divide my time between here and a village which is in a bit of a dip in Oxfordshire, and I guarantee I'll need these over shoe things there. It seems to get cut off by snow every... |
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23-11-2011, 10:00 PM |
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Thread: Walking in the snow
Post: RE: Walking in the snow
| I've been relying on my walking boots up until now but I don't find they can cope with my road - in fact their weight seems to make me slide down even faster! |
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23-11-2011, 09:34 PM |
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Thread: Walking in the snow
Post: RE: Walking in the snow
| Hi Roz - I think I had crampons originally in mind, but I ordered what looks like a pair of strappy things with a moulded plastic toe and heel and spiral metal bits underneath.
I read some reviews... |
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23-11-2011, 09:18 PM |
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Thread: Walking in the snow
Post: RE: Walking in the snow
| Thanks, I'll give them a go.
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23-11-2011, 02:07 PM |
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Thread: Walking in the snow
Post: Walking in the snow
| I live on one of the steeper roads in Forest Hill and I'm not particularly looking forward to another winter spent slipping and sliding down the hill to the station. I saw some over the boot snow shoe... |
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23-11-2011, 01:30 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and Westbourne Drive
Post: RE: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and West...
| I think some of you are missing the point.
What caused some of the tension last time arose from the way the discourse surrounding this issue was conducted, particularly the ridiculing and dismissal ... |
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02-11-2011, 04:30 PM |
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Thread: Pedestrian crossing by Forest Hill Station (Perry Vale side)
Post: RE: Pedestrian crossing by Forest Hill Station (Pe...
| I'm sure many of us do consider our pedestrian roles in this.
Doesn't alter the fact that too many motorists drive too fast.
Good for your that you're able to nimbly negotiate your way across the r... |
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02-11-2011, 02:26 PM |
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Thread: Pedestrian crossing by Forest Hill Station (Perry Vale side)
Post: RE: Pedestrian crossing by Forest Hill Station (Pe...
| I agree it's reasonable to expect some form of assistance to enable pedestrians to cross safely outside the station.
It is difficult to cross given the speeds people drive at.
Imagine how peopl... |
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01-11-2011, 12:50 AM |
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Thread: Trees in Lewisham
Post: RE: Trees in Lewisham
| Also trees form a really effective sound barrier, and with all the building work going on, they can make the difference between noise being bearable and totally driving you round the bend.
The fla... |
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29-10-2011, 11:27 AM |
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Thread: Cyclists
Post: RE: Cyclists
| He must've been in his late forties. I was taken aback by his attitude and impatience to get past me, although I expect he thought he was doing me a favour by sounding his bell.
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24-10-2011, 11:51 PM |
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Thread: Cyclists
Post: RE: Cyclists
| Today while walking along London Road near Sainsburys, I heard a loud ringing behind me and looked round to see an impatient cyclist on the pavement gesturing for me to get out the way.
I didn't h... |
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seeformiles |
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24-10-2011, 11:04 PM |
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Thread: losing Hope updated........
Post: RE: losing Hope updated........
| Lovely news - very pleased to hear a happy ending.
:-) |
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18-10-2011, 11:05 PM |
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Thread: Trees in Taymount Rise
Post: RE: Trees in Taymount Rise
| It's now all looking very bare.
I'll just have to keep my curtains shut. :-(
But if the trees really were that overgrown and overshadowing the path, I guess something had to be done. It just al... |
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05-10-2011, 01:56 PM |
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Thread: Trees in Taymount Rise
Post: RE: Trees in Taymount Rise
| Michael I'm aware of the proposals to trim back the Sycamore around Milner/Fairbank. I'm talking about a different area being worked on.
This is taking place beyond the perimeter fencing around bo... |
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03-10-2011, 01:55 PM |
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Thread: Trees in Taymount Rise
Post: RE: Trees in Taymount Rise
| Seems to be the white block next to Fairbank and opposite FitzWilliam Heights. Don't know what it's called unfortunately, which limited the information the council could give me. |
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03-10-2011, 01:40 PM |
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Thread: Inner South London line closure
Post: RE: Inner South London line closure
| Ooops! Think I have my lines muddled up. But I will sign the petition; I have also used this line and I know of friends who regularly use it.
Thanks. |
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03-10-2011, 01:38 PM |
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Thread: Inner South London line closure
Post: RE: Inner South London line closure
| It will have an impact on Forest Hill; I use this line a lot and rely on it to change at Clapham Junction for journeys to Surrey and Hampshire.
I've always found it saves time avoiding central Londo... |
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03-10-2011, 01:34 PM |
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Thread: Trees in Taymount Rise
Post: RE: Trees in Taymount Rise
| Council say I'm outside the conservation area and if the trees don't have a preservation order, there's nothing I can do.
Also, because I wasn't able to give them an exact address where this work ... |
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03-10-2011, 01:20 PM |
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Thread: Trees in Taymount Rise
Post: RE: Trees in Taymount Rise
| I'm also concerned because my block is overlooked by the flats opposite and it's only the trees that give us some much needed privacy.
Oh well, I'd better make that call. |
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03-10-2011, 12:55 PM |
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Thread: Trees in Taymount Rise
Post: Trees in Taymount Rise
| The tree patrol are out in force and have been since about 9am.
This isn't a complaint about noise (although it is making a huge racket) but I'm a bit concerned and curious about what they're doing.... |
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seeformiles |
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03-10-2011, 12:52 PM |
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Thread: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Post: RE: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
| Thanks for the facts Dartmouth; your expertise is appreciated.
I also felt this thread was beginning to lean too heavily into scaremongering territory, which could be worrying many people unnecess... |
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02-09-2011, 11:55 PM |
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Thread: Property Market
Post: RE: Property Market
| Hi Showtunesgirl,
yes I agree. I saw someone on another thread claim that £220,000 is a bargain price for a flat. A bargain for who I wondered?
You would need an income of about £60,000 plus prob... |
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01-08-2011, 06:37 PM |
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Thread: Property Market
Post: RE: Property Market
| "I agree too: rising house prices are bad for those wanting to trade up, contrary to the belief that some hold, like seeformiles:"
I also said that rising house prices make it harder to trade up ... |
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01-08-2011, 04:27 PM |
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Thread: Property Market
Post: RE: Forest Hill in the Times property section
| I have equity but I doubt I can trade up to what I want - which is still very modest.
Plus you have to factor in all the usual costs, legal, stamp duty etc.
The only way I could do it is to move... |
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26-07-2011, 06:01 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill in the Times property section
Post: RE: Forest Hill in the Times property section
| And making hay while the sun shines? Isn't that what's caused the problems in the economy in the first place.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're joking :). |
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26-07-2011, 04:20 PM |
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Thread: Property Market
Post: RE: Forest Hill in the Times property section
| Hi Cheeky,
there's no point taking that piece out of context. The whole point is that it's hard to get a mortgage now. And you won't get one without a very large deposit, unless you go for the Share... |
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26-07-2011, 04:17 PM |
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Thread: Property Market
Post: RE: Forest Hill in the Times property section
| People are making some very strong claims here; I don't recall anyone saying they want FH frozen in time, or festering under a pile of grot.
Sometimes I can't help noticing that there is a particu... |
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26-07-2011, 12:03 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill in the Times property section
Post: RE: Forest Hill in the Times property section
| Poolsneighbour said:
"Ok - lets just not invest anything and allow a takeover by charity shops, vacant premises, pound shops and fried chicken takeaways shall we.. and obviously we don't want to p... |
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25-07-2011, 09:00 PM |
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Thread: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Post: RE: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
| I had an MRI recently. No ill effects and the process itself was painless.
Hope that puts your mind at rest. |
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21-07-2011, 07:57 PM |
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Thread: Bird Imprints in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Bird Imprints in Forest Hill
| All I can think is, poor birds! They must have been at badly injured at the very least. |
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13-07-2011, 06:27 PM |
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Thread: People's Day
Post: RE: People's Day
| That's great news - sounds like a totally different event now, so I'll give it a go next year if I'm still living in the area. |
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10-07-2011, 07:20 PM |
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Thread: People's Day
Post: RE: People's Day
| It's reassuring that they've introduced those rules because I didn't enjoy the time I went at all - think it was 2006. Hopefully things have improved since then. I recall seeing a lot of trouble on Br... |
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10-07-2011, 02:35 AM |
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Thread: Politically Motivated Teachers
Post: RE: Politically Motivated Teachers
| I can't comment on that because I'm sessional. As I said, I don't get paid for most of my evening and weekend work. I just have to accept that if I'm to stay in this profession.
All I do know is t... |
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01-07-2011, 09:25 PM |
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Thread: Politically Motivated Teachers
Post: RE: Politically Motivated Teachers
| Thanks Roz.
I agree that ageism is such a significant factor in all this - we all know it's very unlikely for a 68 year old to be allowed to continue teaching primary school children, even if they r... |
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01-07-2011, 08:56 PM |
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Thread: Politically Motivated Teachers
Post: RE: Politically Motivated Teachers
| My sentiments exactly Sandy. I am dismayed by the factually incorrect statements from some people here.
As a sessional tutor in the adult education sector I mostly only get paid for the hours I sta... |
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01-07-2011, 08:09 PM |
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Thread: Politically Motivated Teachers
Post: RE: Politically Motivated Teachers
| How then would you define 'professional'? |
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30-06-2011, 09:19 PM |
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Thread: Time for a fox cull?
Post: RE: Time for a fox cull?
| And here's what one East Dulwich resident had to say, which was the most sensible posting on that thread, and saves me the trouble of pointing it out:
"Hunting was never about fox control - let... |
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29-06-2011, 09:15 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill in the Times property section
Post: RE: Forest Hill in the Times property section
| Again, please read what I've written. I was commenting generally and responding to Pool's claim that people 'love' grot.
They don't.
However if you go back and read many of the usual threads a... |
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15-06-2011, 08:52 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill in the Times property section
Post: RE: Forest Hill in the Times property section
| [i]Nobody anywhere [/i]said they liked grot. It shows your comprehension of those discussions is completely wrong.
What I and others have never liked is the unpleasant and blatant snobbery often e... |
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15-06-2011, 01:15 PM |
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Thread: Granny spinners
Post: RE: Granny spinners
| Hi Forest Hillier,
I work near the corner of Southwark Bridge Road and Union Street.
On leave today so am enjoying the peace and quiet.
I started to use Union Street as it's an interesting p... |
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14-06-2011, 11:12 AM |
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Thread: Granny spinners
Post: RE: Granny spinners
| I walk down Union Street SE1 on the way to work where there's a clear cycle lane but every day I see cyclists using the pavement to overtake each other.
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13-06-2011, 10:27 PM |
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Thread: Granny spinners
Post: RE: Granny spinners
| Robin, your 9.50...
huh??
I don't think you can speak on behalf of the vast number of people who don't cycle. Including many like myself who take other forms of exercise. What a bizarre analysis... |
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07-06-2011, 12:46 AM |
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Thread: Granny spinners
Post: RE: Granny spinners
| Also, pedestrians have no choice but to cross the road. Sometimes this is made easier than at others.
It's not helped by traffic lights not working, or cyclists ignoring them anyway, or as someone... |
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06-06-2011, 01:55 PM |
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Thread: Granny spinners
Post: RE: Granny spinners
| Nork's post is balanced and sensible, and I agree.
And I'd like to add that I've chosen my language carefully and nowhere have blamed all cyclists. I have noticed an increasing problem which is wh... |
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