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Thread: One bedroom flat wanted, with parking Post: One bedroom flat wanted, with parking
It's all gone a bit quiet estate-agent wise at the moment, so I thought I might put a little ad up here too (I've been lurking for a while and hope to contribute rather more positively once I finally ... |
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03-05-2012, 06:44 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill in the Times property section Post: RE: Forest Hill in the Times property section
All I know is that Forest Hill is clearly a very popular place to be right now. I've been trying to find a flat to rent there since the beginning of the year, on and off, and more seriously for the la... |
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07-06-2012, 01:03 PM |
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Thread: Celebrities in Cafes Post: RE: celebrities in cafes
"[i]they were in the area for business meetings.[/i]"
Setting up a Friday night gig at the Hob, perhaps? |
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22-06-2012, 02:38 PM |
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Thread: TV signal disruption by trains - how to fix? Post: TV signal disruption by trains - how to fix?
So I've finally moved to Forest Hill after many months of trying (wahey). My shiny new TV arrived yesterday - at which point I discovered the downside to my lovely (rented) flat on Devonshire Road, wh... |
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24-07-2012, 09:05 AM |
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Thread: TV signal disruption by trains - how to fix? Post: RE: TV signal disruption by trains - how to fix?
Thanks, everyone - I wasn't even aware of Freesat but some investigation, and a quick trip out this morning, and it seems to have solved the problem wonderfully - and cheaply! So many thanks for every... |
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25-07-2012, 10:55 AM |
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Thread: TV signal disruption by trains - how to fix? Post: RE: TV signal disruption by trains - how to fix?
No can do re the aerial - not my house and I suspect the reason Sky's installed is to fix the problem, so not convinced the landlord will want to fiddle with the existing aerial.
I'm good with the Fr... |
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25-07-2012, 12:40 PM |
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Thread: Olympic bell-ringing: Friday 27 July 2012 Post: RE: Olympic bell-ringing: Friday 27 July 2012
I did! But a bit quietly / half-heartedly so as not to annoy the neighbours (I hope) - as you say, the evening would have been better noise-wise but it was still a fun and silly thing to take part in,... |
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27-07-2012, 09:48 AM |
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Thread: Burst water main - Devonshire Road Post: RE: Burst water main - Devinshire Roas
Just spoke to Thames Water - could be "anything up to 6 hours" for a fix.
Brilliant. It's the end of my first week in a new job. Do I go in smelly and dishevelled, or miss a day of induction train... |
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03-08-2012, 08:04 AM |
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Thread: Burst water main - Devonshire Road Post: RE: Burst water main - Devonshire Road
Apparently they're hoping to have the water back on by 10.
Fingers crossed, eh? |
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03-08-2012, 08:58 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
I read today that you can get tours around the place as part of the London Open House weekend, which is 22 & 23 September, so presumably they're aiming to be open by then, at least...
(They're also... |
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14-08-2012, 09:28 PM |
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Thread: Reporting water leaks made easy Post: RE: Reporting water leaks made easy
Perhaps I should have tried that for the offshoot of the mighty Colorado that has been gushing down Devonshire Road for what, the last fortnight now? Luckily the blue paint marks which were the only v... |
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28-08-2012, 06:55 PM |
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Thread: Reporting water leaks made easy Post: RE: Reporting water leaks made easy
Ugh. The Devonshire Road one was listed until very recently then. However, I shall not despair - when there was a leak a few weeks ago a bit further down the road, that became unflagged about an hour ... |
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29-08-2012, 07:19 PM |
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Thread: Post Boxes Sealed Post: RE: Post Boxes Sealed
Yup, inspired by this thread I had a look at the one outside WH Smith whilst I was waiting at the crossing and it has a hand-written notice on it that it will re-open on the "11/12 September". |
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07-09-2012, 06:31 PM |
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Thread: Reporting water leaks made easy Post: RE: Reporting water leaks made easy
If the one on Devonshire Road is anything to go by, it took 2.5 weeks from being reported to any substantive action. Something "happened" most days, to lull me into a false sense of security (traffic ... |
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11-09-2012, 06:54 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
If anyone wants to read a positive (and objective) review, there's a lady who blogs about London's swimming pools, all very well written and entertaining, and she's paid the new pool a visit already..... |
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18-10-2012, 07:45 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Hi Poppy - I know, I visit it regularly and enjoy it, despite barely being able to swim myself. Perhaps once my lessons materialise (I was too late for the first lot so am waiting to hear when there'l... |
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19-10-2012, 07:11 AM |
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Thread: 63 Honor Oak Park (ex White Wood Shop) Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Parade
What I don't understand, and this is relevant both to this thread and the one about the Forest Hill laundrette, is why estate agents want to spend money on their offices anyway. Doesn't everyone look ... |
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19-10-2012, 09:15 PM |
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Thread: Screaming for help - how not to be mistaken for a fox Post: RE: Screaming for help - how not to be mistaken fo...
Apparently the best thing to shout is "Fire!". Some will not answer calls for generic help because they're afraid to get involved, or think it's people messing about - but "Fire!" draws more active at... |
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19-11-2012, 09:35 PM |
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Thread: Which e-reader? Post: RE: Which e-reader?
I've got the bog-standard £69 Kindle, as I don't often want to read in the dark. I love it - I thought I'd lost it last week and was ready to immediately buy another (luckily I'd just left it at work)... |
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20-11-2012, 06:56 PM |
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Thread: Fiver Fest in Forest Hill Post: RE: Fiver Fest in Forest Hill
The FiverFest inspired me to head to Campervantastic to hopefully get a book or two for my parents - except I got there only to find it's not open on weekends.
As I have a full time job during the ... |
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09-12-2012, 03:47 PM |
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Thread: Anyone else lost their mains water around Woodcombe Crescent/Devonshire Road? Post: RE: Anyone else lost their mains water around Wood...
I did, for a couple of hours or so. Thames Water were working on a leak, on the corner of Devonshire and Ewelme Roads (I think - there's a van there and work being done, at any rate).
All back now ... |
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16-12-2012, 05:42 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill for 20-somethings Post: RE: Forest Hill for 20-somethings
Although I'm 40, so rather older than you, one of the big reasons I moved to Forest Hill last summer was because, being single and having no children, I really liked the atmosphere and the vibrancy. I... |
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06-01-2013, 09:52 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill's own ram raiders Post: RE: Forest Hill's own ram raiders
Alas, as of just after 6pm this evening they don't actually contain any money... There were plenty of people trying to use them, so hopefully they'll be loaded up soon. |
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10-01-2013, 08:03 PM |
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Thread: Morning travel experiences?! Post: RE: Morning travel experiences?!
I go to Baker Street every morning, and after some experimentation between trains and the Overground I've settled on the train to London Bridge and then the Jubilee Line. On a perfect day I get the 7.... |
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16-01-2013, 08:43 PM |
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Thread: East London Line Post: RE: East London Line
It says on their homepage that a number of their trains have been "damaged by snow".
What the heck...? |
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24-01-2013, 08:15 AM |
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Thread: Traffic lights Dartmouth Road/London Road Post: RE: Traffic lights Dartmouth Road/London Road
Really? People won't walk that [b]immense [/b]distance from the car park round the back of Sainsburys?
Sod your fizzy drink tax. I spot the root cause of the obesity epidemic right there... :) |
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20-02-2013, 08:19 AM |
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Thread: Old Blue Mountain Cafe in Forest Hill - a rant board in progress. Post: RE: Old Blue Mountain Cafe in Forest Hill - a rant...
I crossed the road right in front of it this morning, so inspected it closely. Hadn't noticed the place, including its name, before this thread, and that's probably because it's now just bare chipboar... |
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18-03-2013, 11:07 PM |
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Thread: No trains: Sat 16 & Sun 17 March 2013 Post: RE: No trains: Sat 16 & Sun 17 March 2013
As someone who backs onto the railway, it was lovely and quiet... I like to think I don't notice the trains much, but I very much did notice their absence!
And at least some of the work was happeni... |
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18-03-2013, 11:11 PM |
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Thread: Let's move to Forest Hill Post: RE: Let's move to Forest Hill
I never understand the fuss about the South Circular. If it were a six-lane zoom-a-tron, with barriers and 50mph speed limits and so on, I'd understand why it might cause problems, why it might make t... |
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05-04-2013, 04:02 PM |
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Thread: Let's move to Forest Hill Post: RE: Let's move to Forest Hill
I don't think they do visit for the Let's Move To articles - I used to read the Guardian back when paying for "news"papers was a thing :blink: and I always understood this small, throwaway article to ... |
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06-04-2013, 04:08 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Sorry for the thread necromancy - but I just joined the pools today, had a nice gym session, then thought I'd enjoy a swim from 5pm. Did my thing and was out and changing, but surprised to hear at 5.3... |
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04-05-2013, 06:16 PM |
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Thread: To Tip Or Not To Tip Post: RE: To Tip Or Not To Tip
Goodness no. I am QUEEN of the (over)tippers when it comes to restaurants, but I have never, and will never, tip for home grocery delivery (and that's how I get mine every week) - it never even occurr... |
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13-05-2013, 07:32 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Satchers, I appreciate your efforts - and having had no reply to my message via their website about closing times I'll definitely do my best to head along when the next feedback session is scheduled.
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13-05-2013, 10:11 PM |
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Thread: To Tip Or Not To Tip Post: RE: To Tip Or Not To Tip
I must say, if I had the same one all the time I'd probably give them a Christmas tip. But I've lived here 9 months, had a delivery pretty much every week, and haven't seen the same one twice yet! |
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22-05-2013, 06:30 PM |
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Thread: British National Party March Sat 1st June Post: RE: British National Party March Sat 1st June
There's some info on the change of plan (no more than has been stated above, really) on the story on the BBC News website covering the court appearance of one of the suspects in the recent murder - la... |
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30-05-2013, 06:48 PM |
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Thread: English Usage Post: RE: Usage of English
*Why* would you ever need to tell anyone you were "nursing at keyboard"?
One for STFU Parents, I reckon. ([b]There's[/b] an acronym to savour.)
As for the DS, I had a little groan when I saw it... |
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04-06-2013, 06:54 PM |
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Thread: Mangles Post: RE: Mangles
I've seen (and happily used) the salad spinner at many a private gym (for free). Yes, it's something I'd like to see at FH pools too, though I'm just about surviving without one. |
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25-06-2013, 07:38 PM |
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Thread: Burying the South Circular Post: RE: Burying the South Circular
Perryman, they tried something similar not far from here a while back...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Palace_pneumatic_railway |
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10-07-2013, 12:47 PM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc Post: RE: Location x3
I'm sure it's all very lovely for those who own property here - and of course it's all true, it's a marvellous place to live.
But as someone who has got at least another couple of years of hard sav... |
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10-07-2013, 09:53 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Oh, I would love it if it were adults only after 7pm! I haven't been for a while, because I've assumed that the sunshine will give everyone the same idea at the weekends - and in the evenings the pool... |
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30-07-2013, 07:59 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
IWereAbsolutelyFuming, officially I think family swim means you have to be there with a kid. That's what it says on the timetable. But I asked at the desk once if I was allowed in (solo) and they said... |
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31-07-2013, 05:55 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
I think there's a men-only session at one of the pools (I forget which), but I have to say I'm not fond of gender-segregation, really. But, if it has to happen, there should be an equal amount of men-... |
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13-08-2013, 08:28 PM |
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Thread: Location, Location,Location Post: RE: Location, Location,Location
charsiew, I've lived in both Forest Gate and Forest Hill - and they couldn't be more different (phew!) :laugh: |
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07-09-2013, 12:38 AM |
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Thread: Or you could put in all on red... Post: RE: Or you could put in all on red...
But what good does it do you? If you're lucky enough to own property in Forest Hill, and see its price rising so dramatically - what can you do with it? Watch as the next house "on the ladder" moves e... |
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08-09-2013, 02:57 PM |
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Thread: English Usage Post: RE: Usage of English
Might it just have been the receptionist doing that thing I know I do from time to time - using the wrong stock phrase because your brain's on automatic?
"Happy birthday."
"Thanks - and you." |
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13-09-2013, 06:48 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
The last time I went to a women-only session it was indeed pretty busy. I suspect it's because people like me, who don't actually need it to be women-only (couldn't care less, if you want to ogle me i... |
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19-09-2013, 08:11 PM |
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Thread: Where did you live before you came to SE23? Post: RE: Where did you live before you came to SE23?
Moved down to London in 2000 (before that I was in Leicester, Durham and Liverpool) - and my first chunk of years were around Kingston upon Thames (Surbiton, Old Malden). Then I moved east to share wi... |
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22-09-2013, 04:40 PM |
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Thread: Weekly Oyster Post: RE: Weekly Oyster
Yep, I have a monthly one on my Oyster, as well as some PAYG credit for when I step outside zones 1-3.
And a travelcard should definitely be cheaper than PAYG. What TFL don't tell you (and I found ... |
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28-09-2013, 10:08 PM |
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Thread: Weekly Oyster Post: RE: Weekly Oyster
@ryananglem, thanks for that - that's very interesting and I shall file it away for future info!
My commute is to Paddington - my preferred route is to London Bridge (because I stand a chance of ge... |
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30-09-2013, 06:39 PM |
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Thread: Storm - Train Cancellations Post: RE: Storm - Train Cancellations
No problem, I thought. I'll get a bus.
Everyone in Forest Hill has had the same thought, alas, as has everyone else previously on the route - so after watching a few go by and not getting on, and t... |
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