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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: 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: 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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MightyMouse |
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03-08-2012, 08:04 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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MightyMouse |
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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
| 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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MightyMouse |
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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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MightyMouse |
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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
| 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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MightyMouse |
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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
| 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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MightyMouse |
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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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MightyMouse |
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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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MightyMouse |
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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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MightyMouse |
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19-10-2012, 09:15 PM |
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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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MightyMouse |
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18-03-2013, 11:07 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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MightyMouse |
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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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MightyMouse |
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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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MightyMouse |
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16-01-2013, 08:43 PM |
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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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MightyMouse |
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20-02-2013, 08:19 AM |
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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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MightyMouse |
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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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MightyMouse |
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04-05-2013, 06:16 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: 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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MightyMouse |
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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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MightyMouse |
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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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MightyMouse |
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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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MightyMouse |
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07-09-2013, 12:38 AM |
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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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MightyMouse |
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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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MightyMouse |
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22-09-2013, 04:40 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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MightyMouse |
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28-10-2013, 09:05 AM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
| Or, building on nottinghillbilly's post, promote Dartmouth Road as the place to be on a Saturday morning if you want to do your shopping in kid-free peace. "Come drink coffee in our tantrum-free cafés! ... |
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MightyMouse |
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03-11-2013, 09:28 PM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
| I do know this thread has made me quite keen on attending the market. It didn't occur to me to go at first, as I get my groceries delivered, and some of the posts about how it's a haven for running-ab... |
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13-11-2013, 02:39 PM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
| Next and Wallis, please. There's more to life - and especially to spending disposable income - than food. |
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MightyMouse |
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19-11-2013, 08:09 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill: cheap (apparently) but not for long!
Post: RE: Forest Hill: cheap (apparently) but not for lo...
| Apparently those new houses in FH will have "vertical gardens"; I assume that means you just get to stand and look at a wall of grass up the side of your house? |
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20-11-2013, 05:06 PM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
| Who "owns" this market? Is it a random group of traders, not affiliated to Forest Hill, who have borrowed/rented the space from the Horniman and who are probably thrilled at their success?
Or is it... |
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MightyMouse |
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01-11-2013, 09:01 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill: cheap (apparently) but not for long!
Post: RE: Forest Hill: cheap (apparently) but not for lo...
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20-11-2013, 06:46 PM |
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Thread: Disturbing Music near Forest H station today
Post: RE: Disturbing Music near Forest H station today
| Dunno about gangsta rap. When I walked by he was singing, "Heads, shoulders, knees and toes"; I'm not convinced that's one of 50 Cent's hits. |
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23-11-2013, 09:02 PM |
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Thread: Disturbing Music near Forest H station today
Post: RE: Disturbing Music near Forest H station today
| I think - and I'm not as down with the kids as I'd like -this is what's called "Anatomy Rap".
"Gagsta Rap": think "Stutter Rap" by Morris Minor and the Majors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8a9Jx... |
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MightyMouse |
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24-11-2013, 09:12 AM |
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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
| But if it's to do with 5 carriage trains on the underground, why does it affect the Southern trains? Because they often (usually?) have more than 5 carriages. I'd understand if the overground was off,... |
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MightyMouse |
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24-11-2013, 09:17 AM |
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Thread: Co-op and Shell garage - closed
Post: RE: Co-op and Shell garage - closed
| I don't think so, re the Simply Food - I presume you mean the M&S food offering? I wandered by last Saturday and they were stacking shelves in there, and the signage above those shelves was definitely... |
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MightyMouse |
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04-12-2013, 07:57 AM |
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Thread: FH is amazing, what do you think would make the area better than it is allready!
Post: RE: FH is amazing, what do you think would make th...
| A house price crash, please. |
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MightyMouse |
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17-12-2013, 08:05 PM |
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Thread: Meeting new people
Post: RE: Meeting new people
| I'm definitely up for a get together on the 23rd - I've been here 18 months and still only know the people I knew when I came here, but am happy to admit that's all my own fault! As the saying goes, I... |
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MightyMouse |
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18-12-2013, 12:30 PM |
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Thread: House prices in Forest Hill - are they *definitely* on the up?
Post: RE: House prices in Forest Hill - are they *defini...
| Well, any comfort provided by this thread soon wore off... :huh:
*wistfully remembers 2 bed semi she bought in Liverpool, in 1997, for £43k... and sold three years later for £42.5k!* |
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17-01-2014, 09:30 PM |
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Thread: Traffic diversion
Post: RE: Traffic diversion
| There's already at least one car parked on Devonshire Road that's lost its wing mirror, I notice. Not mine, this time (though it's happened before whilst my car's been parked on this apparent rat run ... |
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MightyMouse |
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23-01-2014, 12:21 AM |
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Thread: Noisy Energie Gym
Post: RE: Noisy Énergie Gym
| I suspect you'll have another noise problem to worry about in a week's time, and being woken up as late as 7am will feel like a delight for some years to come... |
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29-01-2014, 08:08 AM |
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Thread: Traffic light problems again?
Post: RE: Traffic light problems again?
| I've just got in (from a late lunch at Canvas and Cream, yum!) and the centre of Forest Hill is crazy with traffic - and it was when I went out too. Didn't notice it so much coming from East Dulwich, ... |
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22-02-2014, 04:18 PM |
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Thread: House prices in Forest Hill - are they *definitely* on the up?
Post: RE: House prices in Forest Hill - are they *defini...
| "Affordable" if you're part of a household on three times the national average salary, according to the article.
Which is in no way "affordable" in the real world.
Yes, the prices here, as every... |
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13-01-2014, 11:34 AM |
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Thread: House prices in Forest Hill - are they *definitely* on the up?
Post: RE: House prices in Forest Hill - are they *defini...
| Michael, thanks for your kind words. You're absolutely right, SW London is indeed even more expensive - unless you shuffle yourself into the odd enclave of affordable flats. The trade off, alas, is on... |
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13-01-2014, 10:14 PM |
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Thread: Pedestrian crossings: London Road junction - railing removal
Post: RE: Pedestrian crossings: London Road junction - r...
| I was once waiting in the middle of the crossing, coming from the station. I'm one of those naughty types that waits to the right of the island, so I'm not inside the railings (as I'm heading off down... |
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03-03-2014, 09:44 PM |
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Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
Post: RE: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
| Mmm. Intrigued as to how it'll "provide significant employment", if they're just moving their shop down the road.
But, you know, yay - more glass windows full of pictures of overpriced property. B... |
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05-03-2014, 08:18 AM |
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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...
| Woken up to no water - according to the Thames Water website there's a leak on Dunoon Road that they're fixing.
In my entire life until I moved to Forest Hill I'd never ever experienced leaks or wa... |
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08-03-2014, 09:08 AM |
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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...
| The usual chestnut: "as soon as possible". It's a burst water main, last updated on the website at 6.28 am.
There's a red area that goes quite a way so it looks like it's affecting quite a few peop... |
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08-03-2014, 09:17 AM |
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