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  Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Strange Smell at Forest Hill Station

[quote=Perryman] It is the stench of decay as the posh-side capitalist system rots from within. [/quote] I think that the smell is the salt which they use to melt the ice. I recall the same smell...
Redalways SE23 Topics 761 706,366 14-12-2007, 03:48 PM
  Thread: New Years Eve Fireworks One Tree Hill View
Post: New Years Eve Fireworks One Tree Hill View

I know that Forest Hill will have some great views of the New Years Eve Central London fireworks, assuming that we have a clear night. Does anyone know whether you can see the fireworks from the to...
Redalways SE23 Topics 9 15,269 14-12-2007, 03:52 PM
  Thread: Bar Equal
Post: RE: Florists on HOP

[quote=hopper] I've emailed my local councillors to ask them to look into what's going on. I don't know how much good it will do but it's got to be worth a try. If anyone else wants to do the sam...
Redalways SE23 Topics 56 60,322 26-01-2008, 01:25 PM
  Thread: Honor Oak Park Rail Station
Post: Honor Oak Station Coffee Shop

I think that this forum should praise good local services where appropriate and deserved. I have got to say - ?Andy? the owner of the Coffee shop at HOP station (despite being an Arsenal supporter)...
Redalways SE23 Topics 112 118,099 16-02-2008, 03:06 PM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to London Bridge

Southern's trick from London Bridge is to run the trains skipping HOP and Brockley and FH etc when a train is late. That way it isn't reported as late on the DfT statistics and doesn't count towards t...
Redalways SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,744 18-11-2008, 01:38 PM
  Thread: Tesco, London Road
Post: RE: Tesco, London Road

Funny My Wife had her Credit Card cloned - the first we knew about it was when it was stopped by the card company due to "irregular" transactions". Nearly ?5k was taken out on it in Canada ! Whe...
Redalways SE23 Topics 29 31,182 02-01-2009, 04:38 PM
  Thread: Tesco, London Road
Post: RE: Tesco, London Road

I see this as a crime against the CC companies. We inform them. It was they who told us that the card had been cloned. It is for them to put 2 and 2 together and report it to the police. Their softwa...
Redalways SE23 Topics 29 31,182 04-01-2009, 07:24 PM
  Thread: Searching for english relatives
Post: RE: searching for english relatives

Carol Unless you know that they live in this area ie London Se23 and you can give more information it is unlikely you can get help using this forum, if you can be more specific would be helpful ...
Redalways SE23 Topics 15 14,754 19-04-2009, 09:17 AM
  Thread: Honor Oak Park Rail Station
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Rail Station

They were working at 6:45pm along with a load of ticket inspectors, there to nab passengers, who either didn't have tickets or had the wrong tickets! Its quite interesting that HOP has very few bar...
Redalways SE23 Topics 112 118,099 19-05-2009, 08:07 PM
  Thread: Honor Oak Park Rail Station
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Rail Station

I have seen the thug looking bouncer types who accompany these inspectors.It's funny that they are never there when you have been waiting at London Bridge station waiting for a cancelled train.
Redalways SE23 Topics 112 118,099 21-05-2009, 09:07 PM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak

I emailed Jim Dowd about two weeks ago on this - not even an acknowledgement
Redalways SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,744 18-10-2009, 07:49 PM
  Thread: Can you view Blackheath fireworks from One Tree Hill ?
Post: Can you view Blackheath fireworks from One Tree Hi...

Last year we went to Hilly Fields and got quite a good view of the fireworks. Anyone know if there's much view from OTH ?
Redalways SE23 Topics 5 14,374 06-11-2009, 04:14 PM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak

This was the response I got from Jim Dowd MP end of October. Glad that he is on the case, particularly when he is not well himself. Thank you for your e-mail regarding the decisions to withdraw t...
Redalways SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,744 20-11-2009, 05:15 PM
  Thread: Darren Johnson
Post: RE: Darren Johnson

Apologies for my ignorance but who is Darren Johnson ?
Redalways SE23 Topics 12 10,942 21-02-2010, 06:04 PM
  Thread: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
Post: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages

I went to Forest Hill sorting office to pick up a package and as well as being given the package that I went to pick up I was also (to my surprise) given another package that was meant for me at my ad...
Redalways SE23 Topics 33 35,940 01-03-2010, 03:44 PM
  Thread: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
Post: RE: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages

I did weigh up whether I should complain. In the end I didn't put in a complaint. The reason is that I suspect that if I complained future parcels/letters may mysteriously be lost. It's a pit...
Redalways SE23 Topics 33 35,940 02-03-2010, 01:44 PM
  Thread: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
Post: RE: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages

Mary This isn't an issue of people being out whenthe postie arrives to deliver the package. The issue is that the postie has no intention of delivering the package and leaves it at the sorting offi...
Redalways SE23 Topics 33 35,940 02-03-2010, 05:22 PM
  Thread: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
Post: RE: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages

"Personaly I blame internet shopping. If you postie was just carrying letters there would be no issue but if they are also delivering from Amazon, HMV, etc etc there little bags are going to be bul...
Redalways SE23 Topics 33 35,940 02-03-2010, 05:24 PM
  Thread: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
Post: RE: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages

Alas this is the attitude that has brought Royal Mail to its knees. Many postal services would look at Amazon and its ilk as a great opportunity for their business, that would secure their future and ...
Redalways SE23 Topics 33 35,940 02-03-2010, 06:14 PM
  Thread: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
Post: RE: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages

I don' think that you are understanding the situation here. The package was never put in the van as, despite me paying for home delivery. the Royal Mail never attempted to deliver it.
Redalways SE23 Topics 33 35,940 03-03-2010, 09:08 AM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park

I have an annual paper type season ticket to London Terminals ie London Bridge. Does anyone know whether that season ticket can be transferred to an Oyster Card ? I find that the paper ticket ge...
Redalways SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,744 28-05-2010, 08:16 PM
  Thread: Honor Oak Park Rail Station
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Rail Station

Quite like the surplus staff at HOP. Beats there being no staff there.
Redalways SE23 Topics 112 118,099 28-05-2010, 08:18 PM
  Thread: Honor Oak House Hunting
Post: RE: Honor Oak House Hunting

We moved from Herne Hill 10 years ago. HOP is a real community and being smaller than Forest Hill has (in my humble view) more of a community feel than FH.
Redalways SE23 Topics 17 17,229 28-05-2010, 08:25 PM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park

Pity - this means that if you enter the station intending to use LB but then change your mind (perhaps because the London Bridge trains is delayed) and want to use the Overground you have to go back u...
Redalways SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,744 05-06-2010, 12:45 AM
  Thread: Youth robbing folks in the street!
Post: RE: Youth robbing folks in the street!

Bnv. Could you let us know where you were mugged - may be able to spot them in the future.0
Redalways SE23 Topics 14 14,520 04-09-2010, 05:35 PM
  Thread: Overground Fares to Honor Oak park
Post: Overground Fares to Honor Oak park

The TFL website states that a single cash ticket from a zone 1 station to a Underground/Overground or DLR station in zone 3 (eg Honor Oak Park ,which is run by TFL) is £4 single. Yet if you ask for su...
Redalways SE23 Topics 14 14,887 06-01-2011, 04:40 PM
  Thread: Overground Fares to Honor Oak park
Post: RE: Overground Fares to Honor Oak park

The issue is the other way. The TFL underground stations will only sell you a £6 fare if you are going to HOP via zone 1 tube and overground. Try it !
Redalways SE23 Topics 14 14,887 07-01-2011, 06:02 PM
  Thread: Overground Fares to Honor Oak park
Post: RE: Overground Fares to Honor Oak park

Yes the ticket machine will only sell you a £6 ticket, which was why I went to the ticket office. The clerk had the same issue.
Redalways SE23 Topics 14 14,887 07-01-2011, 08:27 PM
  Thread: Overground Fares to Honor Oak park
Post: RE: Overground Fares to Honor Oak park

I use the oyster but was trying to buy my old man a ticket from Euston Square to HOP via the overground. they will charge you £6. Sometimes we will need to buy a paper ticket
Redalways SE23 Topics 14 14,887 07-01-2011, 10:43 PM
  Thread: moving to FH, primary school and general info
Post: RE: moving to FH, primary school and general info

Dangerous. :laugh: What Nonsense.
Redalways SE23 Topics 40 42,807 11-02-2011, 03:01 PM
  Thread: HOP Recreation Ground to Become a Cemetery?
Post: RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground!

LOL. New here are you ?
Redalways SE23 Topics 196 181,705 07-03-2011, 11:54 AM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Disaster The Old Bank to become a Dominoes piz...

The tone would be set if someone tipped off South London Press that there is antagonism to Dominos opening up in that building. Remember Macdonalds - Hampstead !!!
Redalways SE23 Topics 736 625,672 02-09-2011, 11:26 AM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Disaster The Old Bank to become a Dominoes piz...

The bikes go on the pavement. The parade already has a Pizza delivery shop.
Redalways SE23 Topics 736 625,672 02-09-2011, 04:49 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Disaster The Old Bank to become a Dominoes piz...

Many people including a lot who dont read this forum will be disgusted that such a nice old bank building will be taken over by Dominos. Its sad that this is happenning just as the parade was beginni...
Redalways SE23 Topics 736 625,672 15-09-2011, 07:45 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Disaster The Old Bank to become a Dominoes piz...

I noticed that the Peckham Circus have plastered their posters all over the Old Bank. Sure one or two anti Dominos will be OK.
Redalways SE23 Topics 736 625,672 17-09-2011, 12:53 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Dominoes Pizza

Quite Right Tersie. What i cannot understand is why Dominos require such a large venue. Unless they intend to make it a mini hub to include Sydenham Penge etc - which will make the dodgy motorbikes...
Redalways SE23 Topics 736 625,672 21-09-2011, 12:38 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

Lets hope its not a Fried Chicken or Kebab place
Redalways SE23 Topics 736 625,672 27-09-2011, 02:27 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

Cant be a pound shop unless there is a change of use.
Redalways SE23 Topics 736 625,672 20-10-2011, 07:33 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

According to Lewisham Council this change of use planning request has prompted a record number of requests from hundreds of local residents, many of whom live very near to the unit. If Dominos had any...
Redalways SE23 Topics 736 625,672 19-10-2011, 10:03 AM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

Just reading the addressees of the ones who have objected, it is clear that they are local. If I was a local business I would be concerned that so many very local people objected to my presence, even...
Redalways SE23 Topics 736 625,672 19-10-2011, 11:03 AM
  Thread: Best place in FH to see bonfire night fireworks
Post: RE: Best place in FH to see bonfire night firework...

Blythe Hill usually good and theres usually a good atmosphere
Redalways SE23 Topics 7 12,332 20-10-2011, 10:43 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

Agree old bank is not suitable for a Domino Pizza factory. However can anyone suggest an alternative site ?
Redalways SE23 Topics 736 625,672 25-10-2011, 09:35 PM
  Thread: Why is HOP and Forest Hill in zone 3 and not zone 2
Post: Why is HOP and Forest Hill in zone 3 and not zone ...

Looking at the map and bearing in mind East Dulwich and Herne Hill are in zone 2 it looks like the zone has been narrowed for our part of London. Whats the logic of why we are in zone 3 and East Dulw...
Redalways SE23 Topics 3 8,065 11-11-2011, 05:35 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

I sent a detailed email to Lewisham back in September objecting . Had no acknowledgment and I am not listed. When I rang up to query this I was told that they had so any objections that they were stag...
Redalways SE23 Topics 736 625,672 15-11-2011, 09:49 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

The issue was the change of use to a take away. No objection to Pizza per se. Indeed if Dominos, Pizza Express, Pizza Hut or anyone else had applied for a sit down Pizza restaurant then I dont b...
Redalways SE23 Topics 736 625,672 18-11-2011, 01:51 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

I remember Lordship Lane when it was a right dump. It was worse than Sydenham High street Actually I think HOP parade, although a lot smaller, has the potential to have more interesting non chain s...
Redalways SE23 Topics 736 625,672 18-11-2011, 02:33 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

Yes apparently Papa Johns are interested :rofl:
Redalways SE23 Topics 736 625,672 22-11-2011, 03:13 PM
  Thread: What is that smell??
Post: RE: What is that smell??

If it is at the station then it is the de icer they use - smells like ammonia though it is usually in the winter !
Redalways SE23 Topics 12 12,180 05-09-2012, 10:34 PM
  Thread: Hills and Parkes deli up for sale
Post: RE: Hills and Parkes deli up for sale

Hills and Parkes was a great idea but simply didnt have enough variety of produce available. When I went in I struggled to find anything to buy and I wanted to buy to support a local business. There n...
Redalways SE23 Topics 35 38,606 16-10-2014, 11:14 PM
  Thread: Where is the Honor Oak Guitarist ?
Post: Where is the Honor Oak Guitarist ?

Haven't seen him for a while. Where is he ? Miss his crazy guitar "playing"
Redalways SE23 Topics 4 6,223 09-12-2014, 05:47 PM
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