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06-07-2015, 04:23 PM

Thread: Water problems
Post: RE: Water problems in SE23 and SE26

Coincidentally Conway were digging up honor oak road most of yesterday. And you know what happened when they 'resurfaced' Honor Oak Park last year.....

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06-07-2015, 07:57 AM

Thread: Water problems
Post: RE: Water problems in SE23and SE26

Also a leak on honor oak road and Canonbie. No water since last night on Dunoon

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06-07-2015, 07:27 AM

Thread: Jumble Trail in Honor Oak Park, SE23
Post: Today 1-5pm Jumble Trail in Honor Oak Park, SE23

Don't forget that the Jumble Trail is TODAY. There are 20 stalls across Honor Oak Park, Stretching out to Brockley, Forest Hill and Canonbie Road for a good hill walk! We have a stall at 56 Dunoon ...

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05-07-2015, 11:20 AM

Thread: Accident on Perry Vale Friday 12th June pm
Post: RE: Accident on Perry Vale Friday 12th June pm

Well my story certainly livened up this thread again! The lady in question wasn't of advanced age, and hadn't been partaking of any NY merriment (the police on the scene breathalysed her as a matte...

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18-06-2015, 10:46 AM

Thread: Accident on Perry Vale Friday 12th June pm
Post: RE: Accident on Perry Vale Friday 12th June pm

Snazy, something very similar happened to me a few years back, on Canonbie Road. One New Year's Eve as revellers were arriving to take in the view of the fireworks, we heard a large bang outside a...

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17-06-2015, 09:59 AM

Thread: Direct tel no for post office at 295 Stanstead Rd?
Post: Direct tel no for post office at 295 Stanstead Rd?

Hi. Does anyone have the right number for this PO please? Listed number is just royal mail central line. Have waited in for a parcel farce delivery only to find the 'you're not in' card on the mat 2 m...

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11-05-2015, 02:08 PM

Thread: So long Sodo, hello Mamma??
Post: So long Sodo, hello Mamma??

Sodo have just tweeted that they are no longer involved in the pizza place in HOP and have handed over to Mamma Dough. Anyone know more???

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13-04-2015, 09:04 PM

Thread: Houston Road Accident
Post: RE: Houston Road Accident

I think there was definitely something suspicious going on. As I drove down Houston Road about an hour earlier, there were 6-7 Police hanging around with what I thought was a speed camera. But I comme...

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30-03-2015, 11:16 AM

Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...

Sherwood, you're probably right about the Free School, but the point is that the local children would be served much better if this space was given to one of the excellent local schools (Fairlawn or H...

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15-03-2015, 02:54 PM

Thread: Badgers group in se23? (St. John's ambulance)
Post: Badgers group in se23? (St. John's ambulance)

Hi My son is mad keen on all things first aid, and currently wants to be a paramedic. Does anyone know of any St. John's ambulance Badgers or similar groups for children locally? He's 8. Thanks...

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01-03-2015, 09:21 PM

Thread: One bedroom wreck - Honor oak Park
Post: RE: One bedroom wreck - Honor oak Park

Well, its not really a 'wreck' - but its just a glorified garden shed/studio. I suspect agents market these type of things in the hope that the press will pick them up, and it generates more intere...

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27-02-2015, 05:29 PM

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 work very close to LB, so the idea of getting on the Jubilee line at LB to travel to Canada Water, to then change onto the Overground just seems daft. I went to Bath for work the other day. There...

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07-02-2015, 01:02 PM

Thread: Bus strike on Tuesday
Post: RE: Bus strike on Tuesday

CrustyRack, GoTaxi are promoting hard on Twitter about the benefits of using their app for a cab during the strike. They were also giving journeys into London for a fiver before Xmas - may be worth as...

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12-01-2015, 02:20 PM

Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...

Agree with PVP, if you're thinking of using the Crofton park-Blackfriars route to avoid overcrowding (rather than the issue with interchanging), then don't bother - the trains are arguably worse than ...

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19-12-2014, 05:06 PM

Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...

As I posted on the 'Fairlawn outstanding' thread, surely with such a brilliant education provider in their Borough, and such a shortage of good school places (or indeed any school places) surely event...

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07-11-2014, 03:02 PM

Thread: Fairlawn school rated Outstanding in all areas
Post: Fairlawn school rated Outstanding in all areas

Fairlawn recently had a full ofsted inspection, and as a parent there I'm proud to say that it has been rated as Outstanding in ALL areas. This is a fantastic achievement and one of which the staff, g...

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05-11-2014, 10:13 AM

Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...

Thanks for this update Michael, really useful. Thought not necessarily reassuring! Still, I'm glad there will at least be a planning process to go through - I had thoughts that it could be done wit...

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24-10-2014, 10:12 AM

Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...

Has anyone been able to visit the council offices tonight to view the plans that can report back, as so far the council seems unwilling to respond to Carole's suggestion they are posted online? I w...

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23-10-2014, 09:47 PM

Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...

Jaradras - the cynic in me might think that by making the consultation times so short and inconvenient to get to, and by not allowing the online option, that the council hope to get this past consulta...

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20-10-2014, 04:57 PM

Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...

Jenros, not at all. But I do understand how much pressure the local schools are under to 'bulge' with no space, and having Hamilton lodge almost next to the school has been talked about as a solution ...

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01-08-2014, 09:04 PM

Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...

Thanks, Michael

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31-07-2014, 12:36 PM

Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...

oh, ouch! I meant 'their' idea, not 'there'!! Good idea re: the councillors - though I have no idea who they are since the Feakes/Peake team are gone - are any of them on the forum?

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31-07-2014, 11:46 AM

Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...

This does show what a lack of joined up thinking Lewisham has. Fairlawn school is but a few metres up the road, is packed to the rafters and if it had space, the management team is more than up to...

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31-07-2014, 09:37 AM

Thread: Primary school admissions day
Post: RE: Primary school admissions day

Also a good school, results wise at least and a new exec head is in place from this term, who is also exec head at Stillness. May be worth going to visit? (I know its difficult to find!)

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22-04-2014, 01:28 PM

Thread: Primary school admissions day
Post: RE: Primary school admissions day

Bells, what was the school you were allocated? Beecroft Gardens is in Brockley, very recently built, some great facilities, great teachers, and has recently been given 'outstanding' by ofsted. I don't...

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22-04-2014, 01:19 PM

Thread: Extend 63 Bus to Honor Oak Park Station?
Post: RE: Extend 63 Bus to Honor Oak Park Station?

No, due to the roadworks on Forest Hill road the buses are meant to be turning around Marmora and Therapia roads. But a bus hit a car down there yesterday which caused chaos. I hear the 63 is still tu...

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01-09-2013, 12:04 PM

Thread: Emergency Extra Classes
Post: RE: Emergency Extra Classes

As a parent at Fairlawn and knowing of families that have been offered places in this year's 'bulge' class, hopefully I can add something to the discussion. Indeed, the schools you mention we asked...

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25-07-2013, 02:49 PM

Thread: New shop/business on Wood Vale?
Post: New shop/business on Wood Vale?

I noticed that there seems to be a shop fit out happening in the parade on Wood Vale, between Libretto's and the mini-mart (in what I think long ago was a hairdressers). Anyone know any more?

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20-06-2013, 11:42 AM

Thread: Extra carriages for Overground trains?
Post: RE: Extra carriages for Overground trains?

Thanks - but ugh, that's going to be a hot summer! Still, pleased to see that the carriages are being manufactured in the UK. And I congratulate my fellow passengers on the creative loading of our ...

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15-05-2013, 01:12 PM

Thread: Extra carriages for Overground trains?
Post: Extra carriages for Overground trains?

Does anyone know if/when the extra 5th carriage will be added to the Overground trains on our route? I'm positive I read this somewhere at the end of last year, but the trains seem no longer yet. ...

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15-05-2013, 11:16 AM

Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

Nope, that's the right one. Luxe Residential is the agency arm of the developer - its all one big family. They paid £625K in 2011 so there's a bit of padding in the price. Like you say, architects/p...

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14-03-2013, 11:30 AM

Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

AMFM - who is it on the market with? As far as I'm aware, the developers are still very much actively trying to get an application approved for this site. But I understand also that the market in the ...

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14-03-2013, 10:51 AM

Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

Yes, yet again the developers have submitted an application to Lewisham council, this time for an extremely similar looking block, but with 6 flats instead of 8. Residents are of course very much ...

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18-12-2012, 02:54 PM

Thread: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
Post: RE: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights

No other info given, just that "the client" had changed the brief. Don't know whether that is the council, or Skanska, and for what reason. This was on Canonbie Road

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29-11-2012, 09:05 PM

Thread: Christmas Fair at Fairlawn School, Sat 1st December 12-3pm
Post: Christmas Fair at Fairlawn School, Sat 1st Decembe...

The Fairlawn Christmas Fair 2012 is this Saturday, 1st December, from 12-3 pm, at the main school building on Honor Oak Road. There we hope you will find something to tickle your taste buds, fill your...

Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found

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29-11-2012, 03:38 PM

Thread: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
Post: RE: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights

How's this for a complete waste of time and money? Today someone came along to the new lamppost outside my house, chopped about a metre off the top, then reinstalled the light. Apparently "the cli...

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28-11-2012, 02:19 PM

Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

To avoid the queues if you just want to go in for a swim, you can pay at the self service kiosk which is situated on the back wall opposite the tillpoints. The machine only accepts cards, but will let...

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27-09-2012, 01:53 PM

Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

i'm very pleased to hear that Piplings Forest Hill will remain OPEN! Both parties reached a compromise solution earlier this week, and the nursery will stay on Liphook Crescent, albeit with fewer chil...

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21-09-2012, 10:28 AM

Thread: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
Post: RE: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights

I wasn't aware canonbie road was a main road (although some drivers in the rush hour may beg to differ!) but these new posts are pretty much double the height of the existing lights, and look the sam...

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18-09-2012, 10:40 PM

Thread: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
Post: RE: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights

They have installed the lamposts in Canonbie Road over the last couple of days. They are giants - and with the slope of the hill look even more towering! Whilst they aren't the prettiest, they are not...

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18-09-2012, 01:58 PM

Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

We went as a family to the pools yesterday, and I have to say that they are fab! The water is nice and warm, which other local pools don't seem to bother with, the changing facilities are spacious,...

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17-09-2012, 02:32 PM

Thread: Parking for Lewisham Station
Post: RE: Parking for Lewisham Station

thanks!

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08-09-2012, 08:33 PM

Thread: Parking for Lewisham Station
Post: Parking for Lewisham Station

We're off to watch the 7 a side at the Olympic park tomorrow morning, with the kids. Having been already I know that the Lewisham-Stratford DLR link is the best and quietest route. The weak link is th...

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08-09-2012, 01:19 PM

Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

Any more news on an opening date? My littlies are desperate to jump in!

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10-08-2012, 01:42 PM

Thread: Forest Hill Local Assembly - Monday 21 May 2012
Post: RE: Forest Hill Local Assembly - Monday 21 May 201...

Cream cakes? Why has no-one mentioned such delights before??! That changed things entirely :-)

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24-05-2012, 08:19 PM

Thread: Forest Hill Local Assembly - Monday 21 May 2012
Post: RE: Forest Hill Local Assembly - Monday 21 May 201...

I couldn't come because I had a prior engagement at the school. We only got a flyer through less than a week before, so the extra notice you have given about the next meeting is great. I'll mark it on...

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22-05-2012, 08:17 PM

Thread: Primary School allocations
Post: RE: Primary School allocations

I feel very sorry for those of you who have been given schools so far away, even after placing 6 choices. I'd always assumed people that happened to were those who chanced their luck putting the best ...

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23-04-2012, 01:32 PM

Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

The front facade has changed a bit, they have reduced the size by one unit (but i think they may have essentially replaced 2 x 1 bed flats with 1 x 2 bed, so not that much of a reduction), but that se...

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16-04-2012, 01:40 PM

Thread: Decent people
Post: RE: Decent people

Well done to you too Londondrz for getting out there and standing up to them. I hope you're not badly hurt, and that the efforts of both you and the gent who stopped meant that the yoof were prevented...