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

Thanks for offering to request a meeting. I would also happily join in the request, but as a parent at the nursery I didn't want to push too hard in case I'm seen as being "self-interested". I woul...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 666 536,850 25-01-2012, 04:20 PM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

What wayfarer said, and in just 3 short lines. A great summation!
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 666 536,850 25-01-2012, 02:48 PM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

Both our association road rep and an officer of the committee knew nothing until I mentioned it to them either. Whatever has been done, its involved very few people from TLERA, without consultation an...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 666 536,850 23-01-2012, 01:55 PM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

I'm very sad that such a fantastic nursery is being forced to closed, and angry and frustrated by the actions of the residents association in supporting a couple of residents in this action, without i...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 666 536,850 22-01-2012, 03:12 PM
  Thread: Anyone in Sainsburys/Pearcefield road car park this morning (Friday 23rd Dec)?
Post: RE: Anyone in Sainsburys/Pearcefield road car park...

Yes, Sainsburys do own and run cameras in the car park. They were reasonably helpful and sympathetic, but can't give me access to the cameras. I have to go through the police, which I am doing but tho...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 3 7,034 23-12-2011, 07:27 PM
  Thread: Anyone in Sainsburys/Pearcefield road car park this morning (Friday 23rd Dec)?
Post: Anyone in Sainsburys/Pearcefield road car park thi...

Hi If you were in the car park below Sainsburys (the undercover part) this morning between 10.30-11.40 and saw anyone damage one of the cars parked in there, could you let me have any information p...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 3 7,034 23-12-2011, 05:13 PM
  Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

My understanding was that if the planning officer was of a mind to refuse the application, then he could do this under delegated powers regardless of the number of objections (waste of time and counci...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 88 119,109 22-12-2011, 11:08 AM
  Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

Has anyone heard any more on this? According to an email conversation between my husband and the planner, he has rejected the application and is 'writing up his report'. But has been doing that fo...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 88 119,109 21-12-2011, 12:41 PM
  Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

The revised balance of property types in favour of smaller properties (to allow for the parking at the front), makes this whole development pretty much doomed, and I mean this for the developers thems...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 88 119,109 26-10-2011, 08:26 PM
  Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

Bill, what great news to hear. It appears that the applicants really haven't thought this through. Please do submit your objection before next tuesday ( not long I know) indicating the share of freeho...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 88 119,109 19-10-2011, 09:55 PM
  Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

And I'm sure the neighbour up the hill will be delighted to see that the development may result in people lurking outside her property - they look decidedly dodgy even in silhouette form - one even ha...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 88 119,109 14-10-2011, 04:06 PM
  Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

Turns out that Lewisham council forgot to send consultation letters to the whole of Sydmons Court - the private road that runs behind the proposed development, and the one that it proposes gaining acc...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 88 119,109 13-10-2011, 02:01 PM
  Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

But surely Lewisham's housing targets must include affordable housing in schemes? In which case this application won't help them at all. It has bee deliberately pitched at 9 dwellings - the maximum nu...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 88 119,109 10-10-2011, 12:28 PM
  Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

The application is unbelievable. Full of outright lies in the design statement, and unrealistic proposals. I wouldn't be surprised if the developers or the architects haven't even visited the site. ...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 88 119,109 08-10-2011, 09:12 PM
  Thread: Advertising on parked car, Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Advertising on parked car

I've seen 3 of these cars - all different makes but virtually identical messages (from what I can make out, the owner has obviously not come from the "less is more' school of advertising. AA Bill s...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 11 21,262 20-05-2011, 02:05 PM
  Thread: Petrol thefts
Post: RE: Petrol thefts

Pit bull is tempting - but then I'd probably be the one in trouble, and doesn't seem fair on the dog! Sugar in the tank also tempting just for the revenge factor, but the crazy thing is that the co...
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 19 16,327 31-08-2010, 10:54 AM
  Thread: Petrol thefts
Post: RE: Petrol thefts

After a brief respite - the thieves are back. Anyone else get a visit last night? They got a whole £2 worth, my husband thinks. What IS the point??? I actually noticed that it had happened in the ...
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 19 16,327 17-08-2010, 01:12 PM
  Thread: Warning to Residents on Honor Oak Road
Post: RE: Warning to Residents on Honor Oak Road

Hi Report this to the SNT - I saw something similar last year which was happening more and more, reported it and they stepped up surveillance. Don't know if it was coincidence, but these 'drive bys...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 8 12,190 09-08-2010, 12:13 PM
  Thread: boundary between honor oak and forest hill?
Post: RE: boundary between honor oak and forest hill?

Until Mr Beeching got his way in the 50s, there used to be a railway station where the flats are on FH road, opposite Brenchley Gardens. This was called 'Honor Oak' station and was on the Crystal Pala...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 75 79,096 06-07-2010, 09:28 AM
  Thread: Petrol thefts
Post: RE: Petrol thefts

A full tank now is about a tenner's worth. If they strike lucky and get a full tank. Hubby is now only half filling to reduce potential loss. Not great pickings and it surprises me that the price incr...
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 19 16,327 05-07-2010, 02:23 PM
  Thread: Petrol thefts
Post: RE: Petrol thefts

That is a fine plan - I was also thinking that perhaps a few days/weeks of emptying the tank at night and refuelling in the morning might cause them to give up their handy little filling stop. Are ...
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 19 16,327 05-07-2010, 01:58 PM
  Thread: Petrol thefts
Post: RE: Petrol thefts

That's what mine thought at first, until he took it to the garage and they said its one of the most common problems they have to fix. On the vespa its really easy to just pull out the fuel line and dr...
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 19 16,327 02-07-2010, 08:57 PM
  Thread: Petrol thefts
Post: RE: Petrol thefts

Well exactly (on what they get out of a scooter, rather than the insurance!) But as most cars now have locking caps these are the last resort it seems. And it also sounds like maybe these are more ...
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 19 16,327 02-07-2010, 05:31 PM
  Thread: Petrol thefts
Post: Petrol thefts

My husband has had the petrol drained from his scooter when its been parked at our house (on the front garden behind a gate) 3 times in the last couple of months. Especially annoying as he normally ma...
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 19 16,327 02-07-2010, 02:52 PM
  Thread: Mugging on Grierson Road
Post: RE: Mugging on Grierson Road

So awful to hear. I hope the lady in question is OK. Was mugged myself a few years ago. It was only one guy, but that was more than scary enough. Well done for responding so quickly! Particularly h...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 21 25,725 19-02-2010, 05:18 PM
  Thread: 3-4 year olds in Tewkesbury lodge area?!
Post: 3-4 year olds in Tewkesbury lodge area?!

Hi All We live on Canonbie road with our 3 1/2 year old boy. We moved from East Dulwich about 18 months ago and still tend to venture back down the hill for meet ups with his friends from NCT etc, ...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 1 4,121 25-01-2010, 01:33 PM
  Thread: Swine flu vaccine for pregnant women
Post: RE: Swine flu vaccine for pregnant women

I've come into this thread really late. Roz, I hope if you've had the new baby all is good! But even now in January, the roll-out of the vaccine seems to have stalled. I've got my 3.5 year check up...
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 24 27,660 20-01-2010, 02:40 PM
  Thread: Snow!!!
Post: RE: Snow!!!

Perhaps Southwark 'borrowed' Lewisham's supply to grit their pavements ;)
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 119 101,923 13-01-2010, 05:33 PM
  Thread: Snow!!!
Post: RE: Snow!!!

There I was yesterday evening, coming home to see that the gritters had finally been out on Canonbie, and thinking perhaps tomorrow the car might move, when what happens this morning? Another 4 inches...
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 119 101,923 13-01-2010, 11:27 AM
  Thread: Snow!!!
Post: RE: Snow!!!

I think you're right that eventually late Monday night they closed the other side of Canonbie, but that led to people coming up from Netherby or Westwood Park, going as far as they could up the hill, ...
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 119 101,923 12-01-2010, 03:35 PM
  Thread: Snow!!!
Post: RE: Snow!!!

Maybe that's why Canonbie and Netherby roads haven't been gritted since before the weekend then. I thought it was down to 'rationing'. But a word of warning, don't even think of trying to drive on ...
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 119 101,923 12-01-2010, 02:43 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone
Post: RE: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone

andrewr, in response to your earlier message about Netherby road, I totally agree - those and the ones on Canonbie are ridiculously high, and deteriorating rapidly. I have a small car, and even drivin...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 106 111,780 16-09-2009, 02:04 PM
  Thread: Honor Oak Park Rail Station
Post: Bike parking at HOP station

Why are there never any bikes parked at that lovely undercover cycle park outside HOP station? Is it because thefts are so likely its not even worth trying? The cycle to the station would definitel...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 112 117,986 27-05-2009, 06:13 PM
  Thread: Honor Oak Park Rail Station
Post: Bike parking at HOP station

Why are there never any bikes parked at that lovely undercover cycle park outside HOP station? Is it because thefts are so likely its not even worth trying? The cycle to the station would definitel...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 112 117,986 25-05-2009, 10:30 AM
  Thread: School Places in SE23
Post: RE: School Places in SE23

thanks for all your help - I'm feeling much happier that we won't be travelling to a primary school 50 mins from our home when the time comes! Sherwood - by 'apply early' do you mean do something b...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 20 23,847 21-05-2009, 10:14 AM
  Thread: School Places in SE23
Post: RE: school places in Se23

Great - I'm on Canonbie so its about 150m as the crow flies, 300 to walk up the hill and down again! Thats what I had been relying on, but recent events got me a tad worried!
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 20 23,847 19-05-2009, 02:59 PM
  Thread: School Places in SE23
Post: School Places in SE23

Hi all My little boy will be going to school in either Sept 10 or Jan 11, and I've been pretty relaxed about the whole idea, until friends of mine in East Dulwich have alerted me to the absolute ni...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 20 23,847 19-05-2009, 02:34 PM
  Thread: Horniman Triangle Play Park
Post: RE: Horniman Triangle Play Park

Superb! My 3 year old loved it yesterday - and much less taxing for me than having to push him on swings/catch him off slides etc. Not sure about it in a few months, re: the 'dog toilet' comments t...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 163 171,706 09-04-2009, 05:15 PM
  Thread: Tips on tips?
Post: RE: Tips on tips?

Applespider, you've just made yourself even more popular! :thumbsup:
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 28 41,483 19-02-2009, 03:37 PM
  Thread: Tips on tips?
Post: RE: Tips on tips?

Yes the council will collect (for a fee). But if you were to have a friend on the Southwark side of the border, Southwark council collect things like this for FREE :thumbup:(and their council tax rate...
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 28 41,483 19-02-2009, 01:08 PM
  Thread: Post
Post: RE: Post

Well, would you believe it - a strange sound downstairs at 7.10am this morning confirmed a rare sight - POST being delivered on Canonbie. It wasn't a week's worth, but fair play to the postie, he w...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 24 23,548 06-02-2009, 11:04 AM
  Thread: Post
Post: RE: Post

Latest on self collection. Just saw a postie on FH Road, and asked him if we are able to collect our post from the sorting office. His reply "Absolutely - just take some ID and proof of address". S...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 24 23,548 05-02-2009, 04:54 PM
  Thread: Post
Post: RE: Post

Update: Decided to call the post office, and asked re: collecting our own post. It is up to the delivery office in question (mine is Perry Vale), so you have to phone them. Number is 08456 11...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 24 23,548 05-02-2009, 03:18 PM
  Thread: Post
Post: RE: Post

Billham, am round the corner from you on Canonbie. Still no post at 2pm Thursday - so its not boding well... I know its icy, but UPS managed to deliver to me yesterday, with a smile on his face. An...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 24 23,548 05-02-2009, 03:06 PM
  Thread: Former Rail Station at Honor Oak
Post: Former Rail Station at Honor Oak

Yesterday I was looking at a map of the area from 1946 which shows where bombs landed and the extent of damage to buildings. On this map is shown a railway that used to run to the north of the Hor...
ladywotlunches SE23 Topics 7 11,266 27-01-2009, 01:44 PM
  Thread: Wine making co-op
Post: RE: Wine making co-op

Thanks Andy I saw an old article on the Time out site about Peter at the kent house lane allotments - and wondered if there might be some kind of set up there I may be able to tag onto...
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 5 6,411 03-09-2008, 10:43 AM
  Thread: Wine making co-op
Post: Wine making co-op

Hi Have just moved to a new house with a large vine in the back garden, that currently has tons of grapes on it turning a very nice red colour. They are definitely wine grapes as opposed to eating...
ladywotlunches Wider Topics 5 6,411 02-09-2008, 02:19 PM
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