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  Thread: New pop up food at All In One
Post: RE: New pop up food at All In One

@Lordoflordship What type of food is the pop up doing?
ChrisR Businesses & Services 1 275 13-04-2024, 05:53 PM
  Thread: Catford Road and Rushey Green in Catford closed
Post: RE: Catford Road and Rushey Green in Catford close...

TfL updated their website at 2216 to advise that Rushey Green had reopened and traffic was flowing well. The buses are now back on their usual route.
ChrisR Wider Topics 1 1,208 10-03-2024, 11:35 PM
  Thread: Catford Road and Rushey Green in Catford closed
Post: Catford Road and Rushey Green in Catford closed

Following a fatal shooting in Catford in the early hours of this morning Rushey Green is closed to all traffic at the junction with Catford Road resulting in severe delays on the South Circiular and d...
ChrisR Wider Topics 1 1,208 10-03-2024, 05:22 PM
  Thread: P4 diversion due to Thames Water
Post: RE: P4 diversion due to Thames Water

The TfL website is showing the P4 diversion on it's status update pages: [b]Towards Brixton:[/b] https://tfl.gov.uk/bus/status/?Input=P4+towards+Brixton&lineIds=p4&direction=outbound [b]Towards...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 4 1,591 21-10-2023, 01:30 PM
  Thread: Change of post box collection times
Post: RE: Change of post box collection times

The last collection from the post box outside WH Smiths has been brought forward to 5.15pm (it used to be 5.30pm) and I was told by one of the staff in the post office that their collection time has b...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 1 1,299 16-09-2023, 09:32 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

@Nottinghillbilly There are 2 trains an hour from Crystal Palace to London Bridge on Saturday at 23 and 53 past each hour but the routes goes "round the houses" and takes 28 minutes to get to Londo...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 320 83,986 14-09-2023, 12:42 PM
  Thread: Update: 60+ Oyster photocard and Older Persons’ Freedom Passes
Post: Update: 60+ Oyster photocard and Older Persons’ Fr...

From TfL email sent 18th January 2022: ...
ChrisR Wider Topics 4 2,035 19-01-2023, 02:16 PM
  Thread: Early Flights into Heathrow
Post: RE: Early Flights into Heathrow

[quote]Seems that this is one of the busiest time for Heathrow arrivals, when planes bank and descend over the area. are there more, are they louder? [/quote] We often do get the early morning arriv...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 6 4,029 31-10-2022, 05:56 AM
  Thread: Non invasive water leak detection
Post: Non invasive water leak detection

It's a long shot but can anyone recommend a company who provide a non invasive water leak detection service?
ChrisR Businesses & Services 0 2,575 27-10-2022, 04:20 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

@nottinghillbilly - As already posted by rbmartin on post #51 above there are no Southern services from Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park in either direction on Saturday. And it appears the few bus replaceme...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 320 83,986 06-10-2022, 02:40 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

[b]Wednesday 5th October[/b] No London Overground service at all due to industrial action Southern operating normally ie 2 trains an hour to/from London Bridge and 2 trains an hour to/from Vict...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 320 83,986 05-10-2022, 11:53 AM
  Thread: September Southern Timetable changes
Post: RE: September Southern Timetable changes

Ellie Reeves (MP for Lewisham West and Penge constituency) continues to raise our issues with Southern Railways with their management and the government. I've received an email from one of her casewor...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 17 9,048 29-09-2022, 01:20 AM
  Thread: Changes to Bin Collections this week
Post: Changes to Bin Collections this week

There will be changes to bin collections this week due to the Bank Holiday for the State Funeral of ouQueen Elizabeth II. Collections will take place one day later than usual, in line with usual Bank...
ChrisR Businesses & Services 0 3,026 19-09-2022, 07:38 PM
  Thread: Changes to Bin Collections next week
Post: Changes to Bin Collections next week

As it's a Bank Holiday on Monday Lewisham Council are changing the bin collections next week (w/c 29 August). There won't be a collection on Monday - all collections will be one day later than usual....
ChrisR SE23 Topics 1 2,486 23-08-2022, 05:15 PM
  Thread: Shannons Garden Centre closing down
Post: Shannons Garden Centre closing down

Very sad to see Shannons announcement that they are closing down the garden centre and will be gone by the end of September: [url]https://mailchi.mp/9be9512ba80d/important-announcement-closure-of-gar...
ChrisR Businesses & Services 1 4,696 22-08-2022, 07:01 PM
  Thread: South Circular closed eastbound by Forest Hill station
Post: South Circular closed eastbound by Forest Hill sta...

Just heard about these eastbound closures on South Circular by Forest Hill station on the radio! [b]From AA Traffic news:[/b] Road closed and queueing traffic due to crash and fuel spillage on A20...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 3 3,799 09-08-2022, 04:50 PM
  Thread: Summer Rail Strikes
Post: RE: Summer Rail Strikes

[b]Saturday 13th August[/b] I've received an email from TfL today advising "On Saturday 13 August, a rail strike is planned by ASLEF union members working for nine train operators across the country,...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 16 7,271 09-08-2022, 03:23 PM
  Thread: Woman missing from Forest Hill mental health facility
Post: Woman missing from Forest Hill mental health facil...

Police have launched an urgent appeal to help find a missing woman from Lewisham. Patricia, 63, left a mental health facility in Forest Hill at 2pm on August 5. Officers say she boarded a 185 bus to...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 0 2,399 07-08-2022, 03:22 PM
  Thread: Is Honor Oak Park closed to traffic currently?
Post: RE: Is Honor Oak Park closed to traffic currently?

I saw P4's travelling in both directions on London Road by Sainsburys and on Waldram Park Road yesterday which I thought was strange so I don't think they could have been using Devonshire Road. I don'...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 5 4,395 07-08-2022, 03:02 PM
  Thread: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread
Post: RE: Upcoming Rail Engineering Works Update thread

SUNDAY JULY 22ND No Southern or London Overground services operating between New Cross Gate and Crystal Palace/East Croydon or West Croydon. Rail replacement bus services will operate every 15 m...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 320 83,986 22-07-2022, 03:02 PM
  Thread: Stanstead Rd/South Circular closed at Brockley Rise junction
Post: Stanstead Rd/South Circular closed at Brockley Ris...

Due to a building fire on Stanstead Road this morning the road is closed at the Brockley Rise junction and road diversions are in place. The 185 bus is being diverted along Brockley Rise, Brockley ...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 1 3,158 24-05-2022, 03:03 PM
  Thread: Celia Hammond Rescue Van Stolen From Brockley
Post: Celia Hammond Rescue Van Stolen From Brockley

Just had this emailed from Next Door: A Celia Hammond rescue van has been stolen from Brockley registration G11 ODB containing lots of equipment needed for the cats: Vehicle 1 Colour: white wit...
ChrisR Wider Topics 0 3,501 12-11-2019, 04:45 PM
  Thread: Boy asking for sponsorship from Forest Hill Boys School
Post: RE: Boy asking for sponsorship from Forest Hill Bo...

The boy is doing the rounds in Sunderland Road this afternoon. He came into our block of flats while the cleaner had the front door open. He has a crumpled NSPCC sponsorship form and claimed to be fro...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 5 7,522 30-04-2018, 03:43 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Ward - Burglary Update
Post: RE: Forest Hill Ward - Burglary Update

[b]@stix56[/b] Dacres Road is in Perry Vale Ward as is a lot of SE23 so burglaries would appear in that wards crime statistics. However the Perry Vale Safer Neighbourhoods team never seem to communic...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 7 11,175 26-07-2016, 07:25 PM
  Thread: Night tubes...
Post: RE: Night tubes...

I recently came across a TFL public consultation on night bus changes being proposed to fit in with the night tubes: As the Jubilee line is going to be one of the lines running on Fridays and Satur...
ChrisR Wider Topics 9 8,073 22-06-2015, 04:17 PM
  Thread: London Overground Part Closure 25 July-2 August
Post: RE: London Overground Part Closure 25 July-2 Augus...

[b]AMFM[/b] - On August 2nd we're supposed to have 4 London Overground trains per hour from Forest Hill/Honor Oak Park to Canada Water as well as the usual Southern service to London Bridge service so...
ChrisR Wider Topics 7 8,382 11-06-2015, 10:50 AM
  Thread: London Overground Part Closure 25 July-2 August
Post: London Overground Part Closure 25 July-2 August

Email received from TFL warning of the following part closures on London Overground: [b]"This is advance notice of part closures on London Overground services. These are to enable Crossrail to carr...
ChrisR Wider Topics 7 8,382 09-06-2015, 01:17 PM
  Thread: Road works around Oval affecting 185 bus route and road users
Post: Road works around Oval affecting 185 bus route and...

The following information was received in an email from TFL this morning: [b]"From the evening of Sunday 22 March until early 2016, we will be redeveloping four junctions around Oval Tube statio...
ChrisR Wider Topics 0 2,493 18-03-2015, 11:40 AM
  Thread: Rail engineering works
Post: RE: Rail engineering works

The appalling replacement bus "service" being offered is totally unacceptable, and Southern Railways should be held to account. On Saturday February 27th I had to travel to Buckinghamshire and Nati...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 30 33,067 09-03-2015, 04:56 PM
  Thread: Gridlock
Post: RE: Gridlock

This is all we need with no trains this weekend either. Can see the bus replacement service is going to be horrendous!
ChrisR SE23 Topics 26 23,662 27-02-2015, 08:21 PM
  Thread: Rail engineering works
Post: RE: Travel misery 28 Feb - 1 Mar

If it was only one weekend it wouldn't be so bad but over the next 5 weeks we only have trains one weekend - March 14/15th! Although Penge East may be a good alternative for some it is in zone 4 ...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 30 33,067 25-02-2015, 12:42 AM
  Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...

Email received from London Overground this morning: [b]I apologise for the unacceptable level of service on London Overground's route from Highbury & Islington to West Croydon, Crystal Palace an...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 333 285,878 15-01-2015, 02:55 PM
  Thread: More 185 buses from 1st November
Post: More 185 buses from 1st November

TFL email received this morning: [b]"I am writing to let you know that from Saturday 1 November, bus route 185, which runs between Lewisham and Victoria station, will be running more frequently in ...
ChrisR Wider Topics 0 2,271 29-10-2014, 11:38 AM
  Thread: Changes to local post box collection times
Post: Changes to local post box collection times

For those that use local post boxes be aware that the "last" collection time may be changing from Monday. The box on Sunderland Road has a notice advising that the collection time will be now be no ea...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 1 3,426 14-09-2014, 01:47 PM
  Thread: No Overground or Rail this Weekend
Post: RE: No Overground or Rail this Weekend

For those near the 185, 171 bus or 75 bus routes it's also worth considering taking a bus to Catford Bridge, and then the train to London Bridge or Charing Cross. Sunderland Road to a theatre in the ...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 43 43,256 21-05-2014, 10:11 AM
  Thread: Lewisham bus station closed for two years from 1/3/14
Post: RE: Lewisham bus station closed for two years from...

There's an article about the latest changes around Lewisham Station on the front page of the Mercury today. Further information on www.newlewisham.co.uk
ChrisR Wider Topics 12 18,771 14-05-2014, 01:02 PM
  Thread: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
Post: RE: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?

I moved to Forest Hill at the end of 1988 and the Swiss Cottage was still standing then but I don't think it was open. I seem to recall it was demolished a couple of years later.
ChrisR SE23 Topics 108 112,073 08-10-2013, 05:54 PM
  Thread: Travel disruption in FH due to collapsed sewer
Post: RE: Travel disruption in FH due to collapsed sewer

According to the travel report on the radio just now the tailback starts at Dulwich Common in one direction and Brockley Rise in the other.
ChrisR SE23 Topics 26 24,713 10-05-2013, 01:50 PM
  Thread: Travel disruption in FH due to collapsed sewer
Post: RE: Travel disruption in FH due to collapsed sewer

Email from Tfl only tells half the story! At 10pm tonight I found if you're travelling along Dartmouth Rd towards Forest Hill you can't go straight on at the traffic lights onto the South Circular tow...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 26 24,713 09-05-2013, 11:08 PM
  Thread: Venue for folk orchestra
Post: RE: Venue for folk orchestra

Forest Hill Methodist Church in Normanton St have rooms for hire.
ChrisR Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 9 8,442 26-02-2013, 05:42 PM
  Thread: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
Post: RE: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights

The Waldram end of Sunderland is now better as the first of the middle 5 lamp posts on the right-hand side as you walk up is finally working. However although the white lights are better than the yell...
ChrisR Wider Topics 128 127,354 16-11-2012, 02:10 PM
  Thread: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
Post: RE: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights

Unfortunately it does seem as if Sunderland Road is going the same way as Church Rise and Westbourne Drive - not helped by the fact that some of the old lights are being switched off before all the ne...
ChrisR Wider Topics 128 127,354 12-11-2012, 12:42 PM
  Thread: Reporting water leaks made easy
Post: RE: Reporting water leaks made easy

I can confirm "River Sunderland" is no more. After 3 weeks of waiting for the leak to be repaired the job took less than 1 hour!
ChrisR SE23 Topics 35 29,778 22-09-2012, 02:02 PM
  Thread: Reporting water leaks made easy
Post: RE: Reporting water leaks made easy

Thanks Snazy - yes finally contractors have arrived and drilling has commenced - Hallelujah!
ChrisR SE23 Topics 35 29,778 22-09-2012, 09:08 AM
  Thread: Reporting water leaks made easy
Post: RE: Reporting water leaks made easy

Church Rise and Dartmouth Rd may be fixed but the saga of Sunderland Rd continues!! Contractors claim to have been 3 times and cars parked where they need to dig, but nobody has seen any sign of t...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 35 29,778 21-09-2012, 07:50 PM
  Thread: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
Post: RE: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights

Concerned to see Snazy's comments about the effect of the new street lights on the pavements in Church Rise & Westbourne Drive as they're now being installed on Sunderland Road which is a similarly wi...
ChrisR Wider Topics 128 127,354 18-09-2012, 05:26 PM
  Thread: Reporting water leaks made easy
Post: RE: Reporting water leaks made easy

No call back as promised from the person in escalations I spoke to yesterday. However following contact with the Consumers Council for Water yesterday I have now been called by someone else in Thames ...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 35 29,778 18-09-2012, 05:09 PM
  Thread: Reporting water leaks made easy
Post: RE: Reporting water leaks made easy

Still no news on the Sunderland Road leak despite almost daily calls to Thames Water! Each time the promised call back within 24 hours has not materialised. The case was passed to the Escalation depar...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 35 29,778 17-09-2012, 05:07 PM
  Thread: Reporting water leaks made easy
Post: RE: Reporting water leaks made easy

Thanks Snazy - finger's crossed!
ChrisR SE23 Topics 35 29,778 13-09-2012, 10:34 AM
  Thread: Reporting water leaks made easy
Post: RE: Reporting water leaks made easy

There is definately a vast difference between investigation by Thames Water and the actual repair. It is now two weeks since the Sunderland Rd leak was investigated and the spot marked with blue paint...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 35 29,778 12-09-2012, 05:04 PM
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