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Thread: Busy Weekend
Post: RE: Busy Weekend
| The Christmas event at the Station Car Park has disappeared from the Town Talk website. Does anybody know if this is because it has been cancelled? |
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ChrisR |
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06-12-2007, 07:07 PM |
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Thread: (ex) Mercury TV - Perry Vale
Post: RE: (ex) Mercury TV - Perry Vale
| As long as we don't get yet another take away - there's already too many in that stretch of Perry Vale. |
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ChrisR |
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62,534 |
19-12-2007, 05:07 PM |
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Thread: TRL Yellow Jackets in FH
Post: RE: TRL Yellow Jackets in FH
| Hope you have better luck than I have had Snazy. I have called TFL (who I was advised are responsible for the trees on the South Circular) several times over the past few years but nothing ever seems ... |
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ChrisR |
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08-07-2008, 07:32 PM |
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Thread: Did the binmen strike today?
Post: RE: Did the binmen strike today?
| Both general refuse and recycling collected in Forest Hill yesterday:) |
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ChrisR |
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17-07-2008, 02:58 PM |
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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... |
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ChrisR |
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30-04-2018, 03:43 PM |
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Thread: Large Police Presence - Sunday night
Post: Large Police Presence - Sunday night
| Does anybody know what was going on around the station about 1030 last night? Police car and several police at the station underpass by Smiths (which appeared to be blocked off) with a crowd of youths... |
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ChrisR |
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15-09-2008, 01:36 PM |
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Thread: SE23 Magazine
Post: RE: SE23 less posh magazine
| If you mean Living South it is still the same format and being delivered (October edition delivered yesterday) |
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ChrisR |
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31,425 |
09-10-2008, 10:18 AM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 35 Sunderland Road
Post: RE: 35 SUNDERLAND ROAD CHANGE OF USE
| How can they be allowed to get away with this? There is already enough parking problems on Sunderland Rd with the Friends Meeting House (Quakers), Lewisham Labour Party HQ, and visitors to Waldram Par... |
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ChrisR |
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41,820 |
21-10-2008, 02:08 PM |
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Thread: No buses for 3 weeks servicing Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: No buses for 3 weeks servicing Dartmouth Road
| From TFL website:
DARTMOUTH ROAD, SE23: Routes 122 176 and 197 are diverted northbound only and subject to moderate delays from 1000 Monday 27 October for about 3 weeks due to Victorian water mains... |
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ChrisR |
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28-10-2008, 06:19 PM |
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Thread: No buses for 3 weeks servicing Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: No buses for 3 weeks servicing Dartmouth Road
| It should be as according to TFL website the diversion is only from Kirkdale towards Forest Hill |
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ChrisR |
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28-10-2008, 08:03 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station
| Great timing Southern! Just as people start Christmas shopping and have to struggle home with more bags than usual they decide to close the Perry Vale entrance while they do the work on the new barri... |
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ChrisR |
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706,351 |
19-11-2008, 08:30 PM |
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Thread: Post
Post: RE: Post
| Post finally delivered in Sunderland Road today, but no refuse collection. Latest update on Lewisham Council website states "Weather and road conditions permitting, we anticipate normal refuse and rec... |
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ChrisR |
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05-02-2009, 12:41 AM |
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Thread: Southern Electricity
Post: RE: Southern Electricity
| Southern are obviously targeting this area at the moment. I had a visit from one of their representatives one evening last week, courtesy of another resident who let them into our block of flats other... |
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ChrisR |
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30-10-2008, 06:08 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: What the hell is going on with the trains? PUN...
| The reason Southern can claim that 90% of the trains are on time is that the figures only relate to a proportion of their total services. They only have to refer to the punctuality of peak hour trains... |
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ChrisR |
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18-11-2008, 03:47 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale Ward Assembly
Post: RE: Perry Vale Ward Local Assembly
| Councillor Wise - why do the Perry Vale Assembly meetings always have to be on a Thursday evening? This doesn't give those who have commitments on a Thursday the chance to attend. Can't the meetings b... |
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ChrisR |
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05-02-2009, 06:44 PM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: Forest Hill Post Office
| There was a police helicopter circling over the centre of Forest Hill at lunchtime today so wonder if that was anything to do with whatever was going on at the Post Office? |
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ChrisR |
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14-02-2009, 11:53 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| [quote] DSMDUNCAN says Southerns motto is to "think like a passenger" [/quote]
Southern certainly don't think like their mobility challenged passengers!
If they did they would appreciate how unac... |
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ChrisR |
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20-02-2009, 04:48 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| When I first moved to Forest Hill 20 years ago there used to be off-peak through trains to Charing Cross every day (2 per hour Monday - Saturday and 1 per hour on Sunday). I seem to remember services ... |
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ChrisR |
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23-02-2009, 11:51 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| The ticket office was closed on Saturday morning, but Perry Vale gate was open as were all the ticket barriers. It seems at weekends we either have trains running or a ticket office open but not both ... |
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ChrisR |
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18-03-2009, 04:44 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| I wonder if Sir Steve & his cronies are beginning to worry about the responses they are receiving to the "consultation" document and are trying to get different responses by other means?
I have ju... |
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ChrisR |
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14-05-2009, 05:59 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| Re letter above from Southern Railways
Another cop out from Southern! Why don't they just admit they don't care about their customers?
I fail to see what difference the work they have already d... |
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ChrisR |
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26-05-2009, 02:59 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone
Post: RE: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone
| [quote]Brian said:
They should also impose 20mph on Perry Vale side of the tracks[/quote]
There already is a 20mph limit on many of the residential roads In Perry Vale ward, not that many motorists ... |
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ChrisR |
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21-08-2009, 03:24 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| [quote]I see they are finally starting to install a ticket machine on the Perry Vale entrance. Workmen are placing the concrete footing today, so hopefully we can avoid having to go around to the fron... |
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ChrisR |
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05-09-2009, 11:53 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| Thanks Fandango for your quick response - another hike up and down the stairs with suitcases to platform 2! |
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ChrisR |
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05-09-2009, 12:07 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train Service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| [quote]What was interesting was that the London Transport guy said that I was the only person he had surveyed in our area who had brought this up at all and most people were just chuffed that we were ... |
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ChrisR |
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30-09-2009, 11:36 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| I'd rather have a station with a footbridge I can use, and direct trains from Charing Cross in the evening than a T-shirt with a map of the ELL stations on! |
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ChrisR |
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06-10-2009, 05:37 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| I thought I was seeing things today when I arrived at Forest Hill to find trains running through to Charing Cross. It seems there is track capacity available from London Bridge to Charing Cross aftera... |
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ChrisR |
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03-01-2010, 10:14 PM |
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Thread: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
Post: RE: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
| Redalways - you have confirmed what I have been suspicious about for some time. I too have had several occasions in the last year or so when I have received a "sorry you were out" card when I have bee... |
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ChrisR |
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02-03-2010, 11:59 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| When I asked at FH ticket office on Easter Saturday I was told the footbridge should have been opened that weekend, however there was a problem with the power supply!
When returning from LB last n... |
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ChrisR |
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16-04-2010, 12:17 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| Used the lifts for the first time on Saturday - it was lovely not to have to struggle up and down the stairs with a suitcase and laptop etc. Now all I want is for the same to happen at Clapham Junctio... |
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ChrisR |
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26-04-2010, 05:56 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| [quote] An off peak return to London Bridge would before have cost me £2.10 and last week jumped up to £3.50, a lovely 67% increase in cost [/quote]
By the prices you've quoted mjc it seems you eit... |
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ChrisR |
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18-03-2010, 04:25 PM |
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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
| No London Overground services on our line at present - as per TfL website at 1542:
"Services are suspended between Dalston Junction and West Croydon/Crystal Palace due to a vehicle hitting a bridge... |
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ChrisR |
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09-07-2010, 03:48 PM |
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Thread: 14 Waldram Park Road
Post: RE: Major fire on Waldram ?
| Loads of emergency vehicle sirens in the area around 2ish. The Air Ambulance came in very low and seemed to be landing somewhere in the vicinity of the Church Rise/South Road junction. |
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ChrisR |
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30-09-2010, 04:12 PM |
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Thread: Power cut around station
Post: Power cut around station
| There has been a power cut this afternoon affecting a lot of the shops on the station side of Dartmouth Road. The result is many of them are closed including WH Smith which of course means no Post Off... |
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ChrisR |
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13-12-2011, 05:24 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Delivery Office
Post: RE: Forest Hill Delivery Office
| Applespider - according to the 'Something for you' card I had this morning the times are as you've posted Mon-Fri but 8am - 2pm Saturdays.
Don't know why they bother giving a phone number on the ca... |
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ChrisR |
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05-01-2012, 02:15 AM |
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Thread: Post Problems
Post: RE: Post Problems
| Try 08456 112450 - that's the number on the cards they leave when they can't deliver!
they only answer during their normal hours:
8am - 1pm (Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri)
8am - 8pm (Wed)
8am to 2pm (Sat... |
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ChrisR |
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08-03-2012, 07:41 PM |
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Thread: Cranston Road closure
Post: RE: Cranston Road closure
| Must have been pretty serious - the air ambulance landed and only took off again a few minutes ago - must have been on the ground at least an hour. |
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ChrisR |
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10-06-2012, 06:50 PM |
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Thread: Slow Loading
Post: RE: Slow Loading
| I emailed Admin a couple of weeks ago about this and received the following response:
"The site has been a little overloaded recently, should hopefully clear soon"
I haven't noticed any noticeab... |
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ChrisR |
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27-06-2012, 09:45 AM |
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Thread: TalkTalk on Devonshire Road
Post: RE: TalkTalk on Devonshire Road
| I'm also with Talk Talk although in Sunderland Road. I usually get around 10.9 Mbps but like you I have been experiencing periods (usually quite short) of slow responses and numerous drop outs. It see... |
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ChrisR |
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20-08-2012, 07:30 PM |
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Thread: Reporting water leaks made easy
Post: RE: Reporting water leaks made easy
| Thanks Snazy - finger's crossed! |
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ChrisR |
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13-09-2012, 10:34 AM |
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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... |
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ChrisR |
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29,841 |
12-09-2012, 05:04 PM |
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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... |
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ChrisR |
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17-09-2012, 05:07 PM |
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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 ... |
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ChrisR |
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18-09-2012, 05:09 PM |
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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... |
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ChrisR |
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21-09-2012, 07:50 PM |
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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! |
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ChrisR |
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22-09-2012, 09:08 AM |
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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! |
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ChrisR |
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22-09-2012, 02:02 PM |
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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. |
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ChrisR |
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10-05-2013, 01:50 PM |
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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... |
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ChrisR |
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09-05-2013, 11:08 PM |
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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. |
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ChrisR |
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08-10-2013, 05:54 PM |
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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... |
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ChrisR |
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14-09-2014, 01:47 PM |
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