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  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 1,344 10-03-2024, 05:22 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 3,526 12-11-2019, 04:45 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 2,516 23-08-2022, 05:15 PM
  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 3,071 19-09-2022, 07:38 PM
  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 3,437 14-09-2014, 01:47 PM
  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...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 21 23,718 15-09-2008, 01:36 PM
  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 8,447 09-06-2015, 01:17 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 2,288 29-10-2014, 11:38 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 2,627 27-10-2022, 04:20 PM
  Thread: Buses
Post: Pickpockets on buses

Just a warning to everyone that uses buses to be extra careful these days particulary in relation to keeping your valuables safe as pickpockets are working in the area. I had my purse taken from insid...
ChrisR Wider Topics 83 77,685 12-02-2009, 03:28 PM
  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...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 5 6,308 13-12-2011, 05:24 PM
  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.
ChrisR SE23 Topics 58 62,532 19-12-2007, 05:07 PM
  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...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 31 41,820 21-10-2008, 02:08 PM
  Thread: Buses
Post: RE: 75 bus

There was a serious accident in Catford about 11am at the junction by the library (apparently an elderly lady was knocked down and dragged under a lorry) closing Catford Rd between the main junction a...
ChrisR Wider Topics 83 77,685 04-10-2008, 06:27 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 108 113,136 08-10-2013, 05:54 PM
  Thread: Boris Johnson cycle scheme
Post: RE: Boris Johnson cycle scheme

There are free cycling lessons offered by Lewisham Council. See: http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/TransportAndStreets/Cycling/
ChrisR Wider Topics 24 20,065 13-09-2010, 06:26 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 7,579 30-04-2018, 03:43 PM
  Thread: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
Post: RE: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade

I'm with Talk Talk and have had a very unstable broadband connection since Sunday morning. On Monday evening Talk Talk advised me it was a general issue in the area and engineers were working on it, ...
ChrisR Wider Topics 163 202,574 03-02-2011, 11:06 AM
  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?
ChrisR SE23 Topics 25 25,670 06-12-2007, 07:07 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 1,344 10-03-2024, 11:35 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 1,333 16-09-2023, 09:32 PM
  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.
ChrisR SE23 Topics 20 24,726 10-06-2012, 06:50 PM
  Thread: Did the binmen strike today?
Post: RE: Did the binmen strike today?

Both general refuse and recycling collected in Forest Hill yesterday:)
ChrisR SE23 Topics 12 11,369 17-07-2008, 02:58 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 4,092 31-10-2022, 05:56 AM
  Thread: East London Line
Post: RE: East London Line

I have just received the following response from London Overground following my complaint several weeks ago that the last southbound trains are not late enough, and will mean late night travellers are...
ChrisR Wider Topics 281 296,362 17-05-2010, 01:47 PM
  Thread: East London Line
Post: RE: East London Line

[quote]Did anyone else receive an email regarding the opening of the ELL on Sunday this morning? It seems to be being sent to registered Oyster Card users who use our line[/quote] I had one from TF...
ChrisR Wider Topics 281 296,362 20-05-2010, 11:59 AM
  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 ...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 106 111,793 21-08-2009, 03:24 PM
  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...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 13 28,204 05-01-2012, 02:15 AM
  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...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 2,074 2,040,778 14-05-2009, 05:59 PM
  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?
ChrisR SE23 Topics 157 174,814 14-02-2009, 11:53 PM
  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...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 761 706,345 20-02-2009, 04:48 PM
  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 ...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 761 706,345 18-03-2009, 04:44 PM
  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...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 761 706,345 26-05-2009, 02:59 PM
  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...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 761 706,345 05-09-2009, 11:53 AM
  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!
ChrisR SE23 Topics 761 706,345 05-09-2009, 12:07 PM
  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!
ChrisR SE23 Topics 761 706,345 06-10-2009, 05:37 PM
  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...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 761 706,345 16-04-2010, 12:17 PM
  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...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 761 706,345 26-04-2010, 05:56 PM
  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...
ChrisR SE23 Topics 761 706,345 19-11-2008, 08:30 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 11,236 26-07-2016, 07:25 PM
  Thread: Giving blood
Post: RE: Giving blood

66 -70 see - http://www.blood.co.uk/index.html
ChrisR Wider Topics 14 13,314 20-11-2008, 06:18 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 23,849 27-02-2015, 08:21 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 4,445 07-08-2022, 03:02 PM
  Thread: Land Registry Fraud
Post: RE: Land Registry Fraud

[quote]The Land Registry is only a record of ownership and is always searched as part of the conveyancing process however you still need the actual Deeds to be transfered either between mortgagors or ...
ChrisR Wider Topics 10 11,762 06-04-2009, 02:03 PM
  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 18,832 14-05-2014, 01:02 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...

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 333 287,848 15-01-2015, 02:55 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 8,447 11-06-2015, 10:50 AM
  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.
ChrisR SE23 Topics 114 141,976 30-09-2010, 04:12 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 128 128,438 18-09-2012, 05:26 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 128 128,438 12-11-2012, 12:42 PM
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