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Thread: Advice on grass
Post: Advice on grass
| There that got you looking. Nothing to do with the certain 'factories' springing up but our lawns.
They are dreadful. The grass dies, and is being taken over by moss. I suppose it is a case of la... |
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19-07-2008, 08:03 PM |
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Thread: Are we safe from our nuclear power stations?
Post: Are we safe from our nuclear power stations?
| I don't believe any of this nonsense that the UK's nuclear power stations are of a totally different design to the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. I don't agree that our aging power ... |
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15-03-2011, 05:25 PM |
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Thread: Banksy in SE23
Post: Banksy in SE23
| Off the back of Bristol's own Banksy exhibiting in his own town, did he ever make it our South East of the river? Are there any budding Banksy's here or political graffiti from former days on our str... |
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13-06-2009, 05:25 PM |
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Thread: Brunel's shaft (and tunnel)
Post: Brunel's shaft (and tunnel)
| Not at all rude I hasten to add, but the shaft, opened last weekend for the first time for over 150 years was the original entrance to the then 8th wonder of the world, soon to be reopened as the ELL ... |
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16-03-2010, 12:12 AM |
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Thread: Bumps vs cameras
Post: Bumps vs cameras
| A big thank you to all my readers for both upping the standard of debate and moving back into the good old days of people power (class war, Foxtons etc). Ah a tear in my eye.
And a rarity these d... |
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baggydave |
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26-01-2008, 01:23 AM |
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Thread: Buses
Post: Buses
| Can we get onto important matters like bendy buses, conductors (which of course Ken said he'd bring back 8 years ago) and do we really need routemasters when of course BMMO made better buses. |
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baggydave |
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06-05-2008, 07:48 PM |
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Thread: Conservation Area
Post: Conservation Area
| We have Halifax Street in SE26, that saved the remnants of the old railway workers cottages, the Thorpes that apparently are some of the best Edwardian houses in London. What about here? Thinking of... |
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baggydave |
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23-12-2007, 02:22 PM |
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Thread: Decent debate wanted
Post: Decent debate wanted
| I am sure that I ordered a half an hour argument
No you didn't
Yes you did
(fill in the missing Monty Python Sketch)
Why is this site now being saturated with people wanting recommendatio... |
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baggydave |
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21-01-2008, 10:30 PM |
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Thread: Derivation of the name Perry Vale
Post: Derivation of the name Perry Vale
| I'm told this is from the time when there were market gardens here - from the term perry for pears (and/or the alcoholic drink).
Younger readers will not be familiar with the term 'perry' and may w... |
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baggydave |
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11-05-2009, 01:20 PM |
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Thread: Direct Action
Post: Direct Action
| I was tickled by Baboonery taking some direct, and amusing, action against Foxtons. BD tends to try and wind up scammers on the internet, but that doesn't really have a local edge to it, unless there... |
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baggydave |
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22-04-2008, 10:23 PM |
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Thread: Eccentric Forest Hill
Post: Eccentric Forest Hill
| Bernedict Le Vay (now there is an eccentric name) has written a book on eccentric London (Bradt publishing ?info@bradt-tavelguides.com). A whole section on Dulwich, but nowt on SE23 apart from Hornim... |
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baggydave |
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03-04-2008, 10:48 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill yet again a location for a film
Post: Forest Hill yet again a location for a film
| BD was fortunate to see Treacle Junior at the London Film Festival last week - www.imdb.com/title/tt1542486/
It features our own Horniman Museum and one scene very close to the Moore Park Tavern.
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baggydave |
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29-10-2010, 09:11 PM |
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Thread: Gated communities
Post: Gated communities
| There is one in the new estate off the HO Road part of Canonbie.
Why? |
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baggydave |
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07-12-2008, 07:49 PM |
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Thread: Getting lost
Post: Getting lost
| I jumped on the 17.45 from London Bridge and found myself at South Bermondsey. No Millwall match tonight, so wasn't roughed up. Have any other readers found themselves in a strange part of London by... |
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baggydave |
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01-02-2008, 12:01 AM |
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Thread: Giving blood
Post: Giving blood
| Can we? The now less posh magazine only lists Savacentre. BD gives his close to central London but is interested in sessions more locally. |
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baggydave |
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08-10-2008, 11:41 PM |
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Thread: GPs
Post: GPs
| All GPs are very good as they have to adhere to professional standards and competences. |
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07-10-2010, 08:44 PM |
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Thread: Holiday cottage in Brittany - £180 a week
Post: Holiday cottage in Brittany - £180 a week
| Our holiday home is available to friends and new friends. 1870 stone cottage sleeps 6 comfortably. We take a small amount to go towards annual costs rather than a commercial arrangement. Lovely pea... |
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baggydave |
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03-06-2022, 11:37 PM |
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Thread: howtocomplain.com
Post: howtocomplain.com
| If you are like BD, who enjoy's nothing more like a good moan, but as a whole prefers to do it direct, then this will make it even easier for you.
It includes contacts for LBL, are near neigbours a... |
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baggydave |
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25-02-2008, 11:20 PM |
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Thread: Incosiderate builders
Post: Incosiderate builders
| As my many friends will know we in the posh estate (aka UDB) seem to have permanent building work going on. Builders vans, builders skips, builders noise. The early morning skip deliveries on a Satu... |
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baggydave |
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11-10-2008, 04:26 PM |
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Thread: Lewisham borough a vibrant place to live - it's official
Post: Lewisham borough a vibrant place to live - it's of...
| Had a fascinating conversation today with someone working with local boroughs on community cohesion, engagement and empowerment. It all sounds a bit fluffy but I'll try to explain, whilst not commiti... |
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baggydave |
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11-03-2008, 11:53 PM |
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Thread: Lewisham planning policy
Post: Lewisham planning policy
| Some open questions.
Is Lewisham a light touch?
Does the system favour developers - from discussions here it seems like the planning department can assist developers in getting their application t... |
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baggydave |
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31-05-2008, 11:04 PM |
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Thread: Libraries beyond SE23
Post: Libraries beyond SE23
| [i][Moved from 'SE23 Topics > Forest Hill Library'][/i]
I heard that there a disappointingly few books there.
Reminds me of the library close to my work in Westminster. Also a most wonderful Vi... |
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baggydave |
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05-01-2008, 12:23 AM |
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Thread: Local Mobile Signal Strength
Post: Local Mobile Signal Strength
| Despite being loyal to T-mobile the signal is useless in the Horniman Heights area. This is not a call for a recommendation of who to go with (that would have to go elsewhere), just a request for fac... |
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baggydave |
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08-07-2008, 09:50 PM |
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Thread: London 2012 Games - is this good for Forest Hill
Post: London 2012 Games - is this good for Forest Hill
| Yet another poorly informed debate on Radio London this morning. Wouldn't mind if they had done their research, they could have then been critical. The view of Jo Good is that we are a nation of fat... |
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baggydave |
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10-01-2008, 12:08 AM |
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Thread: Mad libs in SE23 version 2
Post: Mad libs in SE23 version 2
| Was quite excited when I saw this thread on the other side, but then realised that it was not about our lib dem councillors.
Does anyone have a view on the benefits they have brought to parts of ou... |
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baggydave |
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04-02-2008, 01:07 AM |
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Thread: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
Post: Manor Mount - drivers still at it
| Hammering down the hill ignoring the one way upper part of the road - a subject of many postings in the past. Think there may occasionally be police snatch squads, but no permanent solution. Honor O... |
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baggydave |
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05-02-2008, 11:39 PM |
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Thread: Market towns
Post: Market towns
| [i][Moved from [url=http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=568]Beyond SE23 > Lewisham borough a vibrant place to live[/url] -admin][/i]
Blue Eyes - there must be some awards for the longest a... |
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baggydave |
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27-04-2008, 05:17 PM |
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Thread: Memorial for the Iron Lady?
Post: Memorial for the Iron Lady?
| Beyond berating cyclists this forum appears rather apolitical.
You may wish to consider supporting this petition https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no-taxpayer-funding-for-margaret-thatcher-mem... |
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baggydave |
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07-01-2014, 09:55 PM |
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Thread: More roads being dug up
Post: More roads being dug up
| Is it me or are they now digging roads up twice.
I know that our wrought iron (or is it cast iron) gas mains need to be replaced with PVC, and our water mains similar, but are they really digging u... |
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baggydave |
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18-11-2008, 11:58 PM |
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Thread: More than ten reasons not to move to Bromley
Post: More than ten reasons not to move to Bromley
| [color=#800080]# 1. The small gene pool
BD - South London (proper) sticking together
(oh South London, is wonderful....)[/color]:love: |
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baggydave |
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09-01-2008, 11:49 PM |
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Thread: My favourite place of worship in SE23
Post: My favourite place of worship in SE23
| Clearly one tree hill is the pretiest Christian place of worship, there is a less well known Hindu temple almost next door. But I do think that the JW's have done a nice job on their place in David's... |
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baggydave |
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09-11-2007, 11:17 PM |
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Thread: Nuclear power
Post: Nuclear power
| Interesting facts on nuclear power - Russians decided to do their own thing and designed an inherently unsafe reactors (RBMK/Chernobyl).
Americans built a bullet proof one ( PWR)but still did their... |
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baggydave |
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09-06-2008, 10:49 PM |
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Thread: Pavement cafes
Post: Pavement cafes
| [i][Moved from [url=http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=715]SE23 Topics > Solving issues with the South Circular[/url] -admin][/i]
You may wish to petition the council (either directly, or... |
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baggydave |
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20-04-2008, 01:01 PM |
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Thread: police cars and helicopters on Saturday night
Post: police cars and helicopters on Saturday night
| A bit late I am afraid but there was a right cacophony of sirens early Sunday morning and a helicopter. Anyone know anything? It could have been from the South Circ, or down towards Peckham (the ben... |
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baggydave |
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13-11-2007, 12:36 AM |
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Thread: Price of Christmas Trees
Post: Price of Christmas Trees
| Last year we purchased a live tree by the outlet in Perry Vale (by the station). It cost something like ?15 and probably would have lived all year if we hadn't chucked it out. I can't remember whether... |
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baggydave |
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15-12-2008, 10:22 PM |
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Thread: Queuing for the ticket office
Post: Queuing for the ticket office
| This morning I did not get mugged on the train, no Eastern Europeans with babes in arms asked for money, no loud phone conversations or i-pods, not one annoying busker, nor was the train short, and th... |
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baggydave |
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29-02-2008, 10:49 PM |
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Thread: Radio reception in SE23
Post: Radio reception in SE23
| Here on the Horniman heights I keep having reception problems trying to get old man's radio on analogue. Some local radio station keeps cutting in (I suspect it is a Christian station or some other e... |
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baggydave |
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21-10-2008, 10:23 PM |
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Thread: Rail ticket checks
Post: Rail ticket checks
| When BD came to London to the sounds of turn again BD, the then state run railways moved away from checking tickets at the gates in favour of doing it on the train. It immediately improved the mainli... |
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baggydave |
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02-06-2008, 10:12 PM |
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Thread: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
Post: RE: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
| You lot are just jealous as there are shops that you actually want to visit, decent bars (OK the pubs are all formulaic, but we have some of those ourselves), some great stalls on North Cross Road, in... |
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09-01-2008, 11:44 PM |
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Thread: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
Post: RE: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
| My issue was that this thread seemed to be HTG's soapbox to have a go at the Blue Mountain Cafe. Rather than enjoy some mocking of our upmarket wannabe cousins. Don't think that living in our glass ... |
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12-01-2008, 12:25 AM |
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Thread: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
Post: RE: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
| See in a separate posting that the credit crunch has not hit Lordship Lane. But bally hell what on earth has happened to Somerfield? OK so you don't go shopping in East Dulwich to get your staples, bu... |
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01-11-2008, 10:01 PM |
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Thread: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
Post: RE: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
| Please tough kids from East Dulwich, it wasn't my fault, it was that naughty HTG that started it, I'll tell you where he lives if you let me join your gang.
Actually, we're the tough kids so see yo... |
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25-11-2008, 12:17 AM |
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Thread: 11 Tewkesbury Avenue Development
Post: RE: 11 Tewkesbury Avenue Development
| Wow, I've not posted for years but was surprised that this came up in a Google search (and I wasn't even looking for the particular development). I wont say too much as this was a controversial devel... |
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baggydave |
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08-02-2023, 12:32 AM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 6 Church Rise
Post: RE: 6 Church Rise
| An 'odd' decision made by Lewisham Planning Committee tonight (I am being polite in my language) involving basements and demolition. Echoes some of the concerns here. I don't think it appropriate to ... |
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baggydave |
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22-05-2008, 10:17 PM |
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Thread: A local gift?
Post: RE: A local gift?
| You can try e-bay but they've already sussed out the Secret Santa market. More fun searching 'unwanted secret santa' or 'unwanted christmas present' in the New Year - some great gifts including unwrap... |
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baggydave |
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11-11-2008, 10:59 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'd be interested to know where this pub is. I do recall interesting places like the Swiss Cottage on Stansted Road, and the St Germains.
If you go further down the road you will come to the Blyth... |
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Thread: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
Post: RE: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
| OK, this is only a fleeting post, but one to inform the debate.
As a nation we don't use our local pubs any more. Like our local shops we only moan when they are gone.
The Blythe is a brilliant... |
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baggydave |
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08-10-2013, 10:34 PM |
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Thread: Advice on grass
Post: RE: Advice on grass, in SE23
| Raked the moss away, but it comes back even bigger time. Would love to see how the last piece of advice goes, but looks like we will be doing this in tandem.
Spose I could carry out an experiment an... |
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baggydave |
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22-07-2008, 10:44 PM |
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Thread: Alcohol abuse
Post: RE: Alcohol abuse
| Ah Tenants super - nine out of ten winos can't be wrong.
A true story - in the 80s Scottish Newcastle as was wondered how they could produce a new super strength lager, so they consulted Special Br... |
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baggydave |
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13-02-2008, 12:40 AM |
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Thread: Anika
Post: RE: Anika
| I am looking for a curry house that serves genuine Indian Beer - does the Anika?
And is it standard/generic Bangladeshi/Anglo food or is there anything special about the menu? Good that they do wh... |
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baggydave |
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08-04-2008, 10:56 PM |
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