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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| BD has sadly been absent from the debate but he has a couple of questions about the recent FHS meeting about this subject (a) were all you who feel so passionate there (b) is it true, as I heard, that... |
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baggydave |
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09-05-2008, 07:29 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| So this thread has aroused much interest and most touched by TJ's last posting, still wiping a tear from my eye.
Newer listeners may not be aware that there was a magnificent Victorian pub in our a... |
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baggydave |
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02-07-2008, 12:09 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| The pools are in the most wonderful collection of pictures:
www.derelictlondon.com/derelict_london_com.htm
with at least two other shots of SE23 (perhaps my readers could add more). Straying briefl... |
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baggydave |
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04-07-2008, 08:30 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Interesting to see that the perspective on the illustrations was distorted. Reminded me of a recent planning application, where the developer managed to disguise the true dimensions, bulk and impact ... |
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baggydave |
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19-07-2008, 07:59 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Isn't the East side of the tracks Catford, or lower Sydenham or somewhere equally as ghastly. I thought that they'd closed access as the area had been quarantined. Do we really want or need to take o... |
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baggydave |
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24-07-2008, 09:57 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Apologies for not contributing to this debate, I am too depressed that my children will not have a local swimming pool. We DID use it, accepting its many shortcomings, interestingly that many of thos... |
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baggydave |
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12-09-2008, 12:03 AM |
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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...
| On a rare occasion of using a commuter service BD arrived at London Bridge tonight at 1920 assuming that as the trains ran every ten minutes to HOP and FH he'd get one at 1925. For the first time in ... |
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baggydave |
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21-11-2008, 09:33 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Apologies for the inconvenience
| Why do people say "I would like to apologise"? It's as if they would then say words to the effect "but I don't give a monkeys".
Baggy Dave, the poster you can trust |
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baggydave |
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30-11-2007, 11:49 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Liphook Crescent planning application
| Is this something to do with the use of the property, rather than adding an extra floor, building a new house around the existing, or adding a turret? Hopefully none of the latter although I would ex... |
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baggydave |
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16-03-2010, 12:01 AM |
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Thread: East London Line
Post: RE: East London Line Closure
| Now if Ken had listened to BD then he would have simply built a larger footbridge at NXG and increased the East London Line service rather than extending it at the cost of billions so we can go to pla... |
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baggydave |
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30-10-2007, 08:05 PM |
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Thread: East London Line
Post: RE: East London Line Closure
| Took me an hour to get from London Bridge to Stratford today, so much for the wonderful tube service.
BD - still unconvinced |
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05-02-2008, 11:16 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues
Post: RE: Closure (?) of Perry Vale / Cyclists
| Yes, the sooner we get rid of those evil cyclists the better. You simply wont believe the amouth of abuse I get from those lycra clad nazis, whilst aimlessly crossing the road, without looking, holdi... |
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baggydave |
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19-07-2008, 10:04 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues
Post: RE: Perry Vale road closures
| I'd watch out for cylcists, first they take our jobs, then our women, and now our roads.
BD thought he actually check out the said piece of pavement. Bloomin heck, they don't give you a lot of spa... |
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20-07-2008, 09:05 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues
Post: RE: Perry Vale road closures
| Is it this that is causing tailbacks through Forest Hill going East on the 205 (that clear pretty quickly a few blocks down). Now even BD has to drive occasionally but it is taking 15 minutes to get ... |
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baggydave |
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03-10-2008, 12:04 AM |
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Thread: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post: RE: Horniman Museum and Gardens
| BD really enjoyed the day, even being a sandal wearing bearded vegan who had to enjure breathing in cremated animals.
His only gripe was that he did not order his rice and beans earlier, and theref... |
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17-08-2009, 12:37 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Central
Post: RE: Forest Hill Central
| Whats the best thing about the view from the Southbank? That you can't see the Southbank. Not that I agree as the 50s architecture has some brave new world attraction to it.
But I like the poster... |
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baggydave |
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08-10-2008, 11:45 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Central
Post: RE: Forest Hill Central
| With more 1 beds we can get more young people who will hopfully frequent the improving bar / pub scene in FH.
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Love the post PVP, yes lets have loads more young people,... |
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baggydave |
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27-11-2008, 09:21 PM |
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Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
| Maybe we should set up a vigilante team or get the Big Issue to brand their sellers. Ah this takes me back to around three years ago when we used to enjoy many a conversation about this sort of thing... |
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14-01-2008, 10:01 PM |
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Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
| Why has BD never been harassed in Forest Hill? Does some of the population have H tattooed on their forehead? Now I've been burgled, had an attempt to nick my car, and various other stuff so I am no... |
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baggydave |
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13-05-2008, 11:21 PM |
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Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
| I am an occasional visitor to SE23.com, and only post on the odd occasion. However on seeing that this thread attacts so much interest, I come to the conclusion that many of the denizens of Forest Hi... |
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baggydave |
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13-06-2008, 10:12 PM |
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Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
| Been away for a week, pleased to see that nothing has changed much. Can the webmaster use his/her discretion and archive this thread out of the way so we can concentrate on more important things? Su... |
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27-06-2008, 08:00 PM |
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Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
| Ground hog day
A fiddly dee, a fiddly dum, the day they brought back hanging for everyone |
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13-03-2009, 11:44 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pool
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool
| Renzon - thought that was a pretty common thing - eg the attachment to Bush House, and most other refurbs of older property in central London. We may have to live with the loss of the interior, but t... |
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baggydave |
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11-02-2008, 01:22 AM |
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Thread: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and Westbourne Drive
Post: RE: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and West...
| Very impressed by the design and this was clearly inspired by Jason Lee: http://bigrab.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/top-ten-football-haircuts/ |
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15-03-2011, 07:29 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and Westbourne Drive
Post: RE: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and West...
| Older visitors will know of Baggy's issues over some developments on the posh estate, which he, and many other residents in UDB consider are a blight. I wont use this thread as a soapbox (that is a su... |
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20-03-2011, 10:53 AM |
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Thread: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and Westbourne Drive
Post: RE: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and West...
| I travel out with a kids' football team into furthest South East London and North Kent. You should never think of SE23 as drab/bland/boring/dull as opposed to some of the mono architectural styles tha... |
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21-03-2011, 04:34 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and Westbourne Drive
Post: RE: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and West...
| Michael, you don't appear to have read my earlier posting. In deed the Hofhaus on Ringmore Rise is architecturally interesting. But it also represents many things I find wrong about developers and th... |
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23-03-2011, 11:25 PM |
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Thread: The 23 Club
Post: RE: The 23 Club
| Ah Rob, now you are revealing your true colours (see: www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/11/11802/Dolphin/Sydenham ) |
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21-08-2008, 11:35 PM |
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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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05-02-2008, 11:39 PM |
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Thread: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
Post: RE: Manor Mount - drivers still at it
| Now I am getting really angry/obsessed (dear readers, I will leave this choice to you).
I only occasionally walk up Manor Mount at rush hour, as usually you find me shouting at the traffic from my ... |
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14-02-2008, 08:05 PM |
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Thread: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
Post: RE: Manor Mount - drivers still at it
| [quote=Londondrz]
BD, being someone who likes to stand up for things, would you like to meet me on said road one evening at 5pm, you can write down the reg numbers as I remonstrate with the drivers.
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baggydave |
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15-02-2008, 11:27 PM |
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Thread: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
Post: RE: Manor Mount - drivers still at it
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Oh and just for the record i never drive that way as i live in woodvale so just drive to the end turn left and get though them light quicker to go shopping oh and baggydave i have ... |
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22-02-2008, 10:39 PM |
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Thread: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
Post: RE: Manor Mount - drivers still at it
| Two cops there at 5.30 (hooray)
Traffic really clear on Honor Oak Road, therefore no one rat running today (booooh).
Whyare the roads so quiet by the way? Half term is next week.
And had a... |
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22-10-2008, 06:06 PM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| I've just driven 1200 miles up from Northern Spain along Western France, ferry then to home, and the first traffic problems I encountered were here. Clearly a sign that I am not wanted. |
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02-09-2010, 11:54 PM |
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Thread: Jim Dowd MP
Post: RE: Jim Dowd MP
| I've had no problems. I've corresponded with Jim Dowd on and off for some time and he usually (probably always) gets back to me. Some stuff is passed to the relevant government department, others an... |
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26-04-2010, 02:00 PM |
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Thread: Jim Dowd MP
Post: RE: Jim Dowd MP
| I am not up to speed with the Asda comments. I actually prefer Tescos due to the blue and white stripes.
But back to my earlier point - JD was on the all party group looking at the future of small... |
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27-04-2010, 05:42 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal
| Ah, just paint your planning application green and that should be good enough. On the same issue as Newsshopper promoting the current (green) plans (5 Nov) for TR, there is a letter "putting planning ... |
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11-11-2008, 11:07 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal
| whoops - Anne-marie@ameg.org.uk |
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11-11-2008, 11:15 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal
| Interesting thought is what development would be genuinely acceptable (from an academic point of view, rather than 'we must build here'). My thoughts are that eco things up and that is a big sweetner ... |
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17-11-2008, 11:35 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal
| Of course before he was mayor, Ken did voice his opinions against the develpment of Crystal Palace Park, as did Tessa, and our Jim (after realising that there were votes in it, and I HAVE THE LETTER!)... |
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09-12-2008, 12:28 AM |
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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal
| Thanks Phil - it is also because the planning documents are executable documents (or are seen as such) and are picked up by firewalls.
Trust the public meeting wont turn out like the commitee meeti... |
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11-12-2008, 11:08 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal
| My worry is that developers put up something that may well fail, have a chat with the planning officer (which of course they are entitled to do), make it slightly less grand, bring in some 'nice' gree... |
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10-12-2008, 11:17 PM |
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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Children in pubs
| I've got kids (my word, selfish you BD?), I like old mens pubs (as the whole of SE23 knows). Those that don't let kids in are fine, as I can have a proper adult drink there. Those that do, also fine... |
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04-12-2007, 09:30 PM |
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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Children in pubs
| Apologies, missed the apostrophe off winter's.
BD, knowing when to own up and when to be quiet |
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05-12-2007, 12:02 AM |
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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Children in pubs
| Point was that they should be a bit flexible not let kids overwhelm the place
BD, raising the debate to new heights |
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06-12-2007, 11:25 PM |
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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Children in pubs
| Ghis - I generally didn't take my kids into French bars, as I tended to lose them in the smoke fugg (even more that in England pre july). Be interesting to see how it has changed.
TJ, there is no ... |
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10-12-2007, 12:51 AM |
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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Children in pubs
| Wotherspoons to only allow families with kids a couple of rounds each. Discuss. Their point is that if you are with kids then you shouldn't be spending the day in the pub with them.
Or is it more... |
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09-01-2008, 11:59 PM |
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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Children in pubs
| I've only eaten once in a Wetherspoons, and that was in Harrow - a place incredibly devoid of decent eateries. It was bland, but OK, sort of
Pray tell me of your experiences of the Capitol, which ... |
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10-01-2008, 10:47 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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