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Thread: Council's Plans for Camberwell Cemetery Woodland Post: RE: Council's Plans for Camberwell Cemetery Woodla...
Oh well. Thanks to those who expressed concern. It will probably lay the foundation for when the gravehuggers come back to the council in about 5 years asking to tear down the play equipment and rip u... |
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19-06-2017, 05:09 PM |
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Thread: Council's Plans for Camberwell Cemetery Woodland Post: RE: Council's Plans for Camberwell Cemetery Woodla...
Ummmm I think he is exercising his Democratic right to suggest an alternative use of the land as a resident of the area.
Your claim that all of the land, including football pitches, play area and a... |
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14-06-2017, 10:18 AM |
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Thread: Council's Plans for Camberwell Cemetery Woodland Post: RE: Council's Plans for Camberwell Cemetery Woodla...
The real question is why do they need to be buried in Central London? Secondly, on public land?
Surely if the desire is so great to have them in Central London why don't people buy private land an... |
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13-06-2017, 02:39 PM |
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Thread: Council's Plans for Camberwell Cemetery Woodland Post: RE: Council's Plans for Camberwell Cemetery Woodla...
So its pretty black and white then. This is purely public land. |
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13-06-2017, 01:49 PM |
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Thread: Council's Plans for Camberwell Cemetery Woodland Post: RE: Council's Plans for Camberwell Cemetery Woodla...
Who actually owns the land? Southwark Council I'm assuming. So it's public land. What agreement if any does Camberwell Cemetery have with them? Do they have any legal entitlement to it? Or is it just ... |
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13-06-2017, 01:34 PM |
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Thread: First time buyer - Greystead Road Flats... Post: RE: First time buyer - Greystead Road Flats...
This is why we want council owned / managed flats (when tax payers money is involved) and not private landlords.
They actually take care of the issue with their residents and have a lot of powe... |
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03-04-2017, 03:14 PM |
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Thread: Bin men get up early, don't they? Post: RE: Bin men get up early, don't they?
Try new York where all the trucks, bin men, construction vehicles etc. come out at 3am.
6am for a major metropolitan city is completely normal. |
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14-03-2017, 10:38 AM |
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Thread: Changes to bin collections Post: RE: Changes to bin collections
Small black bin once a week was ridiculous. Now once a fortnight? Laughable.
When 50% of your council tax goes towards housing and looking after people on benefits (and set to rise to over 60%+) ... |
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26-02-2017, 11:11 PM |
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Thread: Music in St Davids Coffee Shop Post: RE: Music in St Davids Coffee Shop
Cafe wars! Unemployed freelancers on their Apple Macs vs the Mum's with prams vs the people that just want to eat bacon! |
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10-02-2017, 05:06 PM |
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Thread: Advice about moving to Forest Hill Post: RE: Advice about moving to Forest Hill
They need to adopt the Wandsworth Council model. Siblings only have a priority up to a certain distance. Eg: 1 mile. After that you no longer have priority (Wandsworth is 800m). |
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18-01-2017, 04:01 PM |
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Thread: Advice about moving to Forest Hill Post: RE: Advice about moving to Forest Hill
Don't trust the real estate agents. Download the Lewisham school admissions report that have the actual exact distance measurement from the school. The catchment areas in Forest Hill are tiny. And are... |
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13-01-2017, 09:41 AM |
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Thread: Manor Mount one-way system Post: RE: Manor Mount one-way system
The cars coming down Manor Mount start and end in the same location as if they took the South Circular. You are not taking traffic off the South Circular are you? It's not that hard to understand.
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25-11-2016, 12:57 PM |
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Thread: Manor Mount one-way system Post: RE: Manor Mount one-way system
Yes. All it does is move the traffic jam off the South Circular on to a local road. It doesn't help anything. In fact is probably makes it worse because then the South Circular won't flow as well |
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24-11-2016, 01:39 PM |
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Thread: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable Post: RE: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable
Yes there's only 2 tph from new cross that aren't ours. So it does not work. And they are on another platform. |
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09-11-2016, 11:06 AM |
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Thread: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable Post: RE: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable
TFL wants to take over Southern. Sadiq Khan, head of TFL needs to build a shedload of housing. He can't do that in Forest Hill. The areas he can do that in are Croydon and beyond.
Honestly, I wou... |
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08-11-2016, 10:17 PM |
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Thread: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable Post: RE: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable
Reading the consultation, it says Thameslink might stop at Norwood Junction. If this happens, I think the proposals might be OK. Because it will alleviate a massive amount of pressure on Forest Hill. ... |
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01-11-2016, 12:32 PM |
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Thread: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable Post: RE: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable
Has anyone thought about making some flyers or handouts to give out at Forest Hill station? The advertising for this consultation is abysmal. One poster hidden on the platform. I bet it's different at... |
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26-10-2016, 04:24 PM |
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Thread: NCT classes Forest Hill Post: RE: NCT classes Forest Hill
They are worth it just to meet other middle class families who live in the area. (which is almost impossible to do until you start attending school).
In terms of the classes themselves, well that... |
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26-10-2016, 04:16 PM |
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Thread: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable Post: RE: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable
Absolute devastating. We have already had the covert cuts over the years (6 down to 5). Most recently around June we lost the 8:30?am to London Bridge. Which you thought would be the final straw. Now... |
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02-10-2016, 12:15 PM |
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Thread: Noisy drug addict & dealer argument (Devonshire Road) Post: RE: Noisy drug addict & dealer argument (Devonshir...
Once the police get to know them and know they aren't a physical threat to anyone or themselves, they won't even bother coming out. Just ask the residents of Canonbie Road. Although I haven't heard an... |
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05-09-2016, 10:19 AM |
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Thread: Noisy party last night Post: RE: Noisy party last night
Sunday night party? Sadistic!
Just hope it's a once off.
Even if you have some recourse with the council, it's probably not worth the hassle unless it happens again. Otherwise they do have ... |
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15-08-2016, 03:50 PM |
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Thread: Manor Mount one-way system Post: RE: Manor Mount one-way system
Don't worry everyone who lives in the area thinks it should stay the way it is. It would be absolute chaos any other way.
Opening it would not have any positively effects what so ever. But would ha... |
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02-08-2016, 07:51 PM |
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Thread: Train Disruption Due to Sinkhole on Track Post: RE: Train Disruption Due to Sinkhole on Track
It's nice to live in an age where we have the capability to work from home :) |
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19-07-2016, 11:29 AM |
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Thread: Am I going crazy or has there been a chainsaw noise the last few nights? Post: Am I going crazy or has there been a chainsaw nois...
I can sort of hear it off in the distance. I'm assuming it must be late night Road works |
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13-07-2016, 10:20 PM |
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Thread: Please sign the petition Remove the franchise for Southern Rail from Govia Thameslink Post: RE: Please sign the petition Remove the franchise ...
Yeah the London Bridge commute is far more bearable than CW. Almost always get a seat. Can enjoy a coffee as well. Not to mention I can actually breathe. The overground airflow / air conditioning is d... |
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06-07-2016, 08:44 AM |
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Thread: Please sign the petition Remove the franchise for Southern Rail from Govia Thameslink Post: RE: Please sign the petition Remove the franchise ...
New Timetable is out.
Following trains are cancelled from forest hill
Morning peak
6:45am to London Bridge
8:09am to London Bridge
That's all I could find. |
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05-07-2016, 01:58 PM |
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Thread: Please sign the petition Remove the franchise for Southern Rail from Govia Thameslink Post: RE: Please sign the petition Remove the franchise ...
No point for us really. This dispute and the people most affected are people who rely on regional Southern services. Specifically those that rely on train conductors. Which none of our trains have.
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05-07-2016, 11:15 AM |
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Thread: Racist attacks on HOP restaurants Post: RE: Racist attacks on HOP restaurants
I think I saw a shop in Forest Hill with the window smashed a month ago or so. It happens. I wouldn't say they are racially motivated unless proven so. |
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29-06-2016, 10:17 AM |
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Thread: Burglars about - Garthorne Rd Post: RE: Burglars about - Garthorne Rd
Glad you and your family are OK!
Probably a good thing they found some items and didn't get more desperate and head upstairs.
But extreme but a friend of mine recently put CCTV in his house... |
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04-03-2016, 11:29 AM |
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Thread: Mr Dowd MP Post: RE: Mr Dowd MP
Looking at my email history it took him 3 weeks to respond both times. However these were generic statement replies that would have taken his aid 2 seconds to respond to. |
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02-03-2016, 09:48 AM |
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Thread: EU Funding Post: RE: A Vision for Forest Hill
I don't think it was their intention to bring up EU politics. But there's definitely no confusing what side of the debate you stand on. And just FYI our net contribution to the EU is £8bn. Not £16bn. |
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22-02-2016, 03:26 PM |
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Thread: Move to Forest Hill Post: RE: Move to Forest Hill
Amazing area. Good luck finding a house though. Huge shortage especially anywhere near the good schools. You will probably have to go a couple Streets further away from Church Rise. If you need to thi... |
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26-01-2016, 09:45 AM |
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Thread: Manor Mount one-way system Post: RE: Manor Mount one-way system
Having it open doesn't solve anything because it just relocates a traffic problem from a main road, to a residential street that also has an ambulance depot on it. Basically traffic backs up all the w... |
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12-01-2016, 02:24 PM |
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Thread: Sainsburys Forest Hill School Children Ban Post: RE: Sainsburys Forest Hill School Children Ban
Can we all just leave this? It's clear school uniform bans are common place in London and they are there for a reason. Resources are scarce enough, why would a school put a teacher in the store? Your ... |
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15-12-2015, 09:04 AM |
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Thread: Sainsburys Forest Hill School Children Ban Post: RE: Sainsburys Forest Hill School Children Ban
My guess is that it's spoiled for everyone by a few bad eggs.
My second guess is the school is powerless to do anything. Hence why Sainsburys has done this for so long.
As far as I'm concerned, S... |
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09-12-2015, 06:05 PM |
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Thread: The Hob Closed Post: RE: The Hob Closed
I enjoyed it. Food is really good. I had a burger, friend had the chicken.
They do skin on thicker chips and I think the burger comes with skinnier chips which I really liked.
I think it's ... |
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27-11-2015, 11:45 AM |
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Thread: Abuse at forest hill station Perry vale side Post: RE: Abuse at forest hill station Perry vale side
That's horrible.
Sorry to hear.
I've seen it before at other stations though. People just walking up to the barriers, yelling at the staff to open them, abusing them and they just open it.... |
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12-11-2015, 11:43 AM |
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Thread: Motor Bike Maniac around Forest Hill Post: RE: Motor Bike Maniac around Forest Hill
We live in a reactionary society. Something will only be done if a child is struck down and killed first. |
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02-11-2015, 02:40 PM |
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Thread: Consultation on Controlled Parking Zone in Forest Hill Post: RE: Consultation on Controlled Parking Zone in For...
If Devonshire Rd gets CPZ you can probably expect the property values to go up significantly. That Street currently is just a wall of noise and chaos all day long. Must be horrible for the residents. |
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29-10-2015, 05:07 PM |
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Thread: The Hob Closed Post: RE: The Hob
Someone give me a burger! I'm dying to try it. |
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29-10-2015, 05:05 PM |
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Thread: The Capitol - anti-social behaviour Post: RE: The Capitol - anti-social behaviour
You could conceivably go in to any pub in London on a bad night and come across people like this.
And nothing directly happened to you either than someone disrupting your conversation, 30 minutes ... |
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29-10-2015, 05:04 PM |
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Thread: Extra Trains on Overground - eventually Post: RE: Extra Trains on Overground - eventually
As part of the redevelopment of London Bridge, Forest Hill was suppose to get an additional 2 trains per hour from London Bridge.
However, given this year's congestion at LB I wouldn't be surpris... |
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13-10-2015, 11:52 PM |
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Thread: Consultation on Controlled Parking Zone in Forest Hill Post: RE: Consultation on Controlled Parking Zone in For...
Bring it on.
The less people from outside Forest Hill that can park in the area and contribute nothing to the area while creating parking and traffic problems to the actual residents would be wel... |
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12-10-2015, 11:08 AM |
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Thread: Burglaries in FH Post: RE: Burglaries in FH
I'd say the majority of burglaries are just because the 2nd lock is not locked.
You might as well leave your door wide open if you don't lock it.
I think if you do that, chances are they wil... |
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12-10-2015, 11:03 AM |
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Thread: Why is Forest Hill station so busy? Post: RE: Why is Forest Hill station so busy?
What? I think you've totally read them wrong. The ladies in the booth are lovely. And overpriced? It's £1.80 for a coffee. That's insanely cheap. And it's good coffee too.
Honestly they are probabl... |
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08-10-2015, 05:35 PM |
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Thread: Why is Forest Hill station so busy? Post: RE: Why is Forest Hill station so busy?
Also has to have something to do with the changing demographic. Used to be hardly any suits 6 years ago. Last 2 years the number of suits/city workers seems to have just ballooned.
My guess is sinc... |
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08-10-2015, 05:15 PM |
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Thread: The Hob Closed Post: RE: The Hob
Seems reasonable.
Does anyone know what's upstairs? Is it a dining area? |
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07-10-2015, 02:40 PM |
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Thread: Manor Mount one-way system Post: RE: Manor Mount one-way system
So if you take a photo or video of these people and send it to the police, can they do anything? If they can I'll do it from now on if I see it. |
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02-10-2015, 01:09 PM |
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Thread: Man spotted carrying a knife Post: RE: Man spotted carrying a knife
Fox comment was hilarious.
And you're right, there's no victim in this story, so there's nothing wrong with a little humour! |
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30-09-2015, 05:22 PM |
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Thread: The Hob Closed Post: RE: The Hob
I've got a feeling this pub is going to be a massive success. It will be interesting to see what vibe they go for. |
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