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  Thread: SE23.com's 5th Birthday
Post: RE: SE23.com's 5th Birthday

Perhaps organise a little drinky somewhere for anybody that fancies it.
Andy SE23 Topics 48 46,952 16-11-2007, 03:30 PM
  Thread: Where am I??
Post: RE: where am I??

I believe there used to be a proliferation of pear orchards in the vicinity hence the name.
Andy SE23 Topics 28 26,002 06-12-2007, 03:39 PM
  Thread: Which is your Favourite Pub in SE23?
Post: RE: Which is your favourite pub in SE23?

And the music was awesome last night
Andy SE23 Topics 66 70,625 13-12-2007, 03:30 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Strange Smell at Forest Hill Station

Maybe it's a pub user that doesn't like children.
Andy SE23 Topics 761 706,365 14-12-2007, 04:27 PM
  Thread: Which is your Favourite Pub in SE23?
Post: RE: Which is your favourite pub in SE23?

Acoustic guitarist playing in the Blythe wednesday night. Very talented. Be there or errrrr be somewhere else.
Andy SE23 Topics 66 70,625 18-12-2007, 09:43 AM
  Thread: New Year's Eve events in Forest Hill
Post: RE: New Year's Eve events in Forest Hill

Well, there will be Irish music in the Blythe and the atmosphere was pleasantly breathable last year. In previous years it was absolutely rammed with people that, as a regular, I didn't recognise. G...
Andy SE23 Topics 9 13,291 18-12-2007, 03:25 PM
  Thread: Large Police Presence - Sunday night
Post: RE: Large Police Presence - Sunday night

Are you saying that the Moor Park Tavern has closed? Good grief
Andy SE23 Topics 21 23,721 17-09-2008, 10:04 AM
  Thread: Chess in SE23
Post: RE: Chess in SE23

I would be up for it, not a great standard but it's fun even if you lose to a better player.
Andy SE23 Topics 15 12,613 27-01-2009, 03:29 PM
  Thread: Lights in the sky
Post: RE: Lights in the sky this evening Saturday 28 Mar...

I am reliably informed that they are Zeraphons from the planet Thargon 7. Apparently they are harmless if you exhibit behaviour which is not typically human. One suggestion is that when outside you ...
Andy SE23 Topics 6 7,400 29-03-2009, 12:05 PM
  Thread: Strange caller
Post: RE: Strange caller

I didn't get any of those, at least the batteries in my taser should be ok for next year
Andy SE23 Topics 18 16,422 02-11-2010, 09:51 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill to Beckenham Junction - so near yet so far...
Post: RE: Forest Hill to Beckenham Junction - so near ye...

194 from Sainsbury's to Beckenham War Memorial?
Andy SE23 Topics 12 14,753 09-11-2010, 12:11 PM
  Thread: Thank you so much!
Post: RE: Thank you so much!

Well, a few weeks ago I got a hundred pounds out of a cashpoint and calmly retrieved my card and walked away, a young lady came chasing after me with the money. There are probably more nicer people t...
Andy SE23 Topics 12 11,456 23-12-2010, 08:35 AM
  Thread: Brass band - where?
Post: RE: Brass band - where?

There was a band (Lewisham Concert) rehearsing in the Blythe Hill Tavern garden last sunday afternoon. Any chance it was from there?
Andy SE23 Topics 7 7,295 27-06-2011, 10:11 AM
  Thread: Brass band - where?
Post: RE: Brass band - where?

Indeed. They are obviously of a high standard. The previous sunday, it was very entertaining but disturbed by rain a lot.
Andy SE23 Topics 7 7,295 27-06-2011, 02:13 PM
  Thread: low-flying jumbos
Post: RE: low-flying jumbos

I did notice that yesterday (when this thread was initiated that between 6.30 and 7.30 am there were loads of planes and they sounded particularly loud. Atmospheric conditions perhaps but I have live...
Andy SE23 Topics 16 24,380 04-08-2011, 03:51 PM
  Thread: 1960 to 1964 anybody from that time
Post: RE: 1960 to 1964 anybody from that time

Are you Harveys John because of the beer? They do a nice pint of it at the Blythe Hill Tavern.
Andy SE23 Topics 7 7,262 29-06-2012, 09:43 AM
  Thread: FHF - Forest Hill Food - MAKE IT!
Post: RE: FHF - Forest Hill Food - MAKE IT!

I'm all for this idea. Maybe we should have a whole separate group. SE23, Beyond SE23 and FOOD. I have no particular loyalties here but I am quite fond of The Honor Oak for some grub. Unpretenti...
Andy Wider Topics 9 9,664 24-10-2007, 12:19 PM
  Thread: All things Spanish
Post: RE: All things Spanish

I really like Meson Los Barriles in Spitalfields but it is very pricey. Have only been there when the company are paying
Andy Wider Topics 21 24,473 09-11-2007, 11:54 AM
  Thread: FHF - Forest Hill Food - MAKE IT!
Post: RE: FHF - Forest Hill Food - MAKE IT!

Fish finger sandwiches girl!
Andy Wider Topics 9 9,664 25-10-2007, 09:55 AM
  Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Best Sunday roast?

I have sympathy with both camps here. Elizabeth, my children are now old enough to take themselves to the pub. When they were young however, if they were in a pub or a restaurant then it was implici...
Andy Wider Topics 143 118,961 04-12-2007, 05:07 PM
  Thread: Hello, Moving to FH soon
Post: RE: Hello, Moving to FH soon

Depending whereabouts off Stanstead you may find Catford/Catford Bridge closer. The train service is quite reliable but we are packed in like pilchards at peak time. Catford is not posh enough for s...
Andy Wider Topics 22 19,867 14-02-2008, 12:49 PM
  Thread: Duffing
Post: RE: Duffing

So, the pizza man says 'that'll be ?8.50 please'. Guy gives him a tenner and then he stands there for a minute and asks 'what about my change?' to which he gets the response 'Change must come from wi...
Andy Wider Topics 61 55,416 18-08-2008, 04:36 PM
  Thread: Bread makers
Post: RE: Fresh Bread

Fully endorse the bread maker idea. The beauty of them is that you can set it on a timer the night before and have nice warm bread and a lovely smell in the house in the morning
Andy Wider Topics 11 10,963 15-08-2008, 11:06 AM
  Thread: Duffing
Post: RE: Duffing

Listening to Bob Dylan whilst making a lemon meringue pie yesterday. Does this qualify?
Andy Wider Topics 61 55,416 18-08-2008, 02:22 PM
  Thread: Holidays without air travel
Post: RE: Passengers break out of airport...

I think What's wrong with Bognor Regis probably deserves a thread all of it's own.
Andy Wider Topics 63 79,383 19-08-2008, 03:31 PM
  Thread: Duffing
Post: RE: Duffing

Perhaps we should have a duffers meeting. Reminisce about Monty Python, talk about Preparation H and high blood pressure. Have some real ale, a prawn cocktail and a chicken kiev. Sounds like fun to...
Andy Wider Topics 61 55,416 20-08-2008, 03:19 PM
  Thread: Love Your Local
Post: RE: Love Your Local

The Blythe Hill Tavern. The only way.
Andy Wider Topics 7 7,506 22-08-2008, 10:20 AM
  Thread: Duffing
Post: RE: Duffing

I'm afraid that using words like 'podcast' automatically disqualifies you from the duffers society.
Andy Wider Topics 61 55,416 22-08-2008, 10:22 AM
  Thread: Duffing
Post: RE: Duffing

But obviously you have to get home to watch Corrie.
Andy Wider Topics 61 55,416 22-08-2008, 02:47 PM
  Thread: Dog micro-chipping
Post: RE: Dog micro-chipping

I thought they were made from silicone.
Andy Wider Topics 7 7,424 01-10-2008, 09:04 AM
  Thread: Wine making co-op
Post: RE: Wine making co-op

One of my friends makes wine in the Kent House Lane allotments. I will ask him if he is interested in a 'wine share' arrangement. I helped him bottle his last batch and it was really very nice.
Andy Wider Topics 5 6,411 03-09-2008, 09:53 AM
  Thread: Her Majesty's coffers
Post: RE: Her Majesty's coffers

She has 600 staff. Why? How?
Andy Wider Topics 15 11,298 11-11-2010, 12:48 PM
  Thread: Politics
Post: RE: Politics

I am now convinced that you are of your rocker, out of your mind, deranged
Andy Wider Topics 6 5,340 18-11-2010, 04:03 PM
  Thread: If you voted LibDem, do you sleep at night?
Post: RE: If you voted LibDem, do you sleep at night?

DerbyHillTop, I fear that you are banging your head against a very thick wall continuing this.
Andy Wider Topics 25 20,457 10-12-2010, 04:07 PM
  Thread: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest Hill train
Post: RE: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest ...

Cellar Door, are you a writer by any chance? Your prose is rather lovely.
Andy Wider Topics 17 16,989 23-12-2010, 08:42 AM
  Thread: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest Hill train
Post: RE: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest ...

Of course I remember the Secret Policeman's Ball. That sketch was just amazing, on the face of it not funny at all but in reality absolutely hilarious. Genius times. I got my first programming job ...
Andy Wider Topics 17 16,989 23-12-2010, 04:47 PM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage

Well, there is no such thing as American english, there is english and there is bad spelling.
Andy Wider Topics 587 489,476 31-12-2010, 12:06 PM
  Thread: Message For Any Chelsea Fans In SE23
Post: RE: Message For Any Chelsea Fans In SE23

I was quite surprised to find that Chelsea are my 4th closest team after Millwall/Palace/Charlton, thought there would be one closer than that but my bro who lives about a mile or so away has West Ha...
Andy Wider Topics 19 15,000 16-02-2011, 04:21 PM
  Thread: Vermin on rampage again
Post: RE: Vermin on rampage again

Well, how clever. It was the previous labour government that caused all this then. I'm glad that's clear.
Andy Wider Topics 27 22,927 29-03-2011, 08:55 AM
  Thread: The Life of Brian
Post: RE: The Life of Brian

He's not autistic, he's a very naughty boy
Andy Wider Topics 17 16,529 26-04-2011, 10:38 AM
  Thread: Bizarre: Parrot Sighted in Forest Hill!?
Post: RE: Bizarre: Parrot Sighted in Forest Hill!?

Mutant pigeons perhaps? Some of them look almost chickeny (what a great word).
Andy Wider Topics 15 14,103 27-04-2011, 02:41 PM
  Thread: Dodgy-looking hoodies
Post: RE: Dodgy-looking hoodies

It does seem a bit Unwinesque (does anyone remember Stanley Unwin?)
Andy Wider Topics 16 14,445 20-06-2011, 12:27 PM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage

Envisioned instead of envisaged is irritating.
Andy Wider Topics 587 489,476 14-07-2011, 11:32 AM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage

Using the word leverage as a verb. Aaaaargh!
Andy Wider Topics 587 489,476 15-07-2011, 09:43 AM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage

Or even now
Andy Wider Topics 587 489,476 15-07-2011, 11:59 AM
  Thread: Bagpipes
Post: RE: Bagpipes

Ahh, the sound of bagpipes disappearing into the distance
Andy Wider Topics 14 14,015 03-08-2011, 09:06 AM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage

De-risking, let me out now
Andy Wider Topics 587 489,476 10-10-2011, 12:23 PM
  Thread: Crime and Punishment
Post: RE: Intruders in garden

And a machine gun post
Andy Wider Topics 58 48,119 18-11-2011, 10:54 AM
  Thread: Supermarkets
Post: RE: Supermarkets

He used to go to the Blythe Hill Tavern. I haven't seen him recently but what with the world population burgeoning, he's probably very busy
Andy Wider Topics 59 74,035 20-03-2012, 05:23 PM
  Thread: Budget 2012
Post: RE: Budget 2012

Charge like wounded bulls :laugh:, some of our local hostelries do indeed seem to take the proverbial. Weather is lovely.
Andy Wider Topics 57 45,209 28-03-2012, 02:10 PM
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