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  Thread: Lost Wedding Ring!
Post: Lost Wedding Ring!

My friend Judy - her husband has lost his wedding ring....she's not registered on here but I said I would share - please keep an eye out for any shiny gold in the area!! This is a long shot, but ...
Scootagal Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 0 2,427 24-08-2015, 03:37 PM
  Thread: L and Q Invoice for £6900
Post: RE: L and Q Invoice for £6900

We recently sold our L&Q flat and knew about the possible works and the 5k cap. What we didn't know was when it was happening. It ended up being whilst we were selling and as part of the deal we ag...
Scootagal SE23 Topics 9 12,181 11-11-2014, 04:45 AM
  Thread: wedding reception venues in se23 and around
Post: RE: wedding reception venues in se23 and around

Yes...the Crown and Greyhound!
Scootagal Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 7 7,894 05-03-2012, 11:11 PM
  Thread: wedding reception venues in se23 and around
Post: RE: wedding reception venues in se23 and around

The Dog in Dulwich is lovely for weddings! Our friends had a very small budget for their day and had the outside garden / patio area - and even when it rained it was sheltered....although I guess tha...
Scootagal Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 7 7,894 05-03-2012, 10:04 PM
  Thread: Pedestrian crossing by Forest Hill Station (Perry Vale side)
Post: RE: Pedestrian crossing by Forest Hill Station (Pe...

Not sure - but on the same topic and quite close by - I always think that we need a crossing when leaving the station and walking the other way - e.g. when crossing from the station over to Dawes for ...
Scootagal SE23 Topics 57 64,314 25-10-2011, 04:49 PM
  Thread: Best place in FH to see bonfire night fireworks
Post: RE: Best place in FH to see bonfire night firework...

My friend's back garden on Overhill Road! He has the most amazing view - you can see a few display's going on all at once - you can see as far as Wembley! Failing that - I'm planning on going a litt...
Scootagal SE23 Topics 7 12,298 19-10-2011, 09:47 PM
  Thread: Info about Brockley
Post: RE: Info about Brockley

I live near the station in Forest Hill but regularly go to Brockley, Honor Oak, Sydenham etc...I dont think Brockley is so far from Forest Hill that I even see them as different places anymore :) We ...
Scootagal Wider Topics 9 18,179 20-09-2011, 09:26 AM
  Thread: letting out rooms for the Olympics
Post: RE: letting out rooms for the Olympics

Hotels don't seem to be doing too well...but will they give in and start reducing rates... [url]http://www.traveldaily.co.uk/AsiaPacificNews/Detail.aspx?Section=23374[/url]
Scootagal Wider Topics 3 6,079 06-09-2011, 02:10 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Disaster The Old Bank to become a Dominoes piz...

Dominos Catford deliver to SE23...I know as I am a rather frequent customer!! Think Papa Johns do too... At least you know what a Dominos looks like in a way - a random chippy or kebab shop could ...
Scootagal SE23 Topics 736 625,059 02-09-2011, 12:29 PM
  Thread: London Road - safe?
Post: RE: London Road - safe?

Hi Honey Not entirely sure - but after having been burgled in my lovely house in York (whilst we were in!) and then having bought a flat in Forest Hill that had been declared as being burgled - I d...
Scootagal SE23 Topics 6 8,265 17-08-2011, 11:17 AM
  Thread: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and Westbourne Drive
Post: RE: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and West...

I'm sorry the application has been withdrawn...hope its going to be re-incarnated somewhere close or in another form in the same place.
Scootagal SE23 Topics 124 136,986 19-05-2011, 11:26 PM
  Thread: Can you not sit somewhere else?
Post: RE: Can you not sit somewhere else?

Talking about dogs...I had a dog sit on my knee on the back seat of the bus recently as I was next to the window and it wanted to look out. I didnt mind as I love dogs and it was a little cute jack ru...
Scootagal Wider Topics 49 45,323 19-05-2011, 05:30 PM
  Thread: Can you not sit somewhere else?
Post: RE: Can you not sit somewhere else?

Oh and I said all that in reference to when I was also standing - not sitting (rarely happens!) - so I don't have the luxury of enjoying a seat whilst being brushed gently on the face with a page :)
Scootagal Wider Topics 49 45,323 19-05-2011, 05:23 PM
  Thread: Can you not sit somewhere else?
Post: RE: Can you not sit somewhere else?

I agree too! I could write an essay on my thoughts on reading on the tube at rush hour but I would be here all day. In fact train etiquette in general - people's spatial awareness just goes out the ...
Scootagal Wider Topics 49 45,323 19-05-2011, 05:20 PM
  Thread: Royal Wedding
Post: RE: Royal Wedding

I can't wait! Was thinking of going down into town but it will be too busy and I'm too short to see anything so having a nice day at friends drinking pimms and eating scones and the like! I don't have...
Scootagal Wider Topics 22 17,227 20-04-2011, 09:53 PM
  Thread: RTA outside Dulwich Library
Post: RE: RTA outside Dulwich Library

I was on the bus home and had to get off and walk from the plough...helicopter in the crossroads...think someone got knocked down....didn't look good :(
Scootagal Wider Topics 3 4,975 19-04-2011, 07:55 PM
  Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities

I won some 'Bout 'Ye' Tayto bright yellow socks on my one and only purchase of Tayto's from the Irish shop in ED last year :) Unfortunately they were too big :( All my family in Donegal seem to ...
Scootagal Wider Topics 37 27,377 05-04-2011, 04:24 PM
  Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities

As a direct result of all this Tayto talk...I've been browsing the website and currently have in my basket... - a box of cheese and onion - a box of spring onion (you can't get spring onion anywhe...
Scootagal Wider Topics 37 27,377 04-04-2011, 02:26 PM
  Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities

Yeh I never really get the granny being from Ireland so am I Irish thing....cos my granny was from India and I don't feel at all Indian :) If you want to claim to be Northern Irish then by all means ...
Scootagal Wider Topics 37 27,377 03-04-2011, 05:35 PM
  Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities

I LOVE onion rings! A quid!
Scootagal Wider Topics 37 27,377 03-04-2011, 12:41 PM
  Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities

Think they're still Tayto...I remember the oldee stylee bags when I went to visit my granny in Donegal - they were red white and blue ironically :)
Scootagal Wider Topics 37 27,377 31-03-2011, 01:36 PM
  Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities

Oops - getting my soreen and veda mixed up...don't like either in any case! Dulse on the other hand...mmmm....my fave! I bring it back too but have yet to find anyone else (generally my workmates!) ...
Scootagal Wider Topics 37 27,377 31-03-2011, 09:43 AM
  Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities

And in the Blythe Tavern too! My mum maintains they're not the same though.... :) Yuck Veda is like a dark fruit loaf...it can stay over there :)
Scootagal Wider Topics 37 27,377 30-03-2011, 11:42 PM
  Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities

Yeh know about hundreds of cousins! My dad was one of ten, my mum one of five so plenty of em for me...!
Scootagal Wider Topics 37 27,377 30-03-2011, 09:38 PM
  Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities

Do you go back much? I go back a couple of times a year normally - really only for weekends. Always bring back tayto cheese and onion even though you can get em loads of places here!
Scootagal Wider Topics 37 27,377 30-03-2011, 08:46 PM
  Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities

That would be telling :) I was on here far too much during work time today to start revealing myself :) Are you a Londoner ForestHillier? RSHDunlop where in NI you from?
Scootagal Wider Topics 37 27,377 30-03-2011, 05:53 PM
  Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Nationalities

Oh no worries about the name - I'm not precious about a pretend name...my real name on the other hand - both my first and last name have alternative spellings....so I normally have to spell both even ...
Scootagal Wider Topics 37 27,377 30-03-2011, 03:23 PM
  Thread: which is quicker?
Post: RE: which is quicker?

Yep - even though you get to LB a bit more conveniently using Southern Trains - the delay there is a pain. On the other hand - coming home if I manage to run out the door on time - LB gets me home qu...
Scootagal Wider Topics 9 8,208 30-03-2011, 03:19 PM
  Thread: which is quicker?
Post: RE: which is quicker?

I do this journey every day :) I would go with canada water - every time I risk getting onto the jubilee line at London Bridge (like today!) it's closed / really busy and you have to wait to get on t...
Scootagal Wider Topics 9 8,208 30-03-2011, 03:12 PM
  Thread: Nationalities
Post: RE: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and West...

How odd! I haven't met any other Norn Irish folk in London so definately didn't imagine I'd find so many folks around Forest Hill :) Although occasionally the quiz person at the Foresters is too...L...
Scootagal Wider Topics 37 27,377 30-03-2011, 02:00 PM
  Thread: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and Westbourne Drive
Post: RE: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and West...

I have to say I'm quite excited about the new building! I didn't read this thread before now as didn't quite click what it was on about. I moved to Waldram Park Road back in December and am chuffed ...
Scootagal SE23 Topics 124 136,986 28-03-2011, 04:15 PM
  Thread: Burglaries
Post: RE: Burglaries

Our flat that we have just bought was burgled when owned by the previous owner - but this didn't put us off buying it as we were burgled whilst in our house in York so know it can happen anywhere. It...
Scootagal Wider Topics 67 65,155 01-02-2011, 04:19 PM
  Thread: Jubilee Eastbound - Change at London Bridge or Canada Water?
Post: RE: Jubilee Eastbound - Change at London Bridge or...

Thought I was the only one geeky enough to be calculating this sort of thing! After much deliberation I favour Canada Water - easy interchange, in the morning's it's less likely to be closed than the...
Scootagal Wider Topics 23 28,158 27-01-2011, 01:04 PM
  Thread: New to SE23!
Post: RE: New to SE23!

Welcome to Forest Hill! Although we're fairly new too! We finally moved into our new place just before Christmas - it took 4 months to buy the blooming place but it was worth it in the end :) I thi...
Scootagal SE23 Topics 11 10,602 27-01-2011, 01:01 PM
  Thread: Thinking of moving to Forest Hill
Post: RE: Thinking of moving to Forest Hill

After 4 months of trying to complete on our flat purchase we were over the moon to move into our flat close to Forest Hill station! Before moving in we had a temporary room on Woolstone Road and walk...
Scootagal SE23 Topics 15 31,229 06-01-2011, 10:19 PM
  Thread: Pop Up Event
Post: RE: Pop Up Event

Yeh - looks fun :) Especially the pop up pub...not that I'm really looking forward to the new pub opening or anything..! Wish it had been on a Saturday though - I won't make it till late as it takes...
Scootagal Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 15 15,709 28-11-2010, 08:29 PM
  Thread: Pop Up Event
Post: Pop Up Event

Just seen a flyer/website for this pop up event on the 2nd of December in Forest Hill. Sounds fab! Especially the pop up new Antic pub the Sylvan Post! I now can't find the link but will post it lat...
Scootagal Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 15 15,709 28-11-2010, 10:58 AM