---

Search Results
Post			Author	Forum	Replies	Views	Posted []
		Thread: Beckenham Place Park Golf Course closure Post: RE: Beckenham Place Park Golf Course closure Beckenham Place park was a gem and I have many happy memories of walking the dog there years and years ago,especially in the early mornings when it was if one had the place to oneself. The golf cou...	longtimegone	Wider Topics	5	6,215	16-10-2016, 05:16 PM
		Thread: Pikethorne Post: RE: Pikethorne Too far away from the station for a land mine to have had effect. Nor are any bombs recorded on that site on "Bomb site' or by V2 rockets Can't find online a V1 hit there which is about the only t...	longtimegone	SE23 Topics	8	14,374	15-10-2016, 10:35 PM
		Thread: Forest Hill School Post: RE: Forest Hill School [quote]there were some real thugs in Harvey and Drake [/quote] No shortage of thugs in the school then. You could well be correct, probably down to The bully Francis obcession with sport. I remembe...	longtimegone	SE23 Topics	56	89,646	09-10-2016, 04:49 PM
		Thread: Train Commuter - Memory Lane Post: RE: Train Commuter - Memory Lane Well kids, I can remember getting on a train hauled by steam engine from the middle platform when I was a small child. I was also very familiar with the quite large goods yards and sidings at FH. ...	longtimegone	SE23 Topics	32	25,013	14-08-2016, 12:47 PM
		Thread: Red marking outside house Post: RE: Red marking outside house [quote]I shall believe this story when I see good evidence that some burglar has actually used this system (and can explain its rationale) and that some householder has actually fallen a victim to it....	longtimegone	SE23 Topics	15	22,011	20-07-2016, 01:33 PM
		Thread: Red marking outside house Post: RE: Red marking outside house Really, sydenham central? There was a spate of it in my part of the world late last year, very rural and lots of travelling types come through in spates. When I was a boy scout in the 50s we'd u...	longtimegone	SE23 Topics	15	22,011	19-07-2016, 05:51 PM
		Thread: Red marking outside house Post: RE: Red marking outside house romany/gipsy/traveller markings. This code system was well known when I was a lad,seems to have made a comeback. I used parts of it myself, for other than dishonest purposes. Tell the police, ...	longtimegone	SE23 Topics	15	22,011	18-07-2016, 10:26 PM
		Thread: Train Disruption Due to Sinkhole on Track Post: RE: Train Disruption Due to Sinkhole on Track Does not this track run along the route of the Croyden canal? Behind the old signal box along dog poo alley was the feeder reservoir for the canal. Or for much excitement considering the 39-45 ham...	longtimegone	SE23 Topics	20	18,686	18-07-2016, 10:21 PM
		Thread: Did anyone here go to school in Forest Hill or HOP Post: RE: Did anyone here go to school in Forest Hill or... Excavating another old thread here, apologies all these mentions of Count Creep doing it. reminiscing, or ruminating,whatever, I live in a very rural area indeed, and can go weeks without seeing anyon...	longtimegone	SE23 Topics	63	95,684	23-06-2016, 04:21 PM
		Thread: Forest Hill School Post: RE: Forest Hill School The problem, as I see it in retrospect, was the comprehensive school concept that mixing the brightest in a class with the downright thick and thuggish, would elevate the thick and thuggish to a highe...	longtimegone	SE23 Topics	56	89,646	23-06-2016, 02:04 PM
		Thread: What decade or decades do we all like the best Post: RE: What decade or decades do we all like the best 1960s rock n roll teddy boys still about. motorbikes ruled the roads over old ford pops and so on. petrol 5 bob a gallon. sun always shined always snowed in winter walking out one job into anot...	longtimegone	Wider Topics	9	6,613	22-06-2016, 09:58 PM
		Thread: Forest Hill School Post: RE: Forest Hill School Raising a dead topic, old age means i am living ever further back in the past;:( I went to Forest hill school 1958-1963, it must have been a different school to the one remembered here; the most miser...	longtimegone	SE23 Topics	56	89,646	22-06-2016, 09:36 PM
		Thread: Forest Hill Photos Post: RE: Forest Hill Photos I think the 'lady onthe right' would certainly mess with you if you called him a lady to [u]his[/u] face	longtimegone	SE23 Topics	72	89,640	12-06-2015, 06:43 PM
		Thread: Moped/scooter thieves Post: RE: Moped/scooter thieves [quote]general afro-caribbean fraternity[/quote] our society has been enriched by multi culture. So I am told. Having moved away before it got to this point, I have to believe what I am told. ...	longtimegone	SE23 Topics	22	24,790	09-06-2015, 11:20 AM
		Thread: Forest Hill Photos Post: RE: Forest Hill Photos The monkey was there during the late 1950s and 60s. Harold Daniells Shop was 65 Dartmouth road, and I am sure Saturday flicks was ABC minors. Thanks for kind comments, I'll see what else comes out th...	longtimegone	SE23 Topics	72	89,640	15-05-2015, 06:01 PM
		Thread: Forest Hill Photos Post: RE: Forest Hill Photos hello all, just registered in order to join in this thread, I grew up in and around se26/23. My world spanned Adamsrill road to Kirkdale for most of my life @Emmasouthby if your step-father was Br...	longtimegone	SE23 Topics	72	89,640	14-05-2015, 11:11 PM