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		Thread: Virgin Broadband Super Super Slow in the evenings - anyone else? Post: RE: Virgin Broadband Super Super Slow in the eveni... Hi there, I'm on Dacres Road on the top of the hill so we more than likely come out of the same exchange. I've had the same Virgin service for about three years and it's been really quite patchy. I...	Benderish	Wider Topics	15	11,733	03-02-2016, 11:29 PM
		Thread: Incident on Dacres Road/rail foot bridge Post: RE: Incident on Dacres Road/rail foot bridge They've been resurfacing the road hence why it's been closed off. It was graffiti.	Benderish	SE23 Topics	8	9,758	22-11-2015, 07:44 PM
		Thread: Incident on Dacres Road/rail foot bridge Post: RE: Incident on Dacres Road/rail foot bridge There was also some on Dacres Road (just near the footbridge) on I think Tuesday or Wednesday also. Seems like it's the same cretins doing the rounds...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	8	9,758	21-11-2015, 01:47 AM
		Thread: Abuse at forest hill station Perry vale side Post: RE: Abuse at forest hill station Perry vale side Good on you Snazy for contacting the BTP. This kind of thing is completely uncalled for. Hope you're ok Laura.	Benderish	SE23 Topics	20	21,958	11-11-2015, 09:59 PM
		Thread: Gym at Forest Hill Pool Post: RE: Gym at Forest Hill Pool When I moved to FH, I joined at the Pools however soon realised that it was mainly full of machines, treadmills and bikes. Not what I was after at all. I then joined Energie and they have a full w...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	6	8,615	26-07-2015, 06:52 PM
		Thread: Shaw Cottages and the Prince of Wales Pub Post: Shaw Cottages and the Prince of Wales Pub As an Australian living over here, I'm pretty keen on my family history. It turns out that my great great grandfather was born and lived on Shaw Cottages off Perry Rise, a short 5 minute walk from whe...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	2	4,821	13-06-2015, 01:13 PM
		Thread: History of Forest Hill - 25th March Post: RE: History of Forest Hill - 25th March Really looking forward to hearing more about the history of Forest Hill!	Benderish	SE23 Topics	6	10,364	25-03-2015, 01:10 AM
		Thread: Condition of German Church footbridge Post: RE: Condition of German Church footbridge Hi lacb, I think the ramps you are talking about are the spiral ones right? They still take a fair bit of space to fit in. They may work well on the non-Church side but there is no way it would fit ...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	27	25,028	14-08-2014, 06:41 PM
		Thread: Condition of German Church footbridge Post: RE: Condition of German Church footbridge It's a pretty poor job... I cross it every day. The wood, while it's great that they replaced it, is untreated so will rot as soon as winter comes and they've not bothered the screw down the gap cover...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	27	25,028	07-08-2014, 07:57 PM
		Thread: Break-In at the Butchery Post: RE: Break-In at the Butchery Bloody low lifes. Pity they didn't slip on a knife...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	8	8,443	01-08-2014, 12:18 AM
		Thread: New coffee shop Post: RE: New coffee shop Ohh a wine bar.. Someone should seriously do that!	Benderish	SE23 Topics	23	28,929	28-06-2014, 04:09 PM
		Thread: support your local team(not arsenal or chelsea) Post: RE: support your local team(not arsenal or chelsea... Perhaps people could support real sports where it is likely that something will actually happen in 90 minutes (plus some extra because someone fell over and grazed their knee or needed their hair doin...	Benderish	Wider Topics	7	7,992	01-06-2014, 12:57 PM
		Thread: Wok Express - new owners? Post: RE: Wok Express - new owners? Perhaps they are closing down. Just passed there this morning and saw them moving a big cooking thing out of the front door. Pure speculation though..	Benderish	SE23 Topics	10	9,901	01-06-2014, 12:54 PM
		Thread: Condition of German Church footbridge Post: RE: Condition of German Church footbridge Looks like someone has been replacing some of the steps and platform planks so the bridge is in better nick at the moment. It's a temporary measure though as they have replaced the planks with unt...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	27	25,028	11-05-2014, 07:19 PM
		Thread: Empty Shop Fronts Post: RE: Empty Shop Fronts I saw the doors to the Walrus shop open last weekend (Full to the roof with junk from my brief look on the walk past). Has the owner of this place been found and something happening with it now?	Benderish	SE23 Topics	7	8,228	20-04-2014, 10:04 AM
		Thread: Lewisham Council resurfacing Dartmouth Road Post: RE: Lewisham Council resurfacing Dartmouth Road They should actually finish Dacres Road first.. they have resurfaced most of it but there is about 200m that is basically a dirt road in front of our place.. not cool In saying that, it will be goo...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	8	9,619	14-03-2014, 10:54 PM
		Thread: Interesting video re air traffic Post: RE: Interesting video re air traffic I live using Planefinder. I work in the 17 story BSI building at Gunnersbury and I watch the planes go past all day (while working of course) and I love seeing where they are all going to and coming f...	Benderish	Wider Topics	4	4,462	12-03-2014, 09:53 PM
		Thread: Condition of German Church footbridge Post: RE: Condition of German Church footbridge Thanks Michael, I must say that the condition of the bridge has deteriorated over winter and quite a few boards are rotten. I don’t feel unsafe at all when crossing but it will be an issue if it le...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	27	25,028	12-03-2014, 12:48 PM
		Thread: Pedestrian crossings: London Road junction - railing removal Post: RE: Pedestrian crossings: London Road junction - r... True - there is a severe lack of common sense in general around the place..	Benderish	SE23 Topics	103	91,449	10-03-2014, 06:26 PM
		Thread: Pedestrian crossings: London Road junction - railing removal Post: RE: Pedestrian crossings: London Road junction - r... They may as well leave them now and just get rid of all of them. While I might not use that crossing everyday, the times I have used it over the last week (despite my initial condemnation of the r...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	103	91,449	10-03-2014, 05:40 PM
		Thread: Fibre optic in Forest Hill Post: RE: Fibre optic in Forest Hill I have virgin fibre on Sacred Road. I think Virgin haave the whole area covered	Benderish	SE23 Topics	16	18,197	03-03-2014, 09:40 PM
		Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc Post: RE: Kebab shop at FH station They could make it a nice kebab shop with an outside area that you can smoke a shisha at!	Benderish	Wider Topics	301	213,698	23-02-2014, 07:09 PM
		Thread: Condition of German Church footbridge Post: RE: Condition of German Church footbridge So they are going to replace the bridge but not he stairs? What sort of bureaucratic BS is that?? And it costs £330,000 to replace the top bit? I could put something together in the back yard for h...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	27	25,028	18-02-2014, 11:11 PM
		Thread: Smell of brewing in Forest Hill? Post: RE: Gangs outside the capitol I think there is brewing going on in the little industrial estate off Clyde Vale next to the tracks. You can get a massive whiff of it when walking down that path. It's either that or pet food, hard t...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	8	7,916	14-02-2014, 11:50 AM
		Thread: Rugby Six Nations Post: RE: Rugby Six Nations The Bird in Hand will more than likely have the games on. Not the most brilliant pub in the world but good when the sports are on as there is normally some good banter when the games are on. Can't tel...	Benderish	Wider Topics	6	6,767	29-01-2014, 09:56 PM
		Thread: TfL Contactless payment pilot scheme - Invitation to Participate Post: RE: TfL Contactless payment pilot scheme - Invitat... After the treatment my wife received and the lack of ability to perform what was a basic function at Sydenham today, I don't think it's a great loss that the ticket offices are closing...	Benderish	Wider Topics	11	7,857	12-01-2014, 08:22 PM
		Thread: Pedestrian crossings: London Road junction - railing removal Post: RE: Pedestrian crossings: London Road junction - r... That's a really good article on de-cluttering the area Michael. As someone that's only been in Forest Hill for less than a year its good to see that quite a few of the recommendations made on the repo...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	103	91,449	08-01-2014, 10:14 PM
		Thread: Condition of German Church footbridge Post: RE: Condition of German Church footbridge I think I need to re-assess my original criticism of the bridge. I went over a few times today on the way to the gym and there are only a few rotten boards on the church side and 2 or 3 on the top. Al...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	27	25,028	25-12-2013, 12:32 PM
		Thread: Forum Drinks - 23rd December Post: RE: Forum Drinks - 23rd December I'm going to come down but won't be there until 8. I hope there are some drinks left!	Benderish	SE23 Topics	28	22,389	23-12-2013, 08:26 PM
		Thread: Condition of German Church footbridge Post: RE: Condition of German Church footbridge I hate how the lights always turn off right when I'm about to go down the steps.. The overpass its self seems to be holding but the stairs for me are the real issue, all the ones on the Church side ar...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	27	25,028	23-12-2013, 10:27 AM
		Thread: Charger for laptop needed urgently Post: RE: Charger for laptop needed urgently Lenovo actually took over the laptop part of IBM a few years ago so an IBM charger should still work in them	Benderish	Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found	6	6,471	19-12-2013, 03:38 PM
		Thread: FH is amazing, what do you think would make the area better than it is allready! Post: RE: FH is amazing, what do you think would make th... I've said this before, but... Flat clean pavements! Even though I am fully abled, the number of concrete pavement blocks that stick up a few cm's do catch me out from time to time and it makes ...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	47	35,848	17-12-2013, 05:51 PM
		Thread: Dartmouth Road attitudes & behaviours Post: RE: Dartmouth Road - Attitudes & behaviours stink! Cellar Door - We Aussie's don't really care for lesser sport like soccer so we don't get to involved. Rugby League, Rugby Union or dare I mention, the Ashes (whoo!!!) we get a little more passionate a...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	50	39,725	17-12-2013, 04:46 PM
		Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park I think most of the cancellations are due to the major rebuild of London Bridge stations. They are closing a lot of platforms and building a few others. Yes, its a pain in the backside but its all in ...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	1,398	1,243,949	24-11-2013, 09:02 PM
		Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens A lot of people have mentioned the state of DR as to why they don't go down there, and I must admit it us pretty grubby. Some of the shops are run-down which no one can really do anything about but th...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	218	182,000	19-11-2013, 09:49 PM
		Thread: Storm - Train Cancellations Post: RE: Storm - Train Cancellations Watched a rather large tree come down on a house in Caitling Close off Dacres Road about an hour ago, 4 ambos, 2 fire trucks and some cops. Great response by all the services. I hope everyone is OK in...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	6	6,793	28-10-2013, 09:25 AM
		Thread: Storm - Train Cancellations Post: RE: Storm - Train Cancellations I may have to sit in the Dartmouth all day then....	Benderish	SE23 Topics	6	6,793	27-10-2013, 08:11 PM
		Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens Post: RE: Brilliant new farmers' market in the Horniman ... A weeks worth of veges for £5.20, a pretty bloody good pork and smoke chilli sausage roll, I nice lump of silversilde which we jsut hovered down and some cake which I plan on scoffing in a few minutes...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	218	182,000	26-10-2013, 09:02 PM
		Thread: Further crime in SE23 Post: RE: Further crime in SE23 We had several coppers thoroughly questioning someone outside our place on Dacres Road last night at about 3am. The guy wasn't sounding to impressed that he was caught doing whatever he was doing. Not...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	14	12,589	24-10-2013, 10:20 AM
		Thread: Items for sale - moving home Post: RE: Items for sale - moving home Hi there, How much are you looking for for the 2 bedside tables? Also, where approximately are you? Thanks! Ben	Benderish	Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found	3	3,928	23-10-2013, 04:00 PM
		Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools I may be barking up the wrong tree here, but is there anyway the gym is able to put more weights in, not just more exercise bikes? It is a good gym and I enjoy going but all you need is a squat rack, ...	Benderish	SE23 Topics	2,074	2,032,780	18-09-2013, 11:50 PM