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Thread: Horniman School - no bulge class Post: RE: Horniman School - no bulge class
Just to clarify a few points up it is not the schools that work out the allocation of places but the Council. The school just gets sent a list at the appropriate time.
There is also usually some m... |
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Thread: Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park Neighbourhood Forum Post: RE: Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park Neighbourhood ...
There is some more information I have found on the Crofton Park webpage:
http://www.croftonpark.com/article?id=590
http://www.croftonpark.com/local-forums/councillors-diary?&pnum=1
Certainly their a... |
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09-02-2014, 01:36 AM |
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Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette) Post: RE: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
[b]Well the next campaign then needs to be to improve the shopfront of the launderette (and other rubbish shopfronts in the town centre).
I hope all of you that feel so strongly about it will help... |
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25-06-2013, 12:10 AM |
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Thread: Travel disruption in FH due to collapsed sewer Post: RE: Travel disruption in FH due to collapsed sewer
Even worse is that there is all of this disruption but water is still pouring out of the road in front of William Hill. I had thought that these roadworks were to repair that but I'm not sure now!
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13-05-2013, 10:40 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
I've also tried to make sure the temporary manager is aware of this thread. It was a quite effective way before of ensuring that Fusion were aware of the issues..... |
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13-05-2013, 10:35 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
The pools are suffering from the lack of a permanent manager at the moment although apparently a new one is being recruited.
They had apparently also set up some customer feedback sessions but noon... |
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13-05-2013, 10:02 PM |
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Thread: Primary schools in FH advice Post: RE: Primary schools in FH advice
Schools usually have visit sessions that you can sign up to a couple of times a term |
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13-04-2013, 11:53 PM |
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Thread: Primary schools in FH advice Post: RE: Primary schools in FH advice
There really is no better way than visiting the schools in question. The head teacher will be able to advise whether you are close enough to be likely of getting a place - a key issue with Schools in ... |
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13-04-2013, 11:51 PM |
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Thread: Let's move to Forest Hill Post: RE: Let's move to Forest Hill
What I think is interesting about this article is how the town centre looks to others who don't know the place.
Lets work on the basis that the journalist who wrote it lives in say, Blackheath, an... |
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13-04-2013, 11:34 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
You should contact the manager through the fusion website. I suspect the problem may be that the staff are only paid until 6, but it's not really good enough if the timetable says its open until 6. |
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03-02-2013, 11:17 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
The new timetables are on the bottom right of this link >>
http://www.fusion-lifestyle.com/centres/Forest_Hill_Pools |
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02-01-2013, 10:54 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Carole, you could try phoning and asking if they'd email you one. Or contacting manager through website feedback. But they do have printed ones at reception |
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25-11-2012, 11:27 AM |
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Thread: Cuts to Lewisham Hospital A&E Post: RE: Lewisham A&E to close
Hasn't the minor injuries unit at Guys closed? As far as I am aware they don't have an urgent care centre - but I'm quite happy to be proved wrong.
My guess is that they are looking at how to serve... |
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30-10-2012, 09:33 AM |
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Thread: Primary School Advice Post: RE: Primary School Advice
Unfortunately the published league tables are 18 months out of date.
The latest ones, from this summer, should have been published by now I think but haven't been.
Horniman's scores for example a... |
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30-10-2012, 09:19 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Wow, we'll done the pools.
New anti wave lane dividers in the pool
And
Clean shoe policy in place in changing rooms |
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27-10-2012, 10:51 AM |
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Thread: Primary School Advice Post: RE: Primary School Advice
Yes I think Brockley Primary has become Beecroft |
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27-10-2012, 10:48 AM |
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Thread: Primary School Advice Post: RE: Primary School Advice
I have heard from Lewisham that they are expecting a continuation of the high demand for reception places over the next few years and they are looking at where further expansions/bulge classes can be ... |
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26-10-2012, 07:19 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Sorry for the delay but I thought I'd post a summary of the issues discussed at the Stakeholder meeting with Lewisham and Fusion at the pools last week.
There have been 7560 swims at the pools sin... |
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24-10-2012, 11:05 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
You should email the manager. He says they are constantly taking on or looking for teachers who can do the available slots at the moment and the more you tell him what you want to do the better inform... |
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24-10-2012, 10:46 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
I think the idea of a lockable bar for buggies is a good idea. There was a buggy on top of the lockers in the changing rooms yesterday! |
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21-10-2012, 02:12 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Had a report that the pools weren't open for family swimming this morning (Sunday). I've spoken to them (after 17 minutes waiting for someone to asnwer the phone!) and although they were initially sho... |
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21-10-2012, 11:49 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Roz
I think the room booking costs is a good issue to get clarity on. However, I read the £15 charge mentioned on the website as for the community/meeting room for local groups. To be honest i'm no... |
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17-10-2012, 08:07 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Further comments I've had mentioned to me include:
- a system for removing/covering outdoor shoes in the changing room and poolside. Today when lessons were on there were outdoor shoes all sorts of p... |
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13-10-2012, 07:26 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Things are looking up...
- showers appear to be sorted
- more staff on reception this morning
- had an email to say they are arranging more swimming lessons and they has a place on the session we w... |
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13-10-2012, 07:21 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Well, the Bridge is a whole other story about showers and water temperatures....
3 in TOTAL, one of which pretty permanently doesn't give more than a dribble of water. Either scalding or only occasi... |
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07-10-2012, 09:35 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Those showers not much better, if at all. I suspect they are low water usage sustainable showers as part of the buildings ECO credentials but I'll certainly ask about this. It's no use if they don't ... |
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06-10-2012, 09:37 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Lewisham have arranged a meeting of the pools stakeholder group in the next couple of weeks to talk about the 'teething troubles' ;-). This was at the request of the Forest Hill Society who sit on the... |
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06-10-2012, 08:13 AM |
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Thread: Primary School allocations Post: RE: Primary School allocations
To those asking about waiting lists it can be useful to understand how much movement there could be from asking how many sibling places there are (which are unlikely to change) and the total number of... |
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10-05-2012, 02:19 PM |
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Thread: Primary School allocations Post: RE: Primary School allocations
Devsdev
Your first assumptions is right, if you live close to a school and still don't get a place it does mean that the places have been allocated to siblings or children that live closer than you ... |
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10-05-2012, 02:14 PM |
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Thread: Primary School allocations Post: RE: Primary School allocations
This looks like a pre-fab classroom building (like the one at Horniman and Fairlawn amongst other places) and given Lewisham's programme elsewhere I would expect this to be in place by September 2012.... |
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10-05-2012, 02:09 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application - 113 Bovill Road Post: RE: Planning Application - 113 Bovill Road
DavidL and Bcm
I wrote the objection on behalf of the society following a discussion about the scheme with other members of the Forest Hill Society's Planning Committee, and my attempts to see what... |
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18-04-2012, 01:34 PM |
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Thread: Big Bang? Post: RE: Big Bang?
Thunder?
Lot of it about today |
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13-04-2012, 11:18 PM |
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Thread: Closure of London Bridge (upper station) in 2015 Post: RE: Closure of London Bridge (upper station) in 20...
More importantly (almost), does this mean that if I want to get a train out to Kent, Brighton or sussex that I will have to go to Charring Cross on the tube from London Bridge? Now that is a nightmare... |
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12-04-2012, 07:07 PM |
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Thread: Closure of London Bridge (upper station) in 2015 Post: RE: Closure of London Bridge (upper station) in 20...
This proposal is a shame and will be quite negative for south east London Generally as it definitely reduced options for people to interchange. It is this flexibility in the system to use different r... |
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12-04-2012, 07:05 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application - 113 Bovill Road Post: RE: Planning Application - 113 Bovill Road
I'm really not sure that this is a good location for a 3 storey office building and am concerned about the design. I would be interested to hear what others think about it?
I like Rodney Garage to... |
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12-04-2012, 06:59 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
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28-03-2012, 10:57 PM |
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Thread: Millets Post: RE: Millets
I think its more to do with the whole Millets/Blacks company being in difficulty than anything to do with Lewisham....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/8961779/Blac... |
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25-03-2012, 11:15 PM |
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Thread: Development of the building at bottom on Devonshire Road Post: RE: Development of the building at bottom on Devon...
I think it used to be the post office sorting office
It has planning permission for conversion to flats, live work and studios
At this link (hopefully) >>
http://acolnet.lewisham.gov.uk/LEWIS-XSL... |
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24-03-2012, 11:15 PM |
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Thread: Budget 2012 Post: RE: Budget 2012
I think the argument goes that if you pay towards some of the costs of families with children the benefits come both.....
a) now, in that it means more parents can afford to go out to work and pay t... |
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22-03-2012, 02:38 PM |
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Thread: Moving back to the area - schools Post: RE: Moving back to the area - schools
Most primary schools in the area seem pretty good.
However, there is a chance you have to think a bit further afield as most schools seem pretty full at the moment. I know numbers do change though, ... |
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12-03-2012, 11:58 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Primary - disappointing league tables Post: RE: Horniman Primary - disappointing league tables
I realised that the report was on the school website and is downloadable here >>
http://www.hornimanprimary.com/governors.asp
see page 2 and page 8 of the report for more information on this issue... |
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01-02-2012, 12:41 AM |
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Thread: Horniman Primary - disappointing league tables Post: RE: Horniman Primary - disappointing league tables
rshdunlop - there have been previous threads on a number of local schools (albeit quite a while ago) that contained unsubstantiated "my neighbours dogs brother's friend hated it" etc etc. but thankfu... |
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01-02-2012, 12:27 AM |
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Thread: Sydenham Police Station Post: RE: Sydenham Police Station
It seems we are saying that a permanent-ish police presence in that part of SE23/26 is needed but I wonder that maybe it doesn't have to be in that building.
Lets just say it was replaced by a bl... |
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30-01-2012, 11:08 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Primary - disappointing league tables Post: RE: Horniman Primary - disappointing league tables
Hi IWereAbsolutelyFuming
I think you may mean me, as previously posted somewhere on here I am a parent Governor at Horniman School, and can confirm that we have been looking very closely at these K... |
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30-01-2012, 10:52 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
One of the reasons that contentious applications can't just be decided under delegated powers is that there is always the risk that the applicant will appeal. |
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28-12-2011, 12:18 AM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
In most places anything with more than 3 (or 6?) objections has to go to committee unless they think its a real waste of time. I would expect this to go to committee for members to be sure they are c... |
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28-12-2011, 12:16 AM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Sounds like the planning officer is recommending refusal to the planning committee, who will make the actual decision. This is the normal process and if you have objected you 'should' get a letter te... |
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21-12-2011, 11:00 PM |
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Thread: Lewisham Life - Soviet era propaganda or just and egregious waste of money? Post: RE: Lewisham Life - Soviet era propaganda or just ...
It is worth reading for information on changes to Council services. For example the most recent issue explains the changes to Lewisham's recycling contractor that now means that a lot more types of p... |
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16-12-2011, 11:40 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Forestman
I think Crystal Palace Pools in the park and The Bridge Leisure Centre at Lower Sydenham has already been mentioned. But there is also the newly refurbished East Dulwich Pool which I went ... |
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16-11-2011, 11:10 PM |
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Thread: Children's bike seats Post: RE: Children's bike seats
We definitely used one from about a year. It worked very well. The biggest problem was that the slightly bouncy movement of the bike seat would send them to sleep!
Children grown out of it now but... |
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