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Thread: fh shop opening times
Post: RE: fh shop opening times
| Wow - even my home town in rural Ireland did away with half day Wednesdays years ago - although I do agree with Roz, it's a nice tradition but pretty unsustainable, especially in London. |
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08-11-2007, 04:35 PM |
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Thread: Refuse Collection
Post: RE: Why is refuse collection not privatised?
| OL - I think you may be in a minority on this one. I have always found the refuse collection on our street to be regular as clockwork. I have no problem with privatisation in certain sectors but I h... |
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26-10-2007, 04:12 PM |
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Thread: Direct services from FH to London Victoria
Post: RE: Direct services from FH to London Victoria
| seeformiles - you wouldn't have to go via East Croydon - you'd go via crystal palace (at least that's my understanding). |
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06-12-2007, 01:22 PM |
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Thread: Plans to do up Forest Hill
Post: RE: Plans to do up Forest Hill?
| Michael - which Waitrose is closer to FH than Bell Green? Have I been traipsing over to Beckenham for the last 5 years for no good reason?! |
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14-04-2008, 05:44 PM |
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Thread: Mayow Park
Post: RE: Mayow Park
| I am not a chap, nor am I old. And do me a favour with your "it was a joke" excuse.
And the fact remains, I am not British, I am not therefore a subject. I choose to live in this country and I am ... |
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AMFM |
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16-05-2008, 03:59 PM |
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Thread: Mayow Park
Post: RE: Mayow Park
| Brian
I usually fight the urge to respond to your bigoted/racist/xenophobic/ageist posts as it just makes me angry and I suspect your views are too ingrained to be changed but I take issue with eve... |
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AMFM |
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16-05-2008, 03:36 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale ex-Threshers site
Post: RE: Perry Vale ex-Threshers site
| Clearly those of us on the SE23/SE6 borders aren't drinking enough - the Catford Majestic has closed down too! |
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AMFM |
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19-05-2008, 05:06 PM |
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Thread: Dangerous dogs in se23
Post: RE: Dangerous dogs in se23
| Unfortunately, I suspect that a lot of the dogs you are seeing are cross breeds or staffordshires, which are not banned under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
I had cause to look at the Act in detail a coup... |
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AMFM |
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06-06-2008, 09:31 AM |
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Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues
Post: RE: Perryvale diversion.. whats wrong with people.
| No CAW, because lights on that stretch undoubtedly would have caused tailbacks and congestion on the South Circular and the diversion is actaullay a pretty short one - adding, what, 2, maybe 3, minute... |
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AMFM |
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13-06-2008, 02:18 PM |
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Thread: Land on corner of Perry Vale & Westbourne Drive
Post: RE: Land on corner of Perry Vale & Westbourne Driv...
| Has anyone considered the possibility that it might just work out cheaper to buy the plot for ?250k and build a house on it than it is to just buy a house in the area?
No application has been made... |
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AMFM |
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13-06-2008, 02:23 PM |
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Thread: Land on corner of Perry Vale & Westbourne Drive
Post: RE: Land on corner of Perry Vale & Westbourne Driv...
| I don't know the history of the planning applications on this site so i'm not going to make any comment on them but just because one application for a single house was turned down previoulsy does not ... |
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AMFM |
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13-06-2008, 03:25 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale old fire station to be redeveloped
Post: RE: old fire station
| I think that's fantastic news. I have long thought that it looked neglected so the best thing that could happen to it is some kind of redevelopment.
If it's a Grade II listed building then English... |
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03-07-2008, 05:14 PM |
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Thread: Location Location Location - Channel 4
Post: RE: Location Location programme this week
| it will undoubtedly be repeated ad nauseum on More 4 so never fear, you'll see it eventually! |
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AMFM |
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04-07-2008, 12:00 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Ticket Barriers and Gates at FH Station
| Leaving the Perry Vale Gate fiasco to one side, what really bothers me is people only starting searching their bags for their tickets when they've arrived at the barrier onto platform 1 - STOP FAFFING... |
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AMFM |
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10-07-2008, 11:46 AM |
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Thread: Perry Vale old fire station to be redeveloped
Post: RE: Perry Vale old fire station to be redeveloped
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AMFM |
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11-07-2008, 09:51 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Central
Post: RE: Forest Hill Central
| Have any of you seen the contract? Just because work has stalled does not automatically trigger a right to sue. I'm assuming it's a standard JVC contract and there will be various clauses in there i... |
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AMFM |
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21-08-2008, 02:07 PM |
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Thread: German Bridge
Post: RE: German Bridge
| presumably the issue with the new cycle channel causeing handrail isues is only temporary since the old wooden channel will be removed soon and the handrail can be used on that side quite easily. Equ... |
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AMFM |
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15-08-2008, 12:37 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Central
Post: RE: Forest Hill Central
| I would be very surprised if that's the full story re not getting deposits back. If it is, then agreed, sorry state of affairs but it will depend entirely on what's in the contract and from my (admit... |
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AMFM |
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28-08-2008, 03:28 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| This issue is clearly a divisive one but it is hadly fair to accuse Roz of riding roughshod over anything. There is an appeals process and she is going to look into it - I for one would be wholly in ... |
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AMFM |
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28-08-2008, 03:55 PM |
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Thread: No buses for 3 weeks servicing Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: No buses for 3 weeks servicing Dartmouth Road
| So, in short, it's probably quicker to walk than taking the diverted route? Although if carrying heavy shopping I guess there are different considerations! |
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AMFM |
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28-10-2008, 06:45 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Central
Post: RE: New Street Furniture
| [quote=brian]Does anyone know what the new street furniture opposite FH central is for.[/quote]
They are bike racks. Agreed they might seem to be in a bit of a funny place now but if (and I know it'... |
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11-12-2008, 03:00 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Train car park
| The bike racks on platform 1 were often used I thought, but maybe my memory is playing tricks on me.
And what do you mean by funny angles - they look like they're at fairly normal angles to me. |
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AMFM |
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28-01-2009, 05:47 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| of course there's no charge, nor should there be! If you start trying to charge for it, the racks won't get used and people will simply use other street furniture to secure their bikes and thus cause... |
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AMFM |
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29-01-2009, 10:49 AM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: Forest Hill Post Office
| criminals they may be but shooting at them while they were running away could hardly be considered the use of reasonable force!! Do we even know if they were armed? Guess they may well have been if ... |
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AMFM |
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16-02-2009, 03:46 PM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: Forest Hill Post Office
| even if they were armed, shooting at them as they run away is not the use of reasonable force, unless they were shooting at the police or other people, and as I understand it, they weren't! |
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AMFM |
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17-02-2009, 10:04 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone
Post: RE: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone
| It's not just in the US that they have those flashing signals outside schools Snazy - On holiday in a pretty remote part of the Highlands last November, the primary school in the nearest village had f... |
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AMFM |
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24-08-2009, 10:26 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone
Post: RE: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone
| Some of the driving on Perry Vale itself is absolutely shocking. I was driving along on Sunday night at about 9pm, heading east toward the mini roundabout with Mayow Road when a car coming in the oth... |
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AMFM |
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25-08-2009, 05:31 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| An extra 5/10 minutes journey at the end of an evening certainly won't deter me from going to the RFH, BFI or NT.
Even with the existing service, we often just hop on the first train to London Br... |
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28-08-2009, 02:20 PM |
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Thread: Best wishes to Jim Dowd MP
Post: RE: Best wishes to Jim Dowd MP
| He's not being soppy - you're being tasteless. |
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AMFM |
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20-11-2009, 11:22 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
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AMFM |
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23-11-2009, 06:40 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| I'm clearly not very observant - got the train from FH this morning and didn't notice the bridge at all! |
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AMFM |
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30-11-2009, 12:33 PM |
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Thread: Water Supply Problems
Post: RE: Water Supply Problems
| Yes, us too - we're off Perry Vale too (near the old Fire Station) - miserable shower yesterday morning. Back to normal this morning thank goodness. |
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AMFM |
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06-01-2010, 11:23 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| Hope you didn't go for the 8:45 Jon - it was cancelled so you'll have had a long wait in the cold for the next (packed) train. |
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AMFM |
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08-01-2010, 10:49 AM |
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Thread: Changes to Waldenshaw Rd / Taymount Rise Junction
Post: RE: Changes to Waldenshaw Rd / Taymount Rise Junct...
| Wonder whether these "improvements" will make my evening cycle down the hill more or less scary. I generally have my heart in my mouth the whole way from the Horniman down to my turn off into Perry V... |
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AMFM |
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03-02-2010, 03:29 PM |
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Thread: Changes to Waldenshaw Rd / Taymount Rise Junction
Post: RE: Changes to Waldenshaw Rd / Taymount Rise Junct...
| I always am Londonrz - I've been cycling down that hill almost every day for the 7 years I've lived in Forest Hill and that junction never ceases to terrify me - Even cycling round the Elephant & Cast... |
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AMFM |
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04-02-2010, 03:26 PM |
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Thread: Traffic calming for rat run on Devonshire Rd
Post: RE: Traffic calming for rat run on Devonshire Rd
| Shaman - I hope your fiancee is ok and that confidence returns soon. I'm a fellow cyclist and the Devonshire Road/south circular junction is one of the many on the stretch of road from the Horniman d... |
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AMFM |
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23-04-2010, 10:22 AM |
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Thread: Traffic calming for rat run on Devonshire Rd
Post: RE: Traffic calming for rat run on Devonshire Rd
| Shaman - couldn't agree more about those junctions - I mostly cycle the back streets too but it's difficult to avoid the section on the South Circular from the Horniman down to the railway bridge - I... |
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23-04-2010, 12:21 PM |
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Thread: Bogus Window Cleaner
Post: RE: Bogus Window Cleaner
| Hawkesrah - I do hope you're not suggesting that anyone with an Irish accent is a crook. It's an extremely offensive suggestion and, if it is what you are saying, deeply racist. |
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10-05-2010, 09:41 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| I used LO this morning as I had to go to Bond Street and was very impressed. Got the 8.34 from FH, got a seat and it wasn't even slightly crowded. Interchange at Canada Water was pretty seamless and... |
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AMFM |
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26-05-2010, 04:01 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| I did the Whitechapel interchange on the way home last night (left form Mansion House at around 7:15) - don't think it's quicker but only had a 5 minute wait at Whitechapel and it was a significantly ... |
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27-05-2010, 10:06 AM |
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Thread: Canonbie road
Post: RE: Canonbie road!!
| If it's late and you're tired/uneasy, I don't think a cab up the hill is too expensive or you could get the P4 which stops at the bottom of Canonbie. |
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20-07-2010, 10:15 AM |
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Thread: Film Showing to honour UN Peace Day on Thursday 16th September @ 5.30pm to 8pm
Post: RE: Film Showing to honour UN Peace Day on Thursda...
| Am I the only one who finds it rather concerning to see that a librarian doesn't appear to know how to use an apostrophe? |
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10-09-2010, 09:44 AM |
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Thread: Film Showing to honour UN Peace Day on Thursday 16th September @ 5.30pm to 8pm
Post: RE: Film Showing to honour UN Peace Day on Thursda...
| I'm perfectly sure they do a good job but it's a library. Words are at its very core and it's important to get these things right. It is not pedantic to expect a post from such an institute to be gr... |
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10-09-2010, 02:35 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale old fire station to be redeveloped
Post: RE: Perry Vale old fire station to be redeveloped
| Not another church! I was looking forward to a nice civilized bar/restaurant in that space - there's already a church across the road from the fire station and another 2 or 3 within walking distance, ... |
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03-11-2010, 10:20 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| Forest Hill to City Thameslink would be brilliant for me as I work about 2 minutes walk form City Thameslink. Bring it on (if I'm still working here in 2015 of course...) |
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25-11-2010, 05:54 PM |
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Thread: Southern services from London Bridge
Post: RE: Southern services from London Bridge tonight
| I third the Live System comments - I checked them before I left the office last night at 6:30pm and it was telling me everything was on time - imagine my surprise at the bedlam I encountered when I ar... |
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01-12-2010, 06:13 PM |
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Thread: Horniman to charge for Aquarium
Post: RE: Horniman to charge for Aquarium
| To be fair, I'm not sure I'd consider an aquarium a basic - if they started charging for the natural history or musical section I might feel differently but the aquarium must cost a fortune to run. |
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10-12-2010, 11:06 AM |
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Thread: Brockley Rise accident 25/1/11
Post: RE: Brockley Rise accident 25/1/11
| Hope the pedestrian is ok - I saw the car and from the look of the front windscreen it must have been going at quite a speed. The street lighting around the crossing could be a lot better too as I ca... |
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26-01-2011, 12:25 PM |
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Thread: Fireworks made here.
Post: RE: Fireworks made here.
| That's not prose Zimmerman! And I will keep my opinions to myself as to whether it's poetry... |
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22-02-2011, 03:48 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and Westbourne Drive
Post: RE: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and West...
| Are any of the coffee shops big enough to fit more than 2 bugaboos! |
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24-03-2011, 10:34 AM |
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