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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 ...
AMFM SE23 Topics 2,074 2,037,490 28-08-2008, 03:55 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

hmm - not too sure I'm happy to hear about the water temperature - I like it a bit cold as it means I get going sharpish and have a proper work out in the pool rather than gentle splash. Looking f...
AMFM SE23 Topics 2,074 2,037,490 18-09-2012, 11:34 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

Big thumbs up for 6am opening if that goes ahead - that would make a big difference to me and woudl almost certainly mean that I cancel my current gym membership in favour of Forest Hill.
AMFM SE23 Topics 2,074 2,037,490 25-10-2012, 08:13 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

might it not have been simpler for you to wait for your friend in the cafe if all the sofas were occupied? If toys were strewn all over the main walkway, that's one thing, but the play area, in my ...
AMFM SE23 Topics 2,074 2,037,490 19-02-2014, 11:22 AM
  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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,118 28-08-2009, 02:20 PM
  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.
AMFM SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,118 08-01-2010, 10:49 AM
  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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,118 26-05-2010, 04:01 PM
  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 ...
AMFM SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,118 27-05-2010, 10:06 AM
  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...)
AMFM SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,118 25-11-2010, 05:54 PM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park

I thought it was really quiet on that train this morning - I got on at Forest Hill and there were loads of seats.
AMFM SE23 Topics 1,398 1,250,118 17-04-2012, 04:50 PM
  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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 761 706,156 10-07-2008, 11:46 AM
  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.
AMFM SE23 Topics 761 706,156 28-01-2009, 05:47 PM
  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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 761 706,156 29-01-2009, 10:49 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station

About time!
AMFM SE23 Topics 761 706,156 23-11-2009, 06:40 PM
  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!
AMFM SE23 Topics 761 706,156 30-11-2009, 12:33 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Dominoes Pizza

I'm not sure that's anything to gloat about Cellar Door!!!
AMFM SE23 Topics 736 625,388 21-09-2011, 04:59 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Dominoes Pizza

Putting aesthetic considerations to one side, I'm not sure I'm convinced by the argument that Dominoes will put other local pizza takeaways out of business. That said, I don't know the takeaways you'...
AMFM SE23 Topics 736 625,388 21-09-2011, 04:14 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Planning: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (was The Old Ba...

Why would it be a delivery hub for Pizza Express - does PE (or indeed any of the allegedly up market pizza chains) do delivery hubs? It used to be a sit down restaurant so there is clearly ample spac...
AMFM SE23 Topics 736 625,388 27-11-2013, 12:27 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Planning: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (was The Old Ba...

Thank you! I do believe I'm blushing...
AMFM SE23 Topics 736 625,388 27-11-2013, 04:45 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Planning: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (was The Old Ba...

Rob - I suspect you may be right - the point I was making though was rather that idle speculation seems a bit pointless at this stage so let's just wait and see what turns up. An operating business...
AMFM SE23 Topics 736 625,388 28-11-2013, 11:41 AM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

Agreed, hindsight is a wonderful thing, but we're talking about a full time business here, not some fly by night operation - they should have done their homework, it's really as simple as that. As ...
AMFM SE23 Topics 666 536,623 03-02-2012, 12:04 PM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

It depends on what you mean by the case bing "dropped". If the case is settled before trial, it is still possible for there to be a technical winner and loser.
AMFM SE23 Topics 666 536,623 24-02-2012, 06:48 PM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

JG - The general principle in litigation is that the loser pays the winner's costs - a judgment will pretty much always have an order for costs, so nothing needs to be "extended". That said, a winnin...
AMFM SE23 Topics 666 536,623 03-02-2012, 11:27 AM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

S.84 of the Law of Property Act 1925 covers how and when the Upper Tribunal can discharge or modify a covenant affecting land. I have reproduced s.84(1) and (1A) below. Seems to me the battle lines ...
AMFM SE23 Topics 666 536,623 06-02-2012, 10:58 AM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

Of course you can - if it becomes clear that your case is not a good one, it makes far more sense to discontinue than to plough on to trial when the costs consequences will be even worse if you lose b...
AMFM SE23 Topics 666 536,623 24-02-2012, 03:31 PM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

Sherwood, you're right that a party can win and not get its costs, or indeed that it can win and have a costs award against it (although not sure how the defamation protocol applies to this case) but ...
AMFM SE23 Topics 666 536,623 07-03-2012, 09:49 AM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage

Actually JGD, that is not much better usage. When you are talking about a specific time in the past, you should really use the past simple - so the correct thing to say would be "Andy Coulson was arr...
AMFM Wider Topics 587 489,248 08-07-2011, 11:36 AM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage

And let's remember that a significant number of so-called Americanisms are in fact old English uses that have fallen away here but have remained there - the use of "gotten" being a case in point - it'...
AMFM Wider Topics 587 489,248 13-07-2011, 10:38 AM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage

I suspect it's more the (mis)use of the apostrophe Bumble...
AMFM Wider Topics 587 489,248 27-07-2011, 11:05 AM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: []

[i][Moved from [url=http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5359&pid=41974#pid41974]this topic[/url]][/i] __________________________________ PEDANT ALERT! - There are no apostophes in coffees an...
AMFM Wider Topics 587 489,248 01-11-2011, 03:45 PM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Question Bar Dining

climbs off high horse after realising apostrophes was incorrectly spelled - hangs head in shame...
AMFM Wider Topics 587 489,248 01-11-2011, 03:48 PM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Question Bar Dining

Kelly - your comment is unnecessarily rude. I do have a life - it may not be as kerr-azy as yours, but it is mine and I'm rather fond of it. I happen to think it's important to get the little thin...
AMFM Wider Topics 587 489,248 01-11-2011, 05:19 PM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Question Bar Dining

Cheeky - you don't know me, you know nothing about me and have absolutely no insight into the kind of person I am. You have actually managed to upset me quite deeply first thing in the morning - I do ...
AMFM Wider Topics 587 489,248 02-11-2011, 09:32 AM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Usage of English

I started university in 1992 (in the UK) and 101 was in use to describe 1st year, 1 semester subjects, second semester was 102 - it wasn't so much basic or elementary - just the compulsory, core eleme...
AMFM Wider Topics 587 489,248 06-02-2014, 04:04 PM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Usage of English

Completely off topic but one of my father's middle names is Augustine and as children we thought it uproariously funny to call him by his full name but change Augustine to Disgustin' - oh how we laugh...
AMFM Wider Topics 587 489,248 25-04-2014, 06:06 PM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage

I think this article might just tip you over the edge Robin Orton... https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/12-misused-words-even-smart-people-cant-resist-jeff-haden?trk=eml-b2_content_ecosystem_digest-rec...
AMFM Wider Topics 587 489,248 24-04-2015, 10:47 AM
  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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 348 293,598 13-06-2008, 02:18 PM
  Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Shops

I didn't realise you could get Clonakilty black pudding from Budgens - you have made me a VERY happy woman!
AMFM Wider Topics 301 215,059 12-03-2013, 11:00 AM
  Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Shopping

millemop, Galtee? Really? Don't get me wrong, galtee is what we mostly had at home too and I'm rather partial but when we had Clonakilty it was somethng else.
AMFM Wider Topics 301 215,059 14-03-2013, 10:26 PM
  Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: Bird in Hand

Looks like the Bird in Hand is for sale! http://www.rightmove.co.uk/commercial-property-for-sale/property-37920442.html
AMFM Wider Topics 301 215,059 15-03-2013, 01:47 PM
  Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Bird in Hand

I may have got a little over excited - looks like it's subject to the existing lease which doesn't expire until 2030 (and is probably protected anyway).
AMFM Wider Topics 301 215,059 15-03-2013, 01:51 PM
  Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Local businesses

Looks like the 2008 permission was renewed http://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=_LEWIS_DCAPR_63376
AMFM Wider Topics 301 215,059 03-04-2013, 07:04 PM
  Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?

Im probably wrong but I think the HOP opened (after the Old St Germains pub closed down and was boarded up for ages) about 8-10 years ago. I agree with Erekose, I thought it was good back then (alt...
AMFM Wider Topics 301 215,059 18-06-2014, 11:09 AM
  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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 289 274,032 21-08-2008, 02:07 PM
  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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 289 274,032 28-08-2008, 03:28 PM
  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'...
AMFM SE23 Topics 289 274,032 11-12-2008, 03:00 PM
  Thread: East London Line
Post: RE: East London Line

It wasn't a suicide. It was a trespasser (allegedly drunk) on the line between HOP and Brockley - Police Helicopter called out and everything. I was on the 7:21 from Forest Hill which fianally set o...
AMFM Wider Topics 281 296,335 24-01-2013, 01:12 PM
  Thread: Cyclists
Post: RE: Cyclists

much as I deplore the actions of red light jumpers and pavement cyclists, a little perspective please. http://londonist.com/2011/10/amazing-escape-in-cyclistlorry-crash-in-london-bridge.php (sorry...
AMFM Wider Topics 271 245,199 19-10-2011, 03:16 PM
  Thread: Cyclists
Post: RE: Cyclists

Hillsideresident - I didn't resurrect anything and your post makes absolutley no sense to me (I can't remember what I may have posted months ago and I don't have the time or the inclination to go sear...
AMFM Wider Topics 271 245,199 20-10-2011, 01:15 PM
  Thread: Cyclists
Post: RE: Cyclists

oh, and don't presume to know my gender.
AMFM Wider Topics 271 245,199 20-10-2011, 01:17 PM
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