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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.
AMFM SE23 Topics 8 11,134 08-11-2007, 04:35 PM
  Thread: Tennis near FH
Post: RE: Tennis in FH

Whereabouts in FH are you moving? There are tennis courts behind the new (methodist?) church on Normanton Road and I think it is club membership rather than just turn up and play if the court's free.
AMFM Wider Topics 7 9,165 06-11-2007, 11:14 AM
  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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 15 13,718 26-10-2007, 04:12 PM
  Thread: Number Theory
Post: RE: Number theory

What's the 7th reason?!
AMFM Wider Topics 19 15,361 14-11-2007, 10:47 AM
  Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Best Sunday roast?

Londonrz - you're missing the point that people are trying to make. The presence of kids is not the issue, it's the presence of kids treating pubs like and restaurants like a playground and their par...
AMFM Wider Topics 143 118,737 04-12-2007, 03:07 PM
  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).
AMFM SE23 Topics 17 20,872 06-12-2007, 01:22 PM
  Thread: Why Why Why do people not move down in trains?
Post: RE: Why Why Why do people not move down in trains?

Do you look for things to make you angry baboonery or do they just find you?
AMFM Wider Topics 26 27,647 06-12-2007, 04:35 PM
  Thread: Hatton v Mayweather
Post: RE: Hatton v Mayweather

Not that I'll be watching but I'm assuming it's on Sky rather than normal telly so I'd imagine there's a market for opening the pub early - they often do it for other sporting events like rugby and fo...
AMFM Wider Topics 4 5,315 06-12-2007, 04:53 PM
  Thread: Why Why Why do people not move down in trains?
Post: RE: Why Why Why do people not move down in trains?

I'm with you on dogs - evil, the lot of them - apart from my parents' dog, he's lovely.
AMFM Wider Topics 26 27,647 06-12-2007, 06:33 PM
  Thread: Hello, Moving to FH soon
Post: RE: Hello, Moving to FH soon

[quote=davidl] [quote=pvp] Brown lemonade? You don't think your mam was tricking you into thinking old tea was in fact fizzy pop? [/quote] Ah, yes. If you haven't tried it, you really ought to. ...
AMFM Wider Topics 22 19,852 15-02-2008, 02:44 PM
  Thread: Hello, Moving to FH soon
Post: RE: Hello, Moving to FH soon

[quote=davidl] At risk of sounding facetious - it's slightly different, being brown in colour rather than red. The idea is pretty much the same, though. I had a friend from south of the border who as...
AMFM Wider Topics 22 19,852 15-02-2008, 05:24 PM
  Thread: May mayoral election
Post: RE: May mayoral election

There is nothing funny about Boris - he is a deeply deeply scary man who hides it well behind his bumptious facade. Think we've all had enough of Ken and there is much to be said for the US system ...
AMFM Wider Topics 77 63,707 13-03-2008, 05:15 PM
  Thread: SE23 v SE22
Post: RE: I wish...

Really Sherwood - on what grounds?
AMFM Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 122 127,896 14-04-2008, 02:06 PM
  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?!
AMFM SE23 Topics 20 24,122 14-04-2008, 05:44 PM
  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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 121 129,565 16-05-2008, 03:36 PM
  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 ...
AMFM SE23 Topics 121 129,565 16-05-2008, 03:59 PM
  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!
AMFM SE23 Topics 10 10,109 19-05-2008, 05:06 PM
  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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 4 5,737 06-06-2008, 09:31 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: 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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 64 73,525 13-06-2008, 02:23 PM
  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 ...
AMFM SE23 Topics 64 73,525 13-06-2008, 03:25 PM
  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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 90 115,501 03-07-2008, 05:14 PM
  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!
AMFM SE23 Topics 17 20,997 04-07-2008, 12:00 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: Perry Vale old fire station to be redeveloped
Post: RE: Perry Vale old fire station to be redeveloped

The pools aren't listed.
AMFM SE23 Topics 90 115,501 11-07-2008, 09:51 AM
  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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 17 16,921 15-08-2008, 12:37 PM
  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 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 2,037,489 28-08-2008, 03:55 PM
  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!
AMFM SE23 Topics 21 19,703 28-10-2008, 06:45 PM
  Thread: Report Empty Homes
Post: RE: Report Empty Homes

I bet squatters love that website!
AMFM Wider Topics 3 5,594 27-11-2008, 08:51 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: 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: 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 ...
AMFM SE23 Topics 157 174,754 16-02-2009, 03:46 PM
  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!
AMFM SE23 Topics 157 174,754 17-02-2009, 10:04 AM
  Thread: Alan Sugar - Labour's New Mayoral Candidate
Post: RE: Alan Sugar Labour's New Mayoral Candidate

Whatever about the merits of AS as a candidate or even whether Livingstone was any good - are you seriously suggesting Boris is doing a good job?! The man is a joke and an embarrassment to London.
AMFM Wider Topics 3 4,898 02-03-2009, 11:24 AM
  Thread: Feedback on proposed name
Post: RE: Feedback on proposed name

Have to agree with others about the name - Gourman just doesn't work - I would assume that you didn't know how to spell and that would irritate me to the extent that I wouldn't buy it.
AMFM Wider Topics 16 12,942 17-03-2009, 05:00 PM
  Thread: MPs' Expenses
Post: RE: Forest Hill MP Jim Dowd's Expenses

Gewanter (at least I think it was him) was interviewed on the Today programme this morning. He was asked whether money had changed hands and rather sidestepped the question by answering that nobody i...
AMFM Wider Topics 3 4,169 24-06-2009, 11:48 AM
  Thread: Dining for New Parents
Post: RE: Recommended: First Born - fine dining for new ...

I have only been to Beauberry House once (about 2 or 3 years ago) and was less than impressed. The food was ok but the service and atmosphere were pretty rubbish. It is a crying shame that such an i...
AMFM Wider Topics 9 8,383 30-06-2009, 11:12 AM
  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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 106 111,737 24-08-2009, 10:26 AM
  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...
AMFM SE23 Topics 106 111,737 25-08-2009, 05:31 PM
  Thread: SE23 v SE22
Post: RE: SE23 v SE22

There is a man who lives on my street (very firmly SE23) who shouts out obscenities - seems to be talking to an imaginary enemy- but it is actually quite frightening to encounter him! Don't think he'...
AMFM Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 122 127,896 26-08-2009, 05:47 PM
  Thread: Cycling
Post: RE: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone

Let's not turn this into a cyclist bashing thread, eh? Like all road users, there are good ones and bad ones so please don't put us all in the same pot or I'll have to start making sweeping generalis...
AMFM Wider Topics 31 27,461 27-08-2009, 10:46 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 1,250,117 28-08-2009, 02:20 PM
  Thread: Recycling
Post: RE: Recycling

brilliant - I've been stockpiling old batteries without knowing wghat to do with the things!
AMFM Wider Topics 70 74,397 14-10-2009, 02:15 PM
  Thread: Interest
Post: RE: Interest

I'm not in finance either but it seems to me that the issue is that these debts are all in different industries - each industry (I imagine) will have its own standards, hence the credit card companies...
AMFM Wider Topics 8 7,509 14-10-2009, 02:14 PM
  Thread: Best wishes to Jim Dowd MP
Post: RE: Best wishes to Jim Dowd MP

He's not being soppy - you're being tasteless.
AMFM SE23 Topics 21 19,946 20-11-2009, 11:22 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: Jubilee Line
Post: RE: Jubilee Line

Seriously? Why not?
AMFM Wider Topics 13 11,980 25-11-2009, 06:23 PM
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