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Thread: Forest Hill Station car restrictions
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station car restrictions
| The shortest distance between two points is a straight line - that's why people cut across the road and don't take an L-shaped walk along the pavement.
I assume whoever thought up this idea approac... |
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16-08-2022, 05:57 PM |
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Thread: TfL proposed RADICAL changes to bus services in South and Central London
Post: RE: TfL proposed RADICAL changes to bus services i...
| Do you mean this proposal?
[url=https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/busreview]https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/busreview[/url] |
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01-06-2022, 02:39 PM |
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Thread: South Eastern trains from Forest Hill
Post: RE: South Eastern trains from Forest Hill
| We may be able to get 'out' of Forest Hill every 7 minutes but that doesn't equate to a similarly frequent return journey.
You need to make a choice of either South Eastern train from London Brid... |
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01-06-2022, 12:44 PM |
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Thread: SE23/SE26.life are no more
Post: RE: SE23/SE26.life are no more
| No, CB stepped away a few years ago and handed over the site to someone else.
Train information: yes, I value that too. The information at the station about changes to services is awful. Despite ... |
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27-04-2022, 11:31 AM |
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Thread: Dr Mendelson
Post: RE: Dr Mendelson
| Dr Mendelson rings a bell from my childhood. I remember my aunt mentioning him (late 1970 or 1980s) as her doctor, although I don't know if he was still working or whether she was reminiscing after s... |
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25-04-2022, 07:20 PM |
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Thread: SE23/SE26.life are no more
Post: RE: SE23/SE26.life are no more
| It's a shame the 'other place' is finishing. There's definitely some content that would be useful to archive (eg local history, especially photos). Can this site do photos if we continue the theme o... |
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25-04-2022, 07:09 PM |
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Thread: Local shopping areas: What's yours called?
Post: Local shopping areas: What's yours called?
| The Forest Hill Society will soon be embarking on an initiative to get us exploring our local shops and businesses in the run up to Christmas (and beyond). It will cover the whole of SE23 and we've d... |
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02-11-2020, 09:23 PM |
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Thread: Falcon in SE23
Post: RE: Falcon in SE23
| Yes, peregrines have been seen there (and sometimes heard!) in recent months. Apparently not nesting there though, as there isn't enough flat space for them. |
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18-01-2019, 08:10 PM |
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Thread: Proposed Conservation Area: Perry Vale ‘Christmas’ houses and further north
Post: Proposed Conservation Area: Perry Vale ‘Christmas’...
| Lewisham are proposing a new Conservation Area in the Perry Vale area, to include the Christmas houses on Perry Vale (the ones that spell TED CHRISTMAS and LAURA), part of Sunderland Road, most of Gay... |
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22-10-2018, 04:53 PM |
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Thread: Burnt out mopeds in Cibber Road and Como Road
Post: RE: Burnt out mopeds in Cibber Road and Como Road
| Just wondering about the timings. I saw the police at 1am and they seemed to be there for ages and I went back to bed before they left. If the bike was torched or self-combusted about 2am that would h... |
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02-05-2017, 12:58 PM |
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Thread: Burnt out mopeds in Cibber Road and Como Road
Post: RE: Burnt out mopeds in Cibber Road and Como Road
| The Como Road incident: some men were spotted trying to steal a scooter next to the tree and the police arrived about 1am Monday morning. That scooter was moved to the other side of the road where th... |
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02-05-2017, 11:16 AM |
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Thread: Changes to rubbish collections from July 2017
Post: RE: Changes to rubbish collections from July 2017
| Oops, should have posted this in Wider Topics. Sorry Admin. |
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12-04-2017, 05:16 PM |
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Thread: Changes to rubbish collections from July 2017
Post: Changes to rubbish collections from July 2017
| Is everyone aware of these changes? We haven't had any information through the letterbox yet.
Basically we'll be getting food waste bins (collected weekly) and the existing black bins will only be... |
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12-04-2017, 05:14 PM |
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Thread: To today’s mattress flytipper on Horniman Drive
Post: RE: To today’s mattress flytipper on Horniman Driv...
| Lewisham still operate a free mattress collection service so there's really no excuse for dumping mattresses:
https://www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/wasterecycle/dispose-of/Pages/free-mattress-recy... |
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12-04-2017, 05:09 PM |
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Thread: Zebra crossing on Perry Vale!
Post: Zebra crossing on Perry Vale!
| I was walking home last night and noticed roadworks on Perry Vale near the junction with Dacres Road. I wondered if it was connected to the work being done on the water pipes but no, it was just the ... |
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15-11-2016, 04:00 PM |
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Thread: Lost cat: Perry Vale/Woolstone Road area
Post: Lost cat: Perry Vale/Woolstone Road area
| Neighbours have lost their new cat: 5 year old neutered male, blond-coloured, unusually long (as in body length, not hair), and microchipped. They've put up posters with a photo and contact number. ... |
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13-10-2016, 12:06 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill School: petition to stop it being forced to become an academy
Post: Forest Hill School: petition to stop it being forc...
| Came across this petition:
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/don-t-force-forest-hill-school-to-become-an-academy
Does anyone know anything about it, or what Forest Hill School's opinions are ... |
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11-05-2016, 04:51 PM |
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Thread: Lewisham live-garden waste recycling
Post: RE: lewisham live-garden waste recyvling
| Does anyone know where Lewisham's green waste goes? I found a couple of interesting sites about municipal composting in north London:
- how it's made at the EcoPark in north London and a post in t... |
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03-05-2016, 06:22 PM |
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Thread: Searchlight in the sky last night?
Post: RE: Searchlight in the sky last night?
| The funfair finished on 10th April. Unless there's another one nearby? |
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22-04-2016, 03:18 PM |
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Thread: Searchlight in the sky last night?
Post: Searchlight in the sky last night?
| Did anyone notice a sweeping light in the sky last night? It looked like it was coming from the direction of Crystal Palace but I couldn't see the source so it must have been further west. It wasn't... |
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22-04-2016, 12:26 PM |
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Thread: Japanese Knotweed and Network Rail
Post: RE: Japanese Knotweed and Network Rail
| Network Rail is now subject to the Freedom of Information Act so you can make a formal FOI request for the information you want:
http://www.networkrail.co.uk/foi/
The following site might be use... |
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04-11-2015, 11:49 AM |
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Thread: The Hob Closed
Post: RE: The Hob
| Did a bit of Googling on this:
- Enterprise Inns is the landlord but won't be running the pub directly.
- a new company called Hippo Inns will run the pub. Apparently it's a joint venture betwe... |
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14-09-2015, 05:46 PM |
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Thread: A New Womens Institute (WI) Comes to Forest Hill
Post: RE: A New Womens Institute (WI) Comes to Forest Hi...
| Reminder that the first meeting is tonight.
Background article here: http://www.southlondon-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=3365&headline=Join%20me%20for%20jam%20%20and%20Jerusalem
Apparently the Eas... |
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14-09-2015, 01:00 PM |
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Thread: The Hob Closed
Post: RE: The Hob
| M&S? Surely you mean Waitrose? |
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31-07-2015, 02:58 PM |
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Thread: Craft Club in Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Craft Club in Honor Oak Park
| How was Craft Club? Or is the first rule of Craft Club not to talk about Craft Club? ;)
Assuming you're female, there's a branch of the Women's Institute in HOP which started up just a few years a... |
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31-07-2015, 02:56 PM |
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Thread: Energy Garden at Forest Hill Overground Station
Post: RE: Energy Garden at Forest Hill Overground Statio...
| Is it definite that Forest Hill is getting an Energy Garden or is next week's meeting just a preliminary meeting? I couldn't find anything on the website that suggests FH has been chosen.
I don't ... |
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31-07-2015, 02:35 PM |
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Thread: Weeds
Post: RE: Weeds
| I guess 'pretty' weeds are OK. There are some oriental poppies growing along the pavement on my road. I hadn't thought of them as weeds - in fact I've been wondering when's the best time to harvest ... |
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26-06-2015, 01:48 PM |
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Thread: And now for a soppy picture...
Post: RE: And now for a soppy picture...
| Awww, what a softy. Has he nicked any more picnics lately? |
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26-06-2015, 01:34 PM |
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Thread: Pedder & Co advertisement boards
Post: RE: Pedder & Co advertisement boards
| Well I'm still walking past Pedder signs advertising a school fair on 14 June.
How do these signs raise money for the schools? I had assumed they were just advertising the fair to encourage more a... |
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23-06-2015, 02:22 PM |
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Thread: Pedder & Co advertisement boards
Post: RE: Pedder & Co advertisement boards
| My mum had a Pedder school event advert mistakenly nailed to her gate post too (right road, wrong house number). She was FURIOUS. But it was advertising a different school so not in the same area as... |
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19-06-2015, 11:58 AM |
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Thread: Open Day Lewisham Police Station
Post: RE: Open Day Lewisham Police Station
| I went last year and it was brilliant! I liked the stables best. Kids seemed to be most attracted to the police bikes and being shut in the back of a police van. You can also do a tour of the insid... |
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11-06-2015, 01:00 PM |
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Thread: Sat 16th & Sun 17th May: Fiver Fest & Edible High Road launch
Post: Sat 16th & Sun 17th May: Fiver Fest & Edible High ...
| I haven't seen any flyers but apparently it's Forest Hill Fiver Fest this weekend (£5 offers from local businesses in Forest Hill) plus the launch of the Edible High Road in the station car park from ... |
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15-05-2015, 06:22 PM |
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Thread: Land on corner of Perry Vale & Westbourne Drive
Post: RE: Land on corner of Perry Vale & Westbourne Driv...
| Londondrz: did you discover where the kitchen sink and hob are? |
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14-05-2015, 03:00 PM |
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Thread: Your help needed for a brighter High Street
Post: RE: Your help needed for a brighter High Street
| I walked past St Davids coffee shop at the weekend and their wisteria is in full flower and it looks lovely - check it out before it fades!
They're participating in Chelsea Fringe this year so have... |
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11-05-2015, 05:34 PM |
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Thread: Sainsbury's Forest Hill - Sunday Opening Hours
Post: RE: Sainsbury's Forest Hill - Sunday Opening Hours
| I didn't know it was open 12-6pm, but then I don't shop there very often. As a non-regular customer I would have assumed it was open either 10-4 or 11-5 (and probably would have turned up before 12pm... |
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22-04-2015, 05:03 PM |
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Thread: Houston Road Accident
Post: RE: Houston Road Accident
| Was the crash yesterday, ie Saturday? Isn't that the second one this week? Someone was telling me on Thursday there had been a crash a few days before.
In which part of the road did the crash hap... |
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29-03-2015, 02:56 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale Closure 14/3/14
Post: RE: Perry Vale Closure 14/3/14
| Pleased to report that a new bus shelter was being installed outside the All Inn One this morning, almost a year after the accident that demolished the old one.
I hope the pedestrian who was injure... |
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06-03-2015, 02:03 PM |
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Thread: Annual travelcard: Gold Card improvements from Jan 2015
Post: Annual travelcard: Gold Card improvements from Jan...
| The Gold Card benefits are improving from January 2015, including:
- extension of the railcard area to Birmingham and Shrewsbury (but only on London Midland, not Virgin), and Suffolk and Norfolk on... |
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03-12-2014, 06:06 PM |
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Thread: Southern trains into London Bridge
Post: RE: Southern trains into London Bridge
| I arrived at FH station just after 8.30am this morning and couldn't even get into the station. I assumed they had closed the ticket barriers to avoid overcrowding on the platform. Had to queue for a... |
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20-11-2014, 02:45 PM |
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Thread: Scottish Independence
Post: RE: Scottish Independence
| The SNP proposes that UK students would continue to pay university fees in Scotland. That would contravene EU rules, but no matter, it's just another bit of EU legislation that an independent Scotlan... |
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05-09-2014, 11:50 AM |
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Thread: Lady on underpass steps by W H Smith
Post: RE: Lady on underpass steps by W H Smith
| The response from Street Link at the beginning of last week was that a team had been out a couple of times but she hadn't been there and so they hadn't made contact with her at that point.
Later ... |
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24-08-2014, 01:39 PM |
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Thread: Lady on underpass steps by W H Smith
Post: RE: Lady on underpass steps by W H Smith
| I take back what I said: on Friday night at 9pm she was lying on the bench on Perry Vale, and this morning she was sitting on the same bench with a blanket round her. So I think she is sleeping rough... |
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18-08-2014, 12:06 PM |
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Thread: Lady on underpass steps by W H Smith
Post: RE: Lady on underpass steps by W H Smith
| I've seen her a few times, sitting on the steps on the Perry Vale side, and once on the bench further along the road. A couple of times people were talking to her. Three times she had a can of drink... |
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08-08-2014, 10:21 PM |
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Thread: Decent grocery stores in Wynell Rd area?
Post: RE: Decent grocery stores in Wynell Rd area?
| If you want independent stores then the nearest are in Sydenham, quite a few of which sell a wide selection of fresh fruit & veg. The nearest chain supermarket is the big Sainsbury's down at Bell Gre... |
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07-08-2014, 10:45 AM |
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Thread: Planning Application: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local?
Post: RE: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local
| Their alcohol sales licence is for 24 hours a day.
http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/business/licences-and-street-trading/alcohol-and-entertainment-licences/Pages/default.aspx
"List of Curre... |
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24-07-2014, 12:47 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local?
Post: RE: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local
| In reply to brencud's question, yes, a planning application for changing the shop front would only include information about the frontage. Deliveries, opening hours etc would not be relevant.
I ag... |
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17-07-2014, 06:44 PM |
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Thread: Sydenham Arts Festival 2014
Post: Sydenham Arts Festival 2014
| SAF is on now and there are even a few things in Forest Hill: http://sydenhamartsfestival.co.uk/2014/whats-on-2/
The Arts Trail (always a good excuse to nose around other people's houses and/or exp... |
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11-07-2014, 05:29 PM |
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Thread: John Surtees in FH
Post: RE: John Surtees in FH
| Thanks for the plaudits but it really wasn't difficult! I knew that bit of Sunderland Road had a raised pavement so I looked at it on Google Street View and it turned out to be the right place.
Is... |
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29-05-2014, 11:07 AM |
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Thread: John Surtees in FH
Post: RE: John Surtees in FH
| It looks like Sunderland Road (the bit on the South Circular) next to the Railway Telegraph pub. I've looked at it on Google Street View (does this link work http://goo.gl/maps/qYZuR) and the raised ... |
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27-05-2014, 02:06 PM |
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Thread: Council cutting trees down
Post: RE: Council cutting trees down
| There's a free 'Trees in the City' one-day conference next weekend (Saturday 26 April 2014) organised by the Brockley Society at the Lewisham College building on Lewisham Way:
http://brockleystreet... |
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19-04-2014, 06:12 PM |
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