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  Thread: Gambling
Post: RE: Gambling

[quote=thenutfield] Jeez, council estate = bookies!! Nice to know stereotyping is alive and well in SE23. [/quote] Regrettable, but true - this is how the bookies (and all other firms) decid...
shzl400 Wider Topics 29 28,125 16-11-2007, 01:19 PM
  Thread: Class divisions in FH
Post: RE: Class divisions in FH

[quote=Ian] shzl400: That is Dulwich, it's SE22 [/quote] Technically true, Ian, but realistically about as much as Perry Vale being the centre of FH, which was the point.
shzl400 SE23 Topics 33 35,100 16-11-2007, 01:13 PM
  Thread: SE23.com welcome picture
Post: RE: SE23.com welcome picture

There is an SE23 site on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=se23 to which I note that robwinton is a contributor!
shzl400 SE23 Topics 39 39,416 16-11-2007, 11:13 AM
  Thread: Owl Spotting
Post: RE: Tawit tawooo, I'm an owl.

Further clarification on owl - I understand that you can tell whether it's male or female, depending on whether it goes too-whit or too-whoo (but I don't know which way round it is...). When you hear...
shzl400 Wider Topics 16 17,851 16-11-2007, 11:05 AM
  Thread: Owl Spotting
Post: RE: Tawit tawooo, I'm an owl.

[quote=Woody] Amazing, there is a Tawny Owl out there tonight somewhere near Hengrave Road. I was told that there was a pair in Nunhead Cemetery but this is the first time I have heard them in SE23....
shzl400 Wider Topics 16 17,851 16-11-2007, 10:54 AM
  Thread: Class divisions in FH
Post: RE: Class divisions in FH

[quote=Ian] [quote=thenutfield] It's official now, the centre of FH is in Perry Vale....just ask Berkley Homes!! Al you lot on the Stanstead road side are in the quaint old town. [/quote] What ...
shzl400 SE23 Topics 33 35,100 16-11-2007, 10:43 AM
  Thread: Housing market
Post: RE: Property market

Try Moneyfacts (http://www.moneyfacts.co.uk/mortgages/bestbuys/fixed-rate-mortgage-ne.aspx) or www.fool.co.uk. Don't forget to add in any fees etc. They vary widely and may, especially on shorte...
shzl400 Wider Topics 45 50,234 16-11-2007, 10:37 AM
  Thread: Housing market
Post: RE: Property market

What Ian is describing is a recession - remember them, we had them in the 60's and 70's, when we had a cyclical economy and then along came the 80's with all the madness that entailed, markets changed...
shzl400 Wider Topics 45 50,234 15-11-2007, 08:39 PM
  Thread: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park

[quote=evanick] that is for women mainly, men do not use these salons. [/quote] No all over body wax then, evanick? I also understand that beard electrolysis is popular with thesp types, m...
shzl400 SE23 Topics 56 57,663 15-11-2007, 05:04 PM
  Thread: Housing market
Post: RE: New Apartments off Dartmouth road

[quote=ab3] My view (or rather a view that I read somewhere and thing is probably right) is that if a price crash did occur, London is unlikely to be affected (as much or at all) compared to the rest...
shzl400 Wider Topics 45 50,234 15-11-2007, 02:52 PM
  Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: WH Smith - what do you think?

With you, Sue! I don't suppose there are any plans for what will now be a large, empty post office unit?
shzl400 SE23 Topics 157 174,841 15-11-2007, 02:31 PM
  Thread: Gambling
Post: RE: Gambling

[quote=nevermodern] I'll personally be very surprised if William Hill retain the other shop. Please say I told you so when I'm wrong! :) [/quote] Agreed, nevermodern! Just by way of comparison...
shzl400 Wider Topics 29 28,125 15-11-2007, 02:28 PM
  Thread: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park

[quote=Jon Lloyd] Never mind the botox, where's the cake shop! [/quote] Scroll back up to posts nos. 24 and 25 of this thread .....
shzl400 SE23 Topics 56 57,663 15-11-2007, 12:51 PM
  Thread: Flattened Pillar Box
Post: RE: Flattened Pillar Box

[quote=Ian] We should have Speed Humps/Sleeping Policeman on the roads to stop this from happening !! [/quote] Nooooooo! No more of these hideous excrescences!!! Besides, their purpose is t...
shzl400 SE23 Topics 6 8,397 15-11-2007, 11:51 AM
  Thread: Number Theory
Post: RE: Number theory

[quote=Ooperlooper] 11th December? [/quote] The supposed date for re-opening of FH library.
shzl400 Wider Topics 19 15,364 15-11-2007, 11:46 AM
  Thread: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park

[quote=mljay] Do you know that there is a hairdresser/salon called Attractions on Brockley Rise. And a nail bar on Brockley Rise. And a hairdresser on the HOP parade. I wonder how many more hair a...
shzl400 SE23 Topics 56 57,663 15-11-2007, 11:15 AM
  Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: WH Smith - what do you think?

One would hope that there would be a refurb. before the post office moved in?
shzl400 SE23 Topics 157 174,841 14-11-2007, 08:01 PM
  Thread: (ex) Mercury TV - Perry Vale
Post: RE: (ex) Mercury TV - Perry Vale

[quote=michael] [quote=nevermodern] ....when did it all go wrong last time round? [/quote] Amazingly we still have MacKays who have stuck in Forest Hill for many years but nobody ever mentions o...
shzl400 SE23 Topics 58 62,546 14-11-2007, 02:14 PM
  Thread: Gambling
Post: RE: Gambling

[quote=pvp] ... gambling is for ninnies; a tax on stupidity if anything. [/quote] I'll bet :) there are quite a few people out there who have shares on the stock market and anyone who "plays" th...
shzl400 Wider Topics 29 28,125 14-11-2007, 11:51 AM
  Thread: Gambling
Post: RE: Gambling

[quote=pvp] Straw poll - who here actually uses the bookies? I've never used one here as think gambling is for ninnies; a tax on stupidity if anything. [/quote] I confess! I have used a bookies ...
shzl400 Wider Topics 29 28,125 14-11-2007, 11:42 AM
  Thread: Number Theory
Post: RE: Number theory

[quote=Ooperlooper] 7 reasons why books are better than iPods: 1. You can't learn much from an iPod (except from a very narrow range of podcasts), but there's almost no topic that you can't get a ...
shzl400 Wider Topics 19 15,364 13-11-2007, 11:50 PM
  Thread: Christmas Shopping in SE23
Post: RE: Christmas Shopping in SE23

Sorry, that should be C[u]B[/u] Partystores. Big them up, they're great and they don't get enough mentions on this site!
shzl400 SE23 Topics 13 14,453 13-11-2007, 08:51 PM
  Thread: FH on the telly
Post: RE: FH on the telly

There was a "Location, Location, Location" in FH some time ago. I seem to remember Kirsty and I can't remember the chap's name were quite keen on the place.
shzl400 SE23 Topics 1 4,349 13-11-2007, 08:46 PM
  Thread: Perry Vale Ward meeting 29/10/07
Post: RE: Perry Vale Ward meeting 29/10/07

[quote=michael] The underpass will be significantly improved as part of the section 106 agreement from the Berkeley Homes development (Forest Hill Central). [/quote] Speaking of Sn. 106 deals, ...
shzl400 SE23 Topics 14 14,908 13-11-2007, 08:42 PM
  Thread: Perry Vale Ward meeting 29/10/07
Post: RE: Perry Vale Ward meeting 29/10/07

Am I right in thinking that there is another 10 grand for the Forest Hill ward (Feakes et al) as opposed to the Perry Vale ward? Who is deciding about that money?
shzl400 SE23 Topics 14 14,908 13-11-2007, 02:13 PM
  Thread: Christmas Shopping in SE23
Post: RE: Christmas Shopping in SE23

Regrettably not very much, unless you count Sainsbury's. There is no toy shop, no bookshop, no kids clothes shop and no consumer electronics shop .... unless you count Smith's, who could have a cla...
shzl400 SE23 Topics 13 14,453 13-11-2007, 01:53 PM
  Thread: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park

[quote=evanick] We need a bakery here, like the one in Sydenham "Cake Shop" or Nunhead. Good selection of cakes, bread to buy and a table or two to sit and have a coffee would be great. [/quote] ...
shzl400 SE23 Topics 56 57,663 12-11-2007, 07:17 PM
  Thread: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park

[quote=evanick] People do not usually walk, unless they have small children and take them for a walk. otherwise, they just jump in the car and drive somewhere where the shops (or supermarkets are) I ...
shzl400 SE23 Topics 56 57,663 12-11-2007, 02:44 PM
  Thread: The Perry Hill SE6
Post: The Perry Hill SE6

[quote=honoracorn] If you take a look at this week's Time Out, you will in fact see a review of the Perry Hill, and quite a good one at that http://www.timeout.com/london/bars/reviews/11754.html I kn...
shzl400 Wider Topics 11 11,158 12-11-2007, 11:10 AM
  Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...

[quote=robwinton] [quote=shzl400] [quote=roz] This is nice, but can I ask where this thread is leading? [/quote] Does it matter? [/quote] Just like London buses, you wait for an hour to res...
shzl400 SE23 Topics 42 39,010 09-11-2007, 09:01 PM
  Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...

[quote=roz] This is nice, but can I ask where this thread is leading? [/quote] Does it matter?
shzl400 SE23 Topics 42 39,010 09-11-2007, 08:38 PM
  Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...

I'm voting elsewhere - see discussion on the other thread on Park or not Park...
shzl400 SE23 Topics 42 39,010 09-11-2007, 02:51 PM
  Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Who is in HOP, Who is in Forest Hill?

Ok, from the map posted by Ghis, it would seem that the One Tree Hill area and the top of Devonshire Road are Honor Oak and from the station to the other side of Stillness is Honor Oak Park. Hono...
shzl400 SE23 Topics 42 39,010 09-11-2007, 02:49 PM
  Thread: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: RE: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?

An ex-boyfriend of mine invited them in for a cup of tea and a discussion on the merits of devil worship (believe me, he looked the type) - they made their excuses and left, never to return... I'm ...
shzl400 Wider Topics 93 88,025 09-11-2007, 02:38 PM
  Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Who is in HOP, Who is in Forest Hill?

HOP here, though I'm another "halfway up the hill" case, but more like three quarters. The post office definitely thinks I'm Forest Hill in all those automatic find your address from the postcode...
shzl400 SE23 Topics 42 39,010 09-11-2007, 02:15 PM
  Thread: Tennis near FH
Post: RE: Tennis in FH

There are public courts at Hilly Fields and I've seen signs for a tennis club in Sydenham, on the road to Penge, near St. Christopher's Hospice. I think there's also something next to the Homebase at...
shzl400 Wider Topics 7 9,174 06-11-2007, 08:48 PM
  Thread: Swimming locally
Post: RE: Swimming locally

Beckenham Spa - admittedly a drive away, but very nice and clean. Big pool usually has 3 lanes roped off for up & down swimming only, and supposedly split slow, medium & fast - so speedy types don't...
shzl400 Wider Topics 12 10,912 06-11-2007, 08:32 PM
  Thread: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park

I seem to remember that the one opposite (now Jumping Bean) used to be a greengrocers. I think we have enough evening eateries (and that Le Querce is overrated!), but that it would be a great loc...
shzl400 SE23 Topics 56 57,663 06-11-2007, 04:04 PM
  Thread: Crystal Palace Park
Post: RE: Crystal Palace Fireworks 2007

We went to a display at a local pub - loads of fireworks, huge bonfire, beer, reasonably priced BBQ, drinks, clean loos, very child friendly, no huge crowds, more beer, no fascists confiscating sparkl...
shzl400 Wider Topics 19 20,679 05-11-2007, 05:41 PM
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