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Thread: A Turkish Delight
Post: RE: A Turkish Delight
| [quote]never saw a rat[/quote]
Perhaps because the pest control people were really good at their job :thumbsup:
Scroll down in this link to where it says "Pest Control exprience since the 1970's i... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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24-02-2016, 10:44 AM |
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Thread: Ignore List
Post: RE: Ignore List
| [quote]Apparently it's "tiresome" to hear any dissent. Surely the idea of a forum is to consider all opinions?
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It's not tiresome to hear any dissent. It's tiresome to hear the same people ban... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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24-02-2016, 09:05 AM |
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Thread: Burglaries in FH
Post: RE: Burglaries in FH
| Bastards. :cursing:
Edit: My censored B-word was the one to do with the culprits' parentage, not anatomy. Thought I'd clarify since they're both 8-letters long. |
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Mr_Numbers |
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19-02-2016, 04:20 PM |
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Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: From the Forest closed
| [quote]the landlord needs to develop a bit more of a sense of civic duty[/quote]
Tough one, because 'civic duty' might mean letting the incumbent tenant get their finances together so they can reopen... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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19-02-2016, 04:18 PM |
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Thread: Water Leak - Perry Rise - Road Closed
Post: RE: Water Leak - Perry Rise - Road Closed
| The photographs do a good job of showing the chaos, but don't really reflect what an impressive gusher this leak is!!! :ohmy: |
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Mr_Numbers |
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19-02-2016, 04:11 PM |
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Thread: Virgin Broadband Super Super Slow in the evenings - anyone else?
Post: RE: Virgin Broadband Super Super Slow in the eveni...
| [quote]Lucky you - I've got 6 Mbps right now. *straps forum reply to carrier pigeon*[/quote]
What speed test sites does everyone use? We had BT Fibre connected maybe 18 months ago - no complaints, to... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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04-02-2016, 07:42 PM |
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Thread: On a light note if you are doing your tax return like me,.
Post: RE: On a light note if you are doing your tax retu...
| P1971, I think this is more appropriate.
And the other person will love the lyrics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbQiVQuiu04 |
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Mr_Numbers |
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22-01-2016, 03:05 PM |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Gentrification
| [quote]Seems obvious to me that if housing is available for workers near their workplace, it's better for the economy and society? It makes the workforce more accessible. Is that not self-evident?
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Mr_Numbers |
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13-01-2016, 08:08 PM |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Gentrification
| I sympathise with some of what you say, but I'm trying to reconcile your preference for right-to-buy with your desire for a house price crash. Are you trying to put council house tenants who buy their... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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13-01-2016, 08:04 PM |
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Thread: Air BnB Forest Hill Disaster
Post: RE: Air BnB Forest Hill Disaster
| [quote]the good name of Forest Hill being dragged through the mud[/quote]
Amongst all the disheartening news in this story, as far as I can see there's nothing to suggest that Forest Hill residents a... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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10-01-2016, 05:32 PM |
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Thread: Crystal Palace videos from the Londonist
Post: RE: Crystal Palace videos from the Londonist
| In today's news: "The secret subway of Crystal Palace 'set to reopen'"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35275639
It does look absolutely stunning. |
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Mr_Numbers |
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10-01-2016, 05:23 PM |
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Thread: Running for local Councillor
Post: RE: Running for local Councillor
| P1976, I don't think this comes down to wanting to 'change' things in the sense of reversing the Mayor's decisions, etc. That's just a non-starter, really.
But if you win as an independent councill... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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04-01-2016, 04:23 PM |
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Thread: Royal Mail Delivery Problems
Post: RE: Royal Mail Delivery Problems
| I have to say, I'm not aware of any problems in Sunderland Road. |
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Mr_Numbers |
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30-11-2015, 01:45 PM |
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Thread: Bird in Hand Public House closed for refurishment?
Post: RE: Bird in Hand Public House closed for refurishm...
| If you can spare a bit of time, have a look at this old episode of [i]Men Behaving Badly[/i]. Very apt.
If you just have a few minutes, skip forward to 3m20s and watch from there.
https://www.yo... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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25-11-2015, 01:46 PM |
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Thread: Local history question
Post: RE: Local history question
| [quote]It could have originally been a ladies and gents toilets.[/quote]
Yes, I think you might be right, Poppet2!
And how appropriate - given that anyone who goes into a William Hill is going to p*... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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23-11-2015, 10:12 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill car parks free all day on first three Saturdays in December
Post: RE: Forest Hill car parks free all day on first th...
| Excellent news. Thank you for the update, Admin! |
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Mr_Numbers |
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16-11-2015, 10:52 AM |
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Thread: Abuse at forest hill station Perry vale side
Post: RE: Abuse at forest hill station Perry vale side
| What a horrible experience! I'm really sorry to hear you were put through that, Laura, and I hope your nerves and blood pressure have recovered!
I understand the ticket guy not wanting to be a hero... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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13-11-2015, 01:29 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
| For reasons I won't bore you with I use the library in Eltham (which is part of LB Greenwich) quite a lot these days. It's big and [i]very [/i]well stocked, in my view. The popular science and maths s... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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05-11-2015, 07:32 AM |
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Thread: Where to see Fireworks on Thursday?
Post: RE: Where to see Fireworks on Thursday?
| We usually go to Blackheath. Bus 185 or 122 to Lewisham then walk up Lewisham Road/Lewisham Hill to the heath. Free and always very good.
http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/inmyarea/events/whats-on/firewor... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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03-11-2015, 06:29 PM |
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Thread: Microsoft Windows phone scam
Post: RE: Microsoft Windows phone scam
| [quote]If they're on the phone to me, that cuts down the time they are calling more vulnerable people. [/quote]
Good work :thumbsup: |
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Mr_Numbers |
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22-10-2015, 12:29 PM |
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Thread: Possible door to door scammer in forest hill??
Post: RE: Possible door to door scammer in forest hill??
| Never knew there was such a thing as a pedlar's licence. Now we all know! Thanks, jaradras!
https://www.gov.uk/pedlars-certificate
However, before you go accosting pedlars for not having a licen... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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22-10-2015, 10:05 AM |
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Thread: Microsoft Windows phone scam
Post: RE: Microsoft Windows phone scam
| Occasionally I play games with the people who call to say "Someone in your household has had an accident".
Sometimes I try to shame them: "Does your mother know you do this for a living?" Or "You ... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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22-10-2015, 07:21 AM |
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Thread: Possible door to door scammer in forest hill??
Post: RE: Possible door to door scammer in forest hill??
| [quote]No, but you can call 101 and let them know scammers are currently working your area. It's not about the overpriced tea towels but the criminals running the scams. [/quote]
Of course you're rig... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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22-10-2015, 06:12 AM |
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Thread: Possible door to door scammer in forest hill??
Post: RE: Possible door to door scammer in forest hill??
| [quote]Remember you can always call the police if someone attends your home unannounced in similar circumstances and we will attend and speak to these individuals.[/quote]
Um, not trying to be cheeky... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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21-10-2015, 06:24 PM |
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Thread: Over the hill but not far away - Peckham 'coal line'
Post: RE: Over the hill but not far away - Peckham 'coal...
| Sounds pretty much identical in concept to the absolutely fabulous Manhattan High Line, where the long-abandoned elevated railway line into the old meatpacking district was converted into a quite wond... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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12-10-2015, 04:21 PM |
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Thread: The Hob Closed
Post: RE: The Hob
| You are not wrong, Westy1980! That burger sounds pretty fine as well!! |
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Mr_Numbers |
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07-10-2015, 02:39 PM |
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Thread: The Hob Closed
Post: RE: The Hob
| "a few [i]dry [/i]runs"??? It won't be much of a pub, then! :rofl: |
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Mr_Numbers |
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07-10-2015, 08:59 AM |
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Thread: Man spotted carrying a knife
Post: RE: Man spotted carrying a knife
| No, you weren't misleading at all, Snazy, I just didn't read your post properly.
So - flippin' 'eck: that's the knives that have been handed in [i]voluntarily[/i]??? :scared: The number that have b... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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02-10-2015, 04:46 PM |
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Thread: Man spotted carrying a knife
Post: RE: Man spotted carrying a knife
| [quote]the knives Lambeth Police posted today that they have had handed in in their knife bin.[/quote]
Bloody hell, Snazy! That is a f*** of a lot of knives!!! And - cripes! - that's only the ones th... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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02-10-2015, 11:12 AM |
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Thread: Waldenshaw Rd, Sainsburys area. Thieves
Post: RE: Waldenshaw Rd, Sainsburys area. Thieves
| Is it this pair?
http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=11929 |
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Mr_Numbers |
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28-09-2015, 02:43 PM |
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Thread: Parking Tickets being issued in Perry Vale car park when paying via RingGo
Post: RE: Parking Tickets being issued in Perry Vale car...
| Local councillors? While in a sense it may suit them for Lewisham to get as much cash as it can and repay it as slowly as possible, I suspect no councillor will want to be tainted with such practices.... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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28-09-2015, 02:38 PM |
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Thread: Fox feeders at it again
Post: RE: Fox feeders at it again
| [quote]There is nothing wrong with moving from north to south London[/quote]
Yes, but every time someone moves from north London to south London it lowers the average intelligence of both parts. :lau... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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25-09-2015, 11:56 AM |
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Thread: Fix My Street website
Post: RE: Fix My Street website
| The ice cream freezer that mysteriously appeared two weeks ago has been carted off by Lewisham's fly-tipping team three days after I posted it on FixMyStreet.com! :thumbup: |
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Mr_Numbers |
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24-09-2015, 05:18 PM |
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Thread: Fox feeders at it again
Post: RE: Fox feeders at it again
| [quote]getting annoyed at being filmed without your permission [/quote]
Sounds like the neighbours were annoyed before the filming started!
Good points, though, azira. Might be a good idea for the ot... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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24-09-2015, 03:41 PM |
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Thread: Fox feeders at it again
Post: RE: Fox feeders at it again
| I agree it's a bit of a joke. Those people are almost a parody of themselves. But as defamation issues have cropped up on this website - and a million others - before, I took the opportunity, etc etc.... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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24-09-2015, 03:29 PM |
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Thread: Fox feeders at it again
Post: RE: Fox feeders at it again
| [quote]Calling someone a pedofile just for filming in a public place, now that's defamation.[/quote]
At the risk of stating the blindingly obvious - and I'm sure Decker was just making a joke - but if... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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24-09-2015, 03:19 PM |
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Thread: Fox feeders at it again
Post: RE: Fox feeders at it again
| [quote]However, there are a number of defences against punishment for defamation.[/quote]
This from that BBC website:
[quote]Some of the defences have been amended by the latest legislation. The main ... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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24-09-2015, 03:12 PM |
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Thread: Another accident on Perry Vale
Post: RE: Another accident on Perry Vale
| [quote]dgaf[/quote]
I had to google that! :ohmy: |
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Mr_Numbers |
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24-09-2015, 01:00 PM |
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Thread: BBC London
Post: RE: BBC London
| Well done, everyone! :thumbsup: |
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Mr_Numbers |
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24-09-2015, 12:25 PM |
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Thread: Another accident on Perry Vale
Post: RE: Another accident on Perry Vale
| [quote]how about painting the curbs alternately red and white as they do in Monaco?[/quote]
Because they'll start driving like it's the Monaco Grand Prix!
Apologies - flippant comment in response... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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23-09-2015, 02:20 PM |
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Thread: Another accident on Perry Vale
Post: RE: Another accident on Perry Vale
| Great letter, terrible accident - and very glad no one appears to have been hurt.
But whatever the traffic congestion, rain or anything else, you really have to have a very special type of doorknob... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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23-09-2015, 11:51 AM |
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Thread: How much did those new traffic lights cost?
Post: RE: How much did those new traffic lights cost?
| Thanks to rshdunlop for suggesting I send the pic to TfL!
Okay - now taking bets on how long it will take. Shall we say, 50-1 October, 25-1 November, 10-1 first half of next year... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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19-09-2015, 10:56 AM |
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Thread: How much did those new traffic lights cost?
Post: RE: How much did those new traffic lights cost?
| Hi all (especially rshdunlop who suggested I tell TfL). Here's the response I got from TfL. I'm quite impressed, actually. A positive reply within barely 2 weeks isn't bad going, I reckon.
Here's w... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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17-09-2015, 03:56 PM |
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Thread: Ferfect
Post: RE: Ferfect
| Well spotted, BoiledMouse.
The website is searchable by postcode, etc. There's 28 shops in SE23! But be quick - somebody is snapping them up! Even 'From the Forest', with all the newspapers stuck t... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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11-09-2015, 07:47 AM |
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Thread: Traffic on Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Traffic on Honor Oak Park
| No idea, but I think the traffic going through the Forest Hill junction seems worse than normal. I'm sure it's not just that the schools re back. South Circ and Dartmouth Road more terrible than usual... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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10-09-2015, 10:05 AM |
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Thread: Fix My Street website
Post: RE: Fix My Street website
| Thanks for that, Jane2. I was aware of FixMyStreet but didn't realise you can also use it to report fly-tipping. A Walls ice cream freezer seems to have mysteriously materialised on Sunderland Road (w... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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10-09-2015, 06:56 AM |
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Thread: The Future Role of our local Police Community Support Officers
Post: RE: The Future Role of our local Police Community ...
| That explains a conversation I overhead at WH Smith the other day. Not good news.
While googling to remind myself what PCSO stands for, I came across this BBC story from back in March.
http://w... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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08-09-2015, 05:12 PM |
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Thread: How much did those new traffic lights cost?
Post: RE: How much did those new traffic lights cost?
| [quote]I pointed this out on here a month or so ago[/quote]
That explains the feeling of [i]déjà vu[/i] I had when I posted this ;)
Anyway - as soon as I hear anything from TfL I'll let you know. |
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Mr_Numbers |
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02-09-2015, 06:14 PM |
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Thread: How much did those new traffic lights cost?
Post: RE: How much did those new traffic lights cost?
| [quote]I'd send that picture to TfL, if I were you. Before there's an accident.[/quote]
Great idea, rsh. I've just done that. |
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02-09-2015, 05:25 PM |
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Thread: How much did those new traffic lights cost?
Post: How much did those new traffic lights cost?
| This is the driver's view of those new traffic lights at London Road approaching from Dartmouth Road. It's amazing how carefully the traffic lights for drivers were placed exactly behind the lights fo... |
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Mr_Numbers |
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02-09-2015, 04:22 PM |
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