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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge
| Thankfully I no longer have to use these trains on any regular basis though I have done the HOP to London Bridge daily cattle truck at various times in the last 20 years.
However, and maybe I am be... |
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23-01-2008, 04:55 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge
| Maybe I can be the first to say...sophisticated weighing system my ****!!
Perhaps they should send staff to occasionally try and board one of their trains in rush hour (or increasingly out of rush ... |
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30-01-2008, 01:31 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge
| Love the poster BarCar. :)
Now maybe a few of those should be printed and discretely placed around the stations and trains involved.
Legal disclaimer.
The above was just a random thought and... |
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30-01-2008, 02:03 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge
| What a lovely example of a lot of verbiage to add precisely nothing!! It could have come from a 'Yes, Minister' script.
It also seems that they regard paragraphs a bit like they do carriages...some... |
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01-02-2008, 10:24 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge
| This thread is taking on a fishy twist with herring now joining the sardines!
It is just a pity that the 'sardines' seem to have less rights than the pigeons. Then again the pigeons rarely catch th... |
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21-02-2008, 10:30 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| Jimmy?
Maybe that is the way forward, giving all the trains names instead of times. Be just like Thomas the Tank Engine!
Ah, here he comes now that loveable old rogue Jimmy, always late but you ... |
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21-11-2008, 02:06 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| Two carriages on a train out of London Bridge at that time of night is just taking the &^*%!! |
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25-11-2008, 07:55 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| The link in the previous post has a rogue full stop. This should work...
http://londonreconnections.blogspot.com/2009/07/official-launch-of-new-overground.html |
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14-07-2009, 11:54 AM |
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Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues
Post: RE: Perry Vale - Road Issues
| To be pedantic, pedestrians only have right of way if they have started crossing (per highway code 170)
170
Take extra care at junctions. You should.........
watch out for pedestrians crossing... |
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19-04-2009, 08:56 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues
Post: RE: Perry Vale - Road Issues
| Who'd have though there could be a 60 page catalogue of benches!
Looks uncomfortable to me...not even sure whether you are meant to sit in the crest or the trough!! :laugh: |
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11-05-2009, 09:46 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues
Post: RE: Perry Vale - Road Issues
| or more correctly ON the crest..... |
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11-05-2009, 09:48 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Central
Post: RE: Forest Hill Central
| Interesting that the Old Bank Italian Restaurant (presumably the one in Honor Oak) is included as a 'local' restaurant. There must be at least 20 restaurants nearer if not more. Do I smell some 'produ... |
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11-07-2008, 04:49 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Triangle Play Park
Post: RE: Horniman Triangle Play Park SE23
| I think that the link is slightly wrong. Try this
[url=http://se23streets.blogspot.com/2007/04/up-eliot-bank.html]Up Eliot Bank[/url] |
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23-06-2008, 12:44 PM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: Forest Hill Post Office
| And of course there is a posting box inside the post office, to the right as you face the counter... |
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17-09-2008, 04:01 PM |
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Thread: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
Post: RE: Manor Mount - drivers still at it
| I don't think it is only you Roz. I think most people treat that section as one-way, probably because it logically looks like it should be! I suspect the reason that it isn't is down to the location o... |
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24-10-2008, 10:32 AM |
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Thread: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
Post: RE: Manor Mount - drivers still at it
| I assume we are talking purely about the section between the two ends of Pearcefield so Sainsbury's traffic is not involved since it would enter the end of Pearcefield nearest Davids Road and exit ont... |
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24-10-2008, 12:20 PM |
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Thread: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
Post: RE: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
| Maybe what we should do is move the Big Issue sellers from Sainsbury's to the narrow bit at the top of Manor Mount.
Wouldn't solve either problem but think of the length of the thread we would have... |
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17-06-2009, 03:12 PM |
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Thread: Snow!!!
Post: RE: Snow!!!
| How ridiculous that Horniman is closed for 'Health and Safety' reasons! Clearly it is a lot safer for children to sledge down roads. :confused:
I know the reason is probably to do with the risk of... |
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02-02-2009, 06:09 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| On further thought, I think that the statement that your 'travel card must be valid on all the zones you travel through' is designed to cover the fact that a journey may start and end in say zone 4, b... |
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17-01-2010, 06:52 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| I guess I will be more knowledgeable in future but I am a sporadic user of Oyster though that will increase a bit because I can now use it on the train.
I just checked my account and noticed that ... |
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12-01-2010, 06:49 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| I think your zone card is fine if your journeys are regular. However mine are not, and if you don't have Oyster the fares on bus and tube are ridiculous, presumably deliberately so to encourage use of... |
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13-01-2010, 06:53 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| I was browsing on the tfl website because it seems to me you would need a month's training to understand the options and likely charges with Oyster. I noticed the following under Travelcards:
"Trav... |
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17-01-2010, 03:29 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| A bit more than poor sub-editing I'd say. It is just plain inconsistent. Even on the link you kindly attached it first says the travelcard covers:
"Bus services within the entire Greater London are... |
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17-01-2010, 06:39 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
| Being in my early 50s, I too grew up in the pre-computer age. However, I am certainly no technophobe and have been employed in IT for 25 years.
However, on my one visit to this library I really fel... |
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25-10-2008, 02:56 PM |
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Thread: Water Supply Problems
Post: RE: White tap water
| Well I don't know about events at the weekend but I live off Netherby Road and our water has been cloudy for quite some time. In fact I was surprised not to see comments in here much earlier than they... |
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16-05-2008, 11:25 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
| As a resident of Sydmons Court I have only just found out about this. I can confirm that the access road to Sydmons Court is a private road forming part of the freehold to the property. This freehold ... |
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19-10-2011, 09:43 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
| While Monday is the target date I can see no indication that a decision will be reached then. Have you had a communication to this effect, or are you just going by the target date?
Lewisham's site... |
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26-11-2011, 08:07 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
| It is clear that the developers have got the message that there is no realistic possibility of access via Sydmons Court. :) From feedback received from Lewisham I think they were intending to try to m... |
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26-10-2011, 07:20 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
| Not according to the Lewisham website Triangle:
[b]Who decides applications
Small-scale developments that comply with Council policy where up to two or no letters of objection have been receive... |
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28-11-2011, 12:10 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
| I agree that it is not entirely clear that this means there would be a formal meeting where public representation could be made. I was surprised to note that even if such a meeting took place that obj... |
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28-11-2011, 01:06 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
| Excellent news for us all but especially for you! I am sure all the hard work that you put into canvassing helped massively.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Can we assume that the rejection of t... |
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26-05-2012, 08:34 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
| I agree that the new plans seem much better than the old. The parking (1 car per property) appears inadequate though for such large houses. I wouldn't be surprised if the two houses were looking to pa... |
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19-09-2013, 11:01 AM |
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Thread: boundary between honor oak and forest hill?
Post: RE: boundary between honor oak and forest hill?
| I live near the junction of Canonbie/Netherby and have always said Forest Hill, which I am sure is the official address. I can only remember one neighbour (long gone) who always used Honor Oak as he s... |
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05-07-2010, 02:21 PM |
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Thread: Flight Paths over SE23
Post: RE: Flight Paths over SE23
| Tonight I was sat on my balcony and we seemed to be getting flights coming across for both Heathrow and City. Gets really irritating when it is like that.:thumbdown::thumbdown: |
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25-06-2010, 08:31 PM |
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Thread: Devonshire Road - residents parking
Post: RE: Devonshire Road - residents parking
| I noticed that hole on Manor Mount today. It had been crudely filled with bitumen. I hope that this was some attempt at a (very) temporary fix since I was worried about my car going over it, let alone... |
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15-03-2011, 12:20 AM |
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Thread: Electricity Supply Problems
Post: RE: Driving during the power cut
| It didn't seem particularly calm when I walked through the Horniman and out onto the South Circ at about 4.30. The lights were off at the pedestrian crossing and where traffic was coming down from Syd... |
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10-06-2008, 11:56 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill's Xmas Tree
Post: RE: Forest Hill's xmas tree
| Most likely it means you have just staggered out of the Hob.... :) |
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17-12-2008, 05:15 PM |
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Thread: Housing market
Post: RE: Forest Hill Central
| I wouldn't describe predicting a drop in the housing market for 'over 10 years' as scaremongering. It does however smack of backing the inevitable. Housing markets always suffer downturns - the art li... |
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01-09-2008, 10:30 AM |
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Thread: Is it snowing heavily in FH/Sydenham
Post: RE: Is it snowing heavily in FH/Sydenham
| From what I have just seen out walking I wouldn't venture near Canonbie or Netherby in a car. I didn't see the steepest hill side of Canonbie, the Netherby Road side looked bad enough to me. Even a co... |
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30-11-2010, 06:25 PM |
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Thread: Noisy neighbours
Post: RE: noisey neighbours!
| You have my sympathy babaloo - nothing worse than that irritating beat. Can't see why anyone would want to listen to it in the first place but each to their own I suppose. However it doesn't excuse th... |
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20-09-2010, 06:17 PM |
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Thread: Fire!
Post: RE: Fire!
| Probably pretty pointless since most people will be offline but here's the story from the BBC. Looks pretty serious and if it started at 7.21 power has already been down 4 hours...how come this never ... |
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08-06-2008, 11:17 AM |
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Thread: Right-turn camera at Wickes/Halfords
Post: RE: Right-turn camera at Wickes/Halfords
| Well I had no idea that it was illegal to turn right there and I certainly did it in mid March and then again recently. It's hard enough to keep your eye on the traffic at that corner let alone being ... |
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06-07-2008, 01:22 AM |
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Thread: Right-turn camera at Wickes/Halfords
Post: RE: Right-turn camera at Wickes/Halfords
| I think you are quite right about the amount of signange. There is simply no way of taking in all the signs that are out there. How anyone without an intimate knowledge of the South Circ ever successf... |
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07-07-2008, 01:15 PM |
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Thread: Devonshire Road- vehicle damage
Post: RE: Devonshire Road- vehicle damage
| Glad to hear you at least got your car repaired Ann but it sounds like Devonshire Road is a dangerous place to live and park! I must admit that I hate driving along it. I don't like to cast assertions... |
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29-09-2010, 06:49 PM |
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Thread: Shooting on Forest Hill Road 3rd Nov 2011
Post: RE: Shooting on Forest Hill Road
| It is frightening to have such an event occur in broad daylight on a road that you frequently walk down. If it hadn't been for the fact that it started raining heavily around that time I would probabl... |
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04-11-2011, 10:04 AM |
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Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud
Post: RE: Doorstep scam or fraud in HOP area
| Hi Jane
Sorry to hear about your problem. I sincerely hope it is not too serious for you - it sounds like they used your address to order the parcel. Hopefully it is only your address they have use... |
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08-06-2008, 12:23 PM |
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Thread: Tell Me About SE23 Please
Post: RE: Tell Me About SE23 Please
| You can see it online....sounds like a nice place...maybe I'll move there!! :)
http://property.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/property/buying_and_selling/article6856797.ece |
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03-10-2009, 07:30 PM |
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Thread: Tell Me About SE23 Please
Post: RE: Tell Me About SE23 Please
| You need to watch out for the annual jerk festival in the Horniman, and practice evasive moves to dodge the Big Issue seller at Sainsbury's and the drivers screaming down Manor Mount the wrong way!! :... |
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21-09-2009, 11:21 AM |
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Thread: Helicopter and Police in HOP
Post: RE: Helicopter and Police in HOP
| Yes I heard them about an hour ago. Glad the search seems to be over for whatever it was as they seem to use Greystead Rd flats as some kind of focus and can become like an annoying fly you really wan... |
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10-10-2010, 11:50 PM |
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Thread: Intimidating kids hanging around
Post: RE: Intimidating kids hanging around
| Hi CB
You are not alone, and I fully sympathise with your position.
We have had a lot of similar problems in the last year in the flats where I live. We do have the advantage that the land is pr... |
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