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Thread: Taymount Rise Roundabout Tree Cutting, Tuesday 25th August
Post: Taymount Rise Roundabout Tree Cutting, Tuesday 25t...
| Hi Everyone,
I know there are some forum users who live around the Taymount Rise area, or use it - so on behalf of Dulwich View Park Properties, who own the roundabout, I'm posting a warning for ... |
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Contrary Mary |
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24-08-2015, 05:20 PM |
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Thread: We want details of your December events for SEE3 calendar!
Post: RE: We want details of your December events for SE...
| Hi Louise,
It would have been good to have had information about this deadline further in advance.
Do you just need details, or graphics as well? Would it be possible for you to post any sample ... |
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Contrary Mary |
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06-11-2012, 10:01 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| Here, Here!
The place is clean. Let's keep it that way. It's only a matter of some plastic over your shoes as a courtesy to other users - what's the big problem? :) |
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Contrary Mary |
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25-10-2012, 04:36 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| Full sympathies. Too many mums forget their "buggy manners". BUT:
It would be easier to achieve if their "buggy park" had some sort of security locking system (like the one at Horniman museum: Fus... |
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Contrary Mary |
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19-10-2012, 11:16 PM |
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Thread: Network rail bullies
Post: RE: Network rail bullies
| Oh - Is Grant doing biltong now, then? |
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Contrary Mary |
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18-10-2012, 07:58 PM |
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Thread: Network rail bullies
Post: RE: Network rail bullies
| Does anyone have an address for the relevant local office of Network Rail?
If this continues, I sense a letter-writing campaign coming on, based on Network Rail being made aware that Forest Hillers... |
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Contrary Mary |
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18-10-2012, 02:08 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| Gingernuts: You may well be right, and that would be great. It was only that I seem to remember a rather large discrepancy between what was originally considered "reasonable" by each side at it's curr... |
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Contrary Mary |
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21-09-2012, 05:02 PM |
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Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
Post: RE: Launderette closing
| Nooooooooo!
I do most of my washing at home, like most people - but have discovered that this place is [i]essential[/i] for washing heavy duvets, large cotton rugs, pillows - any other item which w... |
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Contrary Mary |
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21-09-2012, 04:51 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| I second that!
I also hope that, at some point in the future, once the current settlement has bedded in to their satisfaction and the nursery proved (again) not to be the disaster they have made it... |
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Contrary Mary |
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21-09-2012, 11:15 AM |
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Thread: Primary School allocations
Post: RE: Primary School allocations
| Does "decent education" include encouraging children to talk to an invisible friend for their whole life, instead of just the stage when it's a normal part of childhood development? |
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Contrary Mary |
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01-05-2012, 10:10 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| When I picked up my daughter (on foot, in drizzle), she spotted me at the door, through the window - and I quite clearly saw her mouth making "it's my [i]mummy[/i]!" shapes. Two other kids did the sam... |
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Contrary Mary |
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18-04-2012, 10:54 PM |
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Thread: First swallows of 2012
Post: RE: First swallows of 2012
| Never seen nesting swallows here, but when I was a kid (30-odd years ago!) there were loads of house martin nests in the eaves of the 30s semis on the roads between Stanstead Rd and Perry Vale. You c... |
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Contrary Mary |
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03-04-2012, 09:43 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: The Horniman and the 14,999
| The return of the Jerk Chicken Cookout? :rofl:
(I bet that the fees for licenses for various numbers of people are banded, and the next band up starts at 15,000...) |
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Contrary Mary |
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09-03-2012, 04:36 PM |
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Thread: Urban foxes?
Post: RE: Urban foxes?
| Whoops! Quick Google, out of curiousity, reveals The Kinks track in that doc ='d Waterloo Sunset. Don't know who did the version of "Lazy Bones" it used, but the two seemed to fuse in my 8-ish year ol... |
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Contrary Mary |
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21-02-2012, 12:16 AM |
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Thread: Urban foxes?
Post: RE: Urban foxes?
| Pretty sure there's a den somewhere around the top of Taymount Rise - possibly the roundabout - or in the scrub/wood areas around the back of Queen's Garth/Queen's Court (Dorrell Estate) Have heard ma... |
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Contrary Mary |
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20-02-2012, 11:10 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| "In my opinion this legal action is not just about the covenant,. Something more serious has happened between the parties in litigation. There is more than what we know."
Why speculate about that k... |
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Contrary Mary |
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09-02-2012, 07:41 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| My understanding from Pipling's earlier posts is that
a) they [i]are[/i] residents of the property in question
b) their time is currently split between Liphook Crescent (their home), and the living... |
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Contrary Mary |
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04-02-2012, 01:00 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| "So I suppose it's not at all [u]selfish to have children, go to work and not look after them yourself[/u], then also expect nursery facilities within walking distance of home in a quiet part of Fores... |
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Contrary Mary |
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02-02-2012, 04:12 PM |
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Thread: Kimorie School
Post: RE: Kimorie School
| http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=4440 |
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Contrary Mary |
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06-05-2011, 10:20 PM |
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Thread: Linking Taymount to Thorpewood
Post: RE: Linking Taymount to Thorpewood
| Robin Orton: I don't think you meant that the way it reads - One of the glories of the UK is that "niceness" is not a condition of being able to learn to read and write, go to a swimming bath or a par... |
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Contrary Mary |
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03-05-2011, 10:45 PM |
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Thread: Gritting 2011-2012!
Post: RE: Gritting 2011-2012!
| As I think someone's pointed out already, it gets like a skating rink when you don't do it properly.
Properly involves shovelling it, then sweeping away any remaining slush/water (doesn't add much... |
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Contrary Mary |
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29-04-2011, 10:49 PM |
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Thread: Talk to me about primary schools (again!)
Post: RE: Talk to me about primary schools (again!)
| Baggydave: I'm shocked at your attitude. Your comment at the top of the page is so out of character that I can only assume it was tongue-in-cheek.
I've been [i]there[/i] before, and am providing a ... |
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Contrary Mary |
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16-03-2011, 12:51 PM |
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Thread: Attempted Mugging
Post: RE: Attempted Mugging
| Sport, art - whatever. It's jiu-jitsu [i]or[/i] self-defence. That doesn't mean people can't use some of the techniques [i]for[/i] last-resort self-defence, granted. But how much time in the classes i... |
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Contrary Mary |
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10-03-2011, 11:55 AM |
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Thread: Attempted Mugging
Post: RE: Attempted Mugging (Honor Oak)
| Seconded - with one further note:
Jiu-Jitsu is not the same as self-defence. I did [i]proper[/i] self-defence classes as a lass, and they involved a lot of stuff about defensive pedestrianism (sens... |
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Contrary Mary |
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09-03-2011, 11:08 PM |
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Thread: Direct ELL trains to Highbury & Islington
Post: RE: Direct ELL trains to Highbury start next month
| @ dipsolala:
From the Topspurs website's analysis of Arsenal's history:
"1913: INVASION OF NORTH LONDON. Henry Norris was a west London estate agent who dreamed of challenging the dominance of Nor... |
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Contrary Mary |
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23-02-2011, 10:02 AM |
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Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbuy's
| @ Hawkesrah
I will ignore the anti-Gypsy stuff that Michael has already covered, and add only that you obviously didn't see the lady in question a few months back, when she was very clearly heavily... |
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Contrary Mary |
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04-12-2010, 11:36 PM |
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Thread: Where are the gritters?
Post: RE: Where are the gritters?
| BBC website's weather forecast for SE23 for Sunday is currently showing temperature of -6 overnight... which would mean lovely slippery frozen slush on Monday morning.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather... |
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Contrary Mary |
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04-12-2010, 03:14 PM |
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Thread: Where are the gritters?
Post: RE: Where are the gritters today?
| Taymount Rise was gritted this morning :):) |
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Contrary Mary |
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03-12-2010, 07:03 PM |
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Thread: Where are the gritters?
Post: RE: Where are the gritters today?
| I second the call for complaints from Taymount Rise! I put in a call on Tuesday after the first lot of snow, was told the gritters had only just gone out but that we should be a priority because we ar... |
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Contrary Mary |
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02-12-2010, 04:14 PM |
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Thread: Buggyjam
Post: RE: Buggyjam
| "Naughty bits" is exactly the attitude I was getting at.
A bit of modesty is fair enough as a politeness, but it isn't always possible to avoid [i]all[/i] skin exposure whilst allowing a baby eno... |
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Contrary Mary |
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13-11-2010, 11:44 PM |
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Thread: Buggyjam
Post: RE: Buggyjam
| Capslockitis is useful as the forum equivalent of green ink. Never fails.
And that breastfeeding mum might well have been me. "Disgusting"? What do you think the things are for? I'm sick of people... |
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Contrary Mary |
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31-10-2010, 11:48 PM |
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Thread: Family Allowance Cuts
Post: RE: Family Allowance Cuts
| @ Willy:
Would you rather pay for the daycare, or the income support and housing benefit that would in many cases replace it? |
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Contrary Mary |
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09-10-2010, 03:48 PM |
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Thread: Fairlawn School and nearby area
Post: RE: Fairlawn School and nearby area
| OFSTED reports in .pdf
[attachment=453][attachment=452][attachment=451][attachment=454]
And yes, I agree the picture is a happier one for girls at the moment - but in the same way that Sydenham ... |
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Contrary Mary |
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28-09-2010, 09:48 AM |
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Thread: Fairlawn School and nearby area
Post: RE: Fairlawn School and nearby area
| Oops! forgot the links - here they are:
Sydenham Girl's
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/122332
Forest Hill Boys
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/88080
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Contrary Mary |
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28-09-2010, 08:08 AM |
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Thread: Fairlawn School and nearby area
Post: RE: Fairlawn School and nearby area
| I'm sorry, but, why?
Here are the OFSTED reports for the three secondary schools nearest to Forest Hill - two at walking distance, two within a reasonable bus ride. Three of them are rated "2 - Goo... |
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Contrary Mary |
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28-09-2010, 08:06 AM |
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Thread: boundary between honor oak and forest hill?
Post: RE: boundary between honor oak and forest hill?
| I second lacb: "Peckham" is the missing link. ("East Dulwich" has crept steadily eastwards throughout the area's gentrification - if you really want to annoy residents of genuine LL + tributaries ED, ... |
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Contrary Mary |
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23-09-2010, 02:08 PM |
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Thread: Move to Kemble Rd?
Post: RE: Move to Kemble Rd?
| Hi there,
I grew up on Kemble Rd, and went to Dalmain Primary (at the near end of Brockley Rise). These days, it has an excellent reputation. As, I am told, does Kilmorie Rd Primary School. Those t... |
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Contrary Mary |
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08-08-2010, 08:59 PM |
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Thread: World Cup - Which One Was The Best
Post: RE: World Cup - Which One Was The Best
| :cursing: !!! What have you done to us?
:rofl::rofl: |
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Contrary Mary |
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18-06-2010, 04:57 PM |
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Thread: World Cup - Which One Was The Best
Post: RE: World Cup - Which One Was The Best
| From the section of the betting industry that brought us the hedge fund...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/may/18/analysts-england-will-win-world-cup
:ohmy: |
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Contrary Mary |
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26-05-2010, 08:16 PM |
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Thread: Community Drop-in
Post: RE: Community Drop-in
| From the Faithworks charter:
[i]"We will provide an inclusive service to our community by:
1. Serving and respecting all people regardless of their gender, marital status, race, ethnic origin, r... |
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Contrary Mary |
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25-05-2010, 08:27 PM |
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Thread: Community Drop-in
Post: RE: Community Drop-in
| Great if you are providing services - although my political instincts are that the state should be doing this sort of work, to keep it in the secular sphere, I accept that the current psycho-sociopol... |
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Contrary Mary |
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21-05-2010, 05:31 PM |
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Thread: Local Election Result
Post: RE: Local Election Result
| Sorry: correction of sticky keyboard typo: It's, of course, Cllr Af[b]f[/b]iku |
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Contrary Mary |
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10-05-2010, 01:52 PM |
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Thread: Local Election Result
Post: RE: Local Election Result
| I'm also very sorry that we have lost Cllr Russell, who always seemed to work very hard for the area. I hope he will want to/be able to stay involved in local affairs in some capacity.
It is nice t... |
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Contrary Mary |
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10-05-2010, 01:48 PM |
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Thread: Bread thread
Post: RE: Bread thread
| Used to get fresh yeast at Savacentre. Don't know about Forest Hill Sainsbury's, but wouldn't hold y'breath;) |
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Contrary Mary |
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04-05-2010, 10:14 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| As I remember, the money the Council "found down the back of the sofa" for the pools was put there by Central Government...
Does anyone know whether this money is [i]guaranteed[/i] to be in Lewish... |
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Contrary Mary |
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21-04-2010, 01:41 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Liphook Crescent planning application
| Thank you, Roz, for making those points - and far more politely than I would have done! :blush:
I will put away my list of links to various child development and family economics articles... but, g... |
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Contrary Mary |
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15-03-2010, 10:40 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Liphook Crescent planning application
| Would the "quiet residential" nature of this area be an argument for closing Horniman Primary school, then, due to the school run? :confused:
There's a baby boom on. Not everyone is a yummy mummy w... |
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Contrary Mary |
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15-03-2010, 03:02 PM |
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Thread: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
Post: RE: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
| Redalways:
I take your point -
but surely if the Post Office have been notified that you have made alternatives to "return to delivery office" available, they have no excuse to leave your parce... |
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Contrary Mary |
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02-03-2010, 11:35 PM |
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Thread: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
Post: RE: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
| I don't know whether you've actually looked at those cards in any detail, but if you do...
They have tick boxes to say what has happened to your parcel, [i]one[/i] of which is "has been returned to... |
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Contrary Mary |
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02-03-2010, 04:39 PM |
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Thread: Fix Factor
Post: RE: Fix Factor
| Remember, it's a competition between the judges as well as the contestants... Right from the auditions, the strongest category was quite clearly the u-30 girls, with the over-30s close second.
Cow... |
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Contrary Mary |
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