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Thread: TalkTalk on Devonshire Road Post: RE: TalkTalk on Devonshire Road
I'm also with Talk Talk although in Sunderland Road. I usually get around 10.9 Mbps but like you I have been experiencing periods (usually quite short) of slow responses and numerous drop outs. It see... |
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ChrisR |
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20-08-2012, 07:30 PM |
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Thread: Slow Loading Post: RE: Slow Loading
I emailed Admin a couple of weeks ago about this and received the following response:
"The site has been a little overloaded recently, should hopefully clear soon"
I haven't noticed any noticeab... |
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ChrisR |
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27-06-2012, 09:45 AM |
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Thread: Cranston Road closure Post: RE: Cranston Road closure
Must have been pretty serious - the air ambulance landed and only took off again a few minutes ago - must have been on the ground at least an hour. |
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ChrisR |
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10-06-2012, 06:50 PM |
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Thread: Stabbing on bus in Catford Post: RE: Stabbing on bus in Catford
Could it have this incident as opposed to a stabbing?
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/lewisham/9634624.Bus_driver_attacked_and_sprayed_in_the_face_in_Catford/ |
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ChrisR |
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09-04-2012, 08:50 PM |
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Thread: Post Problems Post: RE: Post Problems
Try 08456 112450 - that's the number on the cards they leave when they can't deliver!
they only answer during their normal hours:
8am - 1pm (Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri)
8am - 8pm (Wed)
8am to 2pm (Sat... |
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ChrisR |
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08-03-2012, 07:41 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Delivery Office Post: RE: Forest Hill Delivery Office
Applespider - according to the 'Something for you' card I had this morning the times are as you've posted Mon-Fri but 8am - 2pm Saturdays.
Don't know why they bother giving a phone number on the ca... |
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ChrisR |
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05-01-2012, 02:15 AM |
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Thread: Power cut around station Post: Power cut around station
There has been a power cut this afternoon affecting a lot of the shops on the station side of Dartmouth Road. The result is many of them are closed including WH Smith which of course means no Post Off... |
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ChrisR |
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13-12-2011, 05:24 PM |
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Thread: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade Post: RE: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
I'm with Talk Talk and have had a very unstable broadband connection since Sunday morning. On Monday evening Talk Talk advised me it was a general issue in the area and engineers were working on it, ... |
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ChrisR |
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03-02-2011, 11:06 AM |
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Thread: 14 Waldram Park Road Post: RE: Major fire on Waldram ?
Loads of emergency vehicle sirens in the area around 2ish. The Air Ambulance came in very low and seemed to be landing somewhere in the vicinity of the Church Rise/South Road junction. |
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ChrisR |
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30-09-2010, 04:12 PM |
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Thread: Boris Johnson cycle scheme Post: RE: Boris Johnson cycle scheme
There are free cycling lessons offered by Lewisham Council.
See: http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/TransportAndStreets/Cycling/ |
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ChrisR |
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13-09-2010, 06:26 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
No London Overground services on our line at present - as per TfL website at 1542:
"Services are suspended between Dalston Junction and West Croydon/Crystal Palace due to a vehicle hitting a bridge... |
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ChrisR |
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09-07-2010, 03:48 PM |
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Thread: East London Line Post: RE: East London Line
[quote]Did anyone else receive an email regarding the opening of the ELL on Sunday this morning? It seems to be being sent to registered Oyster Card users who use our line[/quote]
I had one from TF... |
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ChrisR |
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20-05-2010, 11:59 AM |
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Thread: East London Line Post: RE: East London Line
I have just received the following response from London Overground following my complaint several weeks ago that the last southbound trains are not late enough, and will mean late night travellers are... |
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ChrisR |
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17-05-2010, 01:47 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
Used the lifts for the first time on Saturday - it was lovely not to have to struggle up and down the stairs with a suitcase and laptop etc. Now all I want is for the same to happen at Clapham Junctio... |
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ChrisR |
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26-04-2010, 05:56 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
When I asked at FH ticket office on Easter Saturday I was told the footbridge should have been opened that weekend, however there was a problem with the power supply!
When returning from LB last n... |
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ChrisR |
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16-04-2010, 12:17 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
[quote] An off peak return to London Bridge would before have cost me £2.10 and last week jumped up to £3.50, a lovely 67% increase in cost [/quote]
By the prices you've quoted mjc it seems you eit... |
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ChrisR |
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18-03-2010, 04:25 PM |
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Thread: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages Post: RE: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
Redalways - you have confirmed what I have been suspicious about for some time. I too have had several occasions in the last year or so when I have received a "sorry you were out" card when I have bee... |
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ChrisR |
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02-03-2010, 11:59 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
I thought I was seeing things today when I arrived at Forest Hill to find trains running through to Charing Cross. It seems there is track capacity available from London Bridge to Charing Cross aftera... |
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ChrisR |
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03-01-2010, 10:14 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
I'd rather have a station with a footbridge I can use, and direct trains from Charing Cross in the evening than a T-shirt with a map of the ELL stations on! |
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ChrisR |
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06-10-2009, 05:37 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...
[quote]What was interesting was that the London Transport guy said that I was the only person he had surveyed in our area who had brought this up at all and most people were just chuffed that we were ... |
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ChrisR |
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30-09-2009, 11:36 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
Thanks Fandango for your quick response - another hike up and down the stairs with suitcases to platform 2! |
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ChrisR |
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05-09-2009, 12:07 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
[quote]I see they are finally starting to install a ticket machine on the Perry Vale entrance. Workmen are placing the concrete footing today, so hopefully we can avoid having to go around to the fron... |
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ChrisR |
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05-09-2009, 11:53 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone Post: RE: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone
[quote]Brian said:
They should also impose 20mph on Perry Vale side of the tracks[/quote]
There already is a 20mph limit on many of the residential roads In Perry Vale ward, not that many motorists ... |
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ChrisR |
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21-08-2009, 03:24 PM |
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Thread: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really? Post: RE: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
I think SE23 postcodes have long been regarded as higher risk by the insurance companies. I remember when I moved here 20 years ago from W11 (Notting Hill/North Kensington) I had to pay an additional ... |
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ChrisR |
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14-08-2009, 12:55 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
Re letter above from Southern Railways
Another cop out from Southern! Why don't they just admit they don't care about their customers?
I fail to see what difference the work they have already d... |
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ChrisR |
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26-05-2009, 02:59 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
I wonder if Sir Steve & his cronies are beginning to worry about the responses they are receiving to the "consultation" document and are trying to get different responses by other means?
I have ju... |
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ChrisR |
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14-05-2009, 05:59 PM |
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Thread: Land Registry Fraud Post: RE: Land Registry Fraud
[quote]The Land Registry is only a record of ownership and is always searched as part of the conveyancing process however you still need the actual Deeds to be transfered either between mortgagors or ... |
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ChrisR |
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06-04-2009, 02:03 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
The ticket office was closed on Saturday morning, but Perry Vale gate was open as were all the ticket barriers. It seems at weekends we either have trains running or a ticket office open but not both ... |
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ChrisR |
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18-03-2009, 04:44 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...
When I first moved to Forest Hill 20 years ago there used to be off-peak through trains to Charing Cross every day (2 per hour Monday - Saturday and 1 per hour on Sunday). I seem to remember services ... |
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ChrisR |
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23-02-2009, 11:51 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
[quote] DSMDUNCAN says Southerns motto is to "think like a passenger" [/quote]
Southern certainly don't think like their mobility challenged passengers!
If they did they would appreciate how unac... |
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ChrisR |
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20-02-2009, 04:48 PM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill Post: RE: Forest Hill Post Office
There was a police helicopter circling over the centre of Forest Hill at lunchtime today so wonder if that was anything to do with whatever was going on at the Post Office? |
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ChrisR |
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14-02-2009, 11:53 PM |
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Thread: Buses Post: Pickpockets on buses
Just a warning to everyone that uses buses to be extra careful these days particulary in relation to keeping your valuables safe as pickpockets are working in the area. I had my purse taken from insid... |
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ChrisR |
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12-02-2009, 03:28 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale Ward Assembly Post: RE: Perry Vale Ward Local Assembly
Councillor Wise - why do the Perry Vale Assembly meetings always have to be on a Thursday evening? This doesn't give those who have commitments on a Thursday the chance to attend. Can't the meetings b... |
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ChrisR |
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05-02-2009, 06:44 PM |
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Thread: Post Post: RE: Post
Post finally delivered in Sunderland Road today, but no refuse collection. Latest update on Lewisham Council website states "Weather and road conditions permitting, we anticipate normal refuse and rec... |
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ChrisR |
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05-02-2009, 12:41 AM |
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Thread: Giving blood Post: RE: Giving blood
66 -70
see - http://www.blood.co.uk/index.html |
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ChrisR |
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20-11-2008, 06:18 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station Post: RE: Forest Hill Station
Great timing Southern! Just as people start Christmas shopping and have to struggle home with more bags than usual they decide to close the Perry Vale entrance while they do the work on the new barri... |
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ChrisR |
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19-11-2008, 08:30 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Post: RE: What the hell is going on with the trains? PUN...
The reason Southern can claim that 90% of the trains are on time is that the figures only relate to a proportion of their total services. They only have to refer to the punctuality of peak hour trains... |
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ChrisR |
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18-11-2008, 03:47 PM |
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Thread: Southern Electricity Post: RE: Southern Electricity
Southern are obviously targeting this area at the moment. I had a visit from one of their representatives one evening last week, courtesy of another resident who let them into our block of flats other... |
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ChrisR |
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30-10-2008, 06:08 PM |
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Thread: No buses for 3 weeks servicing Dartmouth Road Post: RE: No buses for 3 weeks servicing Dartmouth Road
It should be as according to TFL website the diversion is only from Kirkdale towards Forest Hill |
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ChrisR |
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28-10-2008, 08:03 PM |
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Thread: No buses for 3 weeks servicing Dartmouth Road Post: RE: No buses for 3 weeks servicing Dartmouth Road
From TFL website:
DARTMOUTH ROAD, SE23: Routes 122 176 and 197 are diverted northbound only and subject to moderate delays from 1000 Monday 27 October for about 3 weeks due to Victorian water mains... |
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ChrisR |
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28-10-2008, 06:19 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 35 Sunderland Road Post: RE: 35 SUNDERLAND ROAD CHANGE OF USE
How can they be allowed to get away with this? There is already enough parking problems on Sunderland Rd with the Friends Meeting House (Quakers), Lewisham Labour Party HQ, and visitors to Waldram Par... |
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ChrisR |
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21-10-2008, 02:08 PM |
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Thread: SE23 Magazine Post: RE: SE23 less posh magazine
If you mean Living South it is still the same format and being delivered (October edition delivered yesterday) |
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ChrisR |
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09-10-2008, 10:18 AM |
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Thread: Buses Post: RE: 75 bus
There was a serious accident in Catford about 11am at the junction by the library (apparently an elderly lady was knocked down and dragged under a lorry) closing Catford Rd between the main junction a... |
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ChrisR |
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04-10-2008, 06:27 PM |
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Thread: Large Police Presence - Sunday night Post: Large Police Presence - Sunday night
Does anybody know what was going on around the station about 1030 last night? Police car and several police at the station underpass by Smiths (which appeared to be blocked off) with a crowd of youths... |
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ChrisR |
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15-09-2008, 01:36 PM |
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Thread: Did the binmen strike today? Post: RE: Did the binmen strike today?
Both general refuse and recycling collected in Forest Hill yesterday:) |
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ChrisR |
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17-07-2008, 02:58 PM |
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Thread: TRL Yellow Jackets in FH Post: RE: TRL Yellow Jackets in FH
Hope you have better luck than I have had Snazy. I have called TFL (who I was advised are responsible for the trees on the South Circular) several times over the past few years but nothing ever seems ... |
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ChrisR |
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08-07-2008, 07:32 PM |
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Thread: (ex) Mercury TV - Perry Vale Post: RE: (ex) Mercury TV - Perry Vale
As long as we don't get yet another take away - there's already too many in that stretch of Perry Vale. |
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ChrisR |
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19-12-2007, 05:07 PM |
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Thread: Busy Weekend Post: RE: Busy Weekend
The Christmas event at the Station Car Park has disappeared from the Town Talk website. Does anybody know if this is because it has been cancelled? |
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ChrisR |
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06-12-2007, 07:07 PM |