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  Thread: mashed up suv manor mount/davids road
Post: RE: mashed up suv manor mount/davids road

Was there Sunday morning so maybe happened overnight Saturday. Surprised it doesn't happen more often given the speed some people go round that bend (and probably unaware the road is two-way at that p...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 2 3,259 15-03-2021, 11:26 AM
  Thread: Pedestrian zone Forest Hill area
Post: RE: Pedestrian zone Forest Hill area

Good idea!
gbrownings SE23 Topics 2 3,905 10-11-2020, 06:29 PM
  Thread: Any Parking sign interpreters out there?
Post: RE: Any Parking sign interpreters out there?

Thanks for clearing that up. I didn't risk stopping as the only other cars in the road had the driver in so I (maybe like others) thought it wasn't allowed. Not good for local businesses. Anyway, ...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 3 4,058 04-12-2016, 03:25 PM
  Thread: Manor Mount one-way system
Post: RE: Manor Mount one-way system

It would appear the whole of Manor Mount is now two-way between 3.30pm and 5pm most days of the week.
gbrownings SE23 Topics 123 98,450 02-12-2016, 12:58 AM
  Thread: Any Parking sign interpreters out there?
Post: Any Parking sign interpreters out there?

[attachment=4219] Perry Vale beyond Waldram Place (by the old Dawes for Doors). 3pm. Can I park here?
gbrownings SE23 Topics 3 4,058 02-12-2016, 12:53 AM
  Thread: Manor Mount one-way system
Post: RE: Manor Mount one-way system

:laugh:
gbrownings SE23 Topics 123 98,450 22-04-2016, 08:34 PM
  Thread: Car thieves about
Post: RE: Car thieves about

:( :mad: thanks for the warning.
gbrownings SE23 Topics 1 3,324 26-01-2016, 06:03 PM
  Thread: The Hob Closed
Post: RE: The Hob

and no Guinness..... :(
gbrownings SE23 Topics 125 106,183 10-10-2015, 10:01 PM
  Thread: Manor Mount one-way system
Post: RE: Manor Mount one-way system

I thought Manor Mount was two-way between 1530 and 1700. :mad:
gbrownings SE23 Topics 123 98,450 01-10-2015, 08:21 PM
  Thread: Southwark 20 mph speed limit
Post: RE: Southwark 20 mph speed limit

Looks like there are some new/replacement speed cameras on Sydenham Hill? I wonder if they have been calibrated to catch the lunatics who recklessly speed down this narrow lane at 21mph.....:snea...
gbrownings Wider Topics 8 10,296 09-07-2015, 06:19 PM
  Thread: The Hob Closed
Post: The Hob - shut again

Closed this evening - mysterious 'electrical fault'. Interesting timing..:rolleyes: anyone able to offer any info/gossip?
gbrownings SE23 Topics 125 106,183 30-06-2015, 11:27 PM
  Thread: Junction of London Road and Honor Oak Road
Post: RE: Junction of London Road and Honor Oak Road

It appeared me that work had more or less ground to a halt. This is the reply I received from TfL today.... Was it really meant to take until June 30? [i]Thank you for your Report-It regard...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 58 53,790 26-06-2015, 06:14 PM
  Thread: Junction of London Road and Honor Oak Road
Post: RE: London Road at junction with Honor Oak Road

Seems like a relatively small project (basically just widening sections of pavement) which has had plenty of people working on it so odd it should be taking so much longer than expected. Still,...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 58 53,790 18-05-2015, 03:26 PM
  Thread: Junction of London Road and Honor Oak Road
Post: RE: London Road Junction with Honor Oak Road

it HAS been going on for months....and months....and months. I think they built the Channel Tunnel quicker.......
gbrownings SE23 Topics 58 53,790 16-05-2015, 11:40 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Safer Neighbourhood Team - April 2015 Newsletter
Post: RE: Forest Hill Safer Neighbourhood Team - April 2...

[i][b]You Said, We Listened, We Did[/b] We’ve been conducting traffic operations throughout the ward recently and have been using the speed gun on Sydenham Hill advising those motorists caught exce...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 7 10,343 13-05-2015, 07:59 PM
  Thread: Evict Foreign Nationals from Lewisham Council Homes, Demands MP Candidate
Post: RE: Evict Foreign Nationals from Lewisham Council ...

Anyone using Migration Watch for their 'facts' has pretty much lost the argument before they start. Migration Watch has a well-deserved reputation for never letting the truth get in the way of th...
gbrownings Wider Topics 20 22,089 24-04-2015, 01:45 PM
  Thread: Gridlock
Post: RE: Gridlock

Nobody appears to be working on the gas "emergency" that is causing traffic chaos in FH and surrounding areas. - downed tools for the weekend? Will be fun on Monday morning. Well played Southern...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 26 23,635 28-02-2015, 02:47 PM
  Thread: Junction of London Road and Honor Oak Road
Post: RE: London Road Junction with Honor Oak Road

The operation did not discourage the person in the black BMW X5 driving down there yesterday afternoon. Were they undercover? Never saw them. Be interesting to know how many they caught and whe...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 58 53,790 09-02-2015, 02:12 PM
  Thread: Manor Mount closed
Post: RE: Manor Mount closed

I wrote to Lewisham (again) recently repeating my concern about cars racing the wrong way down Manor Mount (I did not mention parking although their response does). I said this was generally in the l...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 7 10,117 28-01-2015, 09:30 PM
  Thread: Manor Mount - police enforcing one-way
Post: RE: Manor Mount - police enforcing one-way

Good and not before time. Although from my experience, this seems to happen far more in the late afternoon/early evening.
gbrownings SE23 Topics 4 7,289 20-01-2015, 06:41 PM
  Thread: Junction of London Road and Honor Oak Road
Post: RE: London Road Junction with Honor Oak Road

won't hold my breath but... :thumbup:
gbrownings SE23 Topics 58 53,790 21-11-2014, 10:50 AM
  Thread: Junction of London Road and Honor Oak Road
Post: RE: London Road Junction with Honor Oak Road

[quote]Jenros, the issue is that it is not only drivers taking the easy way out, some of the people who live on Manor Mount do the same. I have seen two local residents come out of their drives and dr...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 58 53,790 18-11-2014, 07:04 PM
  Thread: Junction of London Road and Honor Oak Road
Post: RE: London Road Junction with Honor Oak Road

As I understand it, minor breaches of traffic regulations (as would be considered driving down a one-way street) have for some years not been something the police concern themselves with unless they w...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 58 53,790 18-11-2014, 01:01 AM
  Thread: Junction of London Road and Honor Oak Road
Post: RE: London Road Junction with Honor Oak Road

Sooner they get on with proposed road improvements the better. Looked like a nasty accident involving several cars and a motorcyclist at this (London Road) junction around 6pm last night. Hop...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 58 53,790 13-11-2014, 10:28 AM
  Thread: Fireworks - can we stop now, please...
Post: RE: Fireworks - can we stop now, please...

- and this is why the rules need looking at. Currently OK to set off explosives in your garden at 22.59 on a Sunday night (Remembrance Sunday included FGS)....
gbrownings Wider Topics 5 6,066 09-11-2014, 10:48 PM
  Thread: Fireworks - can we stop now, please...
Post: Fireworks - can we stop now, please...

Bonfire night seems to last weeks these days - tonight is Nov 9 and still they are being let off in people's gardens. Have some consideration - not everyone want to listen to YOUR fireworks. I do not ...
gbrownings Wider Topics 5 6,066 09-11-2014, 10:31 PM
  Thread: Junction of London Road and Honor Oak Road
Post: RE: London Road Junction with Honor Oak Road

"......But the last couple of weeks the traffic[b] has regularly been backed up as far as Ewelme Road trying to get out[/b]...." And thus some drivers wanting to turn left at the junction opt to ra...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 58 53,790 18-10-2014, 01:44 PM
  Thread: Dog Fouling
Post: RE: Dog Fouling

well done - thread of the year....!
gbrownings SE23 Topics 48 35,549 16-10-2014, 11:52 PM
  Thread: Water leak on Manor Mount
Post: RE: Water leak on Manor Mount

For what it is worth I spoke to TW today who re-iterated their assessment that the cause of the leak was on private property and thus it fell to the owner/freeholder to arrange for its repair. TW...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 41 46,185 08-08-2014, 01:25 PM
  Thread: Water leak on Manor Mount
Post: RE: Water leak on Manor Mount

Manor Mount leak seems to have dropped off the TW map of reported issues.
gbrownings SE23 Topics 41 46,185 07-07-2014, 11:35 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

Only rumour, but someone who works at one of the stores at the Bell Green retail park told me they understood the next arrivals (after the giant McDonalds) will be a Frankie and Bennys restaurant and....
gbrownings SE23 Topics 238 243,782 07-07-2014, 11:20 PM
  Thread: Water leak on Manor Mount
Post: RE: Water leak on Manor Mount

"The main leak is coming from a BT manhole cover on the pavement not private property........" that is what I said to the Thames Water engineer but was told the broken/collapsed section of drain on...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 41 46,185 30-06-2014, 10:38 AM
  Thread: Water leak on Manor Mount
Post: RE: Water leak on Manor Mount

I have. I was informed that TW had carried out an inspection and found the cause of the leak is on private property so repairs are the responsibility of the owner/s. Thames Water will carry out repai...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 41 46,185 27-06-2014, 09:48 AM
  Thread: I found a round
Post: RE: I found a round

Sure. I've lost count of the number of times I've found a gun and bullets when cleaning out my drains........:laugh:
gbrownings SE23 Topics 5 5,524 22-04-2014, 04:21 PM
  Thread: New Improved Email info from TfL re Overground
Post: RE: New Improved Email info from TfL re Overground

Thanks. Bookmarked. Very helpful.
gbrownings SE23 Topics 1 3,206 16-04-2014, 12:56 PM
  Thread: Barking Dogs
Post: RE: Barking Dogs

Of course you must speak to them. I would be horrified if my dog was barking away all the time I was out and would want to know. In my view it is wrong to leave dogs by themselves for 6 hours any...
gbrownings Wider Topics 12 8,712 09-04-2014, 10:16 PM
  Thread: Idiot drivers rat running
Post: RE: Idiot drivers rat running

:thumbup:
gbrownings SE23 Topics 31 24,094 16-03-2014, 09:53 PM
  Thread: Idiot drivers rat running
Post: RE: Idiot drivers rat running

[php]Could we ask Lewisham to change it back for the greater good? [/php] Not sure whose greater good (maybe yours) but, no thanks.:thumbdown: Far better that motorists are encouraged to stick t...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 31 24,094 11-03-2014, 10:10 PM
  Thread: Idiot drivers rat running
Post: RE: Idiot drivers rat running

would certainly get my vote.....!
gbrownings SE23 Topics 31 24,094 11-03-2014, 01:44 PM
  Thread: Idiot drivers rat running
Post: RE: Idiot drivers rat running

Surprised you are surprised. Not lived here long but reckon the driving is the worst (certainly the least courteous) I have experienced anywhere. It's like the wild west. Red traffic lights are igno...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 31 24,094 10-03-2014, 04:53 PM
  Thread: ADT security consultants cold calling
Post: RE: ADT Security - cold callers Forest Hill area S...

http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?5,1232380 seems they are going up-market and trying their luck in Forest Hill....
gbrownings SE23 Topics 50 51,277 01-03-2014, 04:57 PM
  Thread: Traffic light problems again?
Post: RE: Traffic light problems again?

Email from TfL today [quote]Thank you for your email of 22 February 2014 regarding the A205 LONDON ROAD - SYDENHAM RISE traffic signals. I am sorry that you have experienced problems with signal...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 20 19,651 26-02-2014, 08:46 PM
  Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Kebab shop at FH station

At least the kebab shop is in keeping....:rolleyes: :laugh:
gbrownings Wider Topics 301 213,574 23-02-2014, 09:52 PM
  Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Kebab shop at FH station

:thumbup:
gbrownings Wider Topics 301 213,574 23-02-2014, 09:33 PM
  Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Kebab shop at FH station

[quote] Even East Dulwich has a kebab shop which has survived the gentrification, so I don't see why we can't have the nice coffee shops and a kebab shop which is [b]handy for a one-off kebab[/b] if t...
gbrownings Wider Topics 301 213,574 23-02-2014, 07:44 PM
  Thread: Traffic light problems again?
Post: RE: Traffic light problems again?

[quote] rbmartin Just to correct my earlier post, [b]it's the phasing of the Sydenham Rise/London Road lights[/b].[/quote] Indeed. Just as I originally surmised. You are also correct that th...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 20 19,651 23-02-2014, 07:38 PM
  Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Kebab shop at FH station

[quote]No! Why do you hope it's gone? What would you have take its place? [/quote] Frankly, almost anything or nothing. For me it is a shame one of the first things greeting people (and their se...
gbrownings Wider Topics 301 213,574 23-02-2014, 05:54 PM
  Thread: Traffic light problems again?
Post: RE: Traffic light problems again?

BBC Travel A205 Forest Hill, westbound between Perry Vale and Sydenham Hill A205 London - Queueing traffic on A205 westbound in Forest Hill between Co-Op Traffic Lights and the Sydenham Hill ju...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 20 19,651 23-02-2014, 05:29 PM
  Thread: Traffic light problems again?
Post: RE: Traffic light problems again?

My other suspicion as to the cause is that a pedestrian crossing phase has been added to the lights which means cars on the south circular are being held on red for a lot longer than previously. It...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 20 19,651 23-02-2014, 12:43 PM
  Thread: Traffic light problems again?
Post: RE: Traffic light problems again?

Updated 16 minutes ago Show on map Traffic Incidents A205 A205 South Circular Road Forest Hill, westbound between Westbourne Drive and A2216 Lordship Lane A205 London - Queueing traffic and l...
gbrownings SE23 Topics 20 19,651 22-02-2014, 05:04 PM
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