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  Thread: Shooting on Forest Hill Road 3rd Nov 2011
Post: RE: Shooting on Forest Hill Road 3rd Nov 2011

My comment was simply to correct the earlier mis-statement about the victim's links with gangs.
sandy SE23 Topics 37 46,280 14-11-2011, 09:17 PM
  Thread: Shooting on Forest Hill Road 3rd Nov 2011
Post: RE: Shooting on Forest Hill Road 3rd Nov 2011

According to the Guardian yesterday the victim was not connected to gangs. Quote "Khan is described by police as having nothing to do with gangs".
sandy SE23 Topics 37 46,280 12-11-2011, 10:25 AM
  Thread: Crime and Punishment
Post: RE: Be careful when walking towards the station...

While not at all minimising the fear and threat and severity of such crimes, stocks on the village green and highwaymen sounds rather like we are going back to an earlier age of crime and punishment w...
sandy Wider Topics 58 47,844 20-10-2011, 07:37 PM
  Thread: Occupational Pensions
Post: RE: Occupational Pensions

1. public sector workers pay tax, too. 2. surely not knowing what colleagues earn is neither good nor transparent in terms of fairness. 3. why should we all be brought down to the worst conditions ...
sandy Wider Topics 55 43,804 16-10-2011, 01:35 PM
  Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza

What is this crime wave?
sandy SE23 Topics 736 625,370 11-10-2011, 02:13 PM
  Thread: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused of robbing a girl near Forest Hill sta
Post: RE: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused...

Actually I have been mugged as it happens and in quite frightening circumstances. And so I can understand that those involved might well have all sorts of vicious feelings towards their attackers. ...
sandy Wider Topics 34 29,772 26-08-2011, 12:04 PM
  Thread: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused of robbing a girl near Forest Hill sta
Post: RE: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused...

What exactly makes them look 'unsavoury'? Is it because of the link with an alleged crime? Questioning prejudiced comments is not 'slagging off' and does not mean that there is any condoning of the...
sandy Wider Topics 34 29,772 25-08-2011, 05:42 PM
  Thread: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused of robbing a girl near Forest Hill sta
Post: RE: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused...

Is it just me or is a certain type of class of Brian becoming more sexist and classist these days?
sandy Wider Topics 34 29,772 24-08-2011, 05:01 PM
  Thread: Riots in London
Post: RE: Riots in London

He was described as a 'primary school worker'. This means he is probably not a teacher.
sandy Wider Topics 110 97,135 10-08-2011, 02:39 PM
  Thread: Secondary schools
Post: RE: Secondary schools

It is very unfortunate when human beings are dehumanised through the use of terms such as 'rubbish' and 'undesirables'. These are children who may not have all the advantages of 'nice people' and it i...
sandy Wider Topics 28 32,945 06-08-2011, 08:10 AM
  Thread: Where is the tree?
Post: RE: Where is the tree?

"The sooner this council turns Tory the better". This must surely be said in irony.
sandy SE23 Topics 7 7,683 07-07-2011, 08:02 PM
  Thread: Politically Motivated Teachers
Post: RE: Politically Motivated Teachers

From the THE SCHOOL TEACHERS’ PAY AND CONDITIONS DOCUMENT (STPCD) on the NUT website: 27. The STPCD requires that a teacher undertakes to work, “such reasonable additional hours as may be necessa...
sandy Wider Topics 40 38,006 01-07-2011, 11:23 PM
  Thread: Politically Motivated Teachers
Post: RE: Politically Motivated Teachers

What misinformation to respond to first? 1. teachers do not generally take 13 weeks off. They go into school during school holidays to prepare, set up classrooms etc. 2. INSET days are work day...
sandy Wider Topics 40 38,006 01-07-2011, 05:11 PM
  Thread: Dodgy-looking hoodies
Post: RE: Dodgy-looking hoodies

Wot? And 'also persons with certain criminal records should not be allowed to own certain types of dog breeds.' And Union leaders...
sandy Wider Topics 16 14,442 17-06-2011, 11:59 PM
  Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade

Anyome remember Lief Sondertrack?
sandy SE23 Topics 89 107,277 15-06-2011, 11:05 PM
  Thread: Freedom Pass
Post: RE: Freedom Pass

From another angle, everyone gets the freedom pass but those who earn more, pay back in tax. Then everyone gains from the convenience and no one has to apply and prove income etc. Means testing can me...
sandy Wider Topics 7 7,010 22-03-2011, 10:43 AM
  Thread: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and Westbourne Drive
Post: RE: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and West...

cimetière, even.
sandy SE23 Topics 124 137,007 22-03-2011, 10:37 AM
  Thread: Burglaries
Post: RE: Burglaries

Is this for the whole of London?
sandy Wider Topics 67 65,170 01-03-2011, 06:41 PM
  Thread: Referendum on the Alternative Vote
Post: RE: Referendum on the Alternative Vote

Not quite clear on use of quotes...
sandy Wider Topics 114 90,712 21-02-2011, 03:41 PM
  Thread: Referendum on the Alternative Vote
Post: RE: Referendum on the Alternative Vote

Michael says 'But then I see the third party in coalition as a balance against the worst excesses of a single party in power.' Mmmm....doesn't seem to be the case currently.[/quote]
sandy Wider Topics 114 90,712 21-02-2011, 03:40 PM
  Thread: HOP Recreation Ground to Become a Cemetery?
Post: RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground!

This is not simply a local problem as was pointed out on Radio 4 (definitely worth listenting, too, if you didn't catch it). Cremation is now at 70% and it was suggested that that will probably not in...
sandy SE23 Topics 196 181,505 19-02-2011, 11:57 AM
  Thread: New primary school for Lewisham?
Post: RE: New primary school for Lewisham?

Whoops, the second line should not be in the quote!
sandy Wider Topics 110 109,397 15-02-2011, 07:30 PM
  Thread: New primary school for Lewisham?
Post: RE: New primary school for Lewisham?

[quote] teachers' expensive employment conditions Is that in the government's view or yours? In what way can they be considered 'expensive'? It has to be a comparative statement.[/quote]
sandy Wider Topics 110 109,397 15-02-2011, 07:28 PM
  Thread: Carnival Against The Cuts, 19th Feb
Post: RE: Carnival Against The Cuts, 19th Feb

Perhaps if more of those who should be paying their taxes did so and were less focused on creaming off riches for personal gain there might not be the need for such drastic measures.
sandy Wider Topics 19 16,082 13-02-2011, 06:22 PM
  Thread: Prisoners Getting The Vote
Post: RE: Prisoners Getting The Vote

I think people sometimes really underestimate the punishing effects of the lack of freedom of movement. Perhaps we take it for granted. Just listen to the accounts of people who are subject to control...
sandy Wider Topics 24 19,910 11-02-2011, 12:17 PM
  Thread: New primary school for Lewisham?
Post: RE: New primary school for Lewisham?

I should have added, just look at what's happening with free school proposals in West London and Wandsworth.
sandy Wider Topics 110 109,397 26-01-2011, 12:49 PM
  Thread: New primary school for Lewisham?
Post: RE: New primary school for Lewisham?

Yes, but my point is that the funding is removed from the many for the few in niche provision.
sandy Wider Topics 110 109,397 26-01-2011, 12:48 PM
  Thread: New primary school for Lewisham?
Post: RE: New primary school for Lewisham?

While it is perfectly understandable that parents are focused on their own children, the problem with the setting up of free schools is that funding will be taken from the mainstream (in our very loca...
sandy Wider Topics 110 109,397 26-01-2011, 11:55 AM
  Thread: Extend 63 bus route to HOP station
Post: RE: Extend 63 bus route to HOP station

Honor Oak was the name of the station that was on the old Crystal Palace line and it was very near to where the bus stops by the cemetery, as opposed to Honor Oak Park.
sandy SE23 Topics 24 24,838 16-01-2011, 05:52 PM
  Thread: dogs and public transport
Post: RE: dogs and public transport

Reductions for those who take up less than the width of a seat?
sandy Wider Topics 20 20,327 04-01-2011, 05:12 PM
  Thread: dogs and public transport
Post: RE: dogs and public transport

For TfL rules go to : http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/transportaccessibility/16393.aspx I'm not sure repeating unsubstantiated claims about 'muslim' bus drivers is helpful.
sandy Wider Topics 20 20,327 03-01-2011, 04:21 PM
  Thread: Ugly Betty moving to Forest Hill?
Post: RE: Ugly Betty moving to Forest Hill?

And also Daniel?
sandy SE23 Topics 3 7,103 01-01-2011, 11:49 AM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage

'Who's Alan Partridge?' Are you serious? Aha!
sandy Wider Topics 587 489,229 01-01-2011, 02:32 AM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Found Rooster!

The ize ending is of Latin or Greek origin while the ise is from French. Because American English has taken up the z it is often thought to be an American form. In the OED realize is listed before rea...
sandy Wider Topics 587 489,229 29-12-2010, 10:50 AM
  Thread: Found Rooster!
Post: RE: Found Rooster!

You could try the One Tree Hill Allotments Society website for a contact?
sandy SE23 Topics 5 7,238 28-12-2010, 04:05 PM
  Thread: Thank you so much!
Post: RE: Thank you so much!

Thank you to the young woman who rescued a lost dog following another young woman who, together with my partner and I had no idea what to do (cats are one thing, dogs unknown to us!). The saviour whip...
sandy SE23 Topics 12 11,439 22-12-2010, 02:15 PM
  Thread: Early Start for the bin men
Post: RE: Early Start for the bin men

Don't you have someone rolling bins into position on the pavement in the middle of the night?
sandy SE23 Topics 10 10,844 18-12-2010, 02:32 PM
  Thread: Road closures in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Road closures this evening in Forest Hill

What about Hengrave Road? We had a crash yesterday evening into a parked car due to steep bend and narrowing caused by an abandoned car parked off the pavement on our narrow road. Many of us in the ro...
sandy SE23 Topics 58 55,636 02-12-2010, 07:46 PM
  Thread: Where are the gritters?
Post: RE: Where are the gritters today?

For Lewisham's gritting action/priorities go to http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/TransportAndStreets/RoadsAndPavements/RoadAndPathwayMaintenance/RoadGritting.htm Where you can notify them of a road y...
sandy SE23 Topics 44 38,109 30-11-2010, 10:44 PM
  Thread: Where are the gritters?
Post: RE: Where are the gritters today?

One went up Hengrave Road after the first bout of snow in the early hours.
sandy SE23 Topics 44 38,109 30-11-2010, 12:16 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

As a sometime car, sometime public transport, user in a very congested city, I do find it hard to keep patient at times but I know that aggression is not the answer. In relation to people's rights to ...
sandy Wider Topics 162 123,506 09-11-2010, 07:06 PM
  Thread: Family Allowance Cuts
Post: RE: Family Allowance Cuts

The thing about a universal benefit is that it does not stigmatise the less well off. All get child benefit or a Freedom Pass in old age, for example, whatever the income level but the better off can ...
sandy Wider Topics 94 83,618 29-10-2010, 05:01 PM
  Thread: Beadnell Road
Post: RE: Beadnell Road

Should we not be discouraging the use of 'chav', a clearly prejudicial term. Was the person or his dogs [i]actually[/i] threatening you?
sandy SE23 Topics 25 28,061 28-10-2010, 02:25 PM
  Thread: Beadnell Road
Post: RE: Beadnell Road

On the name of Honor Oak, consultations with one of my fellow committee members of Friends of One Tree Hill, resulted in the following response: "This tree and its predecessors had been know as an ...
sandy SE23 Topics 25 28,061 27-10-2010, 01:36 PM
  Thread: Beadnell Road
Post: RE: Beadnell Road

Or indeed, Forest (not Forset) Hill.
sandy SE23 Topics 25 28,061 27-10-2010, 01:23 PM
  Thread: Beadnell Road
Post: RE: Beadnell Road

All of SE23 cannot be considered to be in Forset Hill if Forest Hill is part of Lewisham. Some of SE23 is in Southwark so Lewisham could not tax the people who live there! There is a good chance t...
sandy SE23 Topics 25 28,061 27-10-2010, 01:22 PM
  Thread: Beadnell Road
Post: RE: Beadnell Road

I live 5 mins walk from HOP station and am in FH ward. I mostly say I live in FH but to home in a bit closer in describing where I live I say Honor Oak Park or Honor Oak for short. The Oak of Honor on...
sandy SE23 Topics 25 28,061 27-10-2010, 11:16 AM
  Thread: Air Ambulance in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Air Ambulance in Forest Hill

Read the post again. It was not a person.
sandy SE23 Topics 15 17,919 17-10-2010, 01:44 PM
  Thread: Is The Popes Visit Worth £10million.....
Post: RE: Is The Popes Visit Worth £10million.....

These criticisms of Singer on the quoted website (and I am not supporting him as I know little of his ideas at first hand) come from someone who has attacked Obama thus "In case you hadn't heard, D'...
sandy Wider Topics 59 47,594 19-09-2010, 09:05 PM
  Thread: Is The Popes Visit Worth £10million.....
Post: RE: Is The Popes Visit Worth £10million.....

What about economic policies that threaten the poorest members of society in what I assume you take to be a society 'with religion'? It's a bit simplistic to associate good or bad behaviour with relig...
sandy Wider Topics 59 47,594 19-09-2010, 10:56 AM