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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| It was rather ironic to hear on the radio this morning that access to swimming is being extended by offering free passes to the over 60s. This presupposes there is a pool to swim in. With the closure ... |
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06-06-2008, 08:24 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 remember something about the LB to Victoria loop being extended, too, but from May, I think. It was on this forum but I can't remember when. |
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12-11-2009, 01:43 PM |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza
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11-10-2011, 02:13 PM |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza?
| For definition of 'regulated entertainment' see:
http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/regulated_entertainment/8955.aspx |
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12-07-2012, 04:59 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| "The best way to make house prices wobble is for a community to take the sort of disruptive action that has happened here. Nothing loses sales and depresses values more than the lack of goodwill, neig... |
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27-01-2012, 12:02 AM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| What a hoot! Now we have 'grumpy teachers' who don't like children - another stereotype to add to those other child haters, boring oldies etc. |
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02-02-2012, 10:34 PM |
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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... |
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29-12-2010, 10:50 AM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| 'Who's Alan Partridge?' Are you serious? Aha! |
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01-01-2011, 02:32 AM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Dodgy Beggar at Station
| Did we really need 'chavvy' in the description? |
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07-08-2013, 07:43 PM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Dodgy Beggar at Forest Hill Station
| 'Caucasian, blue/grey tracksuit and long greasy hair' - is that not sufficient, descriptive only? |
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08-08-2013, 09:42 AM |
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Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Planning Application: IndoBangla / Honor Oak T...
| While not denying there are people in our local area that are poor, this is not a deprived community as described in that article. A Sainsbury's Local here will mainly attract commuters who I am sure ... |
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06-08-2012, 01:31 PM |
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Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Planning Application: IndoBangla / Honor Oak T...
| HOP is not Herne Hill (wealthier residents there) or West Norwood (proper High Street and travel hub) but a small parade of local shops. In the 20+ years I have lived here expectations have grown and ... |
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06-08-2012, 03:36 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post: RE: Horniman Museum and Gardens
| Roz's 'options' are interesting in the balance (or lack of) of positive and negative subsidiary comments in most of the points. |
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24-08-2009, 01:04 PM |
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Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...
| I received both notices (HOP) |
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03-06-2015, 05:47 PM |
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Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...
| Not really nitpicking but questioning the whole range of assumptions underlying the suggestions? |
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23-10-2014, 05:15 PM |
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Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...
| How certain is it that the majority of voters in FH ward are opposed to the plan? As for TL Residents Association, if the view is split, what can they do? |
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23-04-2015, 05:06 PM |
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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... |
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19-02-2011, 11:57 AM |
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Thread: HOP Recreation Ground to Become a Cemetery?
Post: RE: HOP Recreation Ground to Become a Cemetery?
| henryb2
Where did you see that the wooded area of One Tree Hill is being lost? |
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02-01-2015, 04:41 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and Westbourne Drive
Post: RE: Planning Application - Hindsley Place and West...
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22-03-2011, 10:37 AM |
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Thread: SE23 v SE22
Post: RE: SE23 v SE22
| IMHO c'est chacun (or chacune?) ? son go?t. In HOP I have peace, OSP, One Tree Hill a spit away and a 5 min walk to the station from where I can get into Town very easily.To me this is an ideal mix of... |
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25-08-2009, 10:50 PM |
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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 ... |
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09-11-2010, 07:06 PM |
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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... |
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26-01-2011, 11:55 AM |
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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. |
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26-01-2011, 12:48 PM |
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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. |
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26-01-2011, 12:49 PM |
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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] |
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15-02-2011, 07:28 PM |
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Thread: New primary school for Lewisham?
Post: RE: New primary school for Lewisham?
| Whoops, the second line should not be in the quote! |
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15-02-2011, 07:30 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
| Anyome remember Lief Sondertrack? |
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15-06-2011, 11:05 PM |
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Thread: Austerity
Post: RE: Austerity
| "Everyone loves a bit of reactionary populism, don't they? Demonise a group of people, blame them for a systemic collapse, then join the pitchfork wielding mob and exact your revenge."
Seems to be ... |
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26-01-2016, 11:03 AM |
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Thread: Austerity
Post: RE: Austerity
| The headline figure was not disputed but the possible explanations for that were various and therefore added more complexity or nuance to the discussions. |
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26-01-2016, 12:35 PM |
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Thread: Austerity
Post: RE: Austerity
| According to what our Prime Minister once said, 'we are all in this together'. This suggests there is no 'them' and 'us'. Since the term 'urchin' is usually related to children, who are entirely depen... |
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26-01-2016, 12:46 PM |
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Thread: Austerity
Post: RE: Austerity
| This certainly seems to have support from both Right and Left perspectives but there are some issues. One is whether there should be conditionality which means there would be similarities with current... |
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26-01-2016, 02:38 PM |
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Thread: Austerity
Post: RE: Austerity
| Discussion's good, isn't it? |
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26-01-2016, 02:53 PM |
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Thread: Austerity
Post: RE: Austerity
| "the vast majority of FH residents that make a net contribution to society in tax, as well as the social contribution we all make"
Actually those people (including me) are speaking for themselves i... |
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28-01-2016, 12:01 PM |
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Thread: Austerity
Post: RE: Austerity
| There must quite a lot of people in the net contributor group living in our area that are not Tory voters. |
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28-01-2016, 12:05 PM |
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Thread: Austerity
Post: RE: Austerity
| So you have now surprised yourself too, as you referred earlier to the 'vast majority of FH residents'. |
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28-01-2016, 12:52 PM |
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Thread: Snow!!!
Post: RE: Gritters in Forest Hill?
| Taken from Lewisham Council's website (I googled Lewisham gritting)
It appears that, after roadways, places like main routes to schools have been prioritised. Quote:
"If, during cold weather, yo... |
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20-12-2009, 07:21 PM |
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Thread: Snow!!!
Post: RE: Gritters in Forest Hill?
| "I sent an 'online street fault reporting form' to the council this morning complaining that my street hadn't been gritted. A gritting lorry has just turned up and (I hope) done the business. Well don... |
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22-12-2009, 10:45 PM |
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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. |
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10-08-2011, 02:39 PM |
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Thread: Extend 63 Bus to Honor Oak Park Station?
Post: RE: Buses to Honor Oak Park station
| Although I would personally appreciate the 63's coming over the hill, do you think people living on Forest Hill Road and Honor Oak Park might not be totally happy about double deckers thundering past ... |
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11-06-2008, 08:47 AM |
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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] |
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21-02-2011, 03:40 PM |
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Thread: Referendum on the Alternative Vote
Post: RE: Referendum on the Alternative Vote
| Not quite clear on use of quotes... |
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21-02-2011, 03:41 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application
| People shouldn't be driving if they're drinking so if one aim is to encourage the buying of alcoholic drinks, there should be less need to provide parking...? |
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03-04-2012, 10:26 PM |
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Thread: General election forum
Post: RE: General election forum
| Why 'sorry selection', shzl400? |
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09-04-2010, 11:33 PM |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Gentrification
| There is an interesting article in the Guardian today on gentrification. |
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12-01-2016, 11:08 AM |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Gentrification
| Londorz, have you read the article? I think you'll find that it contains a range of points which goes beyond the usual right or wrong stances. One point that could be made is how the people who work i... |
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12-01-2016, 04:12 PM |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Gentrification
| Those schemes tend not to be benefit people in the services I was thinking more about e.g. people serving in the cafes/bars that are desired in newly gentrified areas - all the Right to Buy, shared ow... |
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12-01-2016, 04:20 PM |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Gentrification
| Not all low paid workers are singletons able to flat share as they may have families. It does mean that some areas will tend to become less mixed communities but maybe not everyone would worry about t... |
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12-01-2016, 04:55 PM |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Gentrification
| Concern about mixed communities in one part of the country does not necessarily preclude concerns about them in other parts of the country but the subject was areas that are gentrifying. |
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12-01-2016, 05:30 PM |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Gentrification
| I think I am beginning to get it - the other person is being ironic (has to be!) |
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13-01-2016, 06:06 PM |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Gentrification
| If you follow through what each of these Labour people said, as reported in the earlier post, rather than rely on the selective quotes, you will find that they are referring to rent controls of the ki... |
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18-01-2016, 11:17 AM |
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