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  Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Best Sunday roast?

Ananas you can come round our house for sunday lunch... the missus does a wicked roast and there's no kids!!! In fact, you can ALL come!!:wow:
grahamw Wider Topics 143 119,737 04-12-2007, 02:03 PM
  Thread: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post: Horniman Museum is voted pick of the poll

[b]The Horniman Museum is voted pick of the poll[/b] 779 people voted in an online poll to find the borough?s ?Pride of Place?. According to the results, the Horniman Museum was chosen as the place...
grahamw SE23 Topics 293 276,214 07-12-2007, 02:25 PM
  Thread: Am I a Scrooge but....?
Post: RE: Am I a Scrooge but....?

cheer up you lot, flippin eck!!!:):laugh::)
grahamw SE23 Topics 28 26,791 12-12-2007, 02:05 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Strange Smell at Forest Hill Station

Yes!! I noticed it this morning - Ammonia smell I thought... I assumed some kid had set off a stink bomb ;)
grahamw SE23 Topics 761 709,229 14-12-2007, 02:27 PM
  Thread: parakeets
Post: RE: parakeets

I think they're green parakeets; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3869815.stm We see them quite often now - we live next to Horniman Gardens.. They're also in Dulwich / Sydenham woods! I lik...
grahamw SE23 Topics 4 5,470 15-01-2008, 06:49 PM
  Thread: Stop and Search
Post: RE: Stop and Search

Mrs R - there are rules about 'stop and search' that it doesn't sound like the police followed in your case. They must provide you with certain information and paperwork about why they have stopped yo...
grahamw Wider Topics 5 6,891 17-01-2008, 06:55 PM
  Thread: Anyone know about local planning permission in the area.
Post: RE: Anyone know about local planning permission in...

I may be wrong, but I thought you also needed planning permission for substantial demolition... you may wish to check with Lewisham whether your next-door developer has permission (or needs permission...
grahamw SE23 Topics 28 33,196 21-01-2008, 11:27 AM
  Thread: Anyone know about local planning permission in the area.
Post: RE: Anyone know about local planning permission in...

wow, looking at photos, that's some sc**w up!! How on earth did they manage to do that??
grahamw SE23 Topics 28 33,196 21-01-2008, 01:44 PM
  Thread: Youth Behaviour
Post: RE: Decent debate wanted

Re SE23 'yoof', I have to say that I have never had ANY problems, or seen anything bad... I had to ask a large group to move off the cycle path near horniman yesterday so I could get past on my bike, ...
grahamw Wider Topics 45 37,871 23-01-2008, 02:18 PM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge

It was hell this morning at around 9... the 8.53 was cancelled creating a backlog of people - I pity the people at HOP, Brockley and NCG - a lot of people just couldn't get on the train! I was thinki...
grahamw SE23 Topics 1,398 1,255,264 24-01-2008, 10:44 AM
  Thread: Disruption to trains 28/1/08
Post: RE: Disruption to trains this morning

It was absolutely ridiculous. What made it worse at FH is that they kept announcing 'delays' at first, not cancellations... therefore we were all stood there for an hour and a half like mugs. If they ...
grahamw SE23 Topics 23 22,942 28-01-2008, 02:35 PM
  Thread: Bumps vs cameras
Post: RE: Bumps vs cameras

There are also other ways of traffic calming - narrowing roads, chicanes, windy bits, raised tables etc. There's also a relatively innovative approach called 'shared space' where pedestrians and cars ...
grahamw Wider Topics 9 8,165 29-01-2008, 01:56 PM
  Thread: Missing cat
Post: RE: Missing cat

I really hope you find him - good luck
grahamw Wider Topics 15 13,787 31-01-2008, 01:59 PM
  Thread: The History Of Forest Hill Station
Post: RE: The History Of Forest Hill Station

What an amazing building - anyone know what happened to it?
grahamw SE23 Topics 21 40,798 01-02-2008, 06:19 PM
  Thread: Missing cat
Post: RE: Missing cat

That's brilliant!! :thumbsup:
grahamw Wider Topics 15 13,787 04-02-2008, 01:40 PM
  Thread: Anyone else have the police come knocking this week?
Post: RE: Anyone else have the police come knocking this...

?There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. How often, or on what system, the Thought Police plugged in on any individual wire was guesswork. It was even...
grahamw SE23 Topics 8 8,104 07-02-2008, 11:54 AM
  Thread: Big cat in the area
Post: RE: Big cat in the area

!!! Forest Hill big cat alert !!! Panther-like cat spotted in Horniman Gardens!!!!:scared::scared: [attachment=35]
grahamw SE23 Topics 7 8,486 08-02-2008, 06:39 PM
  Thread: Half house single brick
Post: RE: Half house single brick

Remember any work that requires alterations to a party (or dividing) wall or structure requires, by law, a Party Wall Agreement, under the Party Wall etc Act 1996. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1...
grahamw Wider Topics 9 14,221 15-02-2008, 10:51 AM
  Thread: ?10,000 Anyone?
Post: RE: ?10,000 Anyone?

Traffic calming on London Road would get my vote.. make it a 20mph zone.
grahamw SE23 Topics 4 5,764 22-02-2008, 02:48 PM
  Thread: Save Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Save Forest Hill Pools

I'm an architect (I work for the practice that designed the main Horniman extension building), and I agree with Michael and thenutfield. Old buildings shouldn't be saved just because they're old, but ...
grahamw SE23 Topics 62 67,797 05-03-2008, 10:47 AM
  Thread: Save Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Save Forest Hill Pools

In terms of getting the best quality, I would suggest lobbying Lewisham Council to set up an architectural competition (if it's not too late). This can be done through the RIBA, and is a good way of l...
grahamw SE23 Topics 62 67,797 05-03-2008, 03:08 PM
  Thread: Save Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Save Forest Hill Pools

[quote=robwinton] Turning to positive matters, and trying to get a list of requirements that would satisfy us, then seeing how best to achieve them, would it be feasible to make this an "eco" project...
grahamw SE23 Topics 62 67,797 05-03-2008, 03:18 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pool
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool

[quote=Tim Walder] My preferred option would be to retain the facade (which is the most striking and best preserved part of the building) and rebuild new pools behind. This kind of thing is very c...
grahamw SE23 Topics 153 171,262 11-03-2008, 01:57 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pool
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool

I didn't say that the facade wasn't 'nice' - which it is - nor did I make a judgement about whether the pool (as a whole) should be kept. My point was that (in my opinion) keeping a facade whilst demo...
grahamw SE23 Topics 153 171,262 19-03-2008, 07:27 PM
  Thread: Travelling from FH to Paddington
Post: RE: Quick question about trains to London Bridge a...

I do the exact same journey quite often, and the route you describe is the quickest that I've found. The connection between Jubilee Line and Bakerloo line at Baker Street is really easy. I'd say 49mi...
grahamw SE23 Topics 14 15,691 03-04-2008, 03:51 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill on the tube map!
Post: RE: Forest Hill on the tube map!

I don't understand - the March 08 version I've just looked at on tfl website still has the dotted east london line shown to FH, Crystal Palace etc....
grahamw SE23 Topics 32 47,174 04-04-2008, 05:37 PM
  Thread: Travelling from FH to Paddington
Post: RE: Travelling from FH to Paddington

My trip on Tuesday morning (with apologies to cellardoor) Walk to Forest Hill station 5 Just missed train - have to wait for next one 6 Next one cancelled (fault on train) wait another 5 can't g...
grahamw SE23 Topics 14 15,691 04-04-2008, 05:49 PM
  Thread: does anyone use streetcar?
Post: RE: does anyone use streetcar?

We used to use it quite a bit, and I thought it was really good. The only thing I got frustrated with (as mentioned above) is that you can bet that when you REALLY need to use it, it'll be booked out ...
grahamw Wider Topics 6 7,119 09-04-2008, 12:32 PM
  Thread: Who are the bad people?
Post: RE: Who are the bad people?

The bad people are the idiots who broke into One Tree Hill allotments last week and broke into and vandalised 14 sheds.:angry:
grahamw Wider Topics 16 15,543 02-05-2008, 12:36 PM
  Thread: Accident with Skip on Perry Rise
Post: RE: Nasty bus accident on Perry Vale (Bus vs skip)

I hope the skip was licensed and with proper warnings etc.....
grahamw SE23 Topics 15 14,625 12-05-2008, 06:00 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill on Escape to the Country
Post: RE: Forest Hill on Escape to the Country

hardly spoilt! Good luck to them.. the programme actually made FH look quite good I thought!
grahamw SE23 Topics 3 5,467 22-05-2008, 12:55 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Ticket Barriers at FH Station

Damn - I'll have to start buying tickets now! :laugh:
grahamw SE23 Topics 761 709,229 01-06-2008, 09:54 AM
  Thread: Stag Beetles
Post: RE: Stag Beetles

We see them every year around this time flying around our house... They're absolutely brilliant to watch - a miracle they can get off the ground really! Now we leave old logs lying around to rot, w...
grahamw Wider Topics 9 9,177 10-06-2008, 05:31 PM
  Thread: Shared space
Post: RE: Shared space

These principals are creeping into several of the masterplans that our firm is involved in. There's a chap called Ben Hamilton Baillie who advocates shared space principals; http://www.hamilton-...
grahamw Wider Topics 4 5,225 10-06-2008, 05:40 PM
  Thread: Lewisham planning policy
Post: RE: Lewisham planning policy

Don't forget that whether or not the officers recommend an application for approval, it is the planning committee that (in large applications or where a number of objections have been received) decide...
grahamw Wider Topics 10 14,891 23-06-2008, 02:10 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

The petition states: "We, the undersigned, welcome the news that Lewisham Council aim to build a new pool at Forest Hill but demand that there be no demolition of the existing swimming pool frontag...
grahamw SE23 Topics 2,074 2,045,324 24-06-2008, 10:43 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

Nasaroc, there were three options presented to the stakeholder group, not one. The designs are at an early stage and they certainly were not presented as a fait accompli.
grahamw SE23 Topics 2,074 2,045,324 24-06-2008, 06:07 PM
  Thread: Bag Snatching incidences at Honor Oak Road
Post: RE: Bag Snatching incidences at Honor Oak Road

Renzon, Sorry to hear this, I hope your wife is ok. A fuller description of the 'young thin man' would be useful for those of us living in the area. many thanks
grahamw SE23 Topics 7 8,052 30-06-2008, 12:59 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Central
Post: RE: Forest Hill Central

I hate to be pessimistic, but me and my better half think they [b]are[/b] mothballing it. Usually, by the time the structure gets to the top, they're starting on other trades from the bottom up - cla...
grahamw SE23 Topics 289 274,463 13-08-2008, 05:49 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Central
Post: RE: Forest Hill Central

If a Housing Association buys the site there's no reason why they couldn't still sell flats on the open market - a lot of them do this. And if people have already bought flats the Housing Association ...
grahamw SE23 Topics 289 274,463 14-08-2008, 02:42 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Central
Post: RE: Forest Hill Central

Given the choice of a few more one bed flats in a completed development, or a concrete shell for the next few years (or maybe more..) which would you choose? Personally If the change to more one be...
grahamw SE23 Topics 289 274,463 15-08-2008, 03:46 PM
  Thread: Crime map of Forest Hill
Post: RE: Crime map of Forest Hill

Presumably the met will be targeting SE london and 'high' crime areas to try to balance the map.... yeah right.:mad:
grahamw SE23 Topics 14 30,886 17-08-2008, 09:20 AM
  Thread: The planning system
Post: RE: The planning system

(ok I'll bite, with apologies for a long post to come...) Planning law + policy stifles [i]uncontrolled[/i] development, but it does not stifle progress. In fact, it forces developers (and this inc...
grahamw Wider Topics 23 21,289 27-08-2008, 10:08 AM
  Thread: The planning system
Post: RE: The planning system

Unless it's in my back yard.....;)
grahamw Wider Topics 23 21,289 27-08-2008, 10:15 AM
  Thread: The planning system
Post: RE: The planning system

Brian, Sherwood and Gingernuts (and all those who think that the 'problem' is immigration) I hope you can all say that you / your families have been living in London since it began a couple of m...
grahamw Wider Topics 23 21,289 27-08-2008, 05:12 PM
  Thread: The planning system
Post: RE: The planning system

I'm not going to get drawn into your argument, Brian. I believe the thread is supposed to be about 'the planning system' and not immigration. If anyone has anything sensible to add.....?
grahamw Wider Topics 23 21,289 27-08-2008, 06:03 PM
  Thread: The planning system
Post: RE: The planning system

(Sherwood - I'm glad you don't think immigration is a problem. I did not call you a racist, but I apologise if I misread your views.) In reply to BD, The point you make is interesting; A desire fo...
grahamw Wider Topics 23 21,289 28-08-2008, 09:47 AM
  Thread: The planning system
Post: RE: The planning system

No, I wouldn't gingernuts - its an amazing building, and I think one needs to make that distinction. But It's interesting that Soane was allowed to do just that in early 1800's. I suppose I was intend...
grahamw Wider Topics 23 21,289 28-08-2008, 01:01 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

There's a stakeholder meeting tonight - will be interesting to hear what the current state of play is...
grahamw SE23 Topics 2,074 2,045,324 28-08-2008, 01:07 PM
  Thread: Gated communities
Post: RE: Gated communities

An interesting thread BD... I was going to go off on an anti-gated community post.... but then I read this; http://www.wmin.ac.uk/page-2903 I would have said that gated communities are a dreadfu...
grahamw Wider Topics 21 22,192 09-12-2008, 01:55 PM
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