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Thread: Crystal Palace Park
Post: RE: Crystal Palace Fireworks 2007
| We went to a display at a local pub - loads of fireworks, huge bonfire, beer, reasonably priced BBQ, drinks, clean loos, very child friendly, no huge crowds, more beer, no fascists confiscating sparkl... |
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05-11-2007, 05:41 PM |
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Thread: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
| I seem to remember that the one opposite (now Jumping Bean) used to be a greengrocers.
I think we have enough evening eateries (and that Le Querce is overrated!), but that it would be a great loc... |
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06-11-2007, 04:04 PM |
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Thread: Swimming locally
Post: RE: Swimming locally
| Beckenham Spa - admittedly a drive away, but very nice and clean. Big pool usually has 3 lanes roped off for up & down swimming only, and supposedly split slow, medium & fast - so speedy types don't... |
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06-11-2007, 08:32 PM |
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Thread: Tennis near FH
Post: RE: Tennis in FH
| There are public courts at Hilly Fields and I've seen signs for a tennis club in Sydenham, on the road to Penge, near St. Christopher's Hospice. I think there's also something next to the Homebase at... |
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06-11-2007, 08:48 PM |
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Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Who is in HOP, Who is in Forest Hill?
| HOP here, though I'm another "halfway up the hill" case, but more like three quarters.
The post office definitely thinks I'm Forest Hill in all those automatic find your address from the postcode... |
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09-11-2007, 02:15 PM |
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Thread: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
Post: RE: How to stop Jehova's Witnesses?
| An ex-boyfriend of mine invited them in for a cup of tea and a discussion on the merits of devil worship (believe me, he looked the type) - they made their excuses and left, never to return...
I'm ... |
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09-11-2007, 02:38 PM |
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Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Who is in HOP, Who is in Forest Hill?
| Ok, from the map posted by Ghis, it would seem that the One Tree Hill area and the top of Devonshire Road are Honor Oak and from the station to the other side of Stillness is Honor Oak Park.
Hono... |
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09-11-2007, 02:49 PM |
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Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
| I'm voting elsewhere - see discussion on the other thread on Park or not Park... |
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09-11-2007, 02:51 PM |
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Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
| [quote=roz]
This is nice, but can I ask where this thread is leading?
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Does it matter? |
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09-11-2007, 08:38 PM |
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Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
| [quote=robwinton]
[quote=shzl400]
[quote=roz]
This is nice, but can I ask where this thread is leading?
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Does it matter?
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Just like London buses, you wait for an hour to res... |
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09-11-2007, 09:01 PM |
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Thread: The Perry Hill SE6
Post: The Perry Hill SE6
| [quote=honoracorn]
If you take a look at this week's Time Out, you will in fact see a review of the Perry Hill, and quite a good one at that http://www.timeout.com/london/bars/reviews/11754.html I kn... |
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12-11-2007, 11:10 AM |
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Thread: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
| [quote=evanick]
People do not usually walk, unless they have small children and take them for a walk. otherwise, they just jump in the car and drive somewhere where the shops (or supermarkets are) I ... |
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12-11-2007, 02:44 PM |
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Thread: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
| [quote=evanick]
We need a bakery here, like the one in Sydenham "Cake Shop" or Nunhead. Good selection of cakes, bread to buy and a table or two to sit and have a coffee would be great.
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12-11-2007, 07:17 PM |
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Thread: Christmas Shopping in SE23
Post: RE: Christmas Shopping in SE23
| Regrettably not very much, unless you count Sainsbury's.
There is no toy shop, no bookshop, no kids clothes shop and no consumer electronics shop .... unless you count Smith's, who could have a cla... |
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13-11-2007, 01:53 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale Ward meeting 29/10/07
Post: RE: Perry Vale Ward meeting 29/10/07
| Am I right in thinking that there is another 10 grand for the Forest Hill ward (Feakes et al) as opposed to the Perry Vale ward? Who is deciding about that money? |
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13-11-2007, 02:13 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale Ward meeting 29/10/07
Post: RE: Perry Vale Ward meeting 29/10/07
| [quote=michael]
The underpass will be significantly improved as part of the section 106 agreement from the Berkeley Homes development (Forest Hill Central).
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Speaking of Sn. 106 deals, ... |
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13-11-2007, 08:42 PM |
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Thread: FH on the telly
Post: RE: FH on the telly
| There was a "Location, Location, Location" in FH some time ago. I seem to remember Kirsty and I can't remember the chap's name were quite keen on the place. |
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13-11-2007, 08:46 PM |
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Thread: Christmas Shopping in SE23
Post: RE: Christmas Shopping in SE23
| Sorry, that should be C[u]B[/u] Partystores. Big them up, they're great and they don't get enough mentions on this site! |
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13-11-2007, 08:51 PM |
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Thread: Number Theory
Post: RE: Number theory
| [quote=Ooperlooper]
7 reasons why books are better than iPods:
1. You can't learn much from an iPod (except from a very narrow range of podcasts), but there's almost no topic that you can't get a ... |
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13-11-2007, 11:50 PM |
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Thread: Gambling
Post: RE: Gambling
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Straw poll - who here actually uses the bookies? I've never used one here as think gambling is for ninnies; a tax on stupidity if anything.
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I confess! I have used a bookies ... |
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14-11-2007, 11:42 AM |
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Thread: Gambling
Post: RE: Gambling
| [quote=pvp]
... gambling is for ninnies; a tax on stupidity if anything.
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I'll bet :) there are quite a few people out there who have shares on the stock market and anyone who "plays" th... |
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14-11-2007, 11:51 AM |
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Thread: (ex) Mercury TV - Perry Vale
Post: RE: (ex) Mercury TV - Perry Vale
| [quote=michael]
[quote=nevermodern]
....when did it all go wrong last time round?
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Amazingly we still have MacKays who have stuck in Forest Hill for many years but nobody ever mentions o... |
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14-11-2007, 02:14 PM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: WH Smith - what do you think?
| One would hope that there would be a refurb. before the post office moved in? |
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14-11-2007, 08:01 PM |
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Thread: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
| [quote=mljay]
Do you know that there is a hairdresser/salon called Attractions on Brockley Rise. And a nail bar on Brockley Rise. And a hairdresser on the HOP parade. I wonder how many more hair a... |
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15-11-2007, 11:15 AM |
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Thread: Number Theory
Post: RE: Number theory
| [quote=Ooperlooper]
11th December?
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The supposed date for re-opening of FH library. |
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15-11-2007, 11:46 AM |
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Thread: Flattened Pillar Box
Post: RE: Flattened Pillar Box
| [quote=Ian]
We should have Speed Humps/Sleeping Policeman on the roads
to stop this from happening !!
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Nooooooo! No more of these hideous excrescences!!! Besides, their purpose is t... |
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15-11-2007, 11:51 AM |
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Thread: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
| [quote=Jon Lloyd]
Never mind the botox, where's the cake shop!
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Scroll back up to posts nos. 24 and 25 of this thread ..... |
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15-11-2007, 12:51 PM |
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Thread: Gambling
Post: RE: Gambling
| [quote=nevermodern]
I'll personally be very surprised if William Hill retain the other shop. Please say I told you so when I'm wrong! :)
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Agreed, nevermodern!
Just by way of comparison... |
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15-11-2007, 02:28 PM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: WH Smith - what do you think?
| With you, Sue!
I don't suppose there are any plans for what will now be a large, empty post office unit? |
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15-11-2007, 02:31 PM |
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Thread: Housing market
Post: RE: New Apartments off Dartmouth road
| [quote=ab3]
My view (or rather a view that I read somewhere and thing is probably right) is that if a price crash did occur, London is unlikely to be affected (as much or at all) compared to the rest... |
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15-11-2007, 02:52 PM |
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Thread: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Fireplace shop on Honor Oak Park
| [quote=evanick]
that is for women mainly, men do not use these salons.
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No all over body wax then, evanick?
I also understand that beard electrolysis is popular with thesp types, m... |
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15-11-2007, 05:04 PM |
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Thread: Housing market
Post: RE: Property market
| What Ian is describing is a recession - remember them, we had them in the 60's and 70's, when we had a cyclical economy and then along came the 80's with all the madness that entailed, markets changed... |
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15-11-2007, 08:39 PM |
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Thread: Housing market
Post: RE: Property market
| Try Moneyfacts (http://www.moneyfacts.co.uk/mortgages/bestbuys/fixed-rate-mortgage-ne.aspx) or www.fool.co.uk.
Don't forget to add in any fees etc. They vary widely and may, especially on shorte... |
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16-11-2007, 10:37 AM |
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Thread: Class divisions in FH
Post: RE: Class divisions in FH
| [quote=Ian]
[quote=thenutfield]
It's official now, the centre of FH is in Perry Vale....just ask Berkley Homes!! Al you lot on the Stanstead road side are in the quaint old town.
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What ... |
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16-11-2007, 10:43 AM |
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Thread: Owl Spotting
Post: RE: Tawit tawooo, I'm an owl.
| [quote=Woody]
Amazing, there is a Tawny Owl out there tonight somewhere near Hengrave Road. I was told that there was a pair in Nunhead Cemetery but this is the first time I have heard them in SE23.... |
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16-11-2007, 10:54 AM |
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Thread: Owl Spotting
Post: RE: Tawit tawooo, I'm an owl.
| Further clarification on owl - I understand that you can tell whether it's male or female, depending on whether it goes too-whit or too-whoo (but I don't know which way round it is...). When you hear... |
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16-11-2007, 11:05 AM |
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Thread: SE23.com welcome picture
Post: RE: SE23.com welcome picture
| There is an SE23 site on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=se23
to which I note that robwinton is a contributor! |
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16-11-2007, 11:13 AM |
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Thread: Class divisions in FH
Post: RE: Class divisions in FH
| [quote=Ian]
shzl400: That is Dulwich, it's SE22
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Technically true, Ian, but realistically about as much as Perry Vale being the centre of FH, which was the point. |
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16-11-2007, 01:13 PM |
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Thread: Gambling
Post: RE: Gambling
| [quote=thenutfield]
Jeez, council estate = bookies!! Nice to know stereotyping is alive and well in SE23.
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Regrettable, but true - this is how the bookies (and all other firms) decid... |
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16-11-2007, 01:19 PM |
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Thread: Housing market
Post: RE: Property market
| [quote=Ghis]
.... speak to a good IFA.
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I've never managed to find one! I know there are lists to search, like unbiased (sponsored by product providers, so is it really?), but I've never... |
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16-11-2007, 02:21 PM |
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Thread: Birds Of Prey
Post: RE: Bird Of Prey in SE23 (Forest Hill)
| There's also a bird of prey of some sort that nests at SELCHP, the incinerator opposite Millwall football ground. They provide it with special nesting boxes. Apparently, the high, bare walls look li... |
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16-11-2007, 08:44 PM |
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Thread: Class divisions in FH
Post: RE: Class divisions in FH
| [quote=Ian]
shzl400: How about we call that area (Streamline/Harvester) the "Forest Hill Gateway"?
It's got a trendy ring to it.
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I like that!
BD, sorry, as a bit of a newbie, I'm lo... |
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18-11-2007, 12:11 AM |
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Thread: SE23.com welcome picture
Post: RE: SE23.com welcome picture
| My beloved (zx9) has uploaded a few of his recent snaps on the Flickr site - use 'em if you want!
I particularly like the concept of Lewisham mowing Blythe Hill in November and after a frost - t... |
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18-11-2007, 12:19 AM |
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Thread: Fireworks at 6am!
Post: RE: Fireworks at 6am!
| You beat me too it Sue - I too was rudely awakened this morning. Do these people stay up all night or do they get up especially early? |
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19-11-2007, 11:03 AM |
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Thread: SE23.com's 5th Birthday
Post: RE: SE23.com's 5th Birthday
| Surely it would have to be a smiley!
I tried to put all the smileys in this message, but I got a message:
Please correct the following errors before continuing:
The message you entered contai... |
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19-11-2007, 12:35 PM |
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Thread: Fireworks at 6am!
Post: RE: Fireworks at 6am!
| I got out of bed and looked out of the window - and did actually see the fireworks. I'd have said they were further up the hill than Woodcombe Crescent - maybe Benson or Tyson Roads? |
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19-11-2007, 04:14 PM |
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Thread: Fires
Post: RE: Fires
| Most of London is supposed to be "smoke free" under the Clean Air acts of the 50's and 60's, when London pea-souper smogs were common, fewer houses had central heating and many relied on open fires as... |
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19-11-2007, 09:04 PM |
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Thread: Fires
Post: RE: Fires
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You have to burn smokeless fuel. I am not sure if logs count as smokeless.
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I don't think they do - the website mentioned above lists a variety of coke, Ziplogs and briqu... |
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20-11-2007, 12:08 AM |
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Thread: Ken may bid for control of Southern
Post: RE: Ken may bid for control of Southern
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Done.
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But for us latecomers to the thread, what was it before? |
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21-11-2007, 03:54 PM |
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Thread: Bookgroup
Post: RE: Bookgroup
| Try Bar Equal in Honor Oak - following lifted from their website (needs updating, methinks)
EQUAL 'WRITES' Book Club - The next meeting is on Monday 20 August 'The Testament of Gideon Mack' by Jame... |
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