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Thread: Jumping the ticket barriers
Post: RE: Jumping the ticket barriers at HOP station
| There is a point in complaining. It should mean someone looks into it. Even putting my cynical hat on the worst outcome is that nothing happens and you've wasted at most five minutes. I think it's mor... |
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08-11-2011, 02:21 PM |
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Thread: We want to buy a house in Honor Oak
Post: RE: We want to buy a house in Honor Oak
| Good stuff.
We're also wanting to buy a house in Honor Oak Park. For us it's got it all: we can still cycle to work; the transport is good and will get better; there's a good balance of shops; t... |
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08-11-2011, 02:26 PM |
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Thread: We want to buy a house in Honor Oak
Post: RE: We want to buy a house in Honor Oak
| Cheers Shimmymister.
Am starting to understand things a bit better now - about catchment areas.
It's going to be a battle to get a place where we want, but a battle we haven't yet started |
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08-11-2011, 09:23 PM |
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Thread: We want to buy a house in Honor Oak
Post: RE: We want to buy a house in Honor Oak
| Nutfield - some fair points, but a bit too idealistic for my taste I'm afraid.
Just to be clear, I'm not yet a parent, although I hope to be. We're trying to plan for the future, in a loose way.
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10-11-2011, 12:52 PM |
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Thread: Shooting on Forest Hill Road 3rd Nov 2011
Post: RE: Shooting on Forest Hill Road
| "can't just cry 'gang' and close the case."
Oh really?
From the story you linked to:
Last week, Detective Superintendent Gordon Allison, of Operation Trident, said the boy whose funeral it ... |
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11-11-2011, 03:59 PM |
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Thread: We want to buy a house in Honor Oak
Post: RE: We want to buy a house in Honor Oak
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11-11-2011, 04:00 PM |
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Thread: Jumping the ticket barriers
Post: RE: Jumping the ticket barriers at HOP station
| Completely agree any station staff should be doing their job and not yacking with mates outside.
There is presumably CCTV on the barriers.
If you're not happy with the response then you can go... |
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11-11-2011, 04:02 PM |
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Thread: Shooting on Forest Hill Road 3rd Nov 2011
Post: RE: Shooting on Forest Hill Road
| Hmmm. And yet it appears there were gang links on both the levels of the guy who was shot having gang contact and the funeral outside which he was shot being a gang one. There's also the general backg... |
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11-11-2011, 04:37 PM |
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Thread: Shooting on Forest Hill Road 3rd Nov 2011
Post: RE: Shooting on Forest Hill Road 3rd Nov 2011
| But as he wasn't the intended victim that's hardly the end of it. What about the guy pulling the trigger? |
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14-11-2011, 04:48 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
| That's an interesting idea, about ski-sloping the edge of the platform nearest the train upwards to make an easier train exit/entrance for people.
Would it bring up issues of skidding in slippery ... |
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09-12-2011, 04:10 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| 'The good news is that the plans (although not finalised) include at least some of our services operated by Thameslink and running through to Blackfriars, Kings Cross and beyond.'
This is the b... |
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09-12-2011, 04:06 PM |
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Thread: Parking Policy Review
Post: RE: Parking Policy Review
| I can see a case in limited circumstances. But my road is not heavily parked and there is no justification whatever for taking £120 or whatever amount off me and everyone else there per year for a sys... |
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31-08-2012, 03:32 PM |
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Thread: Rail services during the Olympics
Post: RE: Rail services during the Olympics
| They don't seem to enforce the non-folding bike rules currently.
That's because the rules are different for the Olympics - non-folding bikes are allowed after 19.00 |
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29-06-2012, 07:31 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| I thought it might be Fusion running this, just from what's on this page (I scrolled back a couple of forum pages to check).
Judging by how they've been handling the new pools in East Dulwich, whi... |
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13-08-2012, 10:59 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| I notice FH pools are part of London Open House.
So that's going to be interesting. |
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24-08-2012, 05:23 PM |
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Thread: Thameslink
Post: RE: Thameslink
| Excellent response by the looks of it, but was never sure why you were so confident that we'd get Thameslink. |
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24-08-2012, 05:24 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| Went swimming last night. Water temperature is a real triumph - at last, a pool that isn't that bit too cold. Liked the overall design very much. There aren't enough showers and they're in an odd plac... |
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18-09-2012, 11:04 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| If you two fancy chilly pools then you have your pick - East Dulwich, Peckham, Brixton... |
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18-09-2012, 04:20 PM |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank
| Bit annoying really. It's hardly secret if you have to just email someone. Anyway I've done that but had no reply. |
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20-09-2012, 09:46 AM |
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Thread: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
Post: RE: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
| For me any comparison with miners in Bolivia is utterly meaningless. I make no pretence to understand what their lives are really like, or that there is any meaningful comparison between my income or ... |
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20-09-2012, 09:57 AM |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank
| Now had a reply so get the concept a bit more. Totally agree it's nice to have but not much of a help for the area per se. Also see that big rent plus high refurb costs is a daunting start with banks ... |
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20-09-2012, 04:00 PM |
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Thread: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
Post: RE: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
| Fernglory, that's part of what I mean - the gap widening. What's particularly harsh at the moment is that the rules of deposits have lurched back to the 1960s after house price rises partly fuelled by... |
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21-09-2012, 11:32 AM |
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Thread: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
Post: RE: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
| Don't worry - not taking it personally, was hoping you weren't either.
Perhaps if it was as many as ten in one area that might have an effect. But my four properties are spread over London and out... |
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21-09-2012, 05:05 PM |
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Thread: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
Post: RE: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
| Rentysomethings is about right.
That's what I would be were it not for a previous much more lucrative job, a partner who earns far more than I do and an inheritance.
It's not just about those ... |
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25-09-2012, 11:19 AM |
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Thread: Forest Croft
Post: RE: Forest Croft
| If what Bt says is right about the freehold having been acquired then the situation should be reasonably positive.
We bought out our freehold a year and a bit ago. While it hasn't been an always-e... |
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26-09-2012, 10:55 AM |
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Thread: Garden Waste
Post: RE: Garden Waste
| That's all very well if you have a car. If you don't you have to buy the bags at a tenner for ten of them and phone up to get the stuff picked up. The service works well. |
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02-10-2012, 10:31 AM |
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Thread: 63 Honor Oak Park (ex White Wood Shop)
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Parade
| I'd rather a different business rather than yet another estate agent, but better a business than none.
Completely against any lying to the Council in the application.
Most of the off licences ... |
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18-10-2012, 02:14 PM |
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Thread: 63 Honor Oak Park (ex White Wood Shop)
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Parade
| Totally agree that clarity is what's needed. |
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25-10-2012, 04:45 PM |
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Thread: Free - Black & Decker flymo-type lawnmower - lacks power cord
Post: Free - Black & Decker flymo-type lawnmower - lacks...
| Hi,
Acquired this with our new house. It worked fine until I stupidly mowed through the electric cable. So it needs a new 3 pin plug socket to 2 pin plug on the mower cable, and will then work fin... |
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31-10-2012, 10:39 AM |
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Thread: Morning travel experiences?!
Post: RE: Morning travel experiences?!
| You won't get a seat on the Overground at that time, but it won't be unbearably crowded either (plus the carriages are air conditioned and the journey to C Water relatively short).
You'll find the... |
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16-01-2013, 06:51 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park station staff
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park station staff
| Will be semi-interesting to see what LO come back with.
Seems ironic at a time of station staff being cut in lots of places that our problem doesn't seem to be the quantity but the quality. |
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24-01-2013, 04:27 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park station staff
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park station staff
| Agree with the consensus here on this - matches my experience. I quite often find I know more about which train tickets to buy than they do, too.
Please do complain to London Overground. If we don... |
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09-01-2013, 11:15 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill and Sydenham Portas Bid
Post: Portas bid Town Team for Honor Oak Park?
| I was interested to read the first comment on this page http://www.see3.co.uk/about/
It made me wonder if there has been an attempt to get a team together to try to get Portas funding for HOP?
I... |
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13-12-2012, 05:46 PM |
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Thread: Location Location Location
Post: RE: Location Location Location
| We moved to just off Garthorne in April and love the area, having been in Honor Oak (i.e. where Honor Oak station used to be - over One Tree Hill in the direction of E Dulwich) before.
The high st... |
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04-01-2013, 01:33 PM |
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Thread: Morning travel experiences?!
Post: RE: Morning travel experiences?!
| And on top of all this, it's an ace area anyway!
Crofton Park is an option, depending on where you are in HOP and so how close you are to CP.
Similar way of doing the same thing is to ride the ... |
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18-01-2013, 01:09 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park station staff
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park station staff
| Yes, how did they manage that?
Also enjoyed watching the gateline guy watch me pretty much fall through the ticket gates, where the floor was very slippy. He just stood there, watching impassively,... |
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22-01-2013, 02:33 PM |
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Thread: Night flights consultation out
Post: Night flights consultation out
| [url=https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/night-flights-consultation]Covers Heathrow, Gatwick and Stanted[/url] |
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22-01-2013, 07:13 PM |
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Thread: Kids on motorbikes on blythe hill fields
Post: RE: Kids on motorbikes on blythe hill fields
| I heard this on BHF at the weekend and then saw one of those miniature bikes with two teenage lads on it careering down Honor Oak Park from One Tree Hill and scorching down the high street bit of Hono... |
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20-02-2013, 11:16 AM |
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Thread: Speed of cars from Honor Oak Park/Forest Hill road - does it bother anyone?
Post: RE: Speed of cars from Honor Oak Park/Forest Hill ...
| There's no effective speed enforcement from the speed camera at the southern end of Peckham Rye Park all the way to the traffic lights where Honor Oak Park joins Stondon Park.
Consequently enraged... |
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21-02-2013, 12:10 PM |
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Thread: Cycle routes from HOP to Oxford Street/West End
Post: RE: Cycle routes from HOP to Oxford Street/West En...
| That's pretty much my route, although beware that Camb N Cem shuts at night.
I use Portland, up the side of Walworth, rather than Walworth itself - which is OK but not great.
And why detour in... |
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19-09-2013, 04:09 PM |
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Thread: Managing agent recommendation - anyone know of any good ones?
Post: Managing agent recommendation - anyone know of any...
| Hello,
We are looking to change managing agents for our block of flats in SE22. Does anyone have any recommendations? We'd be really grateful.
Cheers. |
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27-09-2013, 11:03 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill - Pros and Cons?
Post: RE: Forest Hill - Pros and Cons?
| For the avoidance of confusion I talk about the ELL since 'overground' includes services to Barking, Watford, Clapham Junction, Olympia, Stratford, and Euston.
- True enough, although it's Londo... |
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03-10-2013, 04:42 PM |
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Thread: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
Post: RE: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
| I've sent my email in and hope I can help in some way. Think it's a great idea, and if done right I believe it should thrive. The Ivy House example and FHS involvement are encouraging.
The comments... |
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04-10-2013, 10:26 AM |
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Thread: Cycle routes from HOP to Oxford Street/West End
Post: RE: Cycle routes from HOP to Oxford Street/West En...
| I'd also recommend the London Cycling Campaign planner:
http://routes.lcc.org.uk/journey/ |
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04-10-2013, 10:27 AM |
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Thread: Which doctors?
Post: RE: Which doctors?
| I had the impression you could now choose, or there was more flexibility than before - worth checking.
I moved to the Jenner when I moved over the hill from Honor Oak. Disastrous place, chaoticall... |
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19-10-2013, 01:36 PM |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Planning: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (was The Old Ba...
| Boy oh boy can I not wait for this to open... |
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Thread: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
Post: RE: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
| Punch Taverns not having the right idea...whatever next? |
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Thread: To all my fellow forumites
Post: RE: To all my fellow forumites
| Yes, Happy Christmas. I was feeling it was a bit soppy to come on here and just write that.
But now that someone else has, I have the perfect excuse! |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Planning: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (was The Old Ba...
| Ach, why can't it be sooner! (I know, I know - you can see them working in there). I'm just impatient. |
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Thread: Parking controls in HOP
Post: RE: Parking controls in HOP
| I agree with the be careful what you wish for points.
Having our house renovated at the moment, and tradespeople just being able to park is a Godsend.
We don't have a car, we use the Zipcar. T... |
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