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Thread: Cycling into/through central London
Post: Cycling into/through central London
| TfL consultations are out.
North South mostly segregated cycle track from Elephant to King's Cross:
https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/cycling/northsouth
East West mostly seg. track from Tower Hi... |
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03-09-2014, 12:38 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: 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: 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: 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: (Supposedly) replacement bus service
Post: RE: (Supposedly) replacement bus service
| Make sure you complain to both Southern and TfL and tell them each that you are complaining to them and the other. Compensation vouchers should be your due at teh least I would think |
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08-10-2014, 02:12 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: 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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18-12-2013, 10:56 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: 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: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol will revert to a cinema.
| I agree about chain pubs, but I make a distinction for Wetherspoons. They have good beer, fair food, nice atmospheres, good staff, great prices, fabulous buildings that they do an alright job of looki... |
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24-06-2014, 10:24 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...
| 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: 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: Cycling into/through central London
Post: RE: Cycling into/through central London
| Yes, think E and C is a separate effort.
I think the key thing about these 2 new routes is that they are a start. If they can be done and shown to work well enough then hopefully there can be more... |
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04-09-2014, 12:16 PM |
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Thread: Down escalator at Canada Water
Post: RE: Down escalator at Canada Water
| Yes, it's not the one the OP is thinking of. Sadly. |
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29-04-2014, 12:36 PM |
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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: Gogi's Off Licence closed
Post: RE: Gogi's Off Licence closed
| Hoona - I really can't see why.
And Gogi's is dire, everyone knows that. |
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16-10-2014, 03:20 PM |
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Thread: Hills and Parkes deli up for sale
Post: RE: Hills and Parkes deli up for sale
| The criticisms on here are in my view well-founded.
It did some things well enough:
- overall look
- coffee
- bread choice (depending a bit on what you went for)
- Scotch eggs
But it fell d... |
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16-10-2014, 11:56 AM |
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Thread: Hills and Parkes deli up for sale
Post: RE: Hills and Parkes deli up for sale
| Tinkerbell - I agree with all those points. H&P pricing was way above the level those factors would take it to. I don't expect it to be S'bury's price, but I don't expect the sort of multiples it is r... |
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16-10-2014, 03:24 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park - photos from 19th century and now
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park - photos from 19th century and ...
| Agree about One Tree Hill - it's rather over-vegetated. I think there could be more of a balance between vegetation/wildlife haven and views. But it all costs money to manage - easier and cheaper to l... |
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29-07-2014, 10:37 AM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park - photos from 19th century and now
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park - photos from 19th century and ...
| Agree about the high st. Shop fronts also an issue, as all over the UK. |
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29-07-2014, 12:17 PM |
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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: 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: 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: 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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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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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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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: Lifts at Honor Oak Park station
Post: RE: Lifts at Honor Oak Park station
| Hooray!
(would have been even better if they'd been open last night when I had two bikes to haul up...) |
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Thread: Lifts at Honor Oak Park station
Post: RE: Lifts at HOP Station
| The rate of progress is staggeringly slow. |
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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: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| Indeed - but that's FROM the Jubilee line TO the Overground.
The crush point is the other way around - FROM Overground (particularly northbound) to Jubilee. Where there is only one escalator. |
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05-01-2015, 11:20 AM |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| Nick M - if only train franchising worked on the basis of logic, as you imply.
But I agree that it's not about being spoiled. The reality is that the London B service, when running, copes fine in ... |
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31-12-2014, 12:01 PM |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| Am I being dense, but how do you mean both escalators down only? There's only one escalator to make anything at the key crush point - from northbound Overground platform to Jubilee line platforms. |
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31-12-2014, 03:15 PM |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| I'm still not getting this - how would changing the up escalator to down help? It's going to the wrong place. |
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02-01-2015, 11:41 AM |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| Fine, but in terms of improving this interchange day to day for folk, what options are there beyond rebuilding?
The key pressure point is northbound ELL to Jubilee line - where for direct access th... |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| If you have to hold the train you start knackering the whole timetable, no matter how much recasting you do - surely?
And which escalator is it that you could reverse that would help with the flow ... |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| For the millionth time, NO.
I am talking about northbound Overground to Jubilee line. There is famously just one, horrendously crowded escalator. It goes down. There is no escalator to go up, so... |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| Sorry, I take it all back - that shows you're quite right. Amazing how I'd blanked that out. I still can't quite believe it's there, but the photo shows it is.
Switching that to downwards would be... |
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06-01-2015, 02:57 PM |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| Like the exit in Ikea ;-) |
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