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08-08-2013, 03:09 PM

Thread: Upholsterer
Post: Upholsterer

I am looking for a very good Upholsterer in the area for two armchairs and dining chairs. Does anybody have someone to recommend? Have you used their service and did you find it of high standard? p...

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30-07-2013, 04:01 PM

Thread: bookcase and mirror
Post: RE: bookcase and mirror

[attachment=2107]attached are photographs. I live in the Horniman Area and am open to offers.The bookcase has 6 shelves and is good for oversized books. It is an ex Habitat/John Lewis - model mid 1980...

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03-07-2013, 05:09 PM

Thread: bookcase and mirror
Post: bookcase and mirror

Hi all, I have a nice bookcase which I am selling due to lack of space. It is honey oak colour 2mt tall, 70 cm wide, 29 cm depth. Price �50. Buyers collect. I also have a medium sized wall mirror ...

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02-07-2013, 12:59 PM

Thread: Looking for osteopath
Post: Looking for osteopath

Can anybody recommend a good osteopath in the ForestHill/East Dulwich area? Thanks Orange

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11-12-2012, 12:02 PM

Thread: shutters or venetian blinds
Post: shutters or venetian blinds

Hi does anybody know a reputable company in the area installing either shutters or venetian blinds without charging the moon? I live in a 30's style house with bay windows. How much is the normal pri...

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23-10-2012, 10:24 AM

Thread: Donate food at Sainsbury�s Forest Hill and help fight food poverty in the UK this Oct
Post: RE: Donate food at Sainsbury�s Forest Hill and hel...

I agree with you. If Sainsbury would not put prices up as they do every single day, perhaps many people on benefits would be able to afford the basic and good quality food for their children. It appe...

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09-10-2012, 12:25 PM

Thread: Donate food at Sainsbury�s Forest Hill and help fight food poverty in the UK this Oct
Post: RE: Donate food at Sainsbury�s Forest Hill and hel...

Why doesn't Sainsbury give food to the poor themselves? They are a multi million pound company, why do they need us? The back of their stores is full of by date goods thrown away unnecessary. Why don...

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03-10-2012, 10:58 AM

Thread: Window cleaner
Post: Window cleaner

Can anybody suggest me a trustworthy person/company in Forest Hill cleaning residential windows, including frames? How much a window cleaner charges these days? Many thanks

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07-09-2012, 10:50 AM

Thread: Window cleaning
Post: Window cleaning

I wish to have a recommendation for a good residential window cleaning company in FH and surroundings, to clean my house windows, glass and PVC frames. I wish to have honest trustworthy people who do...

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25-07-2012, 11:57 AM

Thread: Development in Westwood Park
Post: RE: Development in Westwood Park

I don't know the number of the house, but it is just after Horniman drive when you go down the hill after the white houses

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20-07-2012, 02:20 PM

Thread: Development in Westwood Park
Post: Development in Westwood Park

I was walkimg in Westwood Park the other day and saw a building going on uphill near the big bungalow, which is on sale and boarding the Horniman Gardens. One of the workers said the owner of the bu...

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20-07-2012, 10:25 AM

Thread: Lewisham Market fortnight 28 April
Post: RE: Lewisham Market fortnight 28 April

Well, whatever area available, a street market would be welcome. I do my shopping in sainsburys or any other supermarket by car, but if there was a local market or few stalls available with fresh prod...

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18-04-2012, 11:33 AM

Thread: Lewisham Market fortnight 28 April
Post: RE: Lewisham Market fortnight 28 April

well, Honor Oak is a bit far for me, I would prefer the one behind sainsbury for two reasons, a) is not so intrusive, b) availability of local organic produce against Sainsburys long time stored food.

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17-04-2012, 12:42 PM

Thread: Lewisham Market fortnight 28 April
Post: RE: Lewisham Market fortnight 28 April

It seems to me that all the good areas have been occupied by car parks and Sainsburys. If they would close some car parks once a week for market, it would be great. Why has Sainsburys in FH all that c...

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17-04-2012, 09:57 AM

Thread: Strange door call from a company called "Love Film"
Post: RE: Strange door call from a company called "Love ...

Millie I agree with you. my sky box is full of films recorded during the week, but I have to delete some because it gets too full and I haven't got so much time on my hands to watch them. There are s...

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16-04-2012, 02:35 PM

Thread: Strange door call from a company called "Love Film"
Post: RE: Strange door call from a company called "Love ...

thank God I did not open the door. We had so many burglaries in this area recently. I don't understand why Amazon needs to send people around to subscribe. With Sky and all the other channels availabl...

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16-04-2012, 12:34 PM

Thread: Strange door call from a company called "Love Film"
Post: Strange door call from a company called "Love Film...

Hi, I had a strange call at my door last week from a young guy, well dressed in a light brown suit. I opened the front door, thinking it was my husband coming home from work. As soon as I saw this g...

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16-04-2012, 11:34 AM

Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

How many objections have been sent so far? Is the TLRA involved? Are your neighbours willing to support your objections? Again Lewisham councillors don't care of how people living in the area feel abo...

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16-04-2012, 11:16 AM

Thread: Lewisham Market fortnight 28 April
Post: RE: Lewisham Market fortnight 28 April

I always wondered why Forest Hill has not got a street market like Catford and Lewisham? why can't we have one of our own? Would the space behind the station be appropriate? or may be the triangle or ...

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16-04-2012, 11:01 AM

Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application

I have been at the Cafe' a couple of times and did not find the food to be of particularly good quality, also expensive compared to other places in Lordship Lane.

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16-04-2012, 10:53 AM

Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

Is the TLRA doing anything bout this new application? Are they providing objection to the new planning application?

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16-04-2012, 10:51 AM

Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application

It is not the licence of selling alcohol which is worrying, but the fact many people go over the top drinking in front of their children. Then they have to drive!!! It is still a place where families...

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23-03-2012, 12:46 PM

Thread: Recycling Rubbish Inspection
Post: RE: Recycling Rubbish Inspection

Didn't they put a leaflet through the door to inform us of the changes? I remember I read it on lewisham Life but vaguely remember the leaflet left in the post box.

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23-03-2012, 12:28 PM

Thread: Library at the Horniman Museum
Post: RE: Library at the Horniman Museum

what a lovely experience for the kids to sleep in the library, I hope all those mummified animals did not scare them. I will go one day to the Museum and ask more information on the library.

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22-03-2012, 05:15 PM

Thread: Recycling Rubbish Inspection
Post: RE: Recycling Rubbish Inspection

Yeah but not a body! Poor chap.

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22-03-2012, 05:11 PM

Thread: Recycling Rubbish Inspection
Post: Recycling Rubbish Inspection

This morning at around 6.00 a.m. my husband saw a woman dresed with a Lewisham Council badge opening up the recycling bin, check and take notice of what was inside. Has any early bird seen anything l...

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21-03-2012, 01:07 PM

Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: The Horniman and the 14,999

has anybody objected to the sale of alcohol in the park/gardens? The Horniman Gardens are part of Fores Hill and the Cafe' has become the new Meeting place, the one to be seen. So what does everybo...

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21-03-2012, 12:58 PM

Thread: Library at the Horniman Museum
Post: RE: Library at the Horniman Museum

that's the only thing I want to know if anybody has been there and if it is easy to borrow books or consult it during the week. I know there is a note outside saying that you have to make an appointme...

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21-03-2012, 12:51 PM

Thread: Library at the Horniman Museum
Post: Library at the Horniman Museum

That beautiful library in the Horniman Gardens/Museum. Is it open to the public? Does anybody know how to get in there? Has anybody used it?

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20-03-2012, 05:27 PM

Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

Is Piplings registered with Company's House as business? Do they pay VAT? Do they pay the council commercial rates or domestic ones? What happens if they succeed to have the covenant taken out and the...

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09-03-2012, 03:50 PM

Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

Piplings, You should not have published a document with people's names and addresses on. What do you wish to get out of this? As someone else said, councillors are politicians who make mistakes. I ...

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08-03-2012, 02:31 PM

Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

Cellar Door, I only asked a question. I didn't ask you to get on your high horse and whip me together with other bullies on this forum, as you are all doing to everybody who may disagree with you! I...

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07-03-2012, 04:50 PM

Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

Can anybody make me understanding this? I don't know if the nursery is still functioning. Is it still going on? If not have children been accommodated somewhere else? Has any parent lost money in thi...

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07-03-2012, 02:42 PM

Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

The Association has always considered membership based on one household (house)and not on individual persons. It has been like this for decades, even before Piplings owners moved to the area, so why ...

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05-03-2012, 11:18 AM

Thread: Supermarkets
Post: RE: Supermarkets

Michael, I don't read the Sun! I read the article on Which website itself: [u]QUOTE:[/u] Don't fall for creative food labels says Which? Supermarkets are using fiction to sell products 13 Fe...

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15-02-2012, 06:12 PM

Thread: Supermarkets
Post: RE: Supermarkets

A Which report states that supermarkets invent location names to label their food sources/origin, but these places do not exist. Articles on daily newspapers reported it today.

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15-02-2012, 12:55 PM

Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Planning Application: IndoBangla / Honor Oak T...

Tinkerbell thank you for the Brockley website link. I didn't know there was a lovely market like that nearby. I knew the one in Lewisham, but not this one. I will try to go there. I normally shop in...

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14-02-2012, 01:13 PM

Thread: Forest Hill Photos
Post: RE: Forest Hill Photos

I knew the owners of Place Bakeries. they had a chain of bakeries in the ED and FH areas which eventally were sold. They moved out of ED to East Sussex, but died around 2001-2003. They were lovely peo...

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14-02-2012, 11:41 AM

Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Planning Application: IndoBangla / Honor Oak T...

Tinkerbell, I agree with you. Sainsbury food is not always good as it looks. I have had terrible experiences shopping both at the local SB and big stores. To liven up the area a Simply M&S would ha...

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14-02-2012, 11:28 AM

Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

If the matter was "cut and dry", It would never been brought to court.

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09-02-2012, 06:03 PM

Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

The planning permission was also conditional and was to be revalued after three years from the issuing date. The travel plans presented to the council, indicated each child coming from these areas: ...

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09-02-2012, 05:42 PM

Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

I am not suggesting anything, just saying there was an activity going on already prior to the changes into a nursery. That activity seemed to be acceptable by everybody. What concerns me is a) the a...

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07-02-2012, 01:25 PM

Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

This is an advet from Piplings on the east Dulwich Forum. The activity was started before any application, approval, ofsted checks were done as you can see: Quote: [u]Re: Play Groups in East Dulwi...

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07-02-2012, 12:04 PM

Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

I have read the planning application and council meetings diaries etc. I can see that the owners of the nursery were already doing a sort of business before, involving children ie. music teaching, but...

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06-02-2012, 04:06 PM

Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

ladywotlunches, you are right, I am not in possession of all facts not having followed this thread since the outset. As to being bored of this matter, this is my own prerogative and not for you to te...

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03-02-2012, 04:05 PM

Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

Roz, people in the area are worried about the future, so there will be lots of "ifs" and buts". Things would have been fine for a home child minder activity for 4-5 children, but to accommodate 24 c...

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03-02-2012, 03:25 PM

Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

If there is a covenant to protect the area, which is a natural beauty spot in London (the next high hill is Hampstead Heath), with the Horniman Gardens and the nature reserve nearby, that covenant sho...

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03-02-2012, 02:06 PM

Thread: Hairdressers SE23
Post: RE: Hairdressers SE23

I used Roche in Lordship Lane, opposite the Plough - Simon is a good hairdresser. For colour and hair cut he chaarges less than �40.

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03-02-2012, 12:13 PM

We used Prisley Chimney established in 1841) fo our chimney. Thye do Brush and Vacuum, Cowls, Roofing, Guttering, Instalaltion and Repair Works. Available 7 days a week, competitive prices. Tel 01474 ...