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Thread: Local State Secondary Schools
Post: RE: Local State Secondary Schools
| Hi
Dont be put off by the outside of a school like i was, i kept my son at home for 6 weeks in 2006 as he did not get into Graveney School in Tooting [ apologies for intruding on FH forum - however... |
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Thread: Local State Secondary Schools
Post: RE: Local State Secondary Schools
| The incident happened a few years ago - think maybe the school has moved on since then
Not sure if other schools on Forest Hill area do as they do at Chestnut Grove, at 15.00 when the children are ... |
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13-10-2009, 08:34 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill in a flood plain? Insurance issues.
Post: RE: Forest Hill in a flood plain? Insurance issues...
| ?400 for contents insurance = seems a bit high to me, why dont you try a different broker/insurer, i went on line and only paid ?78 - with the insurer being AXA, and this covers contents up to ?60k pl... |
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15-10-2009, 08:28 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill in a flood plain? Insurance issues.
Post: RE: Forest Hill in a flood plain? Insurance issues...
| BT - think you may have hit the nail on the head there - however still find it hard to believe that Tooting would be cheaper to insure than Forest Hill, as i dont think crime is that bad in FH or is i... |
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15-10-2009, 09:03 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill in a flood plain? Insurance issues.
Post: RE: Forest Hill in a flood plain? Insurance issues...
| Thanks for that - bit surprised, then maybe i dont get there that often |
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15-10-2009, 09:47 AM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| This time last year - the cost of the tube from Tooting Broadway to Elephant & Castle using Oyster PASYG was ?1, in Jan 2010 - it will be ?1.30 which is a staggering 30% increase - quite absurd as wit... |
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16-10-2009, 09:51 AM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| Yes i was aware that we currently have a Labour Goverenment - i was saying dont get sucked into the idea that a Tory Government would be good for the Working Class people - think back to the wonderful... |
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16-10-2009, 10:23 AM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| Snazy - i dont recall mentioning that they had anything to do with public transport, if you think a 30% increase in travel which my fares would have risen since this time last year up to Jan 2010 is g... |
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16-10-2009, 10:30 AM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| Maybe the reason that some [ 80% ] of kids travel by bus is becasue they cannot get into their local schools [ see my thread in secondary schools ]
?1 to travel by car from the West - good work if ... |
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16-10-2009, 01:15 PM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| Not sure I quite get the bit about travelling from the West for ?1
You were the one who said it had dropped to under ?1 to drive from the West to Central London - hence the reason they had all sta... |
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16-10-2009, 02:12 PM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| If schools are using it to save money - then i think you are correct with the fact that kids maybe should only have free travel at certain times of maybe give them a travel pass if they need to travel... |
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16-10-2009, 03:14 PM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| Then if there is a massive black hole in TFL finances, why does the Goverenmnet not shore it up like they did with all the big finance houses & bankers in the city who are now getting very nice big bo... |
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19-10-2009, 09:36 AM |
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Thread: Local State Secondary Schools
Post: RE: Local State Secondary Schools
| Appears to have gone very quiet - so everyone must be happy with the schools in FH - all i know is i think it is a very good place to live and given the chance - will move back hopefully very soon |
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19-10-2009, 09:40 AM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| It used to be that fares had to be put up in large-ish % so that change was easier to give out - but with Oyster that's no longer the case - why can't an Oyster fare be ?1.18? Having said that, fares ... |
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19-10-2009, 01:40 PM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| Well said dotcom - people must have short memories as when the tories were last in - 1979 - 1997 - i believe they were the worse years of my working life, all they care about is the rich - just like B... |
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20-10-2009, 01:09 PM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| Snazy - i do not smoke or drink - yet i chose to, then can have no moans when the cost goes up as smoking & driking are optional, travelling to work by bus./tube is not an option, it is essential - ag... |
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20-10-2009, 01:26 PM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| Fair enough snazy as i think i may have gone slightly over the top as im having a go at you and others and dont even know you
Suppose really is pointless moaning as the cost will still rise |
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20-10-2009, 02:53 PM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| "If we all sat back and said that the rise is fair and reasonable - bring it on, then pretty soon the fare would be ?120.00."
Im not saying we al should be happy with it - yet what can we do about ... |
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21-10-2009, 08:10 AM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| Well appears that maybe Boris is looking after his old etonian friends in tractor land
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8319420.stm |
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22-10-2009, 10:01 AM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| Exactly - drivers sitting around with no buses and still having to be paid, economics of the mad house
If they had put the CC up to ?25 - then maybe some of our strockbroker yuppies who drive into ... |
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22-10-2009, 01:05 PM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| They park in their companys car parks and if you dont see many, then either you helmet has blured your vision or your like all have motorcyclists - all they see is the open road ahead
Like i said ... |
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22-10-2009, 01:20 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
| I would not bother if i was you as he [ Khan ] is my local mp and is a complete waste of space - he was of no help when i had problems getting my son into a secondary school |
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22-10-2009, 02:42 PM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| If all parties are supposed to be all for green issues - can someone please explain why if i travel to Tooting to Sutton or Croydon by bus with the family - the cost is ?4 for all of us, however if i ... |
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23-10-2009, 08:48 AM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| Yes suppose that needs to be taken into account - however i was just saying that it is still cheaper to drive and park than travel by bus if you exclude these |
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23-10-2009, 09:54 AM |
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Thread: Hashemite Kingdom of............
Post: RE: Hashemite Kingdom of............
| No Brian Clough was the messiah - who then passed that mantle onto Jose Morinho |
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Thread: Hashemite Kingdom of............
Post: RE: Hashemite Kingdom of............
| It certaintly is Brian - yet very sadly it sells papers and mags - i should know as i work for a mig publishing company
Jordan aka Katie is hardly an example to the children is she, then people won... |
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23-10-2009, 03:05 PM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| You once travelled on 18 buses for ?3.30 on one day - find that quite hard to believe as the Oyster payg fare is ?1 for each journey
What did you do all day, spend it travelling on buses ? |
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03-11-2009, 10:29 AM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| No I did not post before thinking, I posted before I knew as I only travel one way on the bus to work, then home by tube, so know really nothing about capping as it does not really affect me, so pleas... |
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03-11-2009, 03:10 PM |
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Thread: Fares increases
Post: RE: Fares increases
| dont blame you - think i will have to start to cycle to work
waste really moaning as they will not put the fares down |
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03-11-2009, 04:55 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
| After reading all the threads - i think i may count muself lucky that i can use the tube/bus/train for work and social - yet on saying that i still beleive that FH is a better place to live than Tooti... |
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04-11-2009, 11:40 AM |
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Thread: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
Post: RE: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
| So what are you saying Ryananglem - we should not put people in prison who commit crimes ?
Agree that some people do commit crimes out of need yet if we go along with what i think your saying - wou... |
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12-11-2009, 02:32 PM |
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Thread: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
Post: RE: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
| You may not find so radical if you have ever been the victim of one these sort of attacks.
With most of these sort of people - it matters not how educated they are or if they hace a nice home, the ... |
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12-11-2009, 04:09 PM |
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Thread: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
Post: RE: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
| Ex FH Pat,
G-block itself, where most of the teenage G-block gang lived, is probably a group of lovely cottages on a leafy lane - in fact I'll make some sandwiches and have a picnic there this weeke... |
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13-11-2009, 08:55 AM |
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Thread: Fix Factor
Post: Fix Factor
| So after my little rants about crime etc - what about the crime of the century, calling Fix Factor a singing competition, come on, all it is, is a way to make Cowell bucket loads of dosh, i mean if a... |
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13-11-2009, 10:12 AM |
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Thread: Arthur Dorrell
Post: RE: Arthur Dorrell
| I believe he built the flats in London Road where i once lived [ the park & park hill ], there used to be a hall called Dorrell Hall along London Road, just across the road from Sainsburys i think it ... |
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13-11-2009, 03:18 PM |
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Thread: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
Post: RE: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
| Perryman
You must have me mistaken with someone else - right wing, never
Yes agree that we should start from when kisd are yound with education etc - however that does not mean that if they then... |
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13-11-2009, 03:25 PM |
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Thread: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
Post: RE: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
| Gingernuts - you started off your thread very well, then had to write complete nonsense - yes agree with what you say about Goverenment policies etc, yet if people commit violent crime, then they shou... |
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16-11-2009, 09:27 AM |
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Thread: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
Post: RE: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
| Apologies Gingernuts - thought you second paragragh was tongue in cheek |
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Thread: Fix Factor
Post: RE: Fix Factor
| The one thing i know is that i would love to give Lucie one |
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16-11-2009, 02:30 PM |
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Thread: Fix Factor
Post: RE: Fix Factor
| agree with you brian - normally i have to wacth having 2 kids at home - however this weekend i refused and last night instead of recording Ray Mears in Canada - i watched it
i would still love to g... |
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16-11-2009, 03:58 PM |
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Thread: Fix Factor
Post: RE: Fix Factor
| Highly unlikely that i will ever meet Lucie and even more unlikely that she would have the remotest interest in me
Factor is like all the other reality progs - gross and just after making as much m... |
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17-11-2009, 09:15 AM |
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Thread: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
Post: RE: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
| Wonder if anyone has seen the front of todays Evening Standard
Let me enlighten you - boy of 16 attacked by mob of 20 at bus stop, stabbed and in a stable but serious way
Suppose they did it be... |
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17-11-2009, 03:13 PM |
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Thread: Fix Factor
Post: MOVE THREAD TO FIX FACTOR
| Well what fantastic news - 1st Jedward get kicked off fix Factor, then that thing called Katie Price leaves the Jungle show - heaven, even better was watching Ray Mears, would fully re-commend, howeve... |
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23-11-2009, 03:11 PM |
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Thread: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
Post: RE: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
| yet more poorly educated children & under class - so what do we do with these then, send them on Safari
A GIRL was gang-raped at knifepoint by three teenage boys who filmed the attack on a mobile p... |
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25-11-2009, 12:27 PM |
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Thread: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
Post: RE: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
| Not trying to prove anything - just saying that we with some people, it matters not how educated they are or what class they hail, some will always be scummy & commit horrible crimes
I fully agree ... |
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26-11-2009, 02:48 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
| Well from 2015 FH may be getting a welcome extra service with Thameslink, however the Sutton/Wimbldon loop which services Streatham/Tooting will not as the proposal is for that line to cease and have ... |
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Thread: Our Police Force - A Time To Reflect
Post: Our Police Force - A Time To Reflect
| Maybe today we should think for a min or two and be thankful that we have them as today is when the brave bobby in Cumbria laid to rest, afterall he was just a normal married family man who was servin... |
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27-11-2009, 12:21 PM |
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Thread: Christmas Events in SE23
Post: RE: Christmas Events in SE23
| It is indeed an inpressive line up - just makes me sure than ever that i must move back to FH
I know a few people have complained about FH, however compared to other areas, i think it is a great pl... |
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06-12-2009, 12:32 PM |
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Thread: Seasons Greetings
Post: Seasons Greetings
| As we are now fast approaching the Season of goodwill, thought i would write a little message to the good people of FH & surrounding areas
Have a lovely Christmas & a Happy, Peaceful, Prosperous & ... |
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Thread: Snow!!!
Post: RE: Snow!!!
| Then I take it that FH is still very bad, im due to pay a visit to see my mother on Saturday - she lives opposite the Esso petrol garage in London Road, would imagine the safest bet is to leave the ca... |
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