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  Thread: Beware Forest Hill Citizens
Post: Beware Forest Hill Citizens

I have heard via my mum that someone was mugged in Taymouny Rise just before Easter - it was a young lady who had her arm broken by the mugger [ scum ], so please take care and be aware when walking d...
Ex FH Pat SE23 Topics 2 4,635 14-04-2010, 02:07 PM
  Thread: Cherrio
Post: Cherrio

Would just like to take this opportunity in wishing you all the best for the future as I shall not be posting anymore as I appear to have upset one or two with some of my comments Good luck in what...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 6 5,713 24-06-2010, 02:10 PM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 7 6,357 13-11-2009, 10:12 AM
  Thread: House Prices In FH
Post: House Prices In FH

Now I know this is being lazy - however, can someone please advise the average cost of a 3 bedroom house in FH please
Ex FH Pat SE23 Topics 10 12,994 29-06-2010, 02:29 PM
  Thread: June 2010 Budget - What Do We Think
Post: June 2010 Budget - What Do We Think

Cut everything accross the board and make people realise that the state is only here to support the most needy, not the bone-idle, lazy or rich. Stop IVF funding, as the NHS is here to save lives, ...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 18 14,271 22-06-2010, 02:02 PM
  Thread: More Lies
Post: More Lies

So before the election, the Tory manifesto was we will be hard on crime & order and now they say that they may not bother to imprison certain crimes, well let them tell the people who have been the vi...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 43 35,468 02-07-2010, 09:30 AM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 7 6,357 23-11-2009, 03:11 PM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 2 3,426 27-11-2009, 12:21 PM
  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 ...
Ex FH Pat SE23 Topics 2 5,103 13-11-2009, 03:18 PM
  Thread: Cherrio
Post: RE: Cheerio

yer should be cheerio not cherrio
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 6 5,713 24-06-2010, 02:11 PM
  Thread: Cherrio
Post: RE: Cherrio

even more so if they are tory feathers -whoops probally just upset the other half of FH Better be in disguise on Sat when i pop over there
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 6 5,713 24-06-2010, 02:24 PM
  Thread: Cherrio
Post: RE: Cherrio

Roz - I agree with you, yet I think that the tory voters in Wandsworth is more likely to be in the 75% bracket, all some see is low council tax which is very heavily subsidised by various governments ...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 6 5,713 29-06-2010, 08:16 AM
  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...
Ex FH Pat SE23 Topics 20 27,543 06-12-2009, 12:32 PM
  Thread: ELL Line to HOP: Will it boost house prices?
Post: RE: ELL Line to HOP: Will it boost house prices?

Im surprised that house prices are not higher in FH & HOP as I think both are very nice areas, I have not heard of many murders of gang related crime in these areas like we have in the " brighter boro...
Ex FH Pat SE23 Topics 30 30,381 18-05-2010, 03:01 PM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 20-10-2009, 01:26 PM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 16-10-2009, 09:51 AM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 16-10-2009, 10:23 AM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 16-10-2009, 10:30 AM
  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 ...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 16-10-2009, 01:15 PM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 16-10-2009, 02:12 PM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 16-10-2009, 03:14 PM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 19-10-2009, 09:36 AM
  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 ...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 19-10-2009, 01:40 PM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 20-10-2009, 01:09 PM
  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
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 20-10-2009, 02:53 PM
  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 ...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 21-10-2009, 08:10 AM
  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
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 22-10-2009, 10:01 AM
  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 ...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 22-10-2009, 01:05 PM
  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 ...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 22-10-2009, 01:20 PM
  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 ...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 23-10-2009, 08:48 AM
  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
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 23-10-2009, 09:54 AM
  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 ?
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 03-11-2009, 10:29 AM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 03-11-2009, 03:10 PM
  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
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 58 46,441 03-11-2009, 04:55 PM
  Thread: Fix Factor
Post: RE: Fix Factor

The one thing i know is that i would love to give Lucie one
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 7 6,357 16-11-2009, 02:30 PM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 7 6,357 16-11-2009, 03:58 PM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 7 6,357 17-11-2009, 09:15 AM
  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...
Ex FH Pat SE23 Topics 32 34,151 15-10-2009, 08:28 AM
  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...
Ex FH Pat SE23 Topics 32 34,151 15-10-2009, 09:03 AM
  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
Ex FH Pat SE23 Topics 32 34,151 15-10-2009, 09:47 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Photos
Post: RE: Forest Hill Photos

Yes i remember the swiss cottage and the stall with the papers plus tesco, there was also a hsbc [ midland in them old days ] near the post office I still think FH is a very good place yet back wh...
Ex FH Pat SE23 Topics 72 90,233 22-06-2010, 10:13 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Photos
Post: RE: Forest Hill Photos

This is indeed a very good thread I do remember the Malt Shovel FH is still a great place yet for some of the newer people to the area, I think you missed out on some great shops/times At ch...
Ex FH Pat SE23 Topics 72 90,233 28-06-2010, 10:22 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

Think I will have to agree with Gingernuts, if you want to try and get fit by swimming, then why drive to the pool Not sure how the old pool in FH is now as it been such a long time since I went th...
Ex FH Pat SE23 Topics 2,074 2,040,544 02-07-2010, 01:55 PM
  Thread: Hashemite Kingdom of............
Post: RE: Hashemite Kingdom of............

No Brian Clough was the messiah - who then passed that mantle onto Jose Morinho
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 9 8,230 23-10-2009, 10:48 AM
  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...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 9 8,230 23-10-2009, 03:05 PM
  Thread: House Prices In FH
Post: RE: House Prices In FH

Thanks - the prices are making it even more tempting to come back sooner than later
Ex FH Pat SE23 Topics 10 12,994 29-06-2010, 02:45 PM
  Thread: June 2010 Budget - What Do We Think
Post: RE: June 2010 Budget - What Do We Think

Jon - no I was not chased out of town - lol Fully expect some reactions and I welcome them, maybe some will prove that what was writtenis wrong, time will tell I would love to come back to FH, h...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 18 14,271 22-06-2010, 02:44 PM
  Thread: June 2010 Budget - What Do We Think
Post: RE: June 2010 Budget - What Do We Think

Power to the people ?? Freedom for Tooting ??
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 18 14,271 24-06-2010, 08:15 AM
  Thread: June 2010 Budget - What Do We Think
Post: RE: June 2010 Budget - What Do We Think

So who pays half your Council Tax - it was meant as a tongue in cheek to see what responses came back, if you had read soem of my earlier rants - whoops sorry posts, you would know that Im not a tory....
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 18 14,271 24-06-2010, 02:00 PM
  Thread: June 2010 Budget - What Do We Think
Post: RE: June 2010 Budget - What Do We Think

then in that case - for the latest rant - if it has caused upset or anyone to be thrown off the forum, I apologise, yet i will always rant as you call it about schools admissions, as this does affect ...
Ex FH Pat Wider Topics 18 14,271 24-06-2010, 02:22 PM
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