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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... |
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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... |
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24-06-2010, 02:10 PM |
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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: 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 |
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29-06-2010, 02:29 PM |
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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, ... |
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22-06-2010, 02:02 PM |
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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... |
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02-07-2010, 09:30 AM |
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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: 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: 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: Cherrio Post: RE: Cheerio
yer should be cheerio not cherrio |
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24-06-2010, 02:11 PM |
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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 |
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24-06-2010, 02:24 PM |
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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 ... |
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29-06-2010, 08:16 AM |
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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: 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... |
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18-05-2010, 03:01 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
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: 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
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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... |
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22-06-2010, 10:13 AM |
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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... |
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28-06-2010, 10:22 AM |
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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... |
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02-07-2010, 01:55 PM |
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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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23-10-2009, 10:48 AM |
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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: 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 |
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29-06-2010, 02:45 PM |
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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... |
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22-06-2010, 02:44 PM |
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Thread: June 2010 Budget - What Do We Think Post: RE: June 2010 Budget - What Do We Think
Power to the people ??
Freedom for Tooting ?? |
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24-06-2010, 08:15 AM |
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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.... |
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24-06-2010, 02:00 PM |
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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 ... |
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