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  Thread: Cox's Walk closed - man found dead
Post: RE: Man Found Dead

You don't know that it is a murder.
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 8 12,008 23-08-2015, 08:25 PM
  Thread: The Hob Closed
Post: RE: The Hob

Robert Dyas would be great, but I think it may be better to have a business that people may visit 2-3 times a week?
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 125 106,511 07-08-2015, 03:03 PM
  Thread: The Hob Closed
Post: RE: The Hob

I actually contacted the facilities division of Marks and Spencer to tell them about the possible vacant premises in Forest Hill. I think it would be great for the area. The fruit and veg in Sainsbury...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 125 106,511 07-08-2015, 02:39 PM
  Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road

Its a public forum that you have no control over. If you do not want to read any further replies, then don't click on the thread. Simple. Some people may have not visited SE23.com for a few weeks. Th...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 177 111,703 03-08-2015, 12:50 PM
  Thread: The Hob Closed
Post: RE: The Hob

No. I already have Waitrose deliver. :cool: Marks and Sparks will bring in a lot more footfall. You will have people coming from Catford, Dulwich and Sydenham.
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 125 106,511 31-07-2015, 03:04 PM
  Thread: The Hob Closed
Post: RE: The Hob

I hope that Marks and Spencer will open; either in the Wetherspoons pub, or in M&Co. It will bring a lot of people into the area.
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 125 106,511 31-07-2015, 02:57 PM
  Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road

You are right Deano, 'it is hard work setting up and running a business'. I doubt that having a fellow trader throwing a tantrum and attempting to do your trade serious harm helps. Pauline seems det...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 177 111,703 31-07-2015, 02:27 PM
  Thread: Shouting, intimidating man outside Paddy Power
Post: RE: Shouting, intimidating man outside Paddy Power

Is he a white guy with shaved blandishments hair?
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 38 34,064 27-07-2015, 11:38 PM
  Thread: Social Media
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road

Anybody looking for it, search under 'fab forest hill' it is a good page, useful for selling stuff and finding bargains.
CrustyRack Wider Topics 7 6,100 24-07-2015, 07:17 PM
  Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road

It's hardly hardly ice cream 'wars' il Mirtos have the dignity to not get involved in a public slanging match. On the photo I posted earlier Pauline, you were inviting people on the forest hill Faceb...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 177 111,703 24-07-2015, 06:07 PM
  Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road

Good grief! 'Get a life' ! What a way to speak to an ex customer! I certainly won't be using your business again. Yes, let the people decide; on the quality of your goods and your attitude.
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 177 111,703 24-07-2015, 08:51 AM
  Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road

Before you start slinging mud, you really ought to check your own house in order. Selling the ice cream at Sugar Mountain as 'homemade' is blatant disregard of the trades description act 1968. Marine ...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 177 111,703 23-07-2015, 10:58 PM
  Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road

The woman who runs Sugar mountain seems hell bent on destroying the Deli business. On the Forest Hill facebook page she publicly attacks him and makes personal and catty remarks. People have posted on...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 177 111,703 23-07-2015, 05:46 PM
  Thread: Water problems
Post: RE: Water problems in SE23 and SE26

As I was walking along Dartmouth Road this morning, it looked like the main had sprung a leak, down near Bunka and water was coming through the tarmac. Is it still leaking?
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 26 23,723 11-07-2015, 03:40 PM
  Thread: Recent increase in aircraft noise
Post: RE: Recent increase in aircraft noise

Not only do we get the Heathrow bound flights, we also get the city airport bound flights that do an about turn over Brockley/Peckham. I only know this as I have the Radar24 app installed on my ipad, ...
CrustyRack Wider Topics 32 25,196 08-07-2015, 12:37 PM
  Thread: Water problems
Post: RE: Water problems in SE23 and SE26

They have just dumped a pallet of water bottles in Windley Close, gone in 20 minutes....
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 26 23,723 06-07-2015, 01:43 PM
  Thread: Pedder & Co advertisement boards
Post: RE: Pedder & Co advertisement boards

Pedder have now removed the board, and have emailed an apology. For your information, I often support the school in fund raising. Deano - whether you 'believe' someone can get cross over somethi...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 27 23,471 20-06-2015, 09:55 AM
  Thread: Pedder & Co advertisement boards
Post: RE: Pedder & Co advertisement boards

Pedder haven't even had the courtesy to reply to my email.
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 27 23,471 19-06-2015, 01:40 PM
  Thread: Pedder & Co advertisement boards
Post: RE: Pedder & Co advertisement boards

Thank you for arranging for the removal of these boards. I emailed the manager of Pedder and Co but have received no reply. Good luck with your fund raising - hope the weather is good for you!
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 27 23,471 19-06-2015, 11:54 AM
  Thread: Pedder & Co advertisement boards
Post: RE: Pedder & Co

They have put one on every property.... They contract out the erection of signs and the workmen would have had clear instructions on which properties to put them. They have clearly been told to do th...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 27 23,471 18-06-2015, 10:52 PM
  Thread: Pedder & Co advertisement boards
Post: Pedder & Co advertisement boards

Anybody else arrive home from work to find a Pedder and Co sales board affixed to their property promoting the local school jumble sale? I am extremely angry that they thought it ok to trepass on m...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 27 23,471 18-06-2015, 10:24 PM
  Thread: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road

The bottlenecks are largely at night, with people parking and then using the various pubs and restaurants. A few weeks ago, a couple of parking wardens were issuing tickets to cars, at around 9pm cust...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 211 154,188 27-04-2015, 05:13 PM
  Thread: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road

The answer to the bottlenecks is to put double red lines on Dartmouth Road and enforce automatic fines for those who break the law. Don't even need to send round a parking warden, it can be controlled...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 211 154,188 27-04-2015, 04:35 PM
  Thread: Planning Application: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local?
Post: RE: Planning Application: M&Co to become a Morriso...

Some people like KFC... and it would bring more people into the area. Boots are unlikely to open a branch there, as the security would cost too much. Due to the addictions clinic, and subsequent cli...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 141 164,665 06-04-2015, 03:04 PM
  Thread: Planning Application: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local?
Post: RE: Planning Application: M&Co to become a Morriso...

Hopefully KFC will open a branch here. Perfect site for a restaurant - right opposite the station and a large pub. The chicken shops we have are not the nicest:mellow:
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 141 164,665 02-04-2015, 12:20 AM
  Thread: New Street Name: "Moonlight Drive" - Objection Deadline
Post: RE: New Street Name: "Moonlight Drive" - Objectio...

I think it is a lovely name. Do you actually live on the street?
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 11 12,739 25-03-2015, 03:39 PM
  Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...

One solution would be to run a 176 express service (like other similar services on buses) that stops at Sydenham, Forest Hill, then is non stop to Waterloo, reducing the journey time by cutting out 20...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 333 285,830 04-03-2015, 07:52 PM
  Thread: Accident in Derby Hill?
Post: Accident in Derby Hill?

Lots of emergency vehicles in Derby Hill just now, and a young child being carried to an ambulance. Hope everything is ok.
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 1 3,926 27-02-2015, 10:14 PM
  Thread: Money Shop Closed
Post: RE: Money Shop

My money is on a nail shop.the ones we have already are crammed full of customers 24/7...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 10 10,825 20-02-2015, 11:19 PM
  Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...

9.37 to Victoria was 15 minutes late and went a a crawl to Victoria, so I missed my connection out twice...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 333 285,830 19-01-2015, 05:51 PM
  Thread: Bus strike on Tuesday
Post: RE: Bus strike on Tuesday

Funny enough, we're sat at work discussing that right now. Do I leave super early in a taxi, and risk being a couple of hours early for work? Or is everybody going to drive and it will take 2 hours?:(
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 12 11,579 12-01-2015, 02:04 PM
  Thread: Bus strike on Tuesday
Post: RE: Bus strike on Tuesday

Thanks, but the web sites are as clear as mud! I tried doing a a journey planner for tues and it said 176 was running, yet Wikipedia says the route is run by Arriva; and the TFL site says Arriva (Sou...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 12 11,579 11-01-2015, 08:33 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Internet Access
Post: RE: Forest Hill Internet Access

I'm with sky and(touch wood) no problems with Internet in 12 years. If I ever hear moans about providers from friends who live scattered across london it is Always Virgin media. I would never use them...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 12 11,650 11-01-2015, 05:11 PM
  Thread: Bus strike on Tuesday
Post: Bus strike on Tuesday

Does anyone know if the 176/185 routes are affected? Thank you
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 12 11,579 11-01-2015, 05:03 PM
  Thread: Good Morning Forest Hill
Post: RE: Good Morning Forest Hill

From the other side of the track...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 13 13,019 09-12-2014, 06:40 PM
  Thread: New Pizza Restaurant for Forest Hill?
Post: RE: New Pizza Restaurant for FH?

If you think Pizza is 'bloat' food then you have never tried authentic Italian Pizza. Cooked and prepared properly it will have the thickness of a pancake (about 2-3mm) thin enough so you can roll it ...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 24 17,853 13-09-2014, 01:40 PM
  Thread: Aveda in FH
Post: RE: Aveda in FH

Brilliant news! The salon I currently use in Forest Hill charges Aveda prices, but is nowhere near Aveda standards or experience. I will be camping outside the front door for an appointment!:cool:
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 17 20,112 13-09-2014, 01:07 AM
  Thread: Child care for primary school children
Post: RE: Child care for primary school children

Also go onto Mumsnet, they have 'local' sections, and also childminder chat areas. Very often someone from se23 will be asking to share nanny/childminders.
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 7 10,944 12-09-2014, 08:36 AM
  Thread: Fly tipping
Post: RE: Fly tipping

Do you work for Dyno Rod, or do you have nothing better to do with your time and your huge spoon? I have not checked all the facebook pages for all the businesses in Forest Hill so cannot comment. I s...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 16 12,787 11-09-2014, 01:08 PM
  Thread: Fly tipping
Post: RE: Fly tipping

Many businesses in Forest Hill have facebook pages.
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 16 12,787 11-09-2014, 12:48 PM
  Thread: Fly tipping
Post: RE: Fly tipping

I have actually sent a message to the business via their facebook page informing them that I will take it further if the items are not removed before this evening. They have now dumped chairs and tabl...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 16 12,787 11-09-2014, 12:15 PM
  Thread: Fly tipping
Post: Fly tipping

Does anyone know who fly tipping should be reported to if you know the people responsible? We took pictures, and they came out well despite the darkness. They were blatantly dumping building waste (p...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 16 12,787 10-09-2014, 09:33 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Cars
Post: RE: Forest Hill Cars

They are not as good as they were. They seem to have had an influx or drivers who are unprofessional. I had a driver texting as he was driving the other day, and another who needed Satnav to travel fr...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 20 22,788 20-08-2014, 04:10 PM
  Thread: Bamboo House - Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Bamboo House - Dartmouth Road

Have tried them now. Unfortunately we didn't enjoy the meal. Poor quality ingredients, and very overpriced. £2.50 for a mass produced pancake roll from the freezer??? Will wait for another leaflet to...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 3 6,709 01-08-2014, 09:31 PM
  Thread: Bamboo House - Dartmouth Road
Post: Bamboo House - Dartmouth Road

The shutters have been down for a couple of months now. Have they closed permanently? Big shame. We have been using them for 20 years+ Since the dreadful demise of Wok Express, and the closure of th...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 3 6,709 11-07-2014, 04:49 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

I think the customers have decided. The restaurants on Dartmouth Road are empty of an evening.
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 238 244,005 06-07-2014, 07:41 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

A Tesco Express would be very useful near the swimming pool. The one near Hornimans would take a good 20-25 minutes to walk from round that area. A lot longer for the elderly and disabled. Not everyon...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 238 244,005 04-07-2014, 12:38 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

I find it amazing that it has reviews and it is not even open yet...Shame, A Tesco Express would have been good. We do not need any more cafes or restaurants.
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 238 244,005 04-07-2014, 12:10 PM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close

I think they ought to sell it to Tesco. Sainsbury need some competition. Talking of Tesco, on the small ex pet shop, next to Sugar Mountain, on Dartmouth Road has a sign painted on the rolldown shut...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 238 244,005 04-07-2014, 11:54 AM
  Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol will revert to a cinema.

Personally, I hate chain pubs.They have so much purchasing power, as they are buying for 100+ branches! and can negotiate a bigger discount (if they are buying 2000 cases of vodka a week, as opposed t...
CrustyRack SE23 Topics 238 244,005 24-06-2014, 09:05 AM
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