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  Thread: Politics
Post: RE: Horniman Museum Funding

If you had been at the Mayors Cabinet last night then you would have heard the reception that a Lib/Dem councillor received when he tried to speak.That is the true reflection of what the people of Lew...
davhel52 Wider Topics 6 5,262 18-11-2010, 01:24 PM
  Thread: Politics
Post: RE: Horniman Museum Funding

@londonrz. Its obvious where you are coming from. This Recession is American Born as you well know .Lewisham Council have been one of the Few in the Country of any Political persuasion that have m...
davhel52 Wider Topics 6 5,262 18-11-2010, 01:19 PM
  Thread: Save Sydenham Library campaign
Post: RE: Save Sydenham Library campaign

I wouldnt worry too much I forecast Big changes to most of the Libraries but not necessarily big closures. Wee shall See.LOL
davhel52 Wider Topics 23 19,479 17-11-2010, 07:00 PM
  Thread: Horniman Museum Funding
Post: RE: Horniman Museum

My overall reading of this situation is that the Ring Fencing will last until 2015 after which alternative funding will have to be found. Someone is going to have to find future funding fast .5 years...
davhel52 SE23 Topics 27 30,727 17-11-2010, 06:36 PM
  Thread: Horniman Museum Funding
Post: RE: Horniman Museum

Go to www.artlyst.com and read what is said regarding this matter.
davhel52 SE23 Topics 27 30,727 17-11-2010, 06:25 PM
  Thread: Horniman Museum Funding
Post: RE: Horniman Museum

It appears a False Alarm was rung on Facebook ?
davhel52 SE23 Topics 27 30,727 17-11-2010, 06:17 PM
  Thread: Horniman Museum Funding
Post: RE: Horniman Museum

Sorry Mike I missed that one.
davhel52 SE23 Topics 27 30,727 17-11-2010, 06:16 PM
  Thread: Horniman Museum Funding
Post: Horniman Museum

The latest News .Horniman Museum One of Eight earmarked by the Con/Dems for withdrawal of Gov Funding and handing over to local Community with the distinct possibility of Closure on the horizon. So w...
davhel52 SE23 Topics 27 30,727 17-11-2010, 05:52 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

Finally I must say. If a Wheelchair cannot gain access to a bus and have the means of gaining access to that bus then the whole Disability policy (Which is required by Law) makes no sense and may jus...
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 11-11-2010, 04:42 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

Said he with his tongue well and truly lodged in his Cheek.LOL
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 11-11-2010, 04:26 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

I agree Brian.I too have enquired on the matter. It appears that TFL dont have a size limit for Prams/Buggies or a definition of what constitutes a very large buggie /pram It also appears that ...
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 11-11-2010, 04:24 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

By Taxi to the station.LOL Its the same ole question If the Bus is full then the driver wont let them on If it isnt full then its first come first serve Once on they cant be ejected.Or can...
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 10-11-2010, 10:22 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

Oh and by the way your clock needs putting back
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 10-11-2010, 06:40 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

And Michael My son is 18 and I am retired so get that one around in your head So I can remember when folding buggies were the norm Are you the interlocutor on the SE23 site If so be one or...
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 10-11-2010, 06:35 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

Thanks for that RB. I am NO LIBERAL. TG The sad part about SE23 is that I sometimes wonder if it isnt just that an extra mouthpiece for the Lib/Dem party Such a local asset should be used ...
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 10-11-2010, 06:27 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

So this has been an Anti Children Thread?Darn and I thought it was Anti Large Childrens Vehicles on Buses thread and before someone misreads that sentence.No I dont mean Large Children but Large Pra...
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 10-11-2010, 05:00 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

Whatever.Have it your way.I admit I shouldnt have mentioned that I was retired it could have given the impression that I courted favour instead of equality of opinion.Its always difficult to to give a...
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 10-11-2010, 12:41 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

I would have thought that my point was that Huge prams were the problem not large families.Yet another case of a comment being taken out of context.Your remark doesnt deserve attention.
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 10-11-2010, 11:07 AM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

Roz.Most of this discussion is/was about the space and the use of it, that was supplied by the Bus Companies/TFL for the use of wheelchairs and the usurping of that space for other uses (Othe than tho...
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 09-11-2010, 08:01 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

Sandy.You sound like my kind of person.Its good to hear a benevolent slant to a persons comments in this time of great National disturbance Thanks
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 09-11-2010, 07:20 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

LOL RB.Sorry I speak as I find. Pussyfooting around the Bush doesnt get a point over. I agree with all you say.There are some Gentlemen left on Transport and I am glad I am retired.The nightly c...
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 09-11-2010, 07:15 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

This is the first time I have said anything regarding prams on buses most of the time I just keep stoomp for fear of reprisal even when right. When we talk about prams it isnt just buses. Many is the...
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 09-11-2010, 06:51 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

Why not lets have say 1 bus in every 4 without any seats at all.That way TFL can cater for all kinds from fold up Mclarens to 4 maybe 6 Seater prams/Leviathons How on earth do large families manage on...
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 09-11-2010, 06:32 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill to Beckenham Junction - so near yet so far...
Post: RE: Forest Hill to Beckenham Junction - so near ye...

I agree with Bryan 75 bus from Perry vale to Penge East Rail thence 2 stops to Beckham Junction.Quickest by far time, timetable permitting.
davhel52 SE23 Topics 12 14,619 09-11-2010, 05:20 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

Then this consensus needs to be conveyed to General Bus users so that they have an overall Idea of the Pros and Cons.
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 09-11-2010, 05:10 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

Its not the Tourists who are the big problem.The folding Buggy Has either gone out of fashion or mums cant be bothered to fold them.As for big prams and multi tier'd prams space was never supplied/mea...
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 09-11-2010, 03:40 PM
  Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver

Roz.The problem has been on-going for some time now.The Lewisham Disability Coalition has frequently made approaches to TFL in a quest to get the problem sorted but so far No luck (Or so I am led to b...
davhel52 Wider Topics 162 122,117 08-11-2010, 07:16 PM
  Thread: Save Sydenham Library campaign
Post: RE: Save Sydenham Library campaign

Thanks Syd I have many friends in Sydenham and wish you all well in your endeavours. Tough times ahead.
davhel52 Wider Topics 23 19,479 16-09-2010, 02:51 PM
  Thread: Save Sydenham Library campaign
Post: RE: Save Sydenham Library campaign

Thanks Syd I have my finger on the Pulse of events in Sydenham and Lewisham and do know all of the points that you have mentioned.Hence my not wishing to get into an argument. My main point is tha...
davhel52 Wider Topics 23 19,479 15-09-2010, 10:21 AM
  Thread: Save Sydenham Library campaign
Post: RE: Save Sydenham Library campaign launch

I should hate to get into an argument with you on this subject.The cuts will have to be decided on which services are the more important.It becomes insidious when the Government force local people to ...
davhel52 Wider Topics 23 19,479 14-09-2010, 11:58 PM
  Thread: Where are the worst Potholes?
Post: RE: Where are the worst Potholes?

The worst Potholes are at the top of Eliot Bank,but what the hell.Try saying something to the locals who live by them.They absolutely love em.No Rats running through!! So the potholes must stay.Local ...
davhel52 Wider Topics 41 33,851 14-09-2010, 11:10 PM
  Thread: Save Sydenham Library campaign
Post: RE: Save Sydenham Library campaign launch

It must also be remembered that one of the selection reasons is whether or not the Libraries have automated systems or not.Those with the Systems are deemed to cost less to run.
davhel52 Wider Topics 23 19,479 14-09-2010, 10:18 PM
  Thread: What's it like to live in Forest Hill?
Post: RE: What's it like to live in Forest Hill?

FH is served by a good night bus route which goes up Sydenham Hill from Lordship lane and HOP starting I believe at Kings X along the 63/363 route. Its only a short walk from Lordship lane to Forest ...
davhel52 SE23 Topics 36 66,034 14-09-2010, 10:06 PM
  Thread: Sydenham Hill Roadside Shrine
Post: RE: Sydenham Hill Roadside Shrine

I dont know and frankly its non of my business.Sorry about the Grammar.
davhel52 Wider Topics 10 10,425 14-09-2010, 09:50 PM
  Thread: Why is it called overground?
Post: RE: Why is it called overground?

Ive have a feeling that one day it may go to wimbledon.
davhel52 Wider Topics 28 26,574 13-09-2010, 09:11 PM
  Thread: Why is it called overground?
Post: RE: Why is it called overground?

I notice that you most of you say "Overground" what does it matter. You could call it the Overground/underground it wouldnt make any difference it goes from point A to Point B and you recognise it as...
davhel52 Wider Topics 28 26,574 12-09-2010, 11:45 AM
  Thread: Sydenham Hill Roadside Shrine
Post: RE: Sydenham Hill Roadside Shrine

The house in question on Sydenham Hill is in Southwark.Anything you need to know should therefore be addressed to Southwark. The memorial is to a motorbike rider who left the road one night about 3 y...
davhel52 Wider Topics 10 10,425 12-09-2010, 11:04 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

Sounds to me like you are the one doing the Raving. Its not the pools that I object to.It was the way that the decision was reached and the associated ramifications. The Labour party has been do...
davhel52 SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,452 16-07-2009, 08:28 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

And how I know or not is my business and shall so remain.
davhel52 SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,452 16-07-2009, 11:56 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

I was talking collectively.
davhel52 SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,452 16-07-2009, 11:55 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

As I said Foresters.I am no fool but I will refrain from saying "I told you so" Now you can all spend your time Rubbishing the Mayors Further plans for other projects around Lewisham.
davhel52 SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,452 15-07-2009, 09:51 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

Go to the Mayors Cabinet tonight all will be revealed to your benefit I am quite sure and all will become clearer.I know the outcome so I won6t be there.
davhel52 SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,452 15-07-2009, 02:13 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

Precisely.The council deemed it an innaproprite place for live/work but now they have changed their mind and Live/work will now be built on willow way. An about face.
davhel52 SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,452 15-07-2009, 01:55 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

PVP.My point is being missed. According to Post 72. The council deemed willow way an innapropriate place to put Live/lets as the land is deemed not fit for Habitation.Now all of a sudden they ha...
davhel52 SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,452 15-07-2009, 01:16 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

Look at post no 72 from Foresters.If there has not been an about face regarding Live/Let on Willow way then what is it?
davhel52 SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,452 15-07-2009, 12:39 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

Ginger.You dont know the half of it. It takes more to be a representative of Forest Hill than just having money. There are many diverse groups in the Ward who would probably be ignored if the LIB/DE...
davhel52 SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,452 15-07-2009, 11:45 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

Dont be fooled by the holier than thou attitudes of the so called "Do Gooders" in and around Forest Hill.I believe that the expression "Self Glorification"comes to mind when reading some of the over-t...
davhel52 SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,452 15-07-2009, 09:44 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

It wasnt that long ago that Willow way was being advocated as a Backwater so out of the way as to be virtually in another borough.Now it is the be all to end all with some Forest Hill Businessman/Arti...
davhel52 SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,452 15-07-2009, 08:46 AM
  Thread: Sewer Problems in Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Sewer Problems in Dartmouth Road

Not at all.I was just pointing out the similarity in problems between the local councils and private landowners and the effect it has on the general public when repairs to Pipes,Roads etc dont get don...
davhel52 SE23 Topics 14 13,082 02-07-2009, 08:48 PM
  Thread: Sewer Problems in Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Sewer Problems in Dartmouth Road

These private land problems are playing havoc with the Council.Hows about the Grand Canyon in upper Eliot Bank?Dangerous without doubt but think of all those who dont give a XXXX about the danger as l...
davhel52 SE23 Topics 14 13,082 01-07-2009, 09:34 PM
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