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Thread: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable
Post: RE: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable
| I added the request to my comments. I wont be holding my breath. |
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Erekose |
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11-12-2016, 04:35 PM |
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Thread: Ignore List
Post: RE: Ignore List
| I joined the other Forum (out of curiosity only) and have to say it feels brighter and brasher than this one. |
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Erekose |
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09-12-2016, 11:48 PM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage
| Has the rot now reached Ambridge? Heaven forbid. |
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Erekose |
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09-12-2016, 11:43 PM |
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Thread: Water leak, junction Westwood Pk/Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Water leak, junction Westwood Pk/Canonbie Road
| But it is nothing to the nightmare which has happened in Islington. |
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Erekose |
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05-12-2016, 09:52 PM |
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Thread: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable
Post: RE: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable
| I was looking for somewhere to request a return of the wonderful trains which used to run from London Bridge non stop to forest hill. Those were really useful. I take it the late night trains back fro... |
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Erekose |
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03-12-2016, 08:42 PM |
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Thread: Bell Green Retail & Employment Park Consultation
Post: RE: Bell Green Retail & Employment Park Consultati...
| Speaking of old pipe work how is the repair to the broken gas main at the junction going? |
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Erekose |
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30-11-2016, 11:03 PM |
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Thread: Bell Green Retail & Employment Park Consultation
Post: RE: Bell Green Retail & Employment Park Consultati...
| Aside from being Planning speak what exactly is an 'employment park'? |
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Erekose |
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30-11-2016, 02:54 PM |
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Thread: Perry vale hole
Post: RE: Perry vale hole
| The quick repair to the giant sinkhole in Japan seems to have failed... |
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Erekose |
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30-11-2016, 06:46 AM |
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Thread: Perry Vale One Way System
Post: RE: Perry Vale One Way System
| Interesting idea. It would be really good if it could be combined with stopping the shops and / or flats (its not clear to me which it is) along that stretch throwing their bagged and un-bagged rubbis... |
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Erekose |
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24-11-2016, 02:24 PM |
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Thread: Darkened underpass revisited
Post: RE: Darkened underpass revisited
| I recall its ownership was not obvious? |
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Erekose |
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22-11-2016, 08:37 PM |
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Thread: Darkened underpass revisited
Post: Darkened underpass revisited
| I see the F/H station underpass has not only been tagged it has also been vandalised. Do we know who to report this too? |
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Erekose |
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22-11-2016, 02:09 PM |
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Thread: Betty Swanwick
Post: RE: Betty Swanwick
| At last someone else who knows who she was. |
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Erekose |
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22-11-2016, 02:07 PM |
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Thread: Betty Swanwick
Post: RE: Betty Swanwick
| Results of research are that she also lived at the following addresses locally:
65 Hurstbourne Road
5 Courtside, Dartmouth Road
6 Halifax Street
1 Park Hill, London Road
If you live at any of t... |
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Erekose |
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21-11-2016, 09:50 PM |
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Thread: Armed police
Post: RE: Armed police
| Ah those were the days.
Evening all as he used to say. |
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Erekose |
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20-11-2016, 09:02 PM |
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Thread: Do we need a pedestrian crossing on Perry Vale at the rear of Forest Hill station?
Post: RE: Do we need a pedestrian crossing on Perry Vale...
| Crossing heaven at present. It's much easier to cross the ends of the roads further brown the south circ. where the traffic is now joining and leaving because of the central island at the junction. |
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Erekose |
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16-11-2016, 08:31 AM |
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Thread: Perry vale hole
Post: RE: Perry vale hole
| An asset search for a private individual (rather than a company) seems to be £56. If you want to know what is around your house this would tell you the route and size of sewers but I don't think they ... |
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Erekose |
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16-11-2016, 08:28 AM |
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Thread: Perry vale hole
Post: RE: Perry vale hole
| They seem to have partly backfilled the hole. |
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Erekose |
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11-11-2016, 11:56 PM |
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Thread: Perry vale hole
Post: RE: Perry vale hole
| Thames would be able to sell you one but I don't recall how much they charge for an asset search. When local authorities looked after the sewerage system you could go the borough engineers department ... |
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Erekose |
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11-11-2016, 02:00 PM |
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Thread: Perry vale hole
Post: RE: Perry vale hole
| I suspect that trying to maintain the older parts of the water and sewerage system is really just a case of fighting the long defeat. |
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Erekose |
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10-11-2016, 09:56 PM |
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Thread: Perry vale hole
Post: Perry vale hole
| It seems the hole in Perry vale is due to a collapsed Victorian sewer - the same one which collapsed under the railway lines earlier in the year. Certainly makes crossing the road to the station easie... |
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Erekose |
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10-11-2016, 08:22 AM |
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Thread: Ignore List
Post: RE: Ignore List
| So what is the dark forum called? |
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Erekose |
Wider Topics |
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24-09-2016, 07:46 PM |
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Thread: Ignore List
Post: RE: Ignore List
| I thought the forum had faded a little recently but I put it down to the summer holidays. So what is the new one called? I take it from the comments above it is run by the chap who has fox troubles? |
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Erekose |
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24-09-2016, 07:29 AM |
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Thread: Colfe Road madness
Post: Colfe Road madness
| Our Sunday afternoon in the garden was somewhat spoiled by the musical madness that was taking place on Colfe Road.
Having the misfortune to live halfway along an adjoining road we were treated to an... |
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Erekose |
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14-09-2016, 01:39 PM |
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Thread: Cycling on the pavement
Post: RE: Cycling on the pavement
| I like the current trend of cycling along whilst fiddling with the smart phone - Fortunatly not as dangerous as when vehicle drivers do it and probably self limiting in a Darwinian kind of way. |
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Erekose |
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26-08-2016, 04:49 PM |
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Thread: Cycling on the pavement
Post: RE: Cycling on the pavement
| Being old and curmudgeonly I tend not to step aside for them on narrow pavements. This tends to make them cross but is worth it to have the high moral ground in any verbal exchanges which ensue. They ... |
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Erekose |
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25-08-2016, 09:12 PM |
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Thread: Avoid Devonshire Road - Road Closed
Post: RE: Avoid Devonshire Road - Road Closed
| Yes I expect all the lorries are now travelling along Honor Oak road - see below. |
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Erekose |
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22-07-2016, 02:08 PM |
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Thread: Red marking outside house
Post: RE: Red marking outside house
| Ho.ho Mr Brill.
So I keep an eye out for odd folk wandering around looking for small red dots left by other odd folk? In case they forget which houses they think are worth burgling? Sounds too much l... |
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Erekose |
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21-07-2016, 01:07 PM |
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Thread: Red marking outside house
Post: RE: Red marking outside house
| Yes I'm with Robin on this. It occurs to me that it would be a very strangely altruistic burglar who helped other burglars who were 'stuck' for a property to break into. |
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Erekose |
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20-07-2016, 01:31 PM |
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Thread: Please sign the petition Remove the franchise for Southern Rail from Govia Thameslink
Post: RE: Please sign the petition Remove the franchise ...
| They still have way to go before they reach the depths plumbed by the execrable Connex South Central but they are well on the way. It took a while before Connex had their franchise removed so there is... |
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Erekose |
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07-07-2016, 01:36 PM |
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Thread: Chandos Pub
Post: RE: Chandos Pub
| My children told me the same thing so either it's a widely spread rumour or it's actually going to happen. Always found it slightly unfriendly in the past - well to be fair that was 30 years ago so it... |
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Erekose |
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03-07-2016, 07:23 AM |
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Thread: Thread for the strange and unusual in SE23
Post: RE: Thread for the strange and unusual in SE23
| Well Robin I have developed a new mind game whilst waiting for the train in the morning. Based on the fact that 30% of LBL residents want to leave the EU can I detect which is the one in three on the ... |
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Erekose |
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29-06-2016, 07:35 PM |
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Thread: New planters on Perry Vale
Post: RE: New planters on Perry Vale
| Yes very colourful.
Anyone know why the trees which were supposed to be planted there failed to materialise? |
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Erekose |
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27-06-2016, 10:37 PM |
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Thread: Weather!
Post: RE: Weather!
| But today Bright Phoebus shines down on us. Well at least until later anyway. Allotment now a rice paddy and I fear for the potato harvest. |
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Erekose |
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24-06-2016, 07:10 AM |
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Thread: What decade or decades do we all like the best
Post: RE: What decade or decades do we all like the best
| Must be the 1970's. All that high fashion and prog music... |
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Erekose |
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23-06-2016, 07:50 PM |
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Thread: Weather!
Post: RE: Weather!
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Erekose |
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23-06-2016, 07:23 PM |
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Thread: Weather!
Post: RE: Weather!
| Judging by last nights terrific storm I believe the gods are displeased by something but I can't think what it might be....... |
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Erekose |
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23-06-2016, 07:20 AM |
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Thread: Please sign the petition Remove the franchise for Southern Rail from Govia Thameslink
Post: RE: Please sign the petition Remove the franchise ...
| Signed plus persuaded three colleagues from work to sign. |
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Erekose |
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22-06-2016, 10:22 PM |
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Thread: Microwave and convection oven
Post: Microwave and convection oven
| Panasonic combined Microwave and convection oven NNA813 SB. Bought to deal with a large dinner party and hardly used since. £40 ONO. |
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Erekose |
Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found |
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12-06-2016, 06:42 PM |
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Thread: Fix My Street
Post: RE: Fix My Street
| Oh happy day the offending hedge has finally been given a very thorough trim. |
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Erekose |
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09-06-2016, 08:48 PM |
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Thread: Lets hope he gets his just deserts in prison
Post: RE: Lets hope he gets his just deserts in prison
| Can you actually get insurance in circumstances like this? More likely he will have to live without it? |
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Erekose |
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02-06-2016, 08:40 PM |
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Thread: Dead fox
Post: RE: Dead fox
| Do Foxes eat dead foxes I wonder? |
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Erekose |
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29-05-2016, 09:15 PM |
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Thread: Consultation on Controlled Parking Zone in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Consultation on Controlled Parking Zone in For...
| The Perry Vale car park seems unloved to me and is in need of a facelift. Not the kind of car park you want to return to after dark. |
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Erekose |
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22-05-2016, 08:07 PM |
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Thread: Celebrities in Cafes
Post: RE: Celebrities in Cafes
| She was very good in Zardoz as I recall. |
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Erekose |
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22-05-2016, 03:43 PM |
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Thread: Celebrities in Cafes
Post: RE: Celebrities in Cafes
| Amazing. More amazing that you recognised her - not sure I would anymore. |
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Erekose |
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22-05-2016, 02:04 PM |
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Thread: Pretty funny even for Yahoo
Post: RE: Pretty funny even for Yahoo
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Erekose |
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18-05-2016, 09:25 PM |
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Thread: Life in SE23 - Slow Worms in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Slow Worms in Forest Hill
| The head grabbing is a part of the Slow worm mating process. Used to see a lot of slow worms when I was a child in the 60's and 70's but their numbers seem to have declined drastically. Excellent new... |
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Erekose |
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13-05-2016, 01:33 PM |
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Thread: Betty Swanwick
Post: RE: Betty Swanwick
| anotherjohn are you trying to make a joke based on her name?
The more I find out about her life and career the more surprised I am that she has vanished from the cultural radar. |
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Erekose |
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07-05-2016, 10:27 PM |
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Thread: Betty Swanwick
Post: RE: Betty Swanwick
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Erekose |
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05-05-2016, 11:08 PM |
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Thread: Betty Swanwick
Post: RE: Betty Swanwick
| Yes.
Posters for the Underground.
Whimsical and odd paintings.
I first encountered her work in the early 70's when the prog rock band Genesis used one of her paintings for the cover of Selling Eng... |
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Erekose |
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05-05-2016, 07:48 PM |
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Thread: Betty Swanwick
Post: RE: Betty Swanwick
| I ended up buying the monograph on her. She lived in various locations in FH, Sydenham and Greenwich. Given Lewisham has so few Blue plaques I think she would be a good candidate. |
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Erekose |
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05-05-2016, 01:08 PM |
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