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Thread: Forest Hill Underpass
Post: RE: Forest Hill Underpass
| Have grown rather attached to the mural over the years but it does look a little tired now.
Not upgrading the stairs at both ends is a real shame as they have been pooly repaired sevearl times in the... |
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14-08-2011, 08:57 PM |
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Thread: Thameslink
Post: Thameslink
| Having looked at various websites I'm still unclear about whether or not the revamped Thameslink service will start calling at London Bridge again. Anyone know if this is on the cards or have we lost ... |
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Erekose |
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04-02-2018, 10:33 AM |
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Thread: Thameslink
Post: RE: Thameslink
| So when the big unveiling occurs in May do you think the service will go back to the way it was before ? I cant seem to find a definite answer to this. It was a very useful service in the past. |
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Erekose |
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04-02-2018, 11:44 AM |
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Thread: Boy asking for sponsorship from Forest Hill Boys School
Post: RE: Boy asking for sponsorship from Forest Hill Bo...
| Same story in Kemble Road last weekend. He didn't seem very convinced by what he was saying so declined to sponsor him. |
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Erekose |
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27-04-2018, 06:59 AM |
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Thread: Proposed Development at Portakabin Site, Waldram Crescent
Post: RE: Proposed Development at Portakabin Site, Waldr...
| That site has been in need of development for years and coupled with the proposed hotel bodes well for the area. |
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Erekose |
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23-05-2018, 11:07 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Police Alert re Increase in Motor Vehicle Related Offences
Post: RE: Forest Hill Police Alert re Increase in Motor ...
| Several cars vandalised in Hurstbourne Road a week ago. |
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Erekose |
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29-05-2018, 08:01 PM |
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Thread: Leaking water main
Post: RE: Leaking water main
| When they sold off the 'spare' reservoirs for development early on it was obvious how things would progress. So glad I didn't buy shares in them when Thatcher sold the public the utilities they alread... |
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Erekose |
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17-05-2018, 09:23 PM |
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Thread: Leaking water main
Post: RE: Leaking water main
| Complete chaos tonight with temporary lights on the south circ. Hope they actually fix it this time. |
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Erekose |
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14-05-2018, 08:02 PM |
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Thread: Trains and transport getting worse in our area
Post: RE: Trains and transport getting worse in our area
| Sadly all this tallies with my experience recently. Canada Water interchange alone is enough to put one in a foul mood for the rest of the day. |
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Erekose |
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02-05-2018, 07:17 PM |
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Thread: Plan to demolish Co-op and build Holiday Inn with bar, restaurant and shop
Post: RE: Plans in to demolish Co-op and build Holiday I...
| Would be interested to know where the FH society stand on this. Hopefully they will offer support. |
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Erekose |
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28-04-2018, 05:16 PM |
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Thread: Roadworks on Dartmouth Road - will they ever finish?
Post: RE: Roadworks on Dartmouth Road - will they ever f...
| Agreed. Fixing the potholes / craters in the local roads should be priority one and not new vanity projects. Truth is you can't point at a series of repaired potholes in the same way you can a nice ne... |
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Erekose |
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25-04-2018, 06:38 AM |
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Thread: Plan to demolish Co-op and build Holiday Inn with bar, restaurant and shop
Post: RE: Plans in to demolish Co-op and build Holiday I...
| Not the most inspiring of façades but the concept of a hotel on this site is worthy of support. Might even act a catalyst to get the area south of tracks tidied up. |
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Erekose |
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23-04-2018, 01:28 PM |
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Thread: Plan to demolish Co-op and build Holiday Inn with bar, restaurant and shop
Post: RE: Plans in to demolish Co-op and build Holiday I...
| Splendid. Do you know if the application been lodged yet? |
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Erekose |
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22-04-2018, 09:10 PM |
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Thread: Pikethorne
Post: RE: Pikethorne
| Looking at page 202 (map 128) of the LCC Bomb damage map book there was a V1 hit just south of the Church Vale / Westbourne road junction - one of five which are shown over this part of FH. |
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Erekose |
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26-02-2018, 09:01 PM |
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Thread: Pikethorne
Post: RE: Pikethorne
| PS. To me the blocks look typical of the post war LCC blocks which occupy a lot of South London. |
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Erekose |
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26-02-2018, 09:25 PM |
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Thread: Petition: Pedestrian Crossing on Perry Vale by Forest Hill station
Post: RE: Petition: Pedestrian Crossing on Perry Vale by...
| There was a discussion on another thread which noted that there used to be a central reservation to assist crossing but my memory is slightly hazy on this. They definitely widened the pavement on the ... |
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Erekose |
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08-04-2018, 06:45 PM |
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Thread: Burglaries in SE23
Post: RE: Burglaries in SE23
| We tried it and scored 70/100 for overall house security which could seemingly be improved by clicking on one or two of their ads. Or buying a dog. Or investing in a white picket fence to stop the dog... |
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Erekose |
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06-04-2018, 07:48 PM |
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Thread: Updates from your local police Safer Neighbourhood Team
Post: RE: Updates from your local police Safer Neighbour...
| Changed priorities I guess. There was a lot more property crime evident in FH in the 80's / 90's so some things have got better - the lack of territorial tagging for a start ( aside from the new one u... |
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Erekose |
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08-04-2018, 03:31 PM |
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Thread: Leaking water main
Post: Leaking water main
| Another leak in the water main at the Brockley Road / south circ junction. We have now lost count of the number of times this has failed! |
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Erekose |
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12-05-2018, 03:59 PM |
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Thread: Petition: Pedestrian Crossing on Perry Vale by Forest Hill station
Post: RE: Petition: Pedestrian Crossing on Perry Vale by...
| OK noted it was the Forest Hill Society who started it. I fear it will not make them change their minds as they seem to have a blind spot for this location ( Ho,Ho). |
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Erekose |
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01-04-2018, 09:09 AM |
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Thread: Petition: Pedestrian Crossing on Perry Vale by Forest Hill station
Post: RE: Petition: Pedestrian Crossing on Perry Vale by...
| Yes good work for organising this. It's been one of my 'causes' with Lewisham Highways for the years and years. |
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Erekose |
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28-03-2018, 06:25 PM |
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Thread: Updates from your local police Safer Neighbourhood Team
Post: RE: Updates from your local police Safer Neighbour...
| Because it's a report on police activity and not a debate on local policing priorities ? |
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Erekose |
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25-03-2018, 01:16 AM |
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Thread: Updates from your local police Safer Neighbourhood Team
Post: RE: Updates from your local police Safer Neighbour...
| Which in any case you would hope wasn't decided on a forum! |
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25-03-2018, 06:23 PM |
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Thread: Pedestrian signals consultation - junction by Harvester
Post: RE: Pedestrian signals consultation - junction by ...
| Agreed that having two lanes turning right will ease queues and lower my blood pressure as I currently fume over the incorrect use of the left turn lane! Not sure the left hand lane will be very easy ... |
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Erekose |
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09-10-2018, 07:42 PM |
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Thread: Incident on Stanstead road
Post: RE: Incident on Stanstead road
| Ah. Too close for comfort. |
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Erekose |
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18-03-2018, 03:12 AM |
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Thread: Planning application to convert Forest Hill Co-op to a hotel
Post: RE: Planning application to convert Forest Hill Co...
| I would definitely support a hotel in FH and if priced suitably I'm sure it would work given the proximity to the station. In fact a new development would be a positive addition south of the tracks.
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Erekose |
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14-02-2018, 07:23 AM |
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Thread: Xmas eve madness
Post: RE: Xmas eve madness
| Street fighting outside the Capitol. |
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Erekose |
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25-12-2017, 11:35 PM |
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Thread: Broadband slowdown?
Post: RE: Broadband slowdown?
| Yes. Ours is Talk Talk and it's been very flakey for a week or more. |
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Erekose |
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28-12-2017, 10:16 AM |
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Thread: Xmas eve madness
Post: Xmas eve madness
| What ever was going on in FH central last night? |
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Erekose |
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25-12-2017, 11:29 AM |
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Thread: Incident on Stanstead road
Post: Incident on Stanstead road
| Anyone know what happens earlier today on Stanstead road. Air ambulance and a lot of emergency service activity. |
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Erekose |
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17-03-2018, 10:23 PM |
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Thread: Hurstbourne incident
Post: RE: Hurstbourne incident
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Erekose |
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08-11-2017, 08:04 AM |
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Thread: Hurstbourne incident
Post: Hurstbourne incident
| Anyone know what was going on in Hurstbourne road last night? |
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Erekose |
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03-11-2017, 08:38 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?
| Yes baggydave that accords with my recollection of events. We moved to FH in 1988 at the peak of that boom and then spent several years sitting on a nice pile of negative equity..... |
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Erekose |
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20-05-2010, 08:45 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| Teething troubles aside and having recovered from been cooked on a delayed train yesterday I can report that todays journey on the line formally known as the East London line was fine. Both ways. And ... |
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Erekose |
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25-05-2010, 10:03 PM |
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Thread: Warning attempted Burglary - Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Warning attempted Burglary - Honor Oak Park
| Not alone there. This happened in Forest Hill.
Last week my son answered the door to three teenagers who asked if they could use the phone. He was put off by their general attitude, refused and close... |
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Erekose |
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15-06-2010, 01:54 PM |
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Thread: Art nouveau, deco and modernism in SE23
Post: RE: Art nouveau, deco and modernism in SE23
| More Six Pillars info: http://www.themodernhouse.net/docs/properties/sixpillars.pdf.
I thought it was usually credited to Tecton (& Valentine Harding?) rather than to Lubetkin specifically?
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Erekose |
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15-06-2010, 09:36 PM |
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Thread: Art nouveau, deco and modernism in SE23
Post: RE: Art nouveau, deco and modernism in SE23
| Odd that. When I paste the link in it works but it fails to display fully in the post...
Full link is:
www.themodernhouse.net
/docs/properties/sixpillars.pdf
Try cutting and pasting it.
Its a PDF... |
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Erekose |
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16-06-2010, 08:20 AM |
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Thread: Move to Kemble Rd?
Post: RE: Move to Kemble Rd?
| Hi
We have lived on Kemble road since 1988 and although it suffers from its share of 'urban living' problems we have found it fine. However East Dulwich it is not......
Our children both went to Kil... |
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Erekose |
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09-08-2010, 09:34 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 27 Shipman Road
Post: RE: Planning: 27 Shipman Road
| Looks like a clear case of over development to me with a definite lack of amenity space for the new units. I would guess that a couple of flats is more realistic.
I note the Architects seem to be usi... |
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Erekose |
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19-08-2010, 10:15 PM |
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Thread: Warning - burglaries in Forest Hill area
Post: RE: Warning - burglaries in Forest Hill area
| Interesting and very depressing. See my post on the attempted burglary in Honor Oak for our experience of having our front door kicked in and two bikes stolen. [/u] |
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Erekose |
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25-08-2010, 10:55 PM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| I questioned the fact that the number of hours being worked did not seem sufficient for the level of disruption being caused and received this reply:
Dear Sir/Madam
[i]Thank you for your email.
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Erekose |
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30-09-2010, 07:58 PM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| [align=left]Hrmmm B[/align]ack to 1980's anyone? Tunnel under F/H maybe or was that just for Dulwich I can't quite remember.....
At least the s/c reopened today. |
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Erekose |
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13-10-2010, 09:43 PM |
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Thread: A Turkish Delight
Post: RE: A Turkish Delight
| Having had the misfortune to live nest to it for 8 years I was pleased when it went......the rat infestations it generated were legendary amongst those whose houses backed onto it. Oh yes and the exci... |
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Erekose |
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30-01-2011, 05:27 PM |
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Thread: A Turkish Delight
Post: RE: A Turkish Delight
| FHF
As the rat bait was often sited in the alley behind our garden I claim more detailed knowledge of the Lings rat problems.......
Oddly the brazil nuts the squirrels burried in our garden were cho... |
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Erekose |
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03-03-2011, 09:46 PM |
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Thread: Pedestrian crossing by Forest Hill Station (Perry Vale side)
Post: RE: Pedestrian crossing by Forest Hill Station (Pe...
| Maybe. There are really useful design features which could be employed to slow the traffic, give pedestrians a fair crack at crossing and still allow the buses and emergency vehicles to travel freely.... |
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Erekose |
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31-10-2011, 09:42 PM |
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Thread: Pedestrian crossing by Forest Hill Station (Perry Vale side)
Post: RE: Pedestrian crossing by Forest Hill Station (Pe...
| Yes Sherwood I agree. For some reason they have resisted this in the past. The 'table' they rebuilt is shallower than the prevoius one and does nothing to slow the traffic. |
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Erekose |
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31-10-2011, 08:15 PM |
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Thread: Police at Stansted road address
Post: RE: Police at Stansted road address
| Almost evryone I know in the F/H area believed that the Bagel shop south of the station was actually a knocking shop...... |
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Erekose |
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20-06-2011, 09:06 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Underpass
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| What would really improve FH would be to upgrade the revolting underpass below it. Why this cannot be organised is beyond me. I recall arguments a few (10 maybe+?) years about who actually has respons... |
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Erekose |
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04-07-2011, 10:23 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Underpass
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Upgrade (Phase 3)
| Excellent news. It must be around 20 years since I first wrote a complaining letter about the state of the underpass..........I hope it will be worth the wait.
Any sign of the trees which were suppos... |
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Erekose |
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05-07-2011, 01:00 PM |
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Thread: low-flying jumbos
Post: RE: low-flying jumbos
| Yes I also noticed the planes very early yesterday. I put it down to having all the bedroom windows open because of the temperature making them seem louder. |
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Erekose |
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04-08-2011, 08:12 PM |
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