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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Options 2 and 3 are horrible. Have a look at the more detailed plans via the links posted above.
It's a shame that the architects involved were not allowed to even contemplate keeping the facades o... |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| The flats wont pay for anything if you cant sell them.
All the new flat schemes in the area are struggling to sell. |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Images of the proposals to replace the pools are on the lewisham website.
Or you can see them and the link to the council website here:
www.poolingtogether.blogspot.com
The words "boring, bl... |
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14-07-2008, 06:50 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| I don't think the buildings are ugly. They have been woefully neglected.
[IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/leenewham/2558473764_76c00eb77f.jpg[/IMG]
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Thread: Housing Development next to Capitol Pub - Removal of Trees
Post: RE: Capitol Pub - Housing Development - Removal of...
| Open space? You cannot mean the park, as that land has been assigned a usage and has been developed and maintained as a park for a considerable time.
I wouldn't use the word maintained...have you bee... |
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09-06-2008, 11:01 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| I agree with Tim about using parts of the old pools stuck onto a new brick box pool and flats to try to appease those who like the current building facades.
We don't want to end up with some corpor... |
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09-06-2008, 06:05 PM |
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Thread: Supermarkets
Post: RE: Supemarkets
| MFC-3 in Sydenham Road near Kent House Road/Wesley Hall does have bread and pastry counters and really fantastic tomatoes on the vine. |
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27-05-2008, 02:53 PM |
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Thread: Supermarkets
Post: RE: Supemarkets
| [quote=Sherwood]
Actually most products that you buy in a supermarket are made in the same factory. So the only difference is convenience, service or price.
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The first part is true. M... |
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25-05-2008, 12:30 PM |
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Thread: Supermarkets
Post: Supermarkets
| What do people think about TESCO? Are they better/worse than Sainsbury's? Aldi? ASda? What do you think?
If a supermarket COULD come to your high street, what would you want and why? |
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24-05-2008, 01:11 PM |
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Thread: Who are the bad people?
Post: RE: Who are the bad people?
| ^^^true.
Recycling only prolongs the demise of the product. You cant recycle the same product forever (it's about 6 times). The best thing is to reuse. Recycling comes second, Sustainably sourced i... |
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28-04-2008, 01:41 PM |
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Thread: Direct Action
Post: RE: Direct Action
| I enjoy getting calls from cold callers from double glazing salesmen who I keep on the phone as long as possible before telling them:
Sorry, I forgot, I don't have any windows
I live in a tent in ... |
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23-04-2008, 01:02 PM |
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Thread: Who are the bad people?
Post: RE: Who are the bad people?
| [quote=Toffeejim]
Supermarkets trying to distract our attention with initiatives on plastic bags when the real problem is the enormous amount of excess packaging housing their products.
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19-04-2008, 01:18 PM |
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Thread: does anyone use streetcar?
Post: RE: does anyone use streetcar?
| I use it, its good. Only problems are making sure you are back in time otherwise it costs ?50 in fines.
I haven't had a problem with it being booked out as there are loads in the area.
You book... |
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10-04-2008, 12:21 PM |
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Thread: Travelling from FH to Paddington
Post: RE: Travelling from FH to Paddington
| I travel every day from Sydenham to Marylebone.
I change at London Bridge, get the Jubilee line and change at Baker Street to the Bakerloo (you just cross the platform, 30 seconds).
It takes 50 ... |
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03-04-2008, 05:16 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill on the tube map!
Post: RE: Forest Hill on the tube map!
| Because the tube map shows the bus replacement service which runs between the two stations. |
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03-04-2008, 12:47 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| "There are many links in the chain which could affect whether we end up with a good building or a bad building. One important link depends on how committed the architects are to designing a pool with ... |
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Thread: Looking back at Forest Hill's future
Post: RE: Looking back at Forest Hill's future
| The Horniman Museum is a great example of an historic building, an interesting, well designed museum and a really well considered, modern extension working in harmony with its surroundings. I love the... |
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28-03-2008, 08:52 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Pool pragmatism
| It appears we don't like the building at Downham and that we want something better like the Laban centre.
In February (according to Lewishams own website) it was going to cost ?5 million to refurbi... |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Pool pragmatism
| English Hertitage had this to say about the pools:
They (Forest Hill Pools) are of interest in that they retain their original pools, and ancillary structures, such as ticket offices and laundry ma... |
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Thread: Save Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Save Forest Hill Pools
| I actually went inside the pools today. They are open (a door was was left wide open around the back, no-one seemed to be in there). Not only are they still full of water apparently (I didn't get to t... |
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24-03-2008, 09:38 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Pool pragmatism
| I think a lot of us don't believe that the decision is final. We don't believe ethat the right decision has been made, and as the council are public servants, if the majority of people dissagree then ... |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pool
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool
| According to the poll you are in the majority if you want to keep the look of the building.
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[[i]There is a problem which keeps th... |
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23-03-2008, 10:53 AM |
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Thread: Save Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Save Forest Hill Pools
| Regarding the building, in general lewisham build stuff like this:[attachment=47]
or this:
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New flats generally now look like this:
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Or this:
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22-03-2008, 02:15 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pool
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool
| It would be worth checking to see if the council are getting any grants for the new building. There is pressure on councils to provide new housing. The Eu give out grants for new builds but not for co... |
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22-03-2008, 01:58 PM |
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Thread: The Future of London
Post: RE: The Future of London
| A few well designed, unique structures like the Gherkin can enhance our skyline. As long as we don't go all Donald trump I'm happy, as well as they are interesting, fine. Shame that Docklands is looki... |
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