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Thread: Constant DIY (rant!)
Post: RE: Constant DIY (rant!)
| Constant DIY can be a pain. I think there are a lot of people working on their properties who cannot afford to move up now, as well as lots of new people moving in wanting to do DIY, in addition to ot... |
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29-03-2014, 10:44 PM |
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Thread: Rush hour trains from HOP - Advice please
Post: RE: Rush hour trains from HOP - Advice please
| Indicator boards gone again this morning |
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28-03-2014, 09:21 AM |
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Thread: Be your own Steve Grindlay!
Post: RE: Be your own Steve Grindlay!
| Thanks Tim, very interesting. |
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24-03-2014, 02:04 PM |
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Thread: Alarming house prices!
Post: RE: Alarming house prices!
| Back to the original point, we moved here in 2005 when you could just above still get a 3 bed house for under £250k (though most period ones were above that), which now seems to be the going price for... |
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17-03-2014, 01:26 PM |
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Thread: Alarming house prices!
Post: RE: Alarming house prices!
| I think we can all agree that the price is somewhat 'hopeful' and Foxton's have really provided poor advice with this one.
Let's not be too disparaging about what is after all someone's house. It ... |
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17-03-2014, 01:21 PM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Shops, restaurants, pubs etc
| Digime head down to HOP, Sodo right be the station have unofficially opened and will do the sort of pizza you want. Also Querce on Brockley Rise do nice thin pizzas, though not sure if they do them ev... |
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01-03-2014, 09:27 PM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
| Ate at Sodo Saturday lunchtime. Think we got the last non-booked table, it was packed (at lunchtime virtually all families with young children). 4 pizzas on the limited menu so far, more will come onc... |
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17-02-2014, 01:46 PM |
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Thread: Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park Neighbourhood Forum
Post: RE: Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park Neighbourhood ...
| Glad I'm not the only one...thanks shzl400, that's even more bizarre then. It just seems a completely random boundary, and as others have said, Crofton Park and HOP feel like different areas. |
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08-02-2014, 01:29 AM |
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Thread: Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park Neighbourhood Forum
Post: RE: Crofton Park and Honor Oak Park Neighbourhood ...
| Boundary seems pretty odd to me. For me they are different areas, but Crofton Park seems to form a small part and the other side of the tracks not included at all eg any of Devonshire road (is that al... |
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07-02-2014, 09:04 PM |
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Thread: Traffic diversion
Post: RE: Traffic diversion
| Well thankfully our trip to Kings ended up being early Saturday morning with hardly any traffic - good thing to as the baby came out within an hour of us reaching the hospital! :) If this has been dur... |
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02-02-2014, 08:53 PM |
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Thread: Traffic diversion
Post: RE: Traffic diversion
| Well works still ongoing. With my wife due to give birth any day and still waiting, I'm hoping they finish up soon - heard maybe finishing tomorrow but let's see! Driving to Kings Hospital this mornin... |
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29-01-2014, 04:35 PM |
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Thread: Miriam Lodge: Chicken keeping + Community Kitchen Garden
Post: RE: Miriam Lodge: Chicken keeping + Community Kitc...
| Great idea - good luck with it. |
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24-01-2014, 09:43 PM |
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Thread: Parking controls in HOP
Post: RE: Parking controls in HOP
| Parking near me is not an issue (I live on a main road so we park around the corner), but I can see why it is for some people. I don't think people 'own' the road outside their houses, but I do think ... |
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17-01-2014, 10:32 PM |
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Thread: House prices in Forest Hill - are they *definitely* on the up?
Post: RE: House prices in Forest Hill - are they *defini...
| House prices for period properties certainly seem to be going through the roof - not sure when it will end. We bought in 2005 but would not be moving here now due to the prices and can't see us tradin... |
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14-01-2014, 11:50 PM |
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Thread: New coffee shop in Forest Hill
Post: RE: New coffee shop in Forest Hill
| P1971, how does it compare to previous years? I'd always assume Jan would be a bad month for small shops generally as most people have spent all their money at Xmas and Jan is a long month with people... |
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14-01-2014, 11:44 PM |
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Thread: Parking controls in HOP
Post: RE: Parking controls in HOP
| I think there was a (Maybe Lewisham Council) survey a while ago posted on here asking for people's views on it.
Personally where I lived before in West London, they had all day restrictions which ... |
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14-01-2014, 05:58 PM |
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Thread: FH is amazing, what do you think would make the area better than it is allready!
Post: RE: FH is amazing, what do you think would make th...
| Completed - not sure if this was intentional, but there is no Honor Oak under local shopping area, no parent with pre-school children at end of survey. Also could Q3 be merged into Q4 if you've not ha... |
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13-01-2014, 08:50 PM |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Planning: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (was The Old Ba...
| Thanks Michael - February is not far away so good news. |
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10-01-2014, 11:53 AM |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Planning: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (was The Old Ba...
| Looked like they were still working early evening last night, does anyone know an estimated opening date? |
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10-01-2014, 08:41 AM |
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Thread: BT infinity
Post: RE: BT infinity
| Has been fine - we got this message when trying to set-up BT sport on our and it was due to an issue on our account (the whole setting up of Infity was an neverending disaster but we got there in the ... |
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23-12-2013, 04:12 PM |
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Thread: How to give away an old sofa bed
Post: RE: How to give away an old sofa bed
| When we've not been able to shift stuff through freecycle, we have left stuff on our drive with 'free please take' and it has tended to go. Looks like it might be dry tomorrow so you could try that if... |
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16-12-2013, 10:11 PM |
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Thread: Dartmouth Road attitudes & behaviours
Post: RE: Dartmouth Road - Attitudes & behaviours stink!
| ssmikes
1. Welcome to the forum :)
2. Your post seemed fair enough to me, forums are meant for venting. I can understand business owners on Dartmouth Road who are trying to continue improving th... |
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16-12-2013, 09:24 PM |
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Thread: Phone Stolen on London Road
Post: RE: Phone Stolen on London Road
| Sorry to hear that, and hope the bite is not bad, I wish those people all the bad karma they deserve.
I got a lady's phone back a year or so ago who had it stolen from two male youths, but I let ... |
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09-12-2013, 09:41 PM |
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Thread: Today I saw a parrott...
Post: RE: Today I saw a parrott...
| Had 4 or 5 that would come to the bird feeder earlier in the year - I ended up changing the feeder to something they could not get to as they would empty in almost in a day and scare off all the small... |
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01-12-2013, 08:42 PM |
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Thread: Disturbing Music near Forest H station today
Post: RE: Disturbing Music near Forest H station today
| To be fair the original poster never mentioned gangsta rap, just gagsta rap which may be what young people call singing about Head, shoulders, knees and toes now days :unsure: |
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24-11-2013, 01:13 AM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
| Hi Another John
Thanks for your reply.
We tend to do most of our shopping on HOP high street, occasionally Peter James butchers, then onto Sainsbury's Sydenham and \ or Lewisham or Bromley.
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18-11-2013, 10:03 PM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
| rshdunlop - thanks for pointing out The Montage - I did not know about that.
This thread is getting a bit OTT.
P1971 whether you believe people have signed up or not simply to defend the marke... |
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18-11-2013, 08:57 PM |
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Thread: Cuts to Lewisham Hospital A&E
Post: RE: Cuts to Lewisham Hospital A&E
| Great stuff. Slightly concerned by his 'now looking at the law' comment but hopefully any change would not get voted through. |
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30-10-2013, 01:08 AM |
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Thread: Where are all the squirrels?
Post: RE: Where are all the squirrels?
| Cellar Door, I thought you were joking about the Daily Mail article, but nothing escapes them. Of course they are foreign squirrels so we should not be surprised the DM has an article on them!
I lo... |
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14-10-2013, 08:58 PM |
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Thread: Where are all the squirrels?
Post: RE: Where are all the squirrels?
| Cellar Door - have you been to Kelsey Park - those squirrels are crazy and have no fear! |
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12-10-2013, 09:46 PM |
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Thread: Where are all the squirrels?
Post: RE: Where are all the squirrels?
| I believe most of them are currently located in close proximity to the bird feeder in my garden. |
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12-10-2013, 09:45 PM |
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Thread: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
Post: RE: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
| I quite liked the Honor Oak when it first opened, and was just generally pleased to have something open there. It looked nice and was good for some drinks in the evening.
With a young child it was... |
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04-10-2013, 11:14 AM |
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Thread: Where did you live before you came to SE23?
Post: RE: Where did you live before you came to SE23?
| Re the cycle, I'm nearly 40 and not particularly fit anymore sadly.
I do no cycle down the A2 and cut through Burgess Park which does speed things up.
I previously went the TFL Cycle planner t... |
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19-09-2013, 08:13 PM |
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Thread: Where did you live before you came to SE23?
Post: RE: Where did you live before you came to SE23?
| Nomadic
My cycle (pedal bike) to work in Shoreditch is around 27-30 mins on a good day, 35 on a bad one - getting to London Bridge is about 20-25 minutes.
I find it faster than going by car cer... |
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19-09-2013, 01:15 PM |
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Thread: Where did you live before you came to SE23?
Post: RE: Where did you live before you came to SE23?
| I lived in Shepherd's Bush all my life, before we moved to HOP 8 or so years ago. We found it when the Evening Standard were doing an areas for 1st time buyers to look at.
When we moved here it de... |
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17-09-2013, 07:19 PM |
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Thread: Anyone peeked into the new HOP Sainsburys?
Post: RE: Anyone peeked into the new HOP Sainsburys?
| So tomorrow's the day.
Death of the high street or the boost it needs. The coming months will tell.
I hope and expect the latter, but let's see. |
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11-09-2013, 09:01 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| I've never found the changing rooms that bad to be fair.
I understand why there are classes etc in the evening, but it does leave it tight for people who work and want a post dinner \ putting the ... |
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09-09-2013, 12:48 PM |
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Thread: Workers in Tapatiserie
Post: RE: Workers in Tapatiserie
| Good to hear people are saying the food is good - I've not eaten there in a while but did not find the food good when we did (that was when they first opened though). Will give it another go.
Conv... |
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09-09-2013, 12:44 PM |
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Thread: Anyone peeked into the new HOP Sainsburys?
Post: RE: Anyone peeked into the new HOP Sainsburys?
| I agree with tinyem - bubbles is nearly always open. I make a point of shopping there as I like the staff. If they have what I want I'll go there, if not will be Sainsburys. |
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09-09-2013, 12:41 PM |
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Thread: Le Querce, Brockley rise
Post: RE: Le Querce, Brockley rise
| We've not eaten there in the last couple of months but have always found the food good in the past. The main reason we have been in the past if that with a 2 year old it is such a child friendly resta... |
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24-08-2013, 09:26 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| I'm personally against Women only \ Adult only swims and the timing is not good for me. I have a young child and by the time I put him to bed (which after not seeing him at work during the day I want ... |
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16-08-2013, 08:11 PM |
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Thread: Indian Takeout suggestions
Post: RE: Indian Takeout suggestions
| Rob is correct (I've not tried the others mentioned in the thread) but the 'A la carte at home' from Babur is definitely better than the take away down the road which is average and of varying quality... |
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16-08-2013, 07:48 PM |
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Thread: Cuts to Lewisham Hospital A&E
Post: RE: Cuts to Lewisham Hospital A&E
| Well done to all involved from those that signed the petitions to those that marched and those that ran the legal campaign :thumbsup: |
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02-08-2013, 12:38 PM |
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Thread: Stillness Primary School
Post: RE: Stillness Primary School
| Our near schools are Dalmain and Stillness - my son is still too young to go to either but from what I have researched both are excellent. The catchment area is the only thing I would really worry abo... |
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02-08-2013, 12:35 PM |
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Thread: Theft of laptop in Honor Oak
Post: RE: Theft of laptop in Ackroyd Road
| I just had a quick look on Gumtree for you but could not see anything, but you could look there as well over the next day or so. |
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02-08-2013, 12:32 PM |
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Thread: BT Infinity in SE23 - News
Post: RE: BT Infinity in SE23 - News
| I've got an order going through for Infinity at present which still seems fine, and looks like it is still available on Brockley Rise anyway....seems odd they would withdraw it. |
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02-08-2013, 12:30 PM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Planning: Honor Oak Tandoori site to become Sa...
| If in HOP and you want a good butcher, Peter James is really not far on Ewhurst Road.
I think Sainsburys will on the whole be good for the High Street - I guess we will all find up over the next y... |
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16-02-2013, 02:39 PM |
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Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Planning: Honor Oak Tandoori site to become Sa...
| Looks like the shop that is not covered up to the left of the boarding is also getting cleared out of the old furniture etc so things are moving. |
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15-02-2013, 01:36 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park station staff
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park station staff
| Looks like they have rotated the staff - certainly looks like some of the old faces have now gone.
I remember a number of occasions which drove me crazy. This one in particular was on a day there we... |
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14-02-2013, 02:29 PM |
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Thread: Lifts at Honor Oak Park station
Post: RE: Lifts at Honor Oak Park station
| Good news either way. I'm sure most people know but for anyone new to the area living in HOP, if you need a lift they have them at Forest Hill which may not be much further of a walk \ wheel for you d... |
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14-02-2013, 02:16 PM |
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