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Thread: Crofton Park Assembly Meeting Sat 30 Jan
Post: Crofton Park Assembly Meeting Sat 30 Jan
| Of interest to those in the Brockley Rise area and living in the Crofton Park ward, most of which is in the SE 23 (and some in SE4 and a bit in SE6).
Assembly Meeting this Saturday afternoon 30th Jan... |
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28-01-2010, 04:46 PM |
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Thread: Recycling
Post: RE: Recycling
| I put my shredded paper in the compost heap with all the veggy stuff and it helps to stop the mixture getting too soggy.
But I do have concerns about the possible toxicity of the printing inks that c... |
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30-01-2010, 02:19 PM |
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Thread: St German's Road
Post: RE: St German's Road
| Like "new boy" James I've lived here a long time.
The rat-running traffic cutting off the corner between Brockley rise and the S Circular used to be a nightmare but it's not so bad these days, and ... |
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30-01-2010, 06:45 PM |
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Thread: St German's Road
Post: RE: St German's Road
| Forgot to add that it can be very reassuring to know that there's medical help very close at hand at the Jenner and the pharmacy since you have a 10 month old baby. |
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30-01-2010, 06:50 PM |
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Thread: Crofton Park Assembly Meeting Sat 30 Jan
Post: RE: Crofton Park Assembly Meeting Sat 30 Jan
| One of the best bits of the Crofton Park Assembly meeting was the report from the police from PC Hindle. He said that Crofton Park Ward is the SAFEST ward in the whole of Lewisham Borough.
Number of... |
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derbybill |
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31-01-2010, 05:24 PM |
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Thread: Darren Johnson
Post: RE: Darren Johnson
| Yes Darren has two jobs with nice allowances: GLA member and Lewisham Councillor, but he wants to get his hands on the big money as an MP as well.
Wonder if he can do three jobs at the same time, s... |
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derbybill |
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21-02-2010, 10:49 PM |
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Thread: Mugging on Grierson Road
Post: RE: Mugging on Grierson Road
| Perhaps Rob Blackie at 8 Woodham Road Catford should read Post No.1 which clearly said that the police were called and stop wasting everybodys time asking daft questions on behalf of his partner when ... |
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23-02-2010, 05:40 PM |
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Thread: Mugging on Grierson Road
Post: RE: Mugging on Grierson Road
| No I think you have got that wrong.
She has to be called a prospective parliamentary candidate until the election is called and Parliament is dissolved and then she becomes a candidate.
You have ... |
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derbybill |
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25-02-2010, 01:24 PM |
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Thread: Recycling
Post: RE: Recycling
| Thanks Councillor Wise for the info about printing ink on shredded paper: I'm pleased to know that it's safe.
I am also delighted that the garden waste service will be back in action soon. I made... |
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derbybill |
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10-03-2010, 05:52 PM |
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Thread: Cycling Clubs?
Post: RE: Cycling Clubs?
| Might be worth asking at Chris Comptons bike shop at the Catford end of Catford Hill: that's where a lot of riders get their bikes and bits from. Is the Catford Cycling Club still going? |
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10-03-2010, 06:00 PM |
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Thread: Recycling
Post: RE: Recycling
| Oops. I'll make that last bit clear: I meant look out for old bags rather than big cars in your street! Don't want to start a crime wave.
Just had the nice man from Lewisham call round to remind m... |
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11-03-2010, 06:15 PM |
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Thread: Local councillor hustings, April 22
Post: RE: Local councillor hustings, April 22
| So nobody coming from Community Greed before Private Need or is that People Before Profit or is it called something else in your area? |
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derbybill |
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22-04-2010, 11:44 AM |
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Thread: Election poster boards in front gardens
Post: Election poster boards in front gardens
| There's a lot of these about, but watch your head if you are walking down Stondon Park as one of the Green posters cleared my head by just a few mm.
I know these are temporary boards, but they still ... |
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22-04-2010, 08:46 PM |
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Thread: Theft of Post
Post: RE: Theft of Post
| Don't know any more, but speak to the Manager at Forest Hill Sorting Office.
I had missing mail over a period of a couple of months some years ago and the Manager there was very helpful, but there's ... |
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26-04-2010, 11:17 AM |
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Thread: Who to report street damage to?
Post: RE: Who to report street damage to?
| Suggest you contact Building Control at Lewisham Council (see website for details). If you are worried about the safety of the building they have the power to stop the work; they also have to approve... |
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derbybill |
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25-04-2010, 09:11 PM |
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Thread: Schools Admissions = Absurd Or What
Post: RE: Schools Admissions = Absurd Or What
| This article appeared WORD FOR WORD in the South London Press recently and the story with photo is still available (dated 15 April 2010)on the SLP website.
So does that mean that it's just been copie... |
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26-04-2010, 04:23 PM |
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Thread: Schools Admissions = Absurd Or What
Post: RE: Schools Admissions = Absurd Or What
| The point I was trying to make was that any piece of journalism, as this obviously was, should be credited in some way. That's all.
Remember a journalist spent time researching this story, interview... |
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28-04-2010, 08:41 PM |
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Thread: Local Election Result
Post: RE: Local Election Result
| Lewisham Council election results with turnout etc all available on the usual website, except Grove Park ward - recount.
Out of 54 seats the current scores are Labour 38, LibDem 12 and Green 1 seat, ... |
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derbybill |
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08-05-2010, 11:55 AM |
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Thread: Local Election Result
Post: RE: Local Election Result
| Final Lewisham Council make up (after several recounts in Grove Park ward) is Labour 39 seats, LibDem 12, Conservative 2 and Green 1.
I didnt choose to use my second preference vote in the Lewisham... |
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derbybill |
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11-05-2010, 06:00 PM |
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Thread: Best Doctors In Honor Oak Park?
Post: RE: Best Doctors In Honor Oak Park?
| My family has used the Jenner Practice for decades: good group of doctors and nurses, very helpful people especially the GP that sent me to Lewisham Hospital A&E where they probably saved my life. Ph... |
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derbybill |
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07-10-2010, 07:28 PM |
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Thread: Apple and Pear trees
Post: RE: Apple and Pear trees
| Like Fandango I also have a very large and very old pear tree in my garden off Brockley Rise. The tree seems to have good years and bad years: this was a good one with loads of fruit, but most of it ... |
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derbybill |
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03-12-2010, 09:16 PM |
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Thread: Postal delivery and refuse collections suspended?
Post: RE: Postal delivery and refuse collections suspend...
| No bin collections, according to Lewisham website, but I did get the latest Lewisham Life two days ago. |
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derbybill |
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03-12-2010, 09:21 PM |
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Thread: Please put swings back in the Triangle!
Post: RE: Please put swings back in the Triangle!
| I assume you mean the Horniman Triangle, not the Bermuda Triangle!
Have you climbed up Blythe Hill to try out the new play park?
If you are serious about a campaign to bring back swings and the li... |
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derbybill |
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24-12-2010, 08:52 PM |
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Thread: Local "Local Assmemblies" this week
Post: RE: Local "Local Assmemblies" this week
| Not sure what you mean by "Assmemblies" but thank you FHSoc for reminding us.
Crofton Park Assembly has been publicised locally with a flyer stating that "A light lunch will be served at midday."
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derbybill |
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14-01-2011, 03:25 PM |
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Thread: Extend 63 bus route to HOP station
Post: Extend 63 bus route to HOP station
| This is one of the topics to be discussed at the next meeting of the Crofton Park Transport Users Group.
[b]Tuesday 18th January, 7.30 pm at Ackroyd Centre, Ackroyd Road SE23[/b]
(just round the co... |
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derbybill |
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16-01-2011, 01:37 PM |
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Thread: Railway pictures
Post: RE: Railway pictures
| Thanks for the pictures and the stories.
I went on the last train from Lordship Lane station to Crystal Palace High Level (steam train of course). An exciting event with everyone trying to remove ... |
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derbybill |
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17-01-2011, 09:44 PM |
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Thread: Brockley Rise accident 25/1/11
Post: Brockley Rise accident 25/1/11
| Accident at junc. of Brockley Rise, Brockley Park tonight. Anyone know what happened? |
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derbybill |
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25-01-2011, 09:22 PM |
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Thread: Brockley Rise accident 25/1/11
Post: RE: Brockley Rise accident tonight
| Thanks for the info Jane2.
I also use that crossing. Fine if the lollipop man is there, but it often takes a while before you get noticed by passing traffic. I prefer to cross by St Saviour's churc... |
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derbybill |
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26-01-2011, 11:43 AM |
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Thread: Scams
Post: RE: Scams
| Following up on baggydaves post, if you don't want your evenings spoilt by unwanted sales phone calls, then go to www.tpsonline.org and register yourself. It takes less than five minutes.
It's illeg... |
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derbybill |
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29-01-2011, 05:35 PM |
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Thread: Scams
Post: RE: Scams
| Oops!
Sorry, forgot the "uk" bit.
Try again: http://www.tpsonline.org.uk |
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derbybill |
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29-01-2011, 05:40 PM |
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Thread: Consultation on Kilmorie school becoming three form entry school
Post: RE: Consultation on Kilmorie school becoming three...
| Well said roz.
I would never want to risk any child's future in a "free school".
Unqualified teachers, no curriculum guidelines, any old admission policies. A total waste of precious education fund... |
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08-02-2011, 10:19 PM |
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Thread: I will one day!
Post: RE: I will one day!
| If you want a good starting point for local tram information, then I can recommend
South London Tramways 1933-52, by Robert J Harley, published by Middleton Press 2006,
ISBN 1 90447489 6.
I spotte... |
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derbybill |
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15-02-2011, 05:25 PM |
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Thread: I will one day!
Post: RE: I will one day!
| Lovely clear picture of the 58 on its way to the Blackwall Tunnel. Thanks!
I also happen to have a copy of "Round & About London by Tram, by Charles G. Harper, Vol II South of the Thames, 2nd edition... |
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15-02-2011, 08:49 PM |
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Thread: lewisham Libraries Read-in 5th February
Post: RE: lewisham Libraries Read-in 5th February
| I'm not surprised the LibDem councillors kept quiet. They should be ashamed of what their Coalition is doing.
And today Nick Clegg is banging on about the Alternative Vote referendum, that will le... |
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18-02-2011, 06:56 PM |
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Thread: I will one day!
Post: RE: I will one day!
| Re the big Building in Waldram Place, now a MOT testing station.
Yes I think you are probably right saying that it was for the electricity supply for the trams. Not a power station generating elec... |
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19-02-2011, 07:25 PM |
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Thread: Feed me to the sharks!
Post: RE: Feed me to the sharks!
| No, I don't think we want "sky burials" in Forest Hill: too many foxes around!
Cremation is ok and used by 70% of the population, but we ought to be looking at heat recovery methods and try and mak... |
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20-02-2011, 01:41 PM |
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Thread: Check out Jim Dowd MP's new website
Post: RE: Check out Jim Dowd MP's new website
| Labour candidate for Bellingham Ward of Lewisham Council has been selected: see
http://www.lewishamlabour.co.uk |
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20-02-2011, 01:48 PM |
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Thread: Dropped kerb enforcement - Lewisham
Post: RE: Dropped kerb enforcement - Lewisham
| Ehegarty: as you clearly live near FH station then all I can do is sympathise. There has been an increasing problem of parking in the streets around Honor Oak Park station since the Overground servic... |
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08-03-2011, 06:59 PM |
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Thread: Dropped kerb enforcement - Lewisham
Post: RE: Dropped kerb enforcement - Lewisham
| But please don't try painting white lines across the driveway as only the Council can do that (not that it has any legal status, it's just to remind potential parkers).
Apparently people have been pr... |
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08-03-2011, 07:05 PM |
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Thread: Vermin on rampage again
Post: RE: Vermin on rampage again
| Following Saturday's demo, 149 people have been charged so far and no doubt there will be many more charged from the cctv and photographic evidence.
Free speech is OK but it doesn't give the right ... |
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28-03-2011, 11:56 AM |
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Thread: Vermin on rampage again
Post: RE: Vermin on rampage again
| Sassy said (28th March: [i]"Those that caused the trouble were nowhere near the main group, because they had no interest in cuts in government spending, they were there to cause as much mayhem as poss... |
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30-03-2011, 07:24 PM |
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Thread: Man Digs Pond
Post: RE: Man Digs Pond
| Presume this is some sort of performance art.
Questions:
Will the Man get suitable refreshment and comfort breaks?
Is any heavy machinery (eg JCB) involved?
What will happen to all the soil dug ou... |
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07-10-2011, 03:20 PM |
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Thread: One Tree Hill
Post: RE: One Tree Hill
| Sorry, dbboy, but if you want to come and live in these parts then please be aware we spell it[b] Honor[/b] Oak and not in the way that you have used.
Origin of the reason for the spelling is uncerta... |
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18-12-2011, 07:52 PM |
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Thread: One Tree Hill
Post: RE: One Tree Hill
| Humble apologies to dbboy and of course you are most welcome sydenhamcentral in Honor Oak!
Sorry!
Blythe Hill Fields has also got great views. |
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19-12-2011, 08:25 PM |
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Thread: Car air conditioning
Post: RE: Car air conditioning
| Try Ichthus Motors, opposite Dalmain School in Brockley Rise.
They did a good job on my elderly Peugeot.
There's usually a fixed price for an aircon service that includes the fluid, so ask them. A... |
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22-12-2011, 12:55 PM |
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Thread: clear candle 6v 2.4w christmas light bulb
Post: RE: clear candle 6v 2.4w christmas light bulb
| Try Maplins, opposite the Railway Telegraph Pub on the South Circular |
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derbybill |
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23-12-2011, 04:14 PM |
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Thread: What would perfect Forest Hill?
Post: RE: What would perfect Forest Hill?
| Like the idea of the town square around the station, as the station is very much the reason why Forest Hill actually exists at all: it was the railway that came first, then the houses.
What's really ... |
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30-12-2011, 04:10 PM |
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Thread: Power cut in HOP 2nd Jan 2012
Post: RE: Power cut in HOP last night
| If it was planned it would have probably been during daylight hours, not at 4 am.
I reckon it was only for 4 or 5 minutes.
Perhaps something to do with the very high winds last night? |
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03-01-2012, 11:49 AM |
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Thread: Recycling in Lewisham
Post: RE: Recycling in Lewisham
| Thanks, Cllr Wise for the update.
Since you do not mention [u]expanded[/u] polystyrene, the white packing material much used for fragile electronic equipment, then can we assume that it should be put... |
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derbybill |
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21-01-2012, 06:08 PM |
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Thread: Cold Spell
Post: RE: Cold Spell
| But if you really want to do some "cold calling" (get it?) then don't do it after dark and remember to take a big bar of chocolate with you.
And perhaps a shovel and broom to clear the snow off the p... |
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03-02-2012, 02:27 PM |
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