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Thread: Anyone read 'The Fowler Family Business' set in Forest Hill?
Post: Anyone read 'The Fowler Family Business' set in Fo...
| Hi there
Someone has pointed out to me that Jonathan Meades published a novel set in Forest Hill and Upper Norwood - anyone read it? It's called 'The Fowler Family Business'. It doesn't really soun... |
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08-04-2009, 09:01 PM |
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Thread: Calling all mums and dads to be
Post: Calling all mums and dads to be (part 2)
| Hi there, welcome to any new mums and dads out there
Its been a while since anyone posted about this, and we may have some expectant new members who aren't aware of the good company they are in!
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11-01-2009, 10:05 PM |
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Thread: Consultation meeting about Childrens Centres Proposals/Cuts
Post: Consultation meeting about Childrens Centres Propo...
| Hi all
There is a consultation meeting this Wednesday regarding proposed cuts and changes to Sure Start Children's Centres services in Area 4 (Perry Vale, Forest Hill, Bellingham and Sydenham).
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28-03-2011, 08:34 PM |
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Thread: Consultation on Kilmorie school becoming three form entry school
Post: Consultation on Kilmorie school becoming three for...
| As you may be aware there is going to be a shortage of primary school places in Lewisham. http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/8809411.LEWISHAM__Council_plans_to_deal_with_primary_school_place_shortfall/... |
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04-02-2011, 09:53 PM |
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Thread: Crystal Palace One O Clock Club may close
Post: Crystal Palace One O Clock Club may close
| For those of you who have taken their children to the fantastic Crystal Palace One O Clock Club you may be alarmed to hear it might be closing.
Its an excellent playgroup, with a great mix of craf... |
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16-01-2012, 06:38 PM |
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Thread: Door / carpenter recommendations please
Post: Door / carpenter recommendations please
| Hello, can anyone recommend a company to supply / fit new French doors (wooden) and/or a carpenter to fit them?
Also a company to supply/fit a replacement Victorian front door.
I am getting lots... |
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15-03-2015, 07:22 PM |
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Thread: Empty shops at bottom of Brockley Rise
Post: Empty shops at bottom of Brockley Rise
| Recently another shop closed at the bottom of Brockley Rise - Bubbles Food & Wine (next to the scooter shop) - it was a small convenience store and I have no idea why it closed as it seemed to happen ... |
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Jane2 |
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14-03-2014, 12:25 AM |
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Thread: Fire Station open day?
Post: Fire Station open day?
| Hi
I drove past Forest Hill fire station on Stanstead Road today and saw a large banner for an open day in June. However I didn't catch the date - does anyone know when it is?
Thanks! |
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31-05-2012, 03:56 PM |
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Thread: Firework displays in FH?
Post: Firework displays in FH?
| It's a bit late now, but just wondered if anyone can recommend any small local firework displays in the area? Don't fancy anything on the scale of Blackheath. |
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Jane2 |
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03-11-2012, 06:08 PM |
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Thread: Fix My Street website
Post: Fix My Street website
| Love Lewisham / Fix my Street
I used to use the Love Lewisham app on my phone to report problems like fly-tipping but the app doesn't seem to be available at the moment, I know you can still report... |
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Jane2 |
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10-09-2015, 12:10 AM |
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Thread: For sale - Stair Gates
Post: For sale - Stair Gates
| A pair of pressure fit stair gates – Great condition - £10 each
They are Lindam Stair Gates ‘Easy Fit Delux Plus’ the same as this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000S5L5TC/ref=oh_details_o02... |
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07-04-2014, 06:02 PM |
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Thread: For Sale, Medical / Therapy couches
Post: For Sale, Medical / Therapy couches
| For sale
Two medical examination couches. The brand is Homecraft. They can be raised and lowered by manually pressing a pedal on the side.
The dimensions are:
180 cm long
70 cm wide
He... |
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11-09-2013, 05:05 PM |
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Thread: Front Driveways
Post: Front Driveways
| I have noticed over the last couple of years that the number of houses paving over their front gardens to make driveways seems to be increasing in this area.
I know that paved driveways put a strain ... |
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11-03-2013, 01:30 PM |
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Thread: History of houses in Perry Vale triangle?
Post: History of houses in Perry Vale triangle?
| I've had to look up the history of our house on Kilmorie Road and came across something interesting on the Ideal Homes site:
http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk/lewisham/assets/maps/forest-hill/1890s
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23-02-2016, 01:26 AM |
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Thread: Kilmorie Garden Festival
Post: Kilmorie Garden Festival
| Join us for the [b]Kilmorie Garden Festival[/b]
Saturday 22 June, 2-4pm
Kilmorie School, Kilmorie Road, Forest Hill SE23 2SP
Art exhibition, drama workshops, plant sale & swap, refreshments, tex-... |
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09-06-2013, 10:35 PM |
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Thread: Lolos Patisserie closed
Post: Lolos Patisserie closed
| Has anyone else noticed that Lolos Patisserie has closed? I can't see any other posts about it. It was on Perry Vale on the corner of Siddons Road opposite Hair Hectick, and served lovely bread, cakes... |
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Jane2 |
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02-11-2013, 12:05 PM |
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Thread: Oven repair, any recommendations?
Post: Oven repair, any recommendations?
| Hi
Can anyone recommend someone to to come and look at (and hopefully repair!) our oven? It's not getting to temperature and NEFF charge £99 per callout, so would like to try a local tradesperson, ... |
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30-10-2012, 12:06 PM |
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Thread: Petition to Save Rockbourne Youth Club
Post: Petition to Save Rockbourne Youth Club
| I was sent a petition about Rockbourne Youth Club being possibly closed which seems a shame
https://www.change.org/p/rockbourne-youth-club-keep-rockbourne-open?recruiter=10329897&utm_source=share_p... |
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Jane2 |
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02-09-2015, 09:04 AM |
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Thread: 'Pub' premises
Post: RE: 'Pub' premises
| I wish something would happen to the Honor Oak soon, it is horrible seeing it all boarded up with steel at the windows. A waste of a good pub.
There is a little bit more about what is happening at ... |
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28-08-2013, 11:46 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 don't agree with other comments that the Honor Oak pub is not a good location. It is near to Honor Oak but also benefits from being near all the housing in the 'Perry Vale Triangle'. The only other ... |
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07-10-2013, 01:46 PM |
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Thread: Advertising hoarding outside Paddy Power - not a good advertisement
Post: RE: Advertising hoarding outside Paddy Power - not...
| yes it's such a shame someone had to stick a load of posters over it |
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02-11-2013, 11:55 AM |
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Thread: Allotment Holders
Post: RE: Allotment Holders
| I have a plot on Hurstbourne Road allotments. We put our name down when we first moved here even though we didn't want the plot right then, because we knew the waiting list was so long. When we got it... |
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06-05-2011, 03:13 PM |
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Thread: Allotment Holders
Post: RE: Allotment Holders
| It's not so easy for them to get rid of allotment land when there is proof of sufficient demand, but doesn't mean they won't try! I do hope that rumour isn't true...
Some info on allotment legislat... |
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06-05-2011, 03:45 PM |
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Thread: Another accident on Perry Vale
Post: RE: Another accident on Perry Vale
| I agree, that stretch of the road is really difficult to cross. A couple of weeks ago I was crossing it with 3 kids, I waited carefully until there were definitely no cars coming from either side of t... |
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22-09-2015, 07:36 PM |
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Thread: Anti Social Behaviour in FH & HO
Post: RE: Anti Social Behaviour in FH & HO Question
| The word chav I think sandy is referring to, can be a bit offensive. I was a bit surprised to read it in your post.
I have walked around the area in the evening and not had any trouble. |
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14-09-2015, 09:48 AM |
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Thread: any baby groups in the area.
Post: RE: any baby groups in the area.
| Hi
There is a playgroup at the Forest Hill Methodist Church on Normanton Street, although its a Toddler group too, it has a nice peaceful separate 'Bumps and Babies' room so you don't have to sit i... |
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21-02-2012, 07:18 PM |
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Thread: Assault in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Assault in Forest Hill
| To echo the comments here, how awful for you especially so soon after moving here. I don't go out in the evenings so much nowadays but I've never seen anything like this but as others have said these ... |
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23-03-2012, 08:04 PM |
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Thread: ADT security consultants cold calling
Post: RE: Bogus ADT security consultants cold calling?
| We had an ADT lady at the door, she was polite enough although definitely pushy. Before I had said anything she was practically in the door taking her shoes off! She kept asking if she could call agai... |
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03-03-2014, 11:09 PM |
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Thread: ADT security consultants cold calling
Post: RE: Bogus ADT security consultants cold calling?
| Yes I think I am going to get tougher and be ruder - I am obviously being too polite!
Had another company today - not ADT but one of those companies who want to advise you on making improvements to y... |
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07-03-2014, 12:01 AM |
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Thread: Brockley Rise accident 25/1/11
Post: RE: Brockley Rise accident tonight
| My husband was going past and asked what had happened. He was told a pedestrian had been hit by a car. It seemed to be around the zebra crossing. Quite worrying as I use that crossing a lot. Sincerely... |
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25-01-2011, 09:42 PM |
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Thread: BT Infinity - Service Outage
Post: RE: BT Infinity - Service Outage
| Not with BT infinity but with Sky (although obviously BT openreach manage our line). We've had no phone service since the weekend, and they are 'looking into it'
Broadband is fine though weirdly.
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08-10-2014, 11:14 PM |
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Thread: Buggies
Post: RE: Buggies
| Buggies can be very confusing! But I agree, don't go for one of the massive ones unless you are planning on doing lots of off-roading.... I had a Maclaren Techno which has been great (although probabl... |
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19-03-2008, 03:31 PM |
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Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver
| rbmartin - I think all the comments about chelsea-tractors, little darlings, silly buggies etc is just being deliberately provocative and not actually helping this discussion. Please lets stick to the... |
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01-11-2010, 03:45 PM |
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Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver
| PS. I mainly referred to mothers in my last post; any of this can of course happen to fathers too, who are increasingly becoming main carers of babies/children. |
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01-11-2010, 03:49 PM |
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Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver
| Rights - For the record, I did not mention 'civil rights', or the 'human rights act'. I know that the word 'rights' can be easily misunderstood so was maybe not a wise term for me to use. I meant it i... |
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01-11-2010, 06:22 PM |
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Thread: Buggy-hating 176 driver
Post: RE: Buggy-hating 176 driver
| I do very much believe in tolerance towards others which is what prompted me to post on here in the first place, as I thought there was unneccessary animosity shown towards mothers and I felt I had to... |
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02-11-2010, 03:21 PM |
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Thread: Burglary in SE23
Post: RE: Burglary in SE23
| PVP - not a phone call, but I did have a door-to-door salesperson offering me a burglar alarm with a £200 'grant' if I took them up on the offer (the grant turned out to be from the company itself, so... |
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24-04-2012, 11:00 AM |
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Thread: Bus to Blackheath
Post: RE: bus to Blackheath
| From where I am its very easy I get the 202 from Perry Hill / Catford Hill which goes direct to Blackheath, but thats probably too far from Honor Oak. Handy for any Perry Valers reading this though... |
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14-11-2011, 03:17 PM |
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Thread: Calling all mums and dads to be
Post: RE: Calling all Mums (and Dads) to be!
| Hi everyone, just wanted to say hello as we are expecting our second baby in August (we already have a toddler).
Your Honor Oak meet-up sounded really nice! Sorry we missed it. My husband is often... |
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26-03-2008, 03:15 PM |
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Thread: Calling all mums and dads to be
Post: RE: Calling all Mums (and Dads) to be!
| Thanks Nicky for doing this, I've just joined up.
I don't think I will set up another Yahoo group for the Forest Hill NCT members as there doesn't seem much point in duplicating what you have alrea... |
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28-03-2008, 03:55 PM |
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Thread: Calling all mums and dads to be
Post: RE: Calling all mums and dads to be (part 2)
| You might also be interested in these threads:
Lewisham hospital v Kings College hospital:
http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=565
Baby due September:
http://www.se23.com/forum/showth... |
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11-01-2009, 10:13 PM |
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Thread: Carnival Against The Cuts, 19th Feb
Post: RE: Carnival Against The Cuts, 19th Feb
| If anyone is willing to wade through an 800 page document, you can find all the papers for the Mayor's budget meeting this Thursday 17 Feb, on the Council website here
[url=http://councilmeetings.l... |
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16-02-2011, 11:18 AM |
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Thread: Catford Bridge Tavern to become retail units?
Post: RE: Catford Bridge Tavern to become retail units?
| True, unfortunately. Here is the planning application:
[url=http://acolnet.lewisham.gov.uk/LEWIS-XSLPagesDC/acolnetcgi.exe?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=67504]http://acoln... |
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Thread: Catford Bridge Tavern to become retail units?
Post: RE: Catford Bridge Tavern to become retail units?
| To update on this. The lovely, friendly and popular Catford Bridge Tavern has had its last last orders.
https://www.facebook.com/catfordbridgetavern
Apparently the owner sold the Freehold to Tesc... |
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21-11-2012, 06:15 PM |
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Thread: Changes to Lewisham refuse collection services
Post: RE: Changes to Lewisham refuse collection services
| I think fly-tipping has got worse recently, I don't know why, but practically every street I walk down in Forest Hill has a pile of rubbish left on the pavement. I've also had rubbish dumped outside m... |
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18-04-2016, 11:57 AM |
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Thread: Changes to Lewisham refuse collection services
Post: RE: Changes to Lewisham refuse collection services
| Thanks Londondrz that's useful to know (that battery bin isn't listed on the Batteryback map that Lewisham gives)
Metal is another issue. I often have small metal items to dispose of and I don't wa... |
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19-04-2016, 10:13 AM |
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Thread: Changes to Lewisham refuse collection services
Post: RE: Changes to Lewisham refuse collection services
| Ah that would explain why the scrap metal vans don't come round anymore! You used to see them raiding people's skips. |
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19-04-2016, 12:40 PM |
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Thread: Children in cafes
Post: RE: Children in cafes
| SE23.com does seem to be particularly critical of mothers. I have seen few threads that generate such ire as those where mothers and children are concerned.
Like CatfordBorders I have come across p... |
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09-01-2015, 06:24 PM |
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Thread: Consultation on Controlled Parking Zone in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Consultation on Controlled Parking Zone in For...
| Or you could do as one of my neighbours does and 'reserves' the space outside his house with his wheely bins when he leaves every day.... |
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07-11-2015, 12:12 AM |
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Thread: Consultation on Controlled Parking Zone in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Consultation on Controlled Parking Zone in For...
| Ha ha not that I know if! It's quite odd though (especially as he also has a dropped kerb and driveway which he never uses).
Our street is not included in the CPZ proposal but these things do have ... |
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