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Thread: Car damaged by cyclist - Garthorne Road
Post: RE: Car damaged by cyclist - Garthorne Road
| As a previous owner of a BMW, I wonder why the make of the car has featured so prominently here. We don't all behave like we own the road, you know (even though we do). |
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19-01-2012, 06:47 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues
Post: RE: Perry Vale - Road Issues
| I live on Mayow Road - we have a lovely new hump just outside our house. Being a little 'split' hump, it doesn't slow anyone down, just keeps us awake at night as people speed over it, ker-thunk ker-t... |
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rshdunlop |
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20-08-2009, 06:36 PM |
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Thread: Minicab drivers parked up waiting in residential streets
Post: RE: Minicab drivers parked up waiting in residenti...
| They also park on Mayow Road, just past Burghill Road. I haven't noticed much litter, but they do tend to stop very suddenly at that point, either to park, (or double park), or perform a u-turn. All w... |
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rshdunlop |
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24-08-2009, 09:02 AM |
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Thread: Broadband in SE23
Post: RE: Broadband in SE23
| Whichever you choose, if you are moving providers, remember to negotiate price. I am on BT and came to the end of my contract. I looked around and saw that o2 were the cheapest (I have an o2 mobile co... |
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rshdunlop |
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25-08-2009, 08:40 AM |
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Thread: Alarm Going Off at Night in Mayow Road Area
Post: Alarm Going Off at Night in Mayow Road Area
| This is an odd one. Almost every night for the past six weeks to two months, I've been woken up by a burglar alarm going off at about 3 am. It only goes off for about 30 seconds. It's the same length ... |
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rshdunlop |
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05-10-2009, 03:08 PM |
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Thread: Alarm Going Off at Night in Mayow Road Area
Post: RE: Alarm going off a night in Mayow Road area
| No, that's not it. We have an alarm too, and I know the beeping you get when you come in or got out. This is the actual siren going off (I know what that sounds like too, when I forget I've set the sy... |
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rshdunlop |
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05-10-2009, 10:51 PM |
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Thread: Alarm Going Off at Night in Mayow Road Area
Post: RE: Alarm going off a night in Mayow Road area
| Okay, the alarm is still going off, and now it's not just at night. It happens during the day as well. The alarm sounds for about thirty seconds and then stops mid-bleep. I can hear a front door closi... |
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rshdunlop |
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03-11-2009, 11:13 AM |
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Thread: Perry Vale accident
Post: RE: Perry Vale tonight
| All the Sydenham Road buses are on diversion up and down Mayow Road and along Perry Vale because Sydenham Road is closed between Kent House Road and Home Park. That might have been a contributing fact... |
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rshdunlop |
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05-05-2010, 09:22 PM |
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Thread: Missing Cat in SE23
Post: RE: MISSING in S.E.23
| Alypops - which street do you live on? It helps to narrow it down as Dot may not be far from home.
Will keep an eye out in any case. |
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rshdunlop |
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28-05-2010, 07:09 PM |
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Thread: Car accident Mayow Road/Perry Vale roundabout
Post: RE: Car accident Mayow Road/Perry Vale roundabout
| I live on Mayow Road and use this roundabout almost every day. Some people seem incapable of remembering how roundabouts work when it's a mini one and just fail to give way then look all surprised whe... |
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rshdunlop |
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07-06-2010, 12:55 PM |
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Thread: Car accident Mayow Road/Perry Vale roundabout
Post: RE: Car accident Mayow Road/Perry Vale roundabout
| Blushing - I was going to say what a good idea, except that about five minutes ago I used that roundabout to turn right and was cut up by ... a police car. I stopped mid junction and just raised my ha... |
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rshdunlop |
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07-06-2010, 04:05 PM |
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Thread: Missing Cat in SE23
Post: RE: Missing Cat in SE23
| Don't know if you are still looking for your cat, but there is a notice on the Sydenham forum that someone has found a young black and white cat. This one has a collar, but people do sometimes put col... |
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rshdunlop |
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09-06-2010, 04:43 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Lots of people do use swimming as a therapeutic exercise if they are less mobile. If you use the Perry Vale car park you either have to negotiate the steps in the underpass or walk around Waldram Cres... |
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rshdunlop |
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02-07-2010, 02:39 PM |
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Thread: Parking Devonshire Road
Post: RE: Parking Devonshire Road
| I avoid driving down Devonshire Road at all costs, because I know that sooner or later I'm going to lose a wing mirror or a bumper to some crazed van driver coming the other way. Given how close it is... |
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rshdunlop |
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22-07-2010, 10:51 PM |
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Thread: Parking Devonshire Road
Post: RE: Parking Devonshire Road
| How would that work, junegapi? Do you mean alternating contraflows up and down the road, with pinch points where people have to wait and give way? I've found those make people even more aggressive. Mo... |
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rshdunlop |
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27-07-2010, 01:40 PM |
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Thread: Ridiculous Doctors Catchment areas
Post: RE: Ridiculous Doctors Catchment areas
| It always seems like a good idea to stay with a GP you like when you move, especially if you don't go very often. But you never know what the future will hold. My mother stayed with our family GP when... |
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rshdunlop |
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29-07-2010, 09:34 AM |
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Thread: Parking Devonshire Road
Post: RE: Parking Devonshire Road
| But the question is, how do you stop the cut through traffic? Every new traffic rule or routing has a knock on effect in other places. I'll bet the traffic on Devonshire Road has been a lot worse in t... |
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rshdunlop |
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31-07-2010, 09:05 PM |
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Thread: Parking Devonshire Road
Post: RE: Parking Devonshire Road
| I'm not saying it couldn't or shouldn't be done, I'm just wondering how, with so many side roads joining into Devonshire Road. |
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31-07-2010, 11:58 PM |
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Thread: Parking Devonshire Road
Post: RE: Parking Devonshire Road
| I read the other thread on traffic calming, and have to agree with the person there who pointed out that traffic flows so much better these days around the South Circular that it's hardly worth taking... |
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rshdunlop |
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01-08-2010, 12:17 PM |
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Thread: Considering a move to Queenswood Road
Post: RE: Considering a move to Queenswood Road
| I live on Mayow Road, near the corner of Queenswood Road. Queenswood is a lovely, quiet road. Even Mayow Road is quiet in the evenings, bar the odd lairy person at the bus stop!
The only downside ... |
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rshdunlop |
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09-08-2010, 10:45 AM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| Lottie - if you shop by car, I suggest you use the Sainsburys in Lower Sydenham until it's sorted.
How are Sainsburys and indeed all the businesses on that stretch of the South Circular going to g... |
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rshdunlop |
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15-08-2010, 08:59 PM |
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Thread: what was on mayow road years ago
Post: RE: what was on mayow road years ago
| Call me a cynic, but haven't people died just about everywhere? Or do you mean did a young girl died in that area in circumstances that would make her likely to become a ghost.
I've often wondered ... |
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rshdunlop |
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28-08-2010, 11:45 PM |
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Thread: what was on mayow road years ago
Post: RE: what was on mayow road years ago
| Why was your brother taking photos of his room, out of interest?
I can see the image of the girl quite clearly. Not sure about the pinafore and frilled collar you mentioned, but by the hairstyle s... |
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rshdunlop |
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29-08-2010, 11:17 PM |
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Thread: what was on mayow road years ago
Post: RE: what was on mayow road years ago
| Also, the lighting is all wrong - the light is in the girl's face, but the light in the room is coming from behind the camera. Yes, I know, ghosts don't obey the laws of physics, but if she is suppose... |
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rshdunlop |
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29-08-2010, 11:31 PM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| 10th Sept according to the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/local/london.shtml |
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rshdunlop |
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30-08-2010, 08:43 PM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| [quote] 02-09-2010 10:30 PM
That's great news, but two new traffic islands are about to be constructed at the junction of Perry Vale and Westbourne Drive outside the Co-op. According to a TfL traffi... |
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rshdunlop |
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09-09-2010, 05:33 PM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| [quote] But there's nothing to say that they cannot drive down Perry Vale, turn left into Waldram Place and then onto Waldram Crescent. [/quote]
Yes there is - there is a 'no entry' sign where the ... |
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09-09-2010, 06:21 PM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| Whether or not the 'no entry' sign is legally enforceable, if I was driving down there, saw that half the carriageway was closed and there were both 'no entry' and 'road closed' signs, I would turn ar... |
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rshdunlop |
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10-09-2010, 09:30 AM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| Details from SGN [url=http://www.sgn.co.uk/index.aspx?rightColHeader=9&rightColContent=15&rightColFooter=237&id=5147&TierSlicer1_TSMenuTargetID=70&TierSlicer1_TSMenuTargetType=1&TierSlicer1_TSMenuID=6... |
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rshdunlop |
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10-09-2010, 01:48 PM |
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Thread: lots of mice in se23?
Post: RE: lots of mice in se23?
| You might see more mice in the house at this time of year - along with those long-legged spiders, as they look for somewhere to spend the winter. My cats like a mouse snack with a spider chaser, so we... |
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rshdunlop |
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21-09-2010, 02:48 PM |
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Thread: Parking on Gabriel St, Grierson Rd, Lessing St etc
Post: RE: Parking on Gabriel St, Grierson Rd, Lessing St...
| When the Perry Vale car park was free, it was completely full of commuter cars by about 8.30am. As none of these people returned to collect their cars until evening, there was never a free space for l... |
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27-09-2010, 12:41 PM |
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Thread: Parking on Gabriel St, Grierson Rd, Lessing St etc
Post: RE: Parking on Gabriel St, Grierson Rd, Lessing St...
| I didn't make any judgements, I just agreed that there was nowhere for locals to park when it was free. Commuters can still use it, if they are prepared to pay £3 a day. Either the commuters go elsewh... |
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27-09-2010, 01:16 PM |
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Thread: Parking on Gabriel St, Grierson Rd, Lessing St etc
Post: RE: Parking on Gabriel St, Grierson Rd, Lessing St...
| An excellent idea, davidl, and just what I was thinking myself. |
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rshdunlop |
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27-09-2010, 04:35 PM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| I wouldn't bet on it being completed in ten weeks. They have been working on Sydenham Road for well over a year now, and each stage has taken at least double the estimated time. Living as I do on Mayo... |
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30-09-2010, 01:04 PM |
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Thread: 14 Waldram Park Road
Post: RE: 14 Waldram Park Road
| What I love about that picture up there (apart from the cement company's name, of course), is the lines of birds on the roof watching. |
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rshdunlop |
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05-10-2010, 01:29 PM |
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Thread: Getting ready for winter in se23
Post: RE: Getting ready for winter in se23
| Once upon a time, I seem to remember, there were grit bins on streets that were badly affected by ice or who lived at the top of hills. Residents would go out with their shovels and put out the initia... |
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rshdunlop |
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06-10-2010, 07:39 AM |
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Thread: Perry Vale old fire station to be redeveloped
Post: RE: Perry Vale old fire station to be redeveloped
| I look at the passing trade beside City Walk and wonder why no-one has snapped up the retail unit for a newsagents / convenience store. Now the Perry Vale entrance to the station is permanently open, ... |
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22-10-2010, 09:04 AM |
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Thread: Apple and Pear trees
Post: RE: Apple and Pear trees
| The people who run the garden in Mayow Park have been thinking the same thing and may have come up with a plan:
http://forum.sydenham.org.uk/viewtopic.php?style=1&f=1&t=5468 |
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rshdunlop |
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28-11-2010, 03:40 PM |
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Thread: Is it snowing heavily in FH/Sydenham
Post: RE: Is it snowing heavily in FH/Sydenham
| My husband got on an overground train at 7:25. Had to wait about 30 minutes for it. |
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02-12-2010, 09:10 AM |
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Thread: Postal delivery and refuse collections suspended?
Post: RE: Postal delivery and refuse collections suspend...
| I've had no post since Tuesday. The roads between my house and the sorting office in Perry Vale have been completely negotiable so I am at a loss to understand why I've had no post. I know some areas ... |
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03-12-2010, 06:18 PM |
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Thread: Postal delivery and refuse collections suspended?
Post: RE: Postal delivery and refuse collections suspend...
| I've had milk, newspapers and courier deliveries all week, but no post. I know the pavements are bad, but how about sending out some of the letters with the parcel vans? They did that last year to cle... |
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03-12-2010, 07:56 PM |
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Thread: Postal delivery and refuse collections suspended?
Post: RE: Postal delivery and refuse collections suspend...
| I certainly wouldn't want the posties being forced out onto really dangerous roads. And I'm glad to hear that some people have had post. But I'd like to know why they haven't delivered MY post. I'm on... |
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04-12-2010, 10:51 AM |
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Thread: Road closures in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Road closures in Forest Hill
| There is one improvement on last year in that the council are depositing little heaps of grit on the pavement at strategic places so people can go get a shovelful and spread it where it's needed. Have... |
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07-12-2010, 01:42 PM |
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Thread: Road closures in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Road closures in Forest Hill
| Drivers should be driving more cautiously in any case - you never know when you might hit a frost pocket where the road is still icy. I have also got accostomed to driving very careful up hill - not b... |
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08-12-2010, 11:19 PM |
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Thread: Road closures in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Road closures in Forest Hill
| Not all are as sensible as you, seeformiles.
I've been leaving my car at home and walking a lot this past week and try to stick to the golden rule when walking on the road - always face the oncomi... |
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08-12-2010, 11:30 PM |
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Thread: Road closures in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Road closures in Forest Hill
| Thank you, Robin, what an excellent idea. I am sure more people would do their bit as long as they knew it was okay to do so. |
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14-12-2010, 12:58 PM |
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Thread: Road closures in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Road closures in Forest Hill
| With the milder winters we had in the past, any snow we got disappeared pretty quickly so it never seemed worth clearing snow ourselves. But in the past few years we have had snow followed by prolonge... |
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09-12-2010, 12:53 PM |
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Thread: How Lewisham prioritise gritting
Post: RE: How Lewisham prioritise gritting
| It's stopped snowing - get out and clear the snow from outside your property now before it freezes. Then sprinkle some table or dishwasher salt where you have cleared. Then put on your crampons for ta... |
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18-12-2010, 04:43 PM |
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Thread: Early Start for the bin men
Post: RE: Early Start for the bin men
| I used to live above a corner shop. For the first few weeks I was woken every morning by the shutter going up at 6 am. After a while I didn't notice anymore. If the bin men have the same schedule ever... |
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23-12-2010, 02:54 PM |
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Thread: Direct ELL trains to Highbury & Islington
Post: Football supporters
| Good news for local Gooners. |
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