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Thread: Barking Dogs
Post: Barking Dogs
| Help please. My lovely neighbours who I have lived next to for 25 years and get on with really well, have 3 large dogs. Most of the time they are fine. But when they go out and leave the dogs in the e... |
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robbrockley |
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09-04-2014, 09:56 PM |
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Thread: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
Post: RE: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
| Think I prefer the current contemporary grey than this. Pretty ghastly frontage. But maybe the interior will be better. |
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robbrockley |
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17-12-2013, 11:24 PM |
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Thread: Anti Social Behaviour in FH & HO
Post: RE: Anti Social Behaviour in FH & HO Question
| Hi Gabbi the worse thing about the area is the number of dogs and dog owners who do not pick up after their dogs - if you are likely to be one of those, please consider other areas to live! Bad on pav... |
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robbrockley |
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14-09-2015, 04:29 PM |
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Thread: Any Birthday Party Venue Ideas?
Post: RE: Any Birthday Party Venue Ideas?
| The conservatory at the Horniman Museum - Suzanne James catering. Eltham Palace is a fantastic venue but pricey. |
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robbrockley |
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15-08-2013, 09:33 PM |
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Thread: Any Birthday Party Venue Ideas?
Post: RE: Any Birthday Party Venue Ideas?
| Definitely NOT Stone Bar - unless you want substances other than food and alcohol at your party. |
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robbrockley |
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16-08-2013, 07:28 PM |
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Thread: Any Birthday Party Venue Ideas?
Post: RE: Any Birthday Party Venue Ideas?
| Seems to be fairly common knowledge locally. And walking passed late-ish on a Friday/Saturday would seem to confirm. |
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robbrockley |
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16-08-2013, 10:37 PM |
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Thread: Barclays Bank Forest Hill
Post: RE: Barclays Bank Forest Hill
| And Crofton Park is reducing opening hours to 10-3 daily (well Mon-Fri). We just don't use bank branches as much these days so not surprising. Why would they consult and with whom? They are a business... |
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robbrockley |
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21-01-2015, 08:30 PM |
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Thread: Barclays Bank Forest Hill
Post: RE: Barclays Bank Forest Hill
| Catford Barclays now has no tellers - all automated. All desks gone - you use computers/tablets to pay in/check balances etc. This will be the way everywhere soon I suspect. |
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robbrockley |
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22-01-2015, 10:51 PM |
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Thread: Barclays Bank Forest Hill
Post: RE: Barclays Bank Forest Hill
| Much prefer Santander to Barclays, who in my opinion are absolutely terrible. |
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robbrockley |
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25-01-2015, 09:19 PM |
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Thread: Barclays to close
Post: RE: Barclays to close
| Crofton Park branch also to close on same date. Sad but inevitable when internet banking is so easy and convenient for most. I think 3 months is sufficient notice to all - not really any need to give ... |
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robbrockley |
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17-03-2018, 11:38 AM |
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Thread: Barking Dogs
Post: RE: Barking Dogs
| Thanks for the responses and ideas. I will take it up with them - gently. I don't think the dogs are distressed - they are inside, and i am sure they have water. They certainly look healthy and are ou... |
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robbrockley |
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10-04-2014, 09:40 PM |
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Thread: Boveney Road Residents Parking
Post: RE: Boveney Road Residents Parking
| Hear hear David. It is awful when I go to visit friends in Clapham or even Blackheath and parking is just such a trial - it is most unfriendly. I don't want a borough aid solution in Lewisham if it me... |
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robbrockley |
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11-03-2016, 01:26 PM |
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Thread: Break-In at the Butchery
Post: RE: Break-In at the Butchery
| There are some absolute ba****ds around. Why oh why would you do that. I know people are desperate but the Butchery are a small local business trying to make a living. This is a real shame. I hope the... |
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robbrockley |
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31-07-2014, 06:20 PM |
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Thread: BT Infinity - Service Outage
Post: RE: BT Infinity - Service Outage
| All good here in borders of Brockley/Honor Oak. |
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robbrockley |
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08-10-2014, 03:35 PM |
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Thread: Cafe in Brockley Rise
Post: RE: Cafe in Brockley Rise
| There is a grotty cafe there - surely if you are in Bovill Road you would know that? |
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robbrockley |
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10-08-2014, 04:58 PM |
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Thread: Can anyone give advice on TUPE?
Post: RE: Can anyone give advice on TUPE?
| Tuoe doesn't always apply to every transaction so make sure it does - if your current company have told you it does, then it does.
It basically means all your current terms and conditions are prote... |
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robbrockley |
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27-12-2017, 11:49 AM |
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Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close
| I agree Lilac - terrible pub and not at all inviting. Looks dirty and food maybe cheap but there is a reason for that as far as I can see. It's too big a pub for Forest Hill.
Cinema would be good -... |
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robbrockley |
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29-06-2014, 12:35 AM |
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Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close
| What and who would we be campaigning for/to George? Unfortunately we don't get to choose which businesses move into and out of our area. I think we are just best to wait and see what happens. I will o... |
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robbrockley |
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26-07-2014, 06:32 PM |
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Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close
| Well it would partly be the TYPE of church I think. And also why would we want a prime high street site, and a large one, to be taken over by a church? |
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robbrockley |
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10-08-2014, 05:59 PM |
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Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close?
| I also agree baboonery. I have never quite got the significance of Lewisham not having a cinema and why that must be rectified - and if so why that has anything to do with the council. I am perfectly ... |
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robbrockley |
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28-10-2014, 11:09 PM |
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Thread: Changes to rubbish collections from July 2017
Post: RE: Changes to rubbish collections from July 2017
| That doesn't make a lot of sense Samuelson. The incentive to recycle is that it is collected weeks as the council expect more of us to recycle more - which we are. For most people they will have less ... |
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robbrockley |
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13-04-2017, 05:38 PM |
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Thread: Christmas Lights
Post: RE: Christmas Lights
| Well not in HOP 'high street' - shops have made rather a pathetic attempt at Christmas decorations this year. Considering they are all supposed to be struggling and keen for our trade, they really hav... |
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robbrockley |
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26-12-2013, 07:34 PM |
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Thread: Christmas Lights
Post: RE: Christmas Lights
| This has gone slightly off track - high jacked by p171, who does rather treat thus as her own personal advertising space, dressed up as enthusiasm for FH. We all know all about your grotto - how coul... |
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robbrockley |
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28-12-2013, 11:05 AM |
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Thread: Christmas lights
Post: RE: Christmas lights
| it is a real shame that once again they aren't working. I assume the council workers who fit them don't try switching them on and never come back to look. They may as well not bother really - it looks... |
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robbrockley |
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15-12-2014, 02:58 PM |
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Thread: Christmas tree collection
Post: RE: Christmas tree collection
| No Blythe Hill Fields is not on the list this year but I have also noticed some trees already there. I suggest we don't add to the pile. Nearest is Hilly Fields. |
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robbrockley |
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02-01-2016, 10:30 PM |
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Thread: Coffee shop at HOP station priced out
Post: RE: Coffee shop at HOP station priced out
| A transfer of a lease isn't the same as the sale of a business so TUPE will not apply ie it is the lease being sold, not the business. But of course there is nothing to stop the new business taking on... |
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robbrockley |
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20-10-2014, 09:43 PM |
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Thread: Condition of German Church footbridge
Post: RE: Condition of German Church footbridge
| Where is this? I have no idea. |
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robbrockley |
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23-12-2013, 10:45 PM |
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Thread: Danny Boyle's new Channel 4 series Babylon
Post: RE: Danny Boyle's new Channel 4 series Babylon
| seems to feature James Nesbit so one to avoid I suggest. |
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robbrockley |
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20-01-2014, 09:57 PM |
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Thread: Dartmouth Tandoori to become Domino's Pizza?
Post: RE: Dartmouth Tandoori
| What we would prefer and what we get are two very different things. People on this forum are very good at stating what they would prefer but don't often seem to do anything about it ie open a business... |
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robbrockley |
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27-08-2015, 07:01 PM |
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Thread: Devonshire Rd under water
Post: RE: Devonshire Rd under water
| It obviously is better that the eyesore that was there before but to be honest I am not sure about all this. The art isn't that good really and I think they could look terrible in a short period of ti... |
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robbrockley |
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03-09-2013, 09:57 PM |
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Thread: Do we need a pedestrian crossing on Perry Vale at the rear of Forest Hill station?
Post: RE: Do we need a pedestrian crossing at the rear o...
| That includes people travelling past the station in FH who turn right onto the London Road on the wrong side of the road because they get confused
What does this mean? You do know that you can tur... |
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robbrockley |
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21-10-2014, 06:02 PM |
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Thread: Do we need a pedestrian crossing on Perry Vale at the rear of Forest Hill station?
Post: RE: Do we need a pedestrian crossing at the rear o...
| Ah thanks. I have never seen that happen. Bizarre behaviour! |
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robbrockley |
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21-10-2014, 10:06 PM |
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Thread: Doopo Doopo Closed
Post: RE: doopo doopo
| It does look closed; not surprising really, not exactly wide market appeal from their weird and wonderful range of goods. |
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robbrockley |
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13-06-2015, 11:11 PM |
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Thread: Feedback on the Horniman ideas for the future of the Museum and Gardens
Post: RE: Feedback on the Horniman ideas for the future ...
| All looks rather splendid to me. It is high time the place was modernised nd had better signage and entry points. And to make full use of the gardens and grounds is an excellent idea. What is there no... |
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robbrockley |
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21-07-2019, 11:56 AM |
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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...
| Definitely a clean up all round but especially Dartmouth Road which is very scruffy - new pavements and kerbs, better parking zones, some trees, and just a damn good clean. Good clean up around the st... |
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robbrockley |
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17-12-2013, 11:37 PM |
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Thread: Food waste collection - outfoxed!
Post: RE: Food waste collection - outfoxed!
| Are you using the food bags and tying them up? If so, I don't know how you would get maggots. If you are putting food scraps straight in, then there is a very good chance that maggots will appear - th... |
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robbrockley |
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22-07-2018, 10:54 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill article in The London Economic
Post: RE: Forest Hill article in The London Economic
| Babur is easily the best restaurant around and one of the best Indians I have ever eaten in anywhere. Elachi - no, not really. Haven't tried India Gate so must do so. La Querce is very over rated I th... |
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robbrockley |
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01-10-2014, 07:24 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
| See my post re swimming cuts. What are you proposing the Council cuts instead? No point objecting with out some constructive ideas. |
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robbrockley |
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02-11-2015, 03:44 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
| Councils can put up CTax by 2% if they choose to. Beyond that they have to hold a local referendum first to see if constituents agree to a higher increase. In addition, in the Autumn statement the Cha... |
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robbrockley |
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13-12-2015, 12:50 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
| The cuts are surely not a surprise to anyone are they? Lewisham have been telling us about them all year and ran a long consultation exercise where they asked us to go onto a modeller and choose were ... |
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robbrockley |
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11-12-2015, 10:35 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| Seems to me that swimming should be free or very cheap for both of these groups for different reasons. But the only way the Council can achieve that is to increase the price of swimming for everyone e... |
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robbrockley |
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02-11-2015, 03:42 PM |
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Thread: Hills & Parkes Closed
Post: RE: Hills & Parkes "closed until further notice"
| I do agree. Range has not been good enough and very overpriced. Shame as I like the idea of a deli locally. I think one could really work but it needs to be somehow different to Hill and Parkes offeri... |
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robbrockley |
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01-10-2015, 05:41 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak in new South East Magazine
Post: RE: Honor Oak in new South East Magazine
| Any ideas from where is it available? I've never heard of it. |
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robbrockley |
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09-04-2015, 04:23 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park - photos from 19th century and now
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park - photos from 19th century and ...
| Great older photo. Love all those lamps! It looks thriving - lots of shops. Wouldn't it be good to get it back to that again - although extremely unlikely that will ever happen. |
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29-07-2014, 10:45 AM |
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Thread: House Alarm going off at Brockley View
Post: RE: House Alarm going off at Brockley View
| I wonder if we should contact the scaffold company as I am sure it is something that they have done. It was doing it all last week. It is pretty annoying. And what's more it obviously doesn't link to... |
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14-04-2014, 06:55 PM |
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Thread: Idiot drivers rat running
Post: RE: Idiot drivers rat running
| I completely agree re going the wrong way down one way streets but I do wonder why that particular stretch of Manor Mount is one way. I remember years ago when it was two way and remember it becoming ... |
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robbrockley |
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11-03-2014, 09:33 PM |
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Thread: Indian Takeout suggestions
Post: RE: Indian Takeout suggestions
| Babur still easily the best. But you need to use the take away menu from the main restaurant (which is only the food available in the restaurant). The take away branch down the road is not nearly as g... |
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robbrockley |
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16-08-2013, 07:26 PM |
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Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road
| Went along Dartmouth Road today: no-one in Sugar Mountain on way down or way up. Several people in Il Mirto buying a variety of things. Amongst other things, I bought an ice cream - black cherry - it ... |
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25-07-2015, 02:36 PM |
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Thread: Jenner Health Centre
Post: RE: Jenner Health Centre
| They are generally very good - both Drs and Nurses excellent. Receptionists sometimes leave a bit to be desired but some are very pleasant and helpful. Usually not too bad to get appointments. Just wi... |
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16-05-2014, 06:59 PM |
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Thread: Jordon (St. Davids) wins on BBC2!
Post: RE: Jordon (St. Davids) wins on BBC2!
| Have to disagree; the lady was better. Jordon was good but the green stripey bedroom was a disaster - so old fashioned and unpleasant. And the mural was not good and made the room look so small. Good... |
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09-02-2014, 10:56 PM |
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