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Thread: Life in SE23 - Slow Worms in Forest Hill Post: RE: Slow Worms in Forest Hill
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12-05-2016, 09:49 PM |
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Thread: Garden Waste Collection Service Post: RE: Garden Waste Collection Service
Our bin has arrived. It is splendidly decorative (slightly tongue-in-cheek). Am very pleased with it. |
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14-04-2016, 06:26 AM |
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Thread: Garden Waste Collection Service Post: RE: Garden Waste Collection Service
Have also bought in. Now[b] want my bin[/b], as everything is growing like crazy! |
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31-03-2016, 05:13 PM |
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Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops Post: RE: Shop door window shattered
Sorry to hear this, and hope the miscreant is caught. |
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31-03-2016, 05:10 PM |
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Thread: Outstanding Rathfern Post: RE: Outstanding Rathfern
That's smashing!
It's a bit of a shame that no one pointed out that celebrating by littering (450 balloons!) is considered somewhat antisocial and eco-unfriendly, though. :ohmy:
[url]http://balloo... |
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11-01-2016, 10:48 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding Post: RE: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
Really? I though the council, not government, choose how to spend what money they have. |
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09-12-2015, 11:16 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
And oh god YES to Labour-heavy councils. Nightmare. |
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21-10-2015, 06:22 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
Have also completed the online questions.
Sorry for being dumb, but please could someone link to stats on what budget the council get, how much it's being cut, and how much gets spent on each thing... |
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21-10-2015, 06:21 PM |
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Thread: The Hob Closed Post: RE: The Hob
About £3:50 per loaf, I believe. :laugh:
I shall certainly be giving it a go, mind you. Feeling quite spoilt for choice nowadays - a big difference to when I moved here 15 years ago! |
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07-10-2015, 07:11 PM |
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Thread: Lewisham Council consultation on changes to waste and recycling Post: RE: Lewisham Council consultation on changes to wa...
So did I gather from that survey that Lewisham want us to have: wheely bin, paper recycing box, other recycling bin, food waste bucket? Oh, and green waste bin if we pay at least £80 a year for it? Do... |
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09-09-2015, 11:30 PM |
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Thread: Street Trees Map Post: RE: Street Trees Map
A GCSE is a very basic qualification (!), so no, I can't explain much - but yes, CO2 trapping is greatly reduced in the winter (apart from evergreens, of course).
But all these websites put it much... |
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31-08-2015, 12:02 PM |
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Thread: Street Trees Map Post: RE: Street Trees Map
Thanks for the clarification. :)
Mmm. I'm going to have to disagree with you, I think. Yes, a few more trees may not seem to you to make much difference, but in a city like London they really are n... |
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30-08-2015, 08:32 PM |
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Thread: Street Trees Map Post: RE: Street Trees Map
I was aiming for sarcasm, [b]erekose[/b]. Hence the :huh:...
I clearly failed! I did pass GCSE Biology, though, which is why - unlike Sherwood? - I know that trees are vital to animal life on earth.
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30-08-2015, 01:27 PM |
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Thread: Street Trees Map Post: RE: Street Trees Map
:laugh:
You're probably right. No need for trees to reduce CO2. It's that pesky 78% Nitrogen we need to be worrying about!
:huh:
And trees absorb some air pollutants. Even more stick to their... |
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30-08-2015, 11:08 AM |
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Thread: Street Trees Map Post: RE: Street Trees Map
Nah, I call troll. Your views seem to me designed to rile, not to promote intelligent debate. :laugh: |
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29-08-2015, 09:53 PM |
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Thread: Street Trees Map Post: RE: Street Trees Map
I love the trees we have, am grateful for the vital job they do in removing CO2 and pollutants from our city, and am very sad to have seen the loss of a beautiful Rowan from the end of Rockbourne Road... |
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29-08-2015, 12:50 PM |
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Thread: Polarn o Pyret unisex waterproof jacket 9-10 years Post: Polarn o Pyret unisex waterproof jacket 9-10 years
Aged 9-10 years
Excellent condition - hardly worn
Waterproof with taped seams
Reflective strip, cuff adjusters, detachable hood, zip with storm flap and chin guard. Mesh lining. Current season reta... |
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21-08-2015, 07:20 PM |
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Thread: For sale - Miele paper vacuum bags Post: For sale - Miele paper vacuum bags
Vacuum cleaner finally died and the replacement doesn't take the same bags.
So, twelve brand new Miele 'E Type' bags are going spare.
Fit S219, S220, S224, S226, S2171, S2261.
£4 the lot. We're... |
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20-08-2015, 02:41 PM |
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Thread: Weather = Some ladies wearing very litlle Post: RE: Weather = Some ladies wearing very litlle
I'm with you, Pippi. I find this comment (and the one a couple of weeks ago about watching people naked) distasteful. |
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25-07-2015, 08:21 PM |
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Thread: NOFX tickets Post: NOFX tickets
I have two tickets for NOFX (and Alkaline Trio) at the O2 Academy Brixton tonight, but I can no longer go, sadly. Is anyone interested in buying them off me? They were £27.50 each, but I'm open to of... |
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04-07-2015, 03:17 PM |
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Thread: Cybex Solutions car seat ages 3-12 for free Post: Cybex Solutions car seat ages 3-12 for free
Our daughter has finally outgrown her car booster seat. This one but not Isofix, as our old banger was never fitted for it:
http://www.prams.net/cybex-solution-x-fix-car-seat-isofix-group-2-3-15-36-k... |
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28-06-2015, 09:57 AM |
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Thread: Japanese Knotweed in Siddons Car Hire Post: RE: Japanese Knotweed in Siddons Car Hire
Some patches in unkempt front gardens in Sunderland Road and Stanstead Road. I am tracking its progress towards our house with some trepidation! I suspect people just don't know what it is. |
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06-06-2015, 07:59 PM |
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Thread: For Sale: selection of books for readers in Reception, year 1 and Year 2 Post: For Sale: selection of books for readers in Recept...
For sale: a selection of books to suit Reception-age reader of 4-5 years, through to the first confident steps in short chapter books in Year 1 and 2. All read once or twice only and in excellent cond... |
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28-05-2015, 05:08 PM |
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Thread: For sale £5 White Company toddler duvet cover as new Post: For sale £5 White Company toddler duvet cover as n...
Plain white, 100% cotton, with little embroidered white bubbles around the edges. Very lovely, and suitable for either gender. Barely used, sadly, as the toddler bed was fast outgrown and rejected in ... |
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28-05-2015, 03:58 PM |
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Thread: Colfe Road Street Party Post: RE: Colfe Road Street Party
Sounds fab! Thanks for the post. I've put in to join the fb group - we're just round the corner on Stanstead Road, but I don't think they'd let us close that for our own party, so we're going to have ... |
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02-05-2015, 01:53 PM |
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Thread: Good Morning Forest Hill Post: RE: Good Morning Forest Hill
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29-11-2014, 10:04 PM |
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Thread: Petition for clearer crossings on the South Circular Post: RE: Petition for clearer crossings on the South Ci...
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04-11-2014, 09:31 PM |
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Thread: Dog Fouling Post: RE: Dog Fouling
[b]Really? Or would it have been just as reasonable to conclude that kindness to animals, in however misguided a form, was the sign of a generous nature? [/b]
Well, I don't think so. You could perh... |
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22-10-2014, 10:58 AM |
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Thread: Dog Fouling Post: RE: Dog Fouling
Hey! I was just auto-asterisked!
<<f*@ks off back to mumsnet to have a proper swear>> |
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21-10-2014, 09:11 PM |
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Thread: Dog Fouling Post: RE: Dog Fouling
I assumed it was because antisocial behaviour ( here e.g. leaving take away containers/litter on the streetside and leftover food/attracting rats) often goes hand in hand with not giving a shit about ... |
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21-10-2014, 09:09 PM |
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Thread: Dog Fouling Post: RE: Dog Fouling
Well, that's that sorted then.
Jolly good show. :rofl: |
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28-09-2014, 10:54 PM |
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Thread: Railway Telegraph Post: RE: Railway Telegraph
We were there yesterday - happy to claim it as our local. Fantastic food - and even a fruit cider to please us lager-haters!
I had duck, with great potato mash and redcurrant gravy. Could have done... |
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27-09-2014, 08:33 PM |
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Thread: Street art festival - Brockley/HOP nominated Post: RE: Street art festival - Brockley/HOP nominated
We'll have to agree to disagree on that, Tinkerbell.
Give me a nice piece of Victorian brickwork or a coat of whitewash any day. :laugh: |
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05-09-2014, 07:43 PM |
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Thread: Street art festival - Brockley/HOP nominated Post: RE: Street art festival - Brockley/HOP nominated
Is this the same sort of enterprise that produced that frightening bee/mutant woman/tea-drinker hybrid on the side of a building near Dulwich library, and the house further down Lordship Lane which is... |
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04-09-2014, 09:09 PM |
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Thread: Brockley Corridor proposed improvements Post: RE: Brockley Corridor proposed improvements
Thanks for bringing up the crossroads at Stanstead/Brockley Rise. It is abysmal. I live a couple of doors down, and can make neither head nor tail of when exactly we are supposed to walk across. I hav... |
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28-08-2014, 08:46 PM |
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Thread: New Pizza Restaurant for Forest Hill? Post: RE: New Pizza Restaurant for FH?
I think Michael is teasing! :) |
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28-08-2014, 08:40 PM |
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Thread: Two junior Meccano sets for sale - suitable for 4-7 years Post: Two junior Meccano sets for sale - suitable for 4-...
£5 only bargain. Over £40 new, I think.
Plastic. Suitable for ages 4-7. Son has had much joy from it all, but now he (and dad) ready for metal meccano.
1) Mechanical Tool box with over 120 pie... |
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13-08-2014, 10:30 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
Might be more tempted to vote for you if you'd answered the question just posed by a would-be customer! :laugh: |
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10-06-2014, 08:48 PM |
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Thread: Wok Express - new owners? Post: RE: Wok Express - new owners?
It was our favourite for many years - until I opened a box of chow mein and found a small dead cockroach right on top of it. :ohmy::ohmy: |
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02-06-2014, 08:11 PM |
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Thread: Voting - Thursday 22nd May Post: RE: Voting - Thursday 22nd May
Hardly surprising, though. |
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24-05-2014, 03:53 PM |
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Thread: Sushi in Forest Hill Post: RE: Sushi in Forest Hill
Is the owner secretly reading and picking up tips, then? If so, hello! :laugh: |
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22-05-2014, 11:18 AM |
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Thread: Favourite Chicken & Ribs Post: RE: Favourite Chicken & Ribs
No idea. I don't eat there.
However, if the chicken is the stuff described as 'Poppas' (sic) on the website, I think it would be reasonable to expect it to b pieces of chicken the size of popcorn. |
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14-05-2014, 04:53 AM |
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Thread: Council cutting trees down Post: RE: Council cutting trees down
And if you go the private contribution route, can you select the type of tree yourself?
And as the maintenance and ownership pass to Lewisham, do they tell you if/when/why they decide to chop it do... |
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19-04-2014, 10:09 AM |
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Thread: Steve Bullock's Manifesto Post: RE: Steve Bullock's Manifesto
After TWELVE YEARS as mayor, if he hasn't managed to do all this stuff, what suggests he will do it now?
<sits back> |
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15-04-2014, 12:11 AM |
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Thread: 14 ORT 'Fireflies' books Post: 14 ORT 'Fireflies' books
Great non-fiction early reading books.
Stage 4:
Grandad and Me
Night Animals
From Curry to Rice
Big Cats
World Instruments
Shapes
Shells
Stage 6
Skateboarding
Dinosaurs
Tour De France
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22-02-2014, 04:34 PM |
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Thread: For Sale: Usborne Farmyard Tales boxed set of 20 books Post: For Sale: Usborne Farmyard Tales boxed set of 20 b...
Ideal for reading to a very young 'un, or for a 4-6 year old learning to read (easy text at the top of the page, harder sentences for the adult beneath).
This is the set:
[url=http://www.amazon.co... |
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22-02-2014, 11:47 AM |
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Thread: £65,000 kitchen for sale (only) £12,000 Post: RE: £65,000 kitchen for sale (only) £12,000
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02-02-2014, 09:10 PM |
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Thread: £65,000 kitchen for sale (only) £12,000 Post: RE: £65,000 kitchen for sale (only) £12,000
Speaking as someone who spent a couple of years working in an industrial kitchen, cleaning that amount of steel is a pain in the ****** :laugh: |
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01-02-2014, 08:16 PM |
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Thread: Crystal Palace Park Project: drop-in sessions this Satuday Post: RE: Crystal Palace Park Project: drop-in sessions ...
What's gonna happen to the sphinxes?
<dim> |
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31-01-2014, 07:09 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...
Some one needs to buy up the lovely Victorian building next to the pools (Elizabeth House?), renovate it a bit and install a big soft play (like Rascals et al) and cafe.
Would be huge earner, and in... |
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26-01-2014, 10:25 PM |