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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
I really enjoy brian's posts. |
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Thread: Drinking outside Post: RE: Outside Paddy Power
Hear Hear Brian. I also apologise for my rants. I don't mind the winos if I'm honest, just a shame for them and for the Hill. |
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29-07-2008, 05:15 PM |
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Thread: Train travel Post: Train travel
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My heart sinks when I get on the 'buffet car' during rush hour. About 6 very small seats, and some pointless little tables... |
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29-07-2008, 05:13 PM |
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Thread: Drinking outside Post: RE: Outside Paddy Power
ooooh the intolerance...... |
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29-07-2008, 04:46 PM |
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Thread: Drinking outside Post: RE: Outside Paddy Power
I've never started a thread on anything.
P.S why are you reading this thread if you don't like it? |
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29-07-2008, 04:01 PM |
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Thread: Drinking outside Post: RE: Outside Paddy Power
I was being a drama queen - I usually walk on the other side of the road to 'paddy'. I do find the drunks outside Bird in the Hand a bit threatening on occasion (esp their dogs), but Baboonery says th... |
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29-07-2008, 03:15 PM |
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Thread: Drinking outside Post: RE: Outside Paddy Power
Baboonery - you sound quite agitated. Are you one of the regulars outside paddy power perchance? How do they take to your guardian reading? |
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29-07-2008, 02:34 PM |
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Thread: Drinking outside Post: RE: Outside Paddy Power
Poor old brian. He bemoans the presence of drunks in public and gets accused of Daily Mail reading. i happen to agree with him as do most sane people who want to live without fear of being harrangued.... |
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29-07-2008, 02:23 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
I could sell my house and buy both buildings. Then lovingly restore them over the next million years. I might even let you use my pool eventually.....;) |
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24-07-2008, 02:24 PM |
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Thread: Foxes Post: RE: Baited food? Watch out round Waldram
The fox brought the rat. Worst of both worlds! Apparently, according to the Times yesterday some bloke hires 2 fox traps for ?80 and then will shoot any of our furry friends in the head for an extra ?... |
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24-07-2008, 12:43 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
I think we need to be clear about what is really going on. I live about 2 mins walk from the pool and I haven?t seen any of these plans or spoken to anyone about them. Why? Because the council don?t w... |
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21-07-2008, 03:21 PM |
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Thread: Foxes Post: RE: Baited food? Watch out round Waldram
But say I want to exterminate as many as possible - how can I do that legally? One or two have run perilously close to the front of the car but haven't managed to hit one yet. |
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21-07-2008, 02:50 PM |
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Thread: Foxes Post: RE: Baited food? Watch out round Waldram
How do I kill foxes cleanly, cheaply, efficiently or legally? answers on a postcard. |
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21-07-2008, 02:40 PM |
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Thread: SE23 v SE22 Post: RE: The Bird in Hand
lol. Replied to the wrong post! Any link between my love of condom shops and public houses in forest hill is entirely unmeant.....
rather than being negative all the time we should perhaps have a ... |
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18-07-2008, 05:36 PM |
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Thread: SE23 v SE22 Post: RE: The Bird in Hand
an empty shop that makes the area look uncared for or an condom shop that makes the area look tacky and sleazy..... I'd rather an empty shop. |
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18-07-2008, 05:16 PM |
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Thread: SE23 v SE22 Post: RE: The Bird in Hand
I liked McDonlads, gave the place an air of a quality highstreet. |
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18-07-2008, 05:04 PM |
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Thread: Any tattoo'ed amongst us? Post: RE: Any tattoo'ed amongst us?
I might get a tatoo on my face - then I can sit outside at bird in th....... |
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18-07-2008, 05:03 PM |
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Thread: Quiet Coach Post: RE: Quiet Coach
yeah - just tap them on the shoulder and ask them to turn it down and get punched in the face, knifed and shot.
Or, put up with it and tell us on the forum and we'll agree with you and you'll feel... |
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18-07-2008, 05:00 PM |
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Thread: SE23 v SE22 Post: RE: The Bird in Hand
Was it wrong not to want a condom shop in FH? Rather than celebrating it's arrival and the local employment it created I held my head in my hands..... |
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18-07-2008, 04:55 PM |
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Thread: SE23 v SE22 Post: RE: The Bird in Hand
Nothing wrong with it at all. I like it and use it. I just think it's a shame that it has pride of place in our town centre. Would much rather it be M&S but I'm obviously living in the past! |
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17-07-2008, 11:04 AM |
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Thread: SE23 v SE22 Post: RE: The Bird in Hand
I don't think wanting drunkenness on the inside of the pub not on the outside is snobery. If it is then yes I'm a snob. First time ever I've been accused of that (you should see my house/car!).
I'... |
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17-07-2008, 10:32 AM |
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Thread: Did the binmen strike today? Post: RE: Did the binmen strike today?
It's funny - our recycling wasn't collected last week but was this week. That's happened a few times - are we getting twice monthly collections by the back door? (actually it's by our front dor) |
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17-07-2008, 09:46 AM |
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Thread: Pedestrian crossing by WH Smith's Post: RE: Pedestrian crossing by WH Smith's
Don't worry nutfield - you're not in an alternative reality - the roof top restaurant will be a fried chicken place.... |
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17-07-2008, 09:45 AM |
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Thread: SE23 v SE22 Post: RE: The Bird in Hand
Perish the thought that Forest Hill turn into the restaurant laden, facility rich, cafe culture of East Dulwich! I want to live in a place where drunks hang around on the street, there are more bookma... |
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17-07-2008, 09:42 AM |
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Thread: Roads out of SE23 Post: RE: Roads out of SE23
Go early or late and use the south circular - very quick. don't try it at any other time though unless you like sitting in traffic! |
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17-07-2008, 09:36 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
They'll just do what they want anyway. After all, they'll just go around the estates asking if the residents want extensive facilities and a local landmark or basic, limited facilities with an innovat... |
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16-07-2008, 02:07 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
So utterly depressing isn't it? This is supposed to be a community facility and here we are (the active members of our community) saying how awful we think these plans are! who listens? No one. That's... |
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16-07-2008, 12:30 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
A picture says a thousand words! No No No No No No No etc.... |
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15-07-2008, 12:54 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
I agree. Option 3 is terrible. A pool with a local 'feature' (i.e.eyesore) thrown in......
Option 2 looks quite nice but why do we have to knock those lovely buildings down for a far less ambitiou... |
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15-07-2008, 12:48 PM |
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Thread: Pedestrian crossing by WH Smith's Post: RE: Pedestrian crossing by WH Smith's
When they redesign the station perhaps they could extend the underpass so that pedestrains can go under the road and cars across the road? win win? |
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14-07-2008, 12:17 PM |
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Thread: Pedestrian crossing by WH Smith's Post: RE: Pedestrian crossing by WH Smith's
There speaks a pedestrian not prepared to walk a few extra metres....
Perhaps you should bank on-line? |
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14-07-2008, 11:36 AM |
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Thread: Right-turn from Honor Oak Road into London Road Post: RE: Right-turn from Honor Oak Road into London Roa...
If I did then I'd give the lights much longer on green! On second thoughts I might remove them all together and let people negotiate it themselves. The day the lights went out was great. I whizzed aro... |
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14-07-2008, 10:25 AM |
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Thread: Pedestrian crossing by WH Smith's Post: RE: Pedestrian crossing by WH Smith's
Hang on chaps. Remember we're talking about the south circular here. It's a very busy road which already has too many traffic lights, delays and other nusiances. There are crossings by Co-op, WH Smith... |
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14-07-2008, 10:23 AM |
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Thread: Right-turn from Honor Oak Road into London Road Post: RE: Right-turn from Honor Oak Road into London Roa...
Is it that chap in a mitsubishi evo again Londonerz?
My point is simple, if traffic management officials make driving difficult, people try to get around it. That is guaranteed. It's human nature. ... |
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10-07-2008, 01:06 PM |
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Thread: Right-turn from Honor Oak Road into London Road Post: RE: Turning right out of Honor Oak Road
The timing of those lights is criminal. You get 3 seconds on green. 10 minutes on red. No wonder people take the law into their own hands. If cars weren't forced down to the South Circular in the firs... |
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10-07-2008, 11:14 AM |
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Thread: National Brand Invests in Prominent Forest Hill Shopping Location Post: RE: National Brand Invests in Prominent Forest Hil...
you guys deserve to have forest hill full of empty shops - oh it is.......
There, you've got your wish! |
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10-07-2008, 11:12 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station Post: RE: Ticket Barriers and Gates at FH Station
Didn't bother getting my ticket out when I got off the train yesterday. Just flashed my Maestro card and walked on by. Be good to say I was wrestled to the ground and issued with a penalty fair before... |
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10-07-2008, 11:10 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station Post: RE: Ticket Barriers and Gates at FH Station
Went to get the 8.35 this morning. Showed my paper gold card (which doesn't work and has a number written on it to tell inspectors to let this ?700+ fare paying passenger/customer through) to the man ... |
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09-07-2008, 05:30 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station Post: RE: Ticket Barriers at FH Station
Almost missed my train today because of those useless barriers. Couldn't read my season ticket or that of the person in front.
Bring back no gates! |
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08-07-2008, 10:16 AM |
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Thread: National Brand Invests in Prominent Forest Hill Shopping Location Post: RE: National Brand Invests in Prominent Forest Hil...
I think it's great to have a Topps Tiles in FH. It means that the rather barren corner actually might become a thriving little DIY centre. The Garden Centre is a gem, travis perkins is really useful a... |
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08-07-2008, 10:15 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
The Victorians had so much more style! Let's get some of those lovely railings back! |
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04-07-2008, 12:18 PM |
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Thread: CPZ Stealth Tax Post: RE: CPZ Stealth Tax
The claim that tax is hypothocated is clearly a bogus one. Lewisham council raises more money from charging people to park on a previosuly FREE road. They claim this is some sort of local service and ... |
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03-07-2008, 10:00 AM |
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Thread: CPZ Stealth Tax Post: RE: CPZ Stealth Tax
that 'council speak' really does my head in. what a wheeze! charge residents for parking on a street which was previously FREE. Then increase the charges to raise money and so long as there are other ... |
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02-07-2008, 10:32 PM |
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Thread: CPZ Stealth Tax Post: RE: CPZ Stealth Tax
I live happily without a CPZ. Park outside my house pretty much all day every day (and not fined for the privilege). Not against residents parking per se (especially near shops etc) but question the v... |
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02-07-2008, 01:32 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Society not allowed at Forest Hill Day Post: RE: Forest Hill Society not allowed at Forest Hill...
So who is it that wants to exclude civic organisations from atending a civic event - leaving it an insipid shell...... |
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02-07-2008, 01:27 PM |
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Thread: CPZ Stealth Tax Post: RE: CPZ Stealth Tax
Can someone tell me why residents have to pay for the privilege of parking on their own road? I still don't understand why it costs everyone ?100 for something that was previously free. The DVLA know ... |
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02-07-2008, 01:23 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Society not allowed at Forest Hill Day Post: RE: Forest Hill Society not allowed at Forest Hill...
Religious groups are just groups of ordinary people who believe stuff. Political parties are just groups of (perhaps less ordinary) people who believe stuff and the Forest Hill Society is just a group... |
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25-06-2008, 05:24 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Society not allowed at Forest Hill Day Post: RE: F Hill Society not allowed at Forest Hill Day
what kind of community would have no churches, civic groups or political parties? aaah......now I see it! Forest Hill day 'a celebration communism '. Come and queue at the tractor factory 17 stall....... |
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25-06-2008, 12:57 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Museum and Gardens Post: RE: We should ban all dogs from the Horniman
I'm a non dog owner and I wish dog owners would be more considerate. It's probably a case of the minority spoiling it for the majority - but dog poo in parks is beyond the pale. I'd give dog owners a ... |
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23-06-2008, 09:52 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Triangle Play Park Post: RE: Horniman Triangle Play Park SE23
Why don't we suggest they build several blocks of high density housing (like they're proposing on the swimming pool site) and then we can get the developers to build the best playground in London on t... |
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23-06-2008, 09:42 PM |