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		Thread: Insulation in 30's houses! Post: Insulation in 30's houses! We have a solid well built thirties house which for some reason seems to specialise in freezing cold external walls. I've lived in similar houses before but never had this problem. Just wondering if a...	JaneD	Wider Topics	7	9,306	26-12-2009, 06:46 PM
		Thread: Tell Me About SE23 Please Post: RE: Tell Me About SE23 Please Lots of green spaces, views, better air quality than down the hill in East Dulwich, quiet, nice walks in Sydenham Woods and the parks, reasonably priced housing - and less than 15 minutes into central...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	28	24,959	19-09-2009, 08:13 PM
		Thread: PVC Front Doors Post: RE: PVC Front Doors Our house unfortunately has a PVC door which we keep meaning to change. It is easy for anyone with a thin hand and arm to reach through the letter box and push down the handle on the inside to open th...	JaneD	Wider Topics	6	6,614	27-08-2009, 09:41 PM
		Thread: Dogs on Buses Post: RE: Dogs on Buses I was once banned from a bus because I was carrying a tin of paint... I had to go and buy a carrier bag for it and wait for the next bus. Apparently paint can be messy and dangerous too (though not no...	JaneD	Wider Topics	20	18,299	07-05-2009, 07:38 PM
		Thread: Social Clubs for the elderly in SE23 Post: RE: Social Clubs for the elderly in SE23 I'm sure I've seen leaflets for an 'over-55s' club at Forest Hill Library. I think the activities are really aimed at slightly older retired people who are free during the day.	JaneD	SE23 Topics	8	12,967	07-05-2009, 12:20 PM
		Thread: The Fieldings Post: The Fieldings Does anyone on the forum happen to live in the Fieldings, or know it well? I am interested in buying something there as it has such a lovely outlook and is so quiet. Is it really as good to live in as...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	4	5,291	15-03-2009, 01:37 AM
		Thread: ?BBC actor? offering ?cocktail party without the cocktails?? Post: RE: ?BBC actor? offering ?cocktail party without t... I half expected someone else to have come across him, what with all the interesting people that frequent this forum. He looks in his fifties, slim, not particularly tall, with light coloured thinn...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	9	9,451	03-03-2009, 11:34 PM
		Thread: ?BBC actor? offering ?cocktail party without the cocktails?? Post: ?BBC actor? offering ?cocktail party without the c... Does anyone know this man? He is middle aged, often uses an assumed foreign accent and/or some kind of disguise, and he approaches me about once a year in Forest Hill and environs. He says he is one o...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	9	9,451	28-02-2009, 03:19 PM
		Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill Post: RE: WH Smith It was closed a few minutes ago, about 13.15. Almost everything is, except Sainsburies.	JaneD	SE23 Topics	157	172,928	02-02-2009, 02:26 PM
		Thread: Broken Window Post: RE: Broken Windon Sorry to hear about your horrible experience, Holly. We were walking past the Hob last night at about 9.45 and walked through a crowd of teenage boys who were running around and shouting on the pa...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	11	8,845	11-10-2008, 11:48 AM
		Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud Post: RE: Doorstep scam or fraud Sounds like exactly the same thing that happened to me a few months ago. In the end, I got 2 phone bills, 1 PC World invoice and 3 bank account statements addressed to non-existant people, all wit...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	31	36,898	10-10-2008, 06:14 PM
		Thread: Moral Question Post: RE: Moral Question I'd say that Capital were being careless leaving their counter unattended considering that there are some opportunist criminals around. But if this was theft, it was still a criminal act (although a v...	JaneD	Wider Topics	19	16,126	09-07-2008, 05:34 AM
		Thread: Local Mobile Signal Strength Post: RE: Mobile signal in upper Forest Hill I'm on Vodaphone and have no problems in FH or Sydenham Woods, but I lose the signal in Lordship Lane between the Plough and Goose Green, for some reason.	JaneD	SE23 Topics	15	15,747	09-07-2008, 05:22 AM
		Thread: Bogus Window Cleaner Post: RE: Bogus Window Cleaner? Just found another reference to him 2 years ago in the Old Kent Road area. He does get about. http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/49464/page=1	JaneD	SE23 Topics	42	50,434	03-07-2008, 05:55 PM
		Thread: Bogus Window Cleaner Post: RE: Bogus Window Cleaner? Oh yes, the chap with a charming turn of phrase and a mobile phone number, but no business cards and no bucket. He got me last year, but only to the tune of ten quid. Perhaps he was having a sale. He...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	42	50,434	03-07-2008, 05:49 PM
		Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud Post: RE: Doorstep scam or fraud in HOP area The two accounts opened in fictitious names at my address were also with the Halifax. I'm sure that in theory, the postmen and courriers should hand parcels to someone in the property, but it sound...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	31	36,898	18-06-2008, 03:33 PM
		Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud Post: RE: Doorstep scam or fraud in HOP area The CIFAS text is rather ambiguous, but I just rang them and they said that their credit checks only apply to individual names, not addresses. CIFAS reckon there isn't much anyone can do to stop t...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	31	36,898	18-06-2008, 02:23 PM
		Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud Post: RE: Doorstep scam or fraud in HOP area Thanks Sophie. I have signed up for one of these agencies and so far it has been fine. This guy apparently isn't using my name, just the address. I wish there was some way of centrally notifying b...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	31	36,898	18-06-2008, 12:37 PM
		Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud Post: RE: Doorstep scam or fraud in HOP area Yes. As far as I know, all the banks write a letter to confirm that the account is being opened, so I should be able to close it at once. Unless he finds a way of getting hold of my post again...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	31	36,898	18-06-2008, 11:52 AM
		Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud Post: RE: Doorstep scam or fraud in HOP area Thanks to everyone who commented on this. Looks as if the scam works like this for the perpetrator: - Choose an address not too near home - Start the process of opening an online bank account...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	31	36,898	17-06-2008, 09:25 PM
		Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's I haven't noticed anything racist in this discussion (though admittedly I haven't read every word of it). Personally I would be, and have been, just as annoyed by white British people repeatedly as...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	212	229,336	16-06-2008, 07:00 PM
		Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's Just realised what is so annoying (to me anyway). It is the feeling that I'm feeling pressurised to give money to people I know nothing about and who may be either in genuine need or part of some grea...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	212	229,336	13-06-2008, 10:58 PM
		Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's It is interesting that feeling runs so high about those particular BI sellers. I've never had negative feelings about the BI before. I was quite pleased when the scheme started because it would he...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	212	229,336	13-06-2008, 10:45 PM
		Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud Post: RE: Doorstep scam or fraud in HOP area Oh dear. Sounds like a very similar fraud but maybe without the parcel somehow??? Trying to sort it out seems to be a nightmare. So far our experience is: Police say they have deligated invest...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	31	36,898	09-06-2008, 08:55 PM
		Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud Post: RE: Doorstep scam or fraud in HOP area I don't quite understand the bank account business. The Halifax bank account was opened online and a letter arrived here on Saturday with a password and user details, so maybe he hadn't got as far as ...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	31	36,898	09-06-2008, 07:54 PM
		Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud Post: RE: Doorstep scam or fraud in HOP area Thanks for the warning SEdweller. Awful how easy it is to be taken in by someone who sounds fairly plausible. Especially when they look worried, I've found!	JaneD	SE23 Topics	31	36,898	08-06-2008, 11:37 PM
		Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud Post: RE: Doorstep scam or fraud in HOP area Hi Bill Thanks for your response. I feel a bit depressed about the attitude of the police as well. Vandalism and setting up bank accounts at other peoples' addresses must be crimes, surely. I g...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	31	36,898	08-06-2008, 09:40 PM
		Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud Post: RE: Doorstep scam or fraud in HOP area Thanks John. I'll talk to the post office. I did contact the bank and they immediately cancelled the bogus account, which a relief, but I wonder if he has set up accounts with other banks as w...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	31	36,898	08-06-2008, 11:51 AM
		Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud Post: Doorstep scam or fraud A young man came to my door last week saying that the post office had accidentally taken my address, which is similar to his, and were about to deliver a parcel to my flat. He hung around until the po...	JaneD	SE23 Topics	31	36,898	07-06-2008, 11:57 PM