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Thread: Demolition of 109 Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Demolition of 109 Honor Oak Park
| I am not directly affected though I do agree it is an ugly looking building, though that has never bothered Lewisham before!
I was surprised that the parking aspect seemed to concentrate on the ava... |
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17-05-2016, 12:06 PM |
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Thread: Are there any good Property Management companies out there???
Post: Are there any good Property Management companies o...
| After our third unhappy experience of property management it looks like we will need to change property mangers yet again for our group of 12 flats in Forest Hill. The company we are currently with lo... |
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Thread: New Street Name: "Moonlight Drive" - Objection Deadline
Post: RE: New Street Name: "Moonlight Drive" - Objectio...
| Obviously I've led a sheltered life. :-) |
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20-03-2015, 12:18 PM |
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Thread: New Street Name: "Moonlight Drive" - Objection Deadline
Post: RE: New Street Name: "Moonlight Drive" - Objectio...
| Whilst it wouldn't be the name I would choose, I can't quite see why it would be 'open to ridicule'. |
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20-03-2015, 10:24 AM |
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Thread: Barclays Bank Forest Hill
Post: RE: Barclays Bank Forest Hill
| Similarly I have been with first direct for over 20 years and wouldn't go elsewhere. There is a reason why they win many awards - simply superb customer service. |
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28-01-2015, 02:47 PM |
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Thread: Barclays Bank Forest Hill
Post: RE: Barclays Bank Forest Hill
| Banking has changed dramatically in the last 20 years. I can't remember the last time I was actually inside a bank, aside from one of those areas where there are lots of machines indoors which is not ... |
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billham |
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22-01-2015, 12:41 PM |
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Thread: Evening Standard availability in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Evening Standard availability in Forest Hill
| If I had a pound for every time I had read about Forest Hill being 'up and coming' or (perish the thought) gentrifying since I moved here in 1986 I could probably buy a house on Canonbie Road! :) |
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02-12-2014, 11:08 AM |
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Thread: Big Spiderwebs in The Capitol.
Post: RE: Big Spiderwebs in The Capitol.
| I am almost tempted to venture inside to look...almost... :)
Maybe they are building the world wide web? |
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24-09-2013, 05:30 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
| I agree that the new plans seem much better than the old. The parking (1 car per property) appears inadequate though for such large houses. I wouldn't be surprised if the two houses were looking to pa... |
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19-09-2013, 11:01 AM |
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Thread: World City Music 9th & 10th June
Post: RE: World City Music 9th & 10th June
| I wandered up to the park in the late afternoon yesterday, rather fearing the worst as I usually visit the Horniman for a bit of peace and quiet. What I found was a festival with a lovely family atmos... |
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10-06-2012, 11:29 AM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
| Excellent news for us all but especially for you! I am sure all the hard work that you put into canvassing helped massively.
:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Can we assume that the rejection of t... |
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26-05-2012, 08:34 PM |
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Thread: Assault in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Assault in Forest Hill
| I am truly sorry to hear about what happened to you as I am sure will be everyone who posts here. Having lived in Forest Hill for over 25 years I have always found it an essentially peaceful and welco... |
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19-03-2012, 12:02 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
| I agree that it is not entirely clear that this means there would be a formal meeting where public representation could be made. I was surprised to note that even if such a meeting took place that obj... |
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28-11-2011, 01:06 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
| Not according to the Lewisham website Triangle:
[b]Who decides applications
Small-scale developments that comply with Council policy where up to two or no letters of objection have been receive... |
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28-11-2011, 12:10 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
| While Monday is the target date I can see no indication that a decision will be reached then. Have you had a communication to this effect, or are you just going by the target date?
Lewisham's site... |
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26-11-2011, 08:07 PM |
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Thread: Shooting on Forest Hill Road 3rd Nov 2011
Post: RE: Shooting on Forest Hill Road
| It is frightening to have such an event occur in broad daylight on a road that you frequently walk down. If it hadn't been for the fact that it started raining heavily around that time I would probabl... |
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04-11-2011, 10:04 AM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
| It is clear that the developers have got the message that there is no realistic possibility of access via Sydmons Court. :) From feedback received from Lewisham I think they were intending to try to m... |
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26-10-2011, 07:20 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
| As a resident of Sydmons Court I have only just found out about this. I can confirm that the access road to Sydmons Court is a private road forming part of the freehold to the property. This freehold ... |
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19-10-2011, 09:43 PM |
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Thread: Open University fee changes
Post: RE: Open University fee changes
| I have been doing some OU courses for the last couple of years, not with any intention of changing career or anything (I am 55 and realistic) but just to keep the grey matter active as I work from hom... |
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billham |
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11-08-2011, 05:49 PM |
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Thread: SE23 house gets a facelift
Post: RE: SE23 house gets a facelift
| Has this house taken out an injunction or something? :-) |
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billham |
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21-05-2011, 10:24 PM |
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Thread: Advertising on parked car, Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Advertising on parked car
| Just to be clear, this is a bit more than someone sticking a 'For Sale' sign on a car. Maybe I am wrong, but it seems to me to be a car parked there purely as advertising for a business and placed to ... |
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24-03-2011, 10:48 AM |
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Thread: Advertising on parked car, Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Advertising on parked car
| Thanks planner....interesting to hear an informed view. In retrospect I suppose it is obvious that there must be some way of controlling such a thing.
I guess I can now put to bed my proposed money... |
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23-03-2011, 10:16 PM |
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Thread: Advertising on parked car, Canonbie Road
Post: Advertising on parked car, Canonbie Road
| I was walking up Forest Hill Rd earlier and I notice that a car has been strategically parked at the bottom of Canonbie Road, just at the junction. It is plastered (and I do mean plastered) in adverts... |
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23-03-2011, 09:18 PM |
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Thread: Devonshire Road - residents parking
Post: RE: Devonshire Road - residents parking
| I noticed that hole on Manor Mount today. It had been crudely filled with bitumen. I hope that this was some attempt at a (very) temporary fix since I was worried about my car going over it, let alone... |
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15-03-2011, 12:20 AM |
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Thread: Fireworks made here.
Post: RE: Fireworks made here.
| James
I am guessing that Zimmerman is using a local forum to tell us something about the history of the area. I for one find that interesting, and I don't see that he is causing you any harm. It ce... |
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21-01-2011, 06:43 PM |
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Thread: Is it snowing heavily in FH/Sydenham
Post: RE: Is it snowing heavily in FH/Sydenham
| From what I have just seen out walking I wouldn't venture near Canonbie or Netherby in a car. I didn't see the steepest hill side of Canonbie, the Netherby Road side looked bad enough to me. Even a co... |
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30-11-2010, 06:25 PM |
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Thread: Bouncing Persons
Post: RE: Bouncing Persons
| I just had to look at this thread out of sheer curiosity! I assumed it must be some scandalous tale of a parent with a bouncy castle being denied their due spot on a 176!! Sadly, I find a simple tale... |
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22-11-2010, 07:06 PM |
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Thread: Plane noise over Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Plane noise over Canonbie Road
| Hi Will
I have lived off Netherby Road near the junction with Canonbie for nearly 25 years. Although there are planes for both City Airport and Heathrow depending on the wind direction I have to sa... |
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13-11-2010, 07:02 PM |
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Thread: Helicopter and Police in HOP
Post: RE: Helicopter and Police in HOP
| Yes I heard them about an hour ago. Glad the search seems to be over for whatever it was as they seem to use Greystead Rd flats as some kind of focus and can become like an annoying fly you really wan... |
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10-10-2010, 11:50 PM |
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Thread: Devonshire Road- vehicle damage
Post: RE: Devonshire Road- vehicle damage
| Glad to hear you at least got your car repaired Ann but it sounds like Devonshire Road is a dangerous place to live and park! I must admit that I hate driving along it. I don't like to cast assertions... |
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29-09-2010, 06:49 PM |
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Thread: Noisy neighbours
Post: RE: noisey neighbours!
| You have my sympathy babaloo - nothing worse than that irritating beat. Can't see why anyone would want to listen to it in the first place but each to their own I suppose. However it doesn't excuse th... |
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20-09-2010, 06:17 PM |
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Thread: Lamaze Kangaroo found near Forest Hill Station
Post: RE: Lamaze Kangaroo found near Forest Hill Station
| For anyone else like me wondering why a marsupial would be hopping around Forest Hill please be assured we are only talking of a child's toy!!! |
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02-09-2010, 07:23 PM |
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Thread: Canonbie road
Post: RE: Canonbie road
| To largely reiterate what others have said I don't think you have anything at all to worry about. Nowhere is completely safe, but after living near where you mention for close to 25 years I can't say ... |
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22-08-2010, 12:15 AM |
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Thread: London Open House Weekend
Post: RE: London Open House Weekend
| I think the correct address is:
http://www.openhouselondon.org.uk/index.html |
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13-08-2010, 11:30 AM |
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Thread: PC probs any advice?
Post: RE: PC probs any advice?
| Hi Roz
A five year life isn't particularly over optimistic for a hard disk, particularly one in a home PC which probably hasn't been worked that hard. Of course one should always backup key data :r... |
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11-08-2010, 03:18 PM |
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Thread: Warning to Residents on Honor Oak Road
Post: RE: Warning to Residents on Honor Oak Road
| Drug aspects aside, it is difficult to know how to handle these things best. I read too much in the papers about people being injured or dying after getting involved to want to be a hero. We had a lot... |
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09-08-2010, 09:01 PM |
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Thread: Canonbie road
Post: RE: Canonbie road!!
| Interesting to see that the 1879 map spells the word Honour in the English way. Does anyone know how the word came to be spelled in the American manner? |
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31-07-2010, 09:16 PM |
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Thread: Bag snatch near HOP
Post: RE: Bag snatch near HOP
| Sorry to hear about this Cecily, but wonderful to see proof that the majority of folks have their hearts in the right places. Well done to all of them and well done to you for making a point of thanki... |
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29-07-2010, 11:59 PM |
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Thread: boundary between honor oak and forest hill?
Post: RE: boundary between honor oak and forest hill?
| I live near the junction of Canonbie/Netherby and have always said Forest Hill, which I am sure is the official address. I can only remember one neighbour (long gone) who always used Honor Oak as he s... |
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05-07-2010, 02:21 PM |
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Thread: Petrol thefts
Post: RE: Petrol thefts
| Got to love the good old boys in blue! I guess they were only trying to be helpful....surprised that they didn't just advise you to buy a car so you could lock the cap like the rest of us!! :)
Neve... |
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05-07-2010, 02:15 PM |
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Thread: Canonbie road
Post: RE: Canonbie road!!
| To add to what Ann said, the nearest bus on the north side of the hill is the 63/363. The 63 runs from Old Camberwell Cemetry to Kings Cross via Elephant & Castle/Blackfriars. The 363 starts at Crysta... |
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04-07-2010, 09:00 AM |
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Thread: Preserved For Posterity
Post: RE: Preserved For Posterity
| Was surpised to see Fairlawn School in there as it doesn't look much different from many other schools from the outside (never been inside it admittedly). According to English Heritage:
SUMMARY OF ... |
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03-07-2010, 05:36 PM |
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Thread: The Forest Hill Coffee fued has gone too far
Post: RE: The Forest Hill Coffee fued has gone too far
| Can't we have a feud about people's inability to spell? :) |
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29-06-2010, 12:01 AM |
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Thread: Flight Paths over SE23
Post: RE: Flight Paths over SE23
| Tonight I was sat on my balcony and we seemed to be getting flights coming across for both Heathrow and City. Gets really irritating when it is like that.:thumbdown::thumbdown: |
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25-06-2010, 08:31 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak construction site
Post: RE: Honor Oak construction site
| "burial at this site has long been a bone of contention for local Lewisham residents"......
seems appropriate to the subject matter! :laugh: |
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17-05-2010, 12:25 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| On further thought, I think that the statement that your 'travel card must be valid on all the zones you travel through' is designed to cover the fact that a journey may start and end in say zone 4, b... |
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17-01-2010, 06:52 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| A bit more than poor sub-editing I'd say. It is just plain inconsistent. Even on the link you kindly attached it first says the travelcard covers:
"Bus services within the entire Greater London are... |
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17-01-2010, 06:39 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| I was browsing on the tfl website because it seems to me you would need a month's training to understand the options and likely charges with Oyster. I noticed the following under Travelcards:
"Trav... |
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17-01-2010, 03:29 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| I think your zone card is fine if your journeys are regular. However mine are not, and if you don't have Oyster the fares on bus and tube are ridiculous, presumably deliberately so to encourage use of... |
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13-01-2010, 06:53 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| I guess I will be more knowledgeable in future but I am a sporadic user of Oyster though that will increase a bit because I can now use it on the train.
I just checked my account and noticed that ... |
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12-01-2010, 06:49 PM |
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