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Thread: Streetlights on private property
Post: Streetlights on private property
| We have a couple of streetlights on a private road leading to our property. I know that these are not maintained by the council (Lewisham) but when we have needed work done on them before we have been... |
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14-01-2008, 04:40 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge
| Thankfully I no longer have to use these trains on any regular basis though I have done the HOP to London Bridge daily cattle truck at various times in the last 20 years.
However, and maybe I am be... |
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billham |
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23-01-2008, 04:55 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Secrets
Post: RE: Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Secrets
| One of the secrets apparently is that Honor Oak lies north-west of Forest Hill ............ :) |
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23-01-2008, 05:34 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge
| Maybe I can be the first to say...sophisticated weighing system my ****!!
Perhaps they should send staff to occasionally try and board one of their trains in rush hour (or increasingly out of rush ... |
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billham |
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30-01-2008, 01:31 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge
| Love the poster BarCar. :)
Now maybe a few of those should be printed and discretely placed around the stations and trains involved.
Legal disclaimer.
The above was just a random thought and... |
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billham |
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30-01-2008, 02:03 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge
| What a lovely example of a lot of verbiage to add precisely nothing!! It could have come from a 'Yes, Minister' script.
It also seems that they regard paragraphs a bit like they do carriages...some... |
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billham |
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01-02-2008, 10:24 AM |
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Thread: Working From Home
Post: RE: Working From Home
| I work from home a fair percentage of the time. I work in IT development and support which is probably an optimal job for it as I can easily access systems anywhere in the world from my armchair.
T... |
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billham |
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08-02-2008, 02:15 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge
| This thread is taking on a fishy twist with herring now joining the sardines!
It is just a pity that the 'sardines' seem to have less rights than the pigeons. Then again the pigeons rarely catch th... |
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billham |
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21-02-2008, 10:30 AM |
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Thread: "Shelter 100 yards" on FH wall
Post: RE: A question for the historians amongst us
| To quote from ' A History of Kings and Princes Garth and Forest Hill' by Jad Adams (1993) p42
"The residents of Kings and Princes Garth spent many nights huddled in the basement with the sound of e... |
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billham |
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31-03-2008, 01:03 AM |
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Thread: Water Supply Problems
Post: RE: White tap water
| Well I don't know about events at the weekend but I live off Netherby Road and our water has been cloudy for quite some time. In fact I was surprised not to see comments in here much earlier than they... |
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billham |
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16-05-2008, 11:25 PM |
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Thread: Green Chain Walk - FHSoc
Post: RE: Sun 25th May 2pm: Green Chain Walk - FHSoc
| Having seen the weather forecast I had all but written off my plan to go along. But lo and behold the awful morning turned into an excellent afternoon, pretty much perfect for walking. Very enjoyable ... |
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billham |
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26-05-2008, 10:12 AM |
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Thread: Fire!
Post: RE: Fire!
| Probably pretty pointless since most people will be offline but here's the story from the BBC. Looks pretty serious and if it started at 7.21 power has already been down 4 hours...how come this never ... |
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billham |
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08-06-2008, 11:17 AM |
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Thread: Doorstep scam or fraud
Post: RE: Doorstep scam or fraud in HOP area
| Hi Jane
Sorry to hear about your problem. I sincerely hope it is not too serious for you - it sounds like they used your address to order the parcel. Hopefully it is only your address they have use... |
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billham |
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08-06-2008, 12:23 PM |
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Thread: Electricity Supply Problems
Post: RE: Driving during the power cut
| It didn't seem particularly calm when I walked through the Horniman and out onto the South Circ at about 4.30. The lights were off at the pedestrian crossing and where traffic was coming down from Syd... |
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billham |
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10-06-2008, 11:56 AM |
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Thread: Intimidating kids hanging around
Post: RE: Intimidating kids hanging around
| Hi CB
You are not alone, and I fully sympathise with your position.
We have had a lot of similar problems in the last year in the flats where I live. We do have the advantage that the land is pr... |
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billham |
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10-06-2008, 03:52 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
| This does seem a rather strict enforcement of a 'political' group. I could understand that the IRA or Al Queda might reasonably be refused but the Forest Hill Society?? I sense some deeper underlying... |
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13-06-2008, 09:53 AM |
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Thread: Intimidating kids hanging around
Post: RE: Intimidating kids hanging around
| Ok Reverend we will send them around to stand outside your house since it would obviously not be an issue for you!!
I think your reply shows a total lack of understanding of what this problem might... |
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19-06-2008, 10:51 PM |
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Thread: Intimidating kids hanging around
Post: RE: Intimidating kids hanging around
| I accept that the situation in a public area is more complex, and I imagine it would be very hard to get the police to act unless some substantial disturbance was being caused.
However, I live in a... |
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billham |
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21-06-2008, 08:20 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Triangle Play Park
Post: RE: Horniman Triangle Play Park SE23
| I think that the link is slightly wrong. Try this
[url=http://se23streets.blogspot.com/2007/04/up-eliot-bank.html]Up Eliot Bank[/url] |
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billham |
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23-06-2008, 12:44 PM |
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Thread: Right-turn camera at Wickes/Halfords
Post: RE: Right-turn camera at Wickes/Halfords
| Well I had no idea that it was illegal to turn right there and I certainly did it in mid March and then again recently. It's hard enough to keep your eye on the traffic at that corner let alone being ... |
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06-07-2008, 01:22 AM |
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Thread: Right-turn camera at Wickes/Halfords
Post: RE: Right-turn camera at Wickes/Halfords
| I think you are quite right about the amount of signange. There is simply no way of taking in all the signs that are out there. How anyone without an intimate knowledge of the South Circ ever successf... |
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billham |
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07-07-2008, 01:15 PM |
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Thread: Right-turn from Honor Oak Road into London Road
Post: Right-turn from Honor Oak Road into London Road
| I don't know if this is a regular occurrence or not, but last night about 6.15pm as I was walking up towards the junction of Honor Oak Road and the South Circ at the Tesco garage two cars made a right... |
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08-07-2008, 07:59 PM |
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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...
| Foxe
Whilst I agree that these lights can be extremely frustrating, and I have uttered the odd curse or fifty myself whilst waiting for them to change, this does not in any circumstances make an il... |
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billham |
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10-07-2008, 11:38 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Central
Post: RE: Forest Hill Central
| Interesting that the Old Bank Italian Restaurant (presumably the one in Honor Oak) is included as a 'local' restaurant. There must be at least 20 restaurants nearer if not more. Do I smell some 'produ... |
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billham |
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11-07-2008, 04:49 PM |
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Thread: Housing market
Post: RE: Forest Hill Central
| I wouldn't describe predicting a drop in the housing market for 'over 10 years' as scaremongering. It does however smack of backing the inevitable. Housing markets always suffer downturns - the art li... |
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billham |
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01-09-2008, 10:30 AM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: Forest Hill Post Office
| And of course there is a posting box inside the post office, to the right as you face the counter... |
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billham |
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17-09-2008, 04:01 PM |
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Thread: Broken Window
Post: RE: Broken Window
| Sorry to hear of your experience Holly. As someone who has had missiles through a window on a couple of occasions in the 20 odd years I have lived here (though I am not particularly close to the South... |
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billham |
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11-10-2008, 02:05 PM |
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Thread: Broken Window
Post: RE: Broken Windon
| We recently had trouble over a period with groups of youths hanging around our (private) grounds, smoking dodgy substances and generally making a nuisance. The police response seemed to be that unless... |
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13-10-2008, 12:11 PM |
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Thread: Dacres Wood Nature Reserve
Post: RE: Dacres Road Nature Reserve
| The canal ran right down Davids Road. The attached map shows the canal route - not very close to the railway from HOP to Forest Hill!
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=1095274... |
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15-10-2008, 06:35 PM |
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Thread: Dacres Wood Nature Reserve
Post: RE: Dacres Road Nature Reserve
| Looking in more detail at the route map would suggest that you are right Perryman. Although the canal follows the line of Davids Road if the map is correct it was actually located between Davids Road ... |
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16-10-2008, 10:19 AM |
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Thread: Dacres Wood Nature Reserve
Post: RE: Dacres Road Nature Reserve
| A voluntary environmental and conservation group. Their web site is
www.btcv.org
Interestingly if you look there (as I did) you will hunt high and low for what those letters mean. The explanatio... |
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billham |
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16-10-2008, 03:11 PM |
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Thread: Used to live there
Post: RE: Used to live there
| Hi Margaret
Interesting to hear your memories. Interesting you should mention police flats. I live in Sydmons Court of Netherby Road which was built in the 1950s and I was told that these were orig... |
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billham |
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20-10-2008, 11:43 AM |
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Thread: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
Post: RE: Manor Mount - drivers still at it
| I don't think it is only you Roz. I think most people treat that section as one-way, probably because it logically looks like it should be! I suspect the reason that it isn't is down to the location o... |
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24-10-2008, 10:32 AM |
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Thread: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
Post: RE: Manor Mount - drivers still at it
| I assume we are talking purely about the section between the two ends of Pearcefield so Sainsbury's traffic is not involved since it would enter the end of Pearcefield nearest Davids Road and exit ont... |
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billham |
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24-10-2008, 12:20 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
| Being in my early 50s, I too grew up in the pre-computer age. However, I am certainly no technophobe and have been employed in IT for 25 years.
However, on my one visit to this library I really fel... |
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billham |
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25-10-2008, 02:56 PM |
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Thread: Southern Electricity
Post: Southern Electricity
| Just had a visit from a representative of Southern Electricity.
Along with various graphs and diagrams he basically said that Southern could 'see' that my tarriff was high (I am with British Gas fo... |
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billham |
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30-10-2008, 03:43 PM |
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Thread: Story behind the mask
Post: RE: Story behind the mask
| I new I should have come up with something better than parts of my name! How unimaginative am I!!
Interesting though to see what folk have come up with and I do use more 'cleverer' names in other f... |
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billham |
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31-10-2008, 05:58 PM |
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Thread: Remembrance Sunday
Post: RE: Remembrance Sunday
| I think if you look closely you will see that the date is actually correct...if we were still in 2006 which is the year at the bottom of this release!
Nice to see the Lewisham website so up to dat... |
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08-11-2008, 07:05 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| Jimmy?
Maybe that is the way forward, giving all the trains names instead of times. Be just like Thomas the Tank Engine!
Ah, here he comes now that loveable old rogue Jimmy, always late but you ... |
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billham |
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21-11-2008, 02:06 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Train service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| Two carriages on a train out of London Bridge at that time of night is just taking the &^*%!! |
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25-11-2008, 07:55 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill's Xmas Tree
Post: RE: Forest Hill's xmas tree
| Most likely it means you have just staggered out of the Hob.... :) |
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17-12-2008, 05:15 PM |
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Thread: Camille Pissarro's Paintings of Forest Hill
Post: RE: Camille Pissarro's paintings of Forest Hill
| or here
http://www.art.co.uk/asp/sp-asp/_/Aff--CONF/CTID--861164771/RFID--457103/TKID--15039121/pd--10023210/posters.htm |
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billham |
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20-12-2008, 03:59 PM |
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Thread: SE23 Magazine
Post: RE: SE23 Magazine
| Personally I would feel more confident if you could spell 'write' or 'edition' but maybe that's just old-fashioned Virgo me..... :) |
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05-01-2009, 08:54 PM |
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Thread: Snow!!!
Post: RE: Snow!!!
| How ridiculous that Horniman is closed for 'Health and Safety' reasons! Clearly it is a lot safer for children to sledge down roads. :confused:
I know the reason is probably to do with the risk of... |
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02-02-2009, 06:09 PM |
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Thread: Post
Post: RE: Post
| Not seen so much as a bill or a circular in Netherby Road. Might easily be the Arctic up here....the snow comes half way up my....shoes.....
Full marks however to my trusty milkman Lee from Dairy C... |
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04-02-2009, 10:24 PM |
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Thread: Post
Post: RE: Post
| Whilst I do accept that deliveries are more difficult in the current circumstances, I don't think it is unreasonable to expect some sort of service 3 days after 4 inches of snow fell. Checking the Roy... |
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05-02-2009, 11:37 AM |
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Thread: Post
Post: RE: Post
| Well I must admit I didn't take an inchtape to it but I do live quite high on the hill, near the Canonbie/Netherby junction. I took a fairly close look at undisturbed snow in our bin area and it was 5... |
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05-02-2009, 09:37 PM |
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Thread: Stolen Siberian Husky Please Help
Post: RE: Stolen Siberian Husky Please Help
| Really glad to hear this had a happy ending! I noticed it earlier and wanted to post but decided against it in case you thought it was someone with positive word! I guess you won't be leaving her outs... |
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05-02-2009, 10:14 PM |
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Thread: Fatal shooting in East Dulwich
Post: Fatal shooting in East Dulwich
| I must admit when you see this sort of thing happening on a Sunday afternoon at a place where you quite often walk it is scary...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7904586.stm |
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22-02-2009, 06:37 PM |
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Thread: Used to live there
Post: RE: Used to live there
| Hi Graham
I do still live in Sydmons Court and more than happy to chat. However, I don't really want to post my email address here and I seem unable to leave a private message. Can you see if you a... |
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billham |
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30-03-2009, 05:06 PM |
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