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  Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Brilliant new farmers' market in the Horniman ...

They've now got a fantastic fish stall. Bought some beautiful spanking fresh scallops. Market seems to be getting better every week.
thenutfield SE23 Topics 218 182,000 21-10-2013, 07:39 PM
  Thread: Council Tax 2013/14
Post: RE: Council Tax 2013/14

Deano, I suggest you ask children, old people, road users, park users, people with refuse that needs collecting, people with support needs and just about everyone else in the borough why the council i...
thenutfield Wider Topics 5 7,048 25-02-2013, 03:02 PM
  Thread: Primary School Advice
Post: RE: Primary School Advice

Perrymount School had an Ofsted inspection just before Christmas and have been rated as Good (up from Satisfactory, which is fantastic for the school and a testament to the great work of the Head and ...
thenutfield Wider Topics 17 21,154 09-01-2013, 08:04 PM
  Thread: Looking for a B&B, apartment and/or hotel near HOP
Post: RE: Looking for a B&B, apartment and/or hotel near...

Hi Catford is an unlikely spot for holiday apartments, but I am told these are quite good [url]http://www.londonselfcatering.co.uk/[/url]
thenutfield Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 1 2,957 02-01-2013, 03:01 PM
  Thread: Blitz map
Post: RE: Blitz map

on a long ago thread, Steve Grindlay posted some images of hand-coloured maps - the colours indicate the extent of damage to each individual building ranging from black (total destruction) through to ...
thenutfield Wider Topics 5 6,536 10-12-2012, 12:17 AM
  Thread: Cinemas
Post: RE: Cinemas

p.s. I'm not particularly ancient - in my 40's - but I can remember when there was a cinema in - Forest Hill - Sydenham - Catford - Lewisham (x3 - the Odeon plus the dodgy 'Studio 6 & 7') Ah, ...
thenutfield Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 20 19,964 19-11-2012, 02:57 PM
  Thread: Cinemas
Post: RE: Cinemas

you could try the train from FH or HOP to Streatham Hill (the train that goes to Victoria), then short stroll to Streatham Odeon. On your way to the cinema, pick up some treats from the fantastic ita...
thenutfield Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 20 19,964 19-11-2012, 02:50 PM
  Thread: Cuts to Lewisham Hospital A&E
Post: RE: Lewisham A&E to close

I'm not defending any ideas about closing Lewisham A&E, but for many SE23 residents, isn't King's A&E at Camberwell just as close/convenient?
thenutfield Wider Topics 205 173,237 29-10-2012, 03:18 PM
  Thread: Primary School Advice
Post: RE: Primary School Advice

Hi I always bang the drum for Perrymount School. I have 2 boys there and they love it, and they are both doing very well. It never gets much of a mention, and it does have the setback of only havin...
thenutfield Wider Topics 17 21,154 26-10-2012, 04:53 PM
  Thread: Police at Stansted road address
Post: RE: Police at Stansted road address

latest on the grizzly goings on in Stanstead Road [url=http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/northwest/10009599.Bacup_man_s_body_kept_in_box_was_used_as_sideboard__murder_trial_told/]here[/url]
thenutfield SE23 Topics 47 51,158 26-10-2012, 04:44 PM
  Thread: Donate food at Sainsbury’s Forest Hill and help fight food poverty in the UK this Oct
Post: RE: Donate food at Sainsbury’s Forest Hill and hel...

the fareshare intention seems good, but I don't see how a one off donation of a few tins of beans will do anything to tackle food poverty. Wouldn't Sainsbury's (and all the others) do more to relei...
thenutfield SE23 Topics 3 6,643 03-10-2012, 01:47 PM
  Thread: Places available at Perrymount Nursery
Post: RE: Places available at Perrymount Nursery

I am told that Perrymount Nursery still have a few spaces at both the morning and afternoon sessions. If you are looking for a nursery place for you little one, then I recommend Perrymount. Both m...
thenutfield SE23 Topics 1 4,429 20-09-2012, 08:02 PM
  Thread: Honor Oak Park traffic
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park traffic

Cheeky, your suggestion makes good sense from a motorist's point of view. Our streets are not just for getting from A to B though, they are also places where people live and shop (or have shops). I ...
thenutfield SE23 Topics 25 29,159 17-07-2012, 01:51 PM
  Thread: Running Club
Post: RE: Running Club

Or you could try Dulwich Park Runners. They meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Probably the closest to SE23. [url]http://www.dulwichparkrunners.co.uk/site/[/url]
thenutfield Wider Topics 4 10,019 22-05-2012, 01:58 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway

could someone explain why it is necessary to clad the ceiling? Seems like a strange way to spend £39k, and I am sure would just be a maintenance liability for the future.
thenutfield SE23 Topics 195 190,472 04-05-2012, 07:16 PM
  Thread: I ran the London Marathon!
Post: I ran the London Marathon!

At nearer 50 years old than 40, I ran the London Marathon for the first time yesterday! 4 hours and 9 mins - I am feeling very happy (if a little sore). Apart from showing off, I am posting this t...
thenutfield Wider Topics 1 3,916 23-04-2012, 10:53 AM
  Thread: Recycling Rubbish Inspection
Post: RE: Recycling Rubbish Inspection

or maybe something more sinister!.........[url]http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/body-found-in-wheelie-bin-after-137601[/url]
thenutfield Wider Topics 18 17,212 21-03-2012, 08:18 PM
  Thread: Incident in Stanstead Road 19-02-2012
Post: RE: Police in Stanstead Road

Just drove past and saw that the Police Catering Support Unit (tea van) is on site. Must be serious!
thenutfield SE23 Topics 63 75,006 19-02-2012, 03:32 PM
  Thread: Linda Barker and Other Celeb Types in the Area
Post: RE: Linda Barker and Other Celeb Types in the Area

latest spot. Kirstie Allsop seen in St. Davids coffee shop last week whilst in Forest Hill filming LLL. Loved their lemon drizzle cake apparently!
thenutfield SE23 Topics 47 81,268 06-02-2012, 11:52 PM
  Thread: Disastrous Tree Works on Perry Vale
Post: RE: Disastrous Tree Works on Perry Vale

Sadly the bus shelter didn't survive.
thenutfield SE23 Topics 9 10,022 10-11-2011, 08:01 PM
  Thread: We want to buy a house in Honor Oak
Post: RE: We want to buy a house in Honor Oak

Medley, don't forget that - in your 'battle' to get what you want - if you win, it means some other child loses. A child who may not have the benefits of a motivated and dedicated parent as you clea...
thenutfield SE23 Topics 24 47,805 09-11-2011, 09:12 PM
  Thread: Pedestrian crossing by Forest Hill Station (Perry Vale side)
Post: RE: Pedestrian crossing by Forest Hill Station (Pe...

at the moment, it seems to be the worst of both worlds: to predestrians it - sort of - has the look of a crossing area (different coloured road surface, gap in the railing) but to motorists it is just...
thenutfield SE23 Topics 57 64,122 01-11-2011, 02:38 PM
  Thread: Cyclists
Post: RE: Cyclists

Michael, both lanes outside WH Smith are for turning right (check the arrows painted on the road). It is the road that turns, not the road user (if that makes sense), so indicating is not required (i...
thenutfield Wider Topics 271 243,869 21-10-2011, 02:03 PM
  Thread: Cyclists
Post: RE: Cyclists

a cyclist on the pavement is fine by me if it means one less car on the road.
thenutfield Wider Topics 271 243,869 06-10-2011, 01:49 PM
  Thread: Burst Water Main
Post: RE: Burst Water Main

try [url=http://www.thameswater.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg/corp/hs.xsl/8654.htm]here[/url] for info about the new drains/sewer responsibilities.
thenutfield SE23 Topics 23 26,729 06-10-2011, 01:42 PM
  Thread: Trees in Lewisham
Post: RE: Trees in Lewisham

sounds perfect. The entrance to the underpass could have a plastic palm tree at either side, and a shimmery bead curtain across the entrance. It would almost make it worth going through to the wrong...
thenutfield Wider Topics 14 24,404 05-10-2011, 01:52 PM
  Thread: Trees in Lewisham
Post: RE: Trees in Lewisham

"The first 5 trees in the scheme were planted on Trilby Road" - doesnt this sort of prove my point? Trilby Road was already leafy with a lot of street trees (AND it has speed restriction, which i...
thenutfield Wider Topics 14 24,404 05-10-2011, 12:59 PM
  Thread: Trees in Lewisham
Post: RE: Trees in Lewisham

ouch! Michael, I think you are being a little disingenuous with your reply, and with your google street image. You are quite right to say PV is green in parts - I didn't say it wasn't. It is a lon...
thenutfield Wider Topics 14 24,404 05-10-2011, 09:02 AM
  Thread: Trees in Lewisham
Post: RE: Trees in Lewisham

thanks for the info tomangel. 425 trees might sound a lot but when you think about the total number of streets in Lewisham Borough, this works out at what? maybe one tree per street on average? Not...
thenutfield Wider Topics 14 24,404 04-10-2011, 02:04 PM
  Thread: Low water pressure?
Post: RE: Low water pressure?

unusually, I agree with Brian. We are all suffering low water pressure, not no water at all. it is fantastically disruptive to hundreds of people when a school is closed at short notice. I can't he...
thenutfield SE23 Topics 32 30,412 07-07-2011, 01:34 PM
  Thread: Police at Stansted road address
Post: RE: Police at Stansted road address

you can't blame the Police for missing it first time round - after all a foul smelling wheelie bin in the sitting room is perfectly normal. doh.
thenutfield SE23 Topics 47 51,158 27-06-2011, 11:59 PM
  Thread: Police at Stansted road address
Post: RE: Police at Stansted road address

"Sadly some good authority is not as good as you think it was a mans body " so much for my reliable source!
thenutfield SE23 Topics 47 51,158 16-06-2011, 02:57 PM
  Thread: Police at Stansted road address
Post: RE: Police at Stansted road address

sadly, a woman was murdered there. I dont know any more details. I do have this on good authority, but i cant find anything on the usua news websites, which is odd.
thenutfield SE23 Topics 47 51,158 16-06-2011, 02:06 PM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: English Usage

Don't all words that end with an 'f' use 'v' in the plural. Not just roof and rooves but calf, half, loaf,leaf, knife etc? (funny, just noticed that the forum spell-checker doesn't like rooves!)
thenutfield Wider Topics 587 486,782 24-03-2011, 12:25 AM
  Thread: 3-course lunch for £2 ??
Post: 3-course lunch for £2 ??

My sister-in-law found a 'Citizens Guide to the LB of Lewisham' in her loft the other day. It's from 1984, as far as I can tell. Included this gem. Does anyone remember it?[attachment=477]
thenutfield SE23 Topics 7 8,627 14-12-2010, 01:00 AM
  Thread: Planning Application: 6 Church Rise
Post: RE: Planning: 6 Church Rise

simply awful. its one thing to end up with gloomy basement flats, bedsits and weird shaped flats when you're converting an existing building - quite another to actually design it that way! The dev...
thenutfield SE23 Topics 30 43,999 14-12-2010, 12:34 AM
  Thread: Horniman to charge for Aquarium
Post: RE: Horniman to charge for Aquarium

Harrumph, I am not impressed. It was always called the Horniman FREE Museum, but the 'free' bit seems to have been quietly dropped. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1253454 Whilst like Roz i ...
thenutfield SE23 Topics 17 17,574 12-12-2010, 12:28 AM
  Thread: If you voted LibDem, do you sleep at night?
Post: RE: If you voted LibDem, do you sleep at night?

michael i agree with a lot of what you say, and i am not defending Labour's record over tuition fees. However, I don't think that Labour have campaigned in University towns on a particular policy - ...
thenutfield Wider Topics 25 20,308 09-12-2010, 11:47 PM
  Thread: New primary school for Lewisham?
Post: RE: New primary school for Lewisham?

that is depressing fhmum. But surely the answer must be to stay, support the school, persuade like-minded people to send their children there etc etc. If you simply take your children elsewhere, the...
thenutfield Wider Topics 110 108,708 09-12-2010, 10:36 PM
  Thread: If you voted LibDem, do you sleep at night?
Post: RE: If you voted LibDem, do you sleep at night?

I don't mind you saying, Brian. But what is honorable about making a firm pledge, then breaking it simply to keep a place at the top table? And raising tuition fees will do nothing for the 'national...
thenutfield Wider Topics 25 20,308 09-12-2010, 10:06 PM
  Thread: New primary school for Lewisham?
Post: RE: New primary school for Lewisham?

these so called 'Free Schools' are a simple political stunt. The ConDem government have allocated a (proportionately) tiny amount of money to them, which shows it is there simply as a headline grabbe...
thenutfield Wider Topics 110 108,708 09-12-2010, 09:51 PM
  Thread: If you voted LibDem, do you sleep at night?
Post: If you voted LibDem, do you sleep at night?

Since the General Election, I have watched the Lib Dems with a mixture of shock, amusement (that's long gone now), shame and disgust. - unquestioning slavery to the savage Tory cuts agenda - cuts...
thenutfield Wider Topics 25 20,308 09-12-2010, 09:37 PM
  Thread: Red Cross Window Display
Post: RE: Red Cross Window Display

You gotta be quick! The charity shop rule is: see it, buy it. And no, I didn't get the stripey bag!
thenutfield SE23 Topics 4 5,923 06-09-2010, 06:48 PM
  Thread: Red Cross Window Display
Post: Red Cross Window Display

Whoever does the window dressing for the Red Cross shop (next to launderette) in Forest Hill, I want to say what a fantastic job you do. Every day it's 3 different 'looks' on the dummies. I love it!...
thenutfield SE23 Topics 4 5,923 11-08-2010, 08:36 PM
  Thread: Mugging on Grierson Road
Post: RE: Mugging on Grierson Road

who is this Lord Langley of Catford, and how come he gets someone to do his posts for him? Can I get someone to do mine?!!
thenutfield SE23 Topics 21 25,573 24-02-2010, 10:10 PM
  Thread: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?
Post: RE: SE23 - Most Burgled. Really?

Brian, It is a bit of a myth that the police can stop burglaries - unless they post an officer on guard in every back garden all night long! The security of our homes is the home owners responsibil...
thenutfield Wider Topics 54 74,935 12-11-2009, 12:09 AM
  Thread: Multimedia from the Croydon Canal event
Post: RE: Multimedia from the Croydon Canal event

I was there (you can see me on my Dad's shoulders in a couple of the pictures). I think someone said there were about 120 people in all. It was great! The rain held off and there was the unexpected ...
thenutfield Wider Topics 4 5,402 25-10-2009, 08:55 PM
  Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Children in Pubs

hey! it's great to see this thread resurrected, and great to see that the same old tosh is being spouted all over again! Brian, those children you mention 'running riot' - where and when was that e...
thenutfield Wider Topics 143 118,210 11-06-2009, 11:35 PM
  Thread: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
Post: RE: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System

I'm with gingernuts on this. A surveillance camera is a completely disproportionate response to a trivial infringement of a trivial traffic rule. Roz, have you never gone through a light on Orange...
thenutfield SE23 Topics 143 128,089 11-06-2009, 11:01 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)

[quote=Roz]In responding to the questionnaire there is as I see it an inherent problem in not responding directly to one of the options or attempting to modify the answer, in that it may count as a sp...
thenutfield SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,793 30-04-2009, 12:18 AM
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