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Thread: What does the future hold for Forest Hill?
Post: RE: What does the future hold for Forest Hill?
| my predictions are
- the council will still be promising to re-open the swimming pool 'one day'
- the old macdonalds site will be a poundland
- the ex-blockbusters will be a bookies
- i wont be ab... |
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thenutfield |
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13-11-2007, 12:41 AM |
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Thread: Perry Vale Ward meeting 29/10/07
Post: RE: Perry Vale Ward meeting 29/10/07
| my vote would be for something to improve the appearance of the underpass - surely one of the ugliest and least user friendly places in the borough! lighting, redecoration - even a proper clean and p... |
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thenutfield |
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13-11-2007, 12:54 AM |
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Thread: Pride of Place - vote for Forest Hill
Post: RE: Pride of Place - vote for Forest Hill
| FH currently running at 31% of the vote, Blackheath Village is nowhere.
Keep voting everyone! |
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thenutfield |
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13-11-2007, 01:07 AM |
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Thread: Perry Vale Ward meeting 29/10/07
Post: RE: Perry Vale Ward meeting 29/10/07
| does anyone know how they decided to spend the ten grand? |
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thenutfield |
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09-11-2007, 12:20 AM |
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Thread: Pedestrian crossing by WH Smith's
Post: RE: Pedestrian crossing by WH Smith's
| pedestrianise Dartmouth Road?
roof top garden?
have I died and woken up in some weird alternative dimension? |
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thenutfield |
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16-07-2008, 11:19 PM |
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Thread: SE23.com's 5th Birthday
Post: RE: SE23.com's 5th Birthday
| after some of the things people say to (and about) each other on this forum, would meeting up for a drink be safe??! maybe we should all dress up as smileys. |
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thenutfield |
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17-11-2007, 09:47 AM |
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Thread: What does the future hold for Forest Hill?
Post: RE: What does the future hold for Forest Hill?
| hear hear from me too.....except the bit about waitrose. Leave the upmarket supermarkets to smugland, SE22 and lets keep it real in SE23! |
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thenutfield |
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14-11-2007, 12:34 AM |
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Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
| wow, this thread is crazy! Who ever thought li'l old FH would stir such emotion!? Frosty, you need a day off!! take a stroll round Horniman Gardens, have a coffee in that new place everyone is ravin... |
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thenutfield |
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14-11-2007, 12:46 AM |
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Thread: (ex) Mercury TV - Perry Vale
Post: RE: (ex) Mercury TV - Perry Vale
| Congratulations Ananas from me too. As a fellow Perry Valee (?), I hope you enjoy living on what some call the wrong side of the tracks, but what I prefer to think of as the exclusive end of town. I... |
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thenutfield |
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14-11-2007, 12:53 AM |
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Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
| thanks Spearmint, for actually doing something other than vain posturing. Take note everyone else! |
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thenutfield |
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14-11-2007, 07:50 PM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: WH Smith
| is it just me, or is WH Smith by Forest Hill Station about 100 times shabbier and grottier than any other WH Smith?
Does anyone know if they are deliberately running it down, or is it just badly ma... |
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thenutfield |
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14-11-2007, 07:59 PM |
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Thread: Class divisions in FH
Post: Class divisions in FH
| [i][Split from 'WH Smith - what do you think?' -admin][/i]
I totally disagree about not having WHS in this day an age. The internet and Amazon have thier place but you cant wander up to either on ... |
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thenutfield |
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14-11-2007, 10:18 PM |
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Thread: Class divisions in FH
Post: RE: WH Smith - what do you think?
| sorry, i see now that the 'FH Lifer' thingy is your sign-off. i thought you were referring to my newness to FH.
Guardian readers versus daily mail? no contest! |
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thenutfield |
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14-11-2007, 10:57 PM |
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Thread: Class divisions in FH
Post: RE: Class divisions in FH
| It's official now, the centre of FH is in Perry Vale....just ask Berkley Homes!! Al you lot on the Stanstead road side are in the quaint old town. |
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thenutfield |
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16-11-2007, 12:10 AM |
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Thread: Class divisions in FH
Post: RE: Class divisions in FH
| but you must all agree, P vale is surely now the cultural centre of FH - what with the 24 hour bagel bake, the car radio hut (is that still there?), Foresters Arms with its classy new outdoor smoking ... |
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thenutfield |
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17-11-2007, 09:37 AM |
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Thread: Bagel Shop
Post: RE: Class divisions in FH
| [quote=pvp]
24 hour bagel shop - received a flyer on this but can't remember the address. Would come in handy when suffering the night bus munchies.
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a few doors up from the junction of P... |
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thenutfield |
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18-11-2007, 10:36 PM |
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Thread: Sign of the times
Post: RE: Sign of the times
| nice idea, we could have our very own hillside chalk carving - our version of Cerne Abbas Man.
Any ideas anyone? perhaps an image of the Big Issue seller? |
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thenutfield |
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20-11-2007, 12:33 AM |
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Thread: Bagel Shop
Post: RE: Bagel shop on Perry Vale
| the shutters were down last evening at about half 8. so much for 24 hour! |
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thenutfield |
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21-11-2007, 08:37 PM |
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Thread: Mentally/physically handicapped kid on Devonshire Road
Post: RE: Mentally/physically handicapped kid on Devonsh...
| just to be PC for a moment - it think the correct term is 'disabled', not 'handicapped'.
And maybe we should be proud that we have a foreign big issue seller, and a disabled beggar - celebrating di... |
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thenutfield |
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24-11-2007, 05:27 PM |
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Thread: Mentally/physically handicapped kid on Devonshire Road
Post: RE: Mentally/physically handicapped kid on Devonsh...
| Thank you bigjulie, for coming to my defence. it might have been a rubbish joke, but I thought people would realise it was meant to be a joke.
I am a newcomer to this forum and I must say I have b... |
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thenutfield |
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24-11-2007, 07:09 PM |
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Thread: Christmas Shopping in SE23
Post: RE: Christmas Shopping in SE23
| thanks millesens, thats very useful. I will definitely check Bunka out. |
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thenutfield |
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26-11-2007, 09:09 PM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: WH Smith - what do you think?
| As the starter of this thread I thought i should do more than just grumble, so I have emailed WH Smith. See below (actually, that is just more grumbling, isnt it?!)
I will post any response I get.
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thenutfield |
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30-11-2007, 11:29 PM |
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Thread: Where am I??
Post: Where am I??
| I wonder if the Se23.com regulars can help me. I live in Perry Vale. Am I South Forest Hill, or East?:confused:
From my map, it looks like North FH is Honor Oak and all that, South is Dartmouth R... |
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thenutfield |
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05-12-2007, 08:47 PM |
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Thread: Busy Weekend
Post: RE: Busy Weekend
| no chance Ian. we will pump our little ones full of sweets and fizzy drinks at the events, then bring them with is to the pubs so they can release all that energy:thumbsup: |
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thenutfield |
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05-12-2007, 08:49 PM |
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Thread: Where am I??
Post: RE: where am I??
| as on our planet, all the bad stuff coming from the west!
Ah well, at least now I know my place. Maybe if i save up hard enough, I can go for a night 'up West'. maybe a cocktail at the capital, then... |
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thenutfield |
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06-12-2007, 12:10 AM |
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Thread: Future FH Inhabitant & Transport Links
Post: RE: Future FH Inhabitant & Transport Links
| and besides, if you move to F Hill, you will be so looking forward to getting back here, you wont want to stay out late! |
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thenutfield |
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06-12-2007, 12:16 AM |
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Thread: Where am I??
Post: RE: where am I??
| that's what I thought. Sort of the rive gauche of Forest Hill.
That's why we've got Kafe La....and they've got Pizza Hut delivery |
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thenutfield |
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06-12-2007, 12:36 AM |
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Thread: Busy Weekend
Post: RE: Busy Weekend
| 'fraid so. and don't tell Babs, but we might all stay for Sunday lunch too |
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thenutfield |
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06-12-2007, 12:39 AM |
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Thread: Busy Weekend
Post: RE: Busy Weekend
| bad weather stops Xmas market??
Is this all a bad joke? |
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thenutfield |
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07-12-2007, 08:24 PM |
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Thread: Where am I??
Post: RE: Where am I??
| that must be why I live on the east side - old, and definitely not posh |
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thenutfield |
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07-12-2007, 08:26 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Strange Smell at Forest Hill Station
| [quote=pvp]
I did see one of the station attendants using a very swishy machine to distribute the 'substance'.
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a urea distribution machine? Isn't that usually called something else?:la... |
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thenutfield |
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15-12-2007, 11:52 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill on the tube map!
Post: RE: forest hill on the tube map!
| [quote=eastofthetrack]
Ta-dah!
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/Standard-Tube-map.pdf
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I think a prize goes to Eastofthetrack. Her/his first post, and its the post of the year s... |
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thenutfield |
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07-01-2008, 10:48 PM |
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Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
| I'm FH - although I'm thinking of starting a campaign to rename my area (the 'wrong' side of the station!). There's definitely no hill down here in the vale! |
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thenutfield |
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10-01-2008, 11:50 PM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: WH Smith - what do you think?
| [quote=thenutfield]
As the starter of this thread I thought i should do more than just grumble, so I have emailed WH Smith. See below (actually, that is just more grumbling, isnt it?!)
I will post ... |
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thenutfield |
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16-12-2007, 12:00 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
| Can I add my bit about the big screen in the childrens section too. I was in there with m son a few weeks back, only to be completely dominated by The Invincibles (great film, by the way). It seems ... |
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thenutfield |
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07-01-2008, 10:57 PM |
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Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
| thanks TJ, crystal clear. Actually, i know i am on the right side, I was just being generous to all the unfortunates on the hill. |
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thenutfield |
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11-01-2008, 12:25 AM |
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Thread: The 23 Club
Post: RE: The 23 Club
| well then, how did it go? |
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thenutfield |
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23-02-2008, 01:29 AM |
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Thread: Perystreete
Post: RE: Perystreete
| it might not be as wrong as it looks. the big block of flats that runs from Vale Lodge up to near(ish) the station on Perry Vale has Perry Streete written along it (bar the odd missing letter). Coul... |
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thenutfield |
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24-02-2008, 12:45 AM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: "The People's Post Office" - FH - really?!
| [quote=nosthetruth]
first they are now open till 5.30 on a saturday and the second is although the p/o doesn't open till 9.00 the shop opens at 7.30am so no more waiting out in the rain-
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thenutfield |
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24-02-2008, 12:53 AM |
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Thread: 101-103 Perry Vale
Post: 101-103 Perry Vale
| looks like things are happening at those 2 interesting 'back to back' houses in Perry Vale. The one closest to the road has got a lovely new front door and looks like its getting fixed up generally. ... |
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thenutfield |
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24-02-2008, 01:19 AM |
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Thread: 101-103 Perry Vale
Post: RE: on the up in Perry Vale
| I'm no expert, but i am not sure if English Heritage would be terribly interested in the quality of the scaffolding! |
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thenutfield |
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29-02-2008, 11:59 PM |
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Thread: Did anyone here go to school in Forest Hill or HOP
Post: RE: Did anyone here go to school in forest hill or...
| I did. Adamsrill (Mr DeSouza is the teacher i remember). Mr Garrard was the Head Master.
Then FHB. Shackleton House.
It used to have an outdoor swimming pool back then (mid 70's). Unheated of co... |
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thenutfield |
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05-03-2008, 01:13 AM |
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Thread: is it me, or is everything ****?
Post: is it me, or is everything ****?
| Got up this morning - not especially early, about 8 - and decided to get some croissants and a paper. Not too much to ask for a Saturday morning?
First stop the co-op to pick up some of their 'fre... |
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thenutfield |
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24-02-2008, 01:04 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pool
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool
| Now that we know it is going to be a new building, we need to try and make sure it is a great one. It wont be a Peckham Library or a Sydney Opera House - we need to be realistic about the money avail... |
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thenutfield |
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05-03-2008, 01:08 AM |
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Thread: Save Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Save Forest Hill Pools
| the old pools are.....old, but are they very nice? I always thought (still do) that they were the worst sort of Victorian architecture - lumpen, ugly, looking more like a workhouse than a place to en... |
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thenutfield |
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05-03-2008, 01:20 AM |
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Thread: Did anyone here go to school in Forest Hill or HOP
Post: RE: Did anyone here go to school in forest hill or...
| it was those blue council buses for a while (I coudnt possibly repeat now the names we had for them then - extremely un-pc), then it changed to normal coaches...must have cost a fortune in coach hire.... |
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thenutfield |
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05-03-2008, 08:31 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Card
Post: RE: Oyster Card
| Oysters are definitely not valid on trains from Forest Hill, nor can you top up your Oyster at FH Station. |
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thenutfield |
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09-03-2008, 08:33 PM |
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Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
| do you shopping on line and get it delivered. that way you never have to see anyone you dont approve of. |
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thenutfield |
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10-03-2008, 08:25 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Access to Forest Hill station
| wow. this seems a system designed to maximise inconvenience for just about everyone concerned - train users who would otherwise use the PV gate will have to go over, then back under, just to get back... |
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thenutfield |
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12-03-2008, 12:40 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Access to Forest Hill station
| I know that the mayor of London is not responsible for Forest Hill station, but he is I think responsible for the Oyster Card scheme? What with elections coming up, maybe an email campaign to Ken Liv... |
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thenutfield |
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12-03-2008, 10:46 PM |
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