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Thread: London Overground July/August - affected by Crossrail
Post: RE: London Overground July/August - affected by Cr...
| Sat and Sun, there's a normal Southern service. So there's 4 trains per hour to London Bridge for changing onto the Jubilee line.
Mon and Tues, the Overground terminates at Shadwell. So travel to C... |
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22-07-2015, 09:13 PM |
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Thread: Rail engineering works
Post: RE: Rail engineering works
| Wherever the bus driver feels is convenient for him or her. They even make up their own route.
I caught one yesterday outside Barclays to London Bridge. Instead of turning left for Honor Oak Park, ... |
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08-03-2015, 03:26 PM |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| The 0735 FH to Victoria was cancelled this morning with no explanation.
I've noticed the the LO northbound 0715 to 0745 trains for this year are as busy as the 0800 to 0830 trains from last year. ... |
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19-01-2015, 10:40 PM |
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Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services
Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the...
| It's disingenuous for LO to lay all the blame on National Rail and Southern.
LO performance has been declining since Autumn. The performance indicator posters "boasting" of trains running within 5 ... |
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16-01-2015, 01:19 AM |
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Thread: Bus Services - Overcrowded in South East London
Post: RE: Bus Services - Overcrowded in South East Londo...
| Regarding night buses to Forest Hill. In addition to the N171 and the 176, there's the N63 which can drop you off one stop before Hornimans or the 12 if you fancy the walk from Dulwich Library on Lord... |
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24-11-2013, 01:21 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| I've found this [url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/livetravelnews/realtime/tube/track-closures.pdf]rolling TfL Track Closures PDF[/url] listing engineering works for the next 6 months and there's too m... |
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24-11-2013, 12:57 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| This is the 5th week in a row where no normal Saturday and/or Sunday service has run from Forest Hill.
There's a rail replacement service again the following weekend (1st Dec) followed by more eng... |
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23-11-2013, 10:35 PM |
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Thread: Clapham Junction by Southern Trains or London Overground?
Post: Clapham Junction by Southern Trains or London Over...
| It's not Sunday and it's sometime between 9am and 4pm. You've just missed a Southern train to Clapham Junction. So is it quicker to catch the LO and change at Surrey Quays for CJ or should you wait 30... |
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06-12-2012, 10:01 PM |
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Thread: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
Post: RE: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
| As a test, I will be downloading a file from Microsoft's website every day at different times to see if my download speed flutuates.
[url=http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb842062]Th... |
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24-02-2012, 06:21 PM |
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Thread: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
Post: RE: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
| Hi jgdoherty,
Have you tested your speed downloading files in addition to speed checker sites?
I'm a little dubious about the speed I get from Sky. The router stats says that I'm on a download of 16... |
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24-02-2012, 06:03 PM |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: The Old Bank to become a Domino's Pizza
| [quote]I think someone already suggested it but an excellent location for a Dominoes would be the empty Angle Bar on corner of Brockley Rise and South Circular - plenty of room for bikes and ideal as ... |
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16-11-2011, 07:41 PM |
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Thread: Strange Signage on Devonshire Road
Post: RE: Strange Signage on Devonshire Road
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24-09-2011, 01:30 PM |
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Thread: My favourite thing about Forest Hill is..........?
Post: RE: My favourite thing about Forest Hill is..........
| The Good :
- Transport infrastructure with easy and fast access to shopping and nights out in Croydon, Surrey Quays, Canary Wharf, East Dulwich and West End.
- The Hob pub for bands and comedy night... |
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16-09-2011, 12:40 PM |
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Thread: Traffic on Trilby Road
Post: Traffic on Trilby Road
| Out of curiousity, is there a lot of through traffic on Trilby Road?
I ask because, as I stare out of the 1st floor window, I've noticed more than expected vans, lorries and cars speeding along Sh... |
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05-09-2011, 03:44 PM |
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Thread: One of Our 176s is Missing
Post: One of Our 176s is Missing
| Don't worry, I found it celebrating Australia Day in Sydney on 26th Jan this year.
[attachment=808] [attachment=809]
After getting over the initial shock, I had a chat with one the enthusia... |
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30-08-2011, 01:31 PM |
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Thread: Internet connection in SE23 this weekend ?
Post: RE: Internet connection in SE23 this weekend ?
| We had intermittent outages on the telephone and broadband a few weeks after we switched from Virgin to Sky Talk & Broadband.
The problem was a loose connection where the line was attached to the t... |
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14-08-2011, 06:41 PM |
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Thread: Recommend a Bonfire Night?
Post: RE: Recommend a Bonfire Night?
| I found this list of fireworks for the weekend.
[url]http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/london-fireworks-displays.aspx[/url]
I'm torn between Crystal Palace on Friday (only a fiver) or Blackheath on Sa... |
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03-11-2010, 07:32 PM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| Yes, drivers cannot drive to the end of Perry Vale and exit onto Waldram Park or Stanstead Road, that is closed. But there's nothing to say that they cannot drive down Perry Vale, turn left into Waldr... |
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09-09-2010, 05:54 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 27 Shipman Road
Post: RE: Planning: 27 Shipman Road
| Maybe the tree was chopped down so the plot of land can be consistent with the Application for Planning Permission received on 26 July 2010 - [url]http://acolnet.lewisham.gov.uk/ACOLLATEDOCS/69143_1.p... |
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26-08-2010, 06:05 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| Looks like I'm not the only one who finds the megaphoned platform staff in the morning annoying.
The one at Sydenham Station has made The Evening Standard tonight.
[url]http://www.thisislondon.... |
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18-08-2010, 09:16 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 27 Shipman Road
Post: RE: Planning: 27 Shipman Road
| According to the plans submitted, the house on the corner of Siddons Road/Shipman Road will remain as is within it's original plot. That house has a bricked wall in the front yard with a door that lea... |
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14-08-2010, 02:29 AM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 27 Shipman Road
Post: RE: planning permission advice
| I live close to this proposed development.
My concerns are identical to Tim Walder's. I would have no issue with the original plot for 27 Shipman Road used for a 3 bedroom house (in keeping with th... |
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13-08-2010, 04:42 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| Comments for the next LOROL Passenger Group Meeting:
Why have the Southern timetable posters been removed from both platform sides at Forest Hill? Can we have them back?
Since when did FH platfo... |
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06-08-2010, 04:37 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| I'm curious to know how any ELL commuters coped this morning with no interchange at Canada Water because the Jubilee Line was not running between London Bridge and Canary Wharf.
I did see a hand wr... |
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16-07-2010, 12:42 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| I reckon nearly all commuters who use the ELL change at Canada Water or Whitechapel.
I've used the line to Shoreditch High St (SHS) as an alternative route into work. The trains are packed after N... |
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12-07-2010, 02:12 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| Just occurred to me that FH/HOP now have direct access to a multiplex cinema in Surrey Quays. |
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26-05-2010, 09:27 PM |
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Thread: East London Line
Post: RE: East London Line
| I caught the new LO train from Forest Hill to New Cross Gate at 11am. My carriage had a film crew and the Managing Director of London Overground. I spoke with him for few minutes about the inadequacy ... |
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23-05-2010, 07:02 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| Blushingsnail,
Would it not be better to buy an annual travelcard as a paper season ticket as that offers extra benefits for Goldcard holders? If you use the season ticket for travelling, beyond th... |
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05-05-2010, 01:43 PM |
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Thread: East London Line
Post: RE: East London Line
| In the TfL page in this morning's Metro, there's an article about the ELL opening at noon today.
What caught my attention was "Passengers will benefit from a turn-up-and-go service with 12 air-cond... |
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27-04-2010, 01:20 PM |
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Thread: East London Line
Post: RE: East London Line
| The paper season ticket for national rail trains between Forest Hill and "London Terminals" is exceptionally good value because we are directly connected to four terminals and all the stations in bet... |
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26-04-2010, 08:22 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| I have few observations about the new footbridge and the platform "improvements"
1/ The footbridge entrance on platform 2 is half hindered by a brick wall in front of it and the yellow handrail (th... |
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16-04-2010, 12:27 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| At last, someone who has successfully understood the Engineering posters for this weekend.
That's better than the Southern staff at LB. They told me there were 4 tph for Forest Hill running a Sund... |
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02-04-2010, 06:54 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| andrewr wrote
[quote]An increase from 10 trains to 19 after 10 pm has to be good news doesn't it, even if it isn't everything everybody might have hoped for?[/quote]
Only if you are travelling b... |
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01-04-2010, 10:52 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| Off-peak returns have only been abolished for National Rail journeys within London Zones 1-6. You can still buy an off-peak return if you use a station outside of the London zones travelling in.
Th... |
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18-03-2010, 05:40 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| There's a new article on the London Reconnections site -
[url=http://londonreconnections.blogspot.com/2010/01/ell-updates-launch-dates-and-glimpse.html]ELL: Updates, Launch Dates and A Glimpse Behin... |
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20-01-2010, 12:43 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| [quote]which I read to mean that I can get on a bus in Zone 1 even if my travelcard doesn't cover that zone, and I can get on a tram in any zone as long as my card covers at least one of zones 3, 4, 5... |
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17-01-2010, 07:18 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| This link on [url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tickets/faresandtickets/1059.aspx]weekly, monthly and annual travelcards[/url] explains it better.
For the one day travelcard info page, looks like they cut ... |
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17-01-2010, 05:44 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| The Virtual Norwood forum have their own public transport expert, Phil Solo, who is very knowledgeable and has written some excellent responses.
This mail is a good summary explaining the rationale... |
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16-01-2010, 05:29 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| Applespider,
If you have a Goldcard and are using it to get 1/3 off other fares at tickets booths; never say that you want a return from a named station, ask a return from a "zone boundary".
For... |
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15-01-2010, 12:04 AM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| Thanks to everyone relating their Oyster PAYG moments. I paid no attention to Oyster until I had to help out a Spanish friend staying in the UK for a few months.
As part of my investigation...I ca... |
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14-01-2010, 09:48 PM |
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Thread: Oyster Cards and FH Station
Post: RE: Oyster Cards and FH Station
| Wow, can someone tell me what exactly the benefit of having PAYG Oyster card is?
To me, the overly complex rules are actually designed to catch people out and make extra money for TfL from people ... |
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13-01-2010, 06:22 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| There's another way to make a protest against TfL or Southern Trains - hit them where it hurts, in the pocket.
This only applies to monthly and annual season ticket holders, though.
Annoyed with... |
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11-10-2009, 08:12 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...
| Off-peak day returns :
Forest Hill to Richmond using Southern/SouthWest trains = 45 minutes (via Waterloo ?4.70p or via Clapham Junction ?3.50p)
Forest Hill to Richmond on the LO = 90 minutes (v... |
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29-09-2009, 05:07 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
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| Did anyone use Forest Hill Station over the weekend? The ticket barriers were manned on Saturday and Sunday by London Overground staff.
All well and good, but.....the only engineering/changes-to-tr... |
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28-09-2009, 11:00 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...
| From Alan Hall's letter to The Mercury "....and put us on the famous London Underground map...."
I've never had an inferiority complex when explaining to people that I live in the part of London th... |
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23-09-2009, 07:19 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...
| I have a theory why Southern Trains are cutting all our services ? as of 20th Sep 2009, they have lost a huge chunk of revenue stream after all the stations between Norwood Junction and London Bridge ... |
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23-09-2009, 03:22 PM |
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Thread: Changes to Waldenshaw Rd / Taymount Rise Junction
Post: RE: London Road incident
| It's just not possible for TfL to relocate the Waldenshaw Road bus stop. It will either be too close to the Horniman Rd stop or the Sainsburys stop.
If I was working for TfL, I would remove the bus... |
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07-06-2009, 06:58 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| I've done a bit of research and TFL have awarded a 7 year franchise on the London Overground to LOROL - a newly formed company that's 50% owned by MTR (they run Hong Kong's metro) and 50% owned by De... |
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10-03-2009, 10:36 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| The reason the Perry Vale exit is taking more than three months to refurbish is because the sub-contractors hired by Southern have not installed the barriers? This is beyond Southern's control and the... |
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07-03-2009, 12:41 AM |
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Thread: Sunderland Road Footpath - New Railings
Post: RE: Sunderland Road Footpath - New Railings
| The previous railings were shorter and the posts had struts sticking out. The kind that kids could trip over when playing football by the railings. I would not be surprised if families from the Sunder... |
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