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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: Sodo
| Saw this on the Brockley Central forum this afternoon.
Sodo, the sour-dough pizza joint that's taken over the Old Bank in Honor Oak Park, opens tonight, from around 5pm. Customers can turn up without... |
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12-02-2014, 03:18 PM |
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Thread: Traffic diversion
Post: RE: Traffic diversion
| And presumably the rail replacement buses (no trains / overground today) will also have to follow diverted route). |
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02-02-2014, 09:01 AM |
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Thread: House prices in Forest Hill - are they *definitely* on the up?
Post: RE: House prices in Forest Hill - are they *defini...
| Yes, impact of Overground which (despite the weekend shutdowns) has made area better connected) and you are getting buyers from north London, who can't afford to buy up there. 3 bed Edwardian terrace... |
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13-01-2014, 05:01 PM |
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Thread: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
Post: RE: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
| Actually the place that does not get mentioned on the Forum is Stone Bar on HOP parade. Its been there for quite a few years now, but somehow never seems to attract a mention - whether good or bad. ... |
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26-11-2013, 08:11 PM |
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Thread: Power-Out
Post: RE: Power-Out
| Hi, It was a complete power cut at the Gabriel St/Garthorne Rd in HOP with people and lasted for an hour plus. |
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05-10-2013, 10:22 AM |
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Thread: Anyone peeked into the new HOP Sainsburys?
Post: RE: Anyone peeked into the new HOP Sainsburys?
| Overall, not bad at all. At the end of the day it is a local store so cannot have the range of a larger store (or the quality of a top notch deli/ Butchery etc). But I got most of the things I wante... |
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13-09-2013, 05:18 PM |
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Thread: 24 dates without southern trains to London Bridge next year
Post: RE: 24 dates without southern trains to London Bri...
| As a HOP person, I shall consider Crofton Park to Blackfriars for the weekday commute - as an alternative to HOP/Lon Bridge (certainly for August). A bit of a longer journey, but more comfortable. |
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02-09-2013, 10:54 AM |
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Thread: if you're a Forest Hill/Honor Oak home-owner..
Post: RE: if you're a Forest Hill/Honor Oak home-owner..
| Penge is a mix. It is indeed poorer than HOP/Fhill, but it is close to Crystal Palace Park, and there are signs that it is changing - a new butcher and fishmongers on Penge High st , the Bridge House... |
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29-08-2013, 06:53 PM |
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Thread: if you're a Forest Hill/Honor Oak home-owner..
Post: RE: if you're a Forest Hill/Honor Oak home-owner..
| I'm afraid Garthorne Rd - 3 bed Edwardian Terrace £500k (and they sell like hotcakes). Consider the F/Hill Catford borders, Penge, or even Lower Sydenham if you are looking at lower. The Overground ... |
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29-08-2013, 06:17 PM |
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Thread: Lamppost misplacement
Post: RE: Lamppost misplacement
| Hi and got a swift reply from John.Barnes John.Barnes@skanska.co.uk. Lightshield promised by 03SEP13. |
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29-08-2013, 08:09 AM |
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Thread: 'Pub' premises
Post: RE: 'Pub' premises
| From Brockley Central blog:
"the departing team at The Catford Bridge Tavern have been talking a good game on Twitter, saying that their next move will be to reopen Crofton Park's Jam Circus."
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29-08-2013, 08:07 AM |
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Thread: Lamppost misplacement
Post: RE: Lamppost misplacement
| Hi Mr W, I wrote to Skanska on 21AUG and got redirected to another email. Subsequently of course the lights are turned on. I have good blinds, but that is not really the point - if you have streetli... |
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28-08-2013, 07:23 AM |
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Thread: Windmill pub on Kirkdale closing?
Post: RE: Windmill closing?
| I fear you may be correct - there's been debate on se26.com. And yes, the rumours are Sainsbury local (4 shop fronts from a Tesco Express! |
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24-08-2013, 01:21 PM |
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Thread: Lamppost misplacement
Post: RE: Lamppost misplacement
| The new lights are shortly to be turned on in Garthorne Road (by06SEP). As these are Edwardian houses / small gardens a bit of a worry as one is very close to my house. However, I note that 2 of the... |
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21-08-2013, 02:09 PM |
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Thread: Sell me your house in Forest Hill/Honor Oak!
Post: RE: Sell me your house in Forest Hill/Honor Oak!
| I can see that there is a possible housing price bubble coming up - and yes when interest rates rise then there might be a reversal of prices (though if you have a real crash - say like the early 1990... |
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14-08-2013, 07:56 PM |
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Thread: Sell me your house in Forest Hill/Honor Oak!
Post: RE: Sell me your house in Forest Hill/Honor Oak!
| I sympathise. It is a bubble partly as London property is resilient but with a major local push from the overground. I'm in Garthorne Rd, Honor Oak. Good, well built early Edwardian terrace houses,... |
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13-08-2013, 07:27 AM |
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Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: 55-59 Honor Oak Park: Honor Oak Tandoori to be...
| With regard to the off-licence, I agree that it is is one of the mostmiserable retail units ever.
My theory is that the owners of the off-licence do not approve of selling alcohol. This view is ... |
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07-08-2013, 10:39 PM |
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Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: 55-59 Honor Oak Park: Honor Oak Tandoori to be...
| The other point is that there is an acknowledged shortage of housing in London / under supply of housing. So if there are unused shops there will be greater and greater pressure to convert them into ... |
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07-08-2013, 10:21 PM |
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Thread: Signal Problems on Trains - 22nd July 2012
Post: RE: Signal Problems on Trains - 22nd July 2012
| On the Overground train a couple of evenings back I had a nice shower as the train suddenly started leaking cold water from the train ceiling - presumably aircon packing up; fortunately the train was ... |
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25-07-2013, 07:42 AM |
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Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses
| From TFL:
I am writing to let you know that from Monday 1 July for about three months, bus routes 122, 284 and P4 will be diverted as a result of roadworks in Ladywell Road being undertaken by Lewi... |
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26-06-2013, 11:14 AM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Local businesses
| Shame about the Honor Oak - though it did seem to change direction recently, and did seem less well used than a year ago. The Catford Bridget Tavern is south east london's CAMRA pub of the year (and ... |
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23-04-2013, 08:58 PM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Pubs
| Hi
No-one ever mentions Stone Bar in Honor Oak Parade (including the posts where we bemoan lack of shops / bars in HoP). Its been there a number of years but seems to fly under the radar. Not sure ... |
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09-03-2013, 05:36 PM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Pubs
| Personally, I'm puzzled as to what the Honor Oak is trying to do. Previously it was a good pub though IMHO quite expensive for food and drink, but it did have a lot of things on for the community. I... |
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09-03-2013, 05:18 PM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: The Honor Oak pub. How is it doing?
| Yep - I echo the poor reports. Went there on a Sun eve, most of the beer was off, not welcoming atmosphere. A while back the Honor Oak was a decent pub, good food (although the wooden floors always ... |
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17-02-2013, 09:10 AM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Planning: Honor Oak Tandoori site to become Sa...
| Interesting points. I am in the middle ground. Of course a Sainsbury local will not be a food paradise and it will have a smaller range than a full supermarket. And there will be ready made meals f... |
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16-02-2013, 01:21 PM |
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Thread: Robbery - Gladiator St
Post: RE: Robbery - Gladiator St
| What a horrid robbery, made worse by the physical violence and teeth knocked out etc. My thoughts go out to the victim.
Many years ago I was mugged on a late Friday night in Forest Hill and the mu... |
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15-02-2013, 07:50 AM |
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Thread: East London Line
Post: RE: East London Line
| No trains going anywhere at 7:50 due to "trespassers on the track" and a pure sea of "Delayed". Staff waving their arms around and suggesting passengers get a bus. Retired home for a coffee! |
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24-01-2013, 09:08 AM |
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Thread: Blitz map
Post: RE: Blitz map
| Good point - and where South East London really caught it was in 144/5 and the V1s flying boms or Doodlebugs (due to range etc they hit South London more than North London). I remember my parents tal... |
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09-12-2012, 12:05 AM |
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Thread: Catford Bridge Tavern to become retail units?
Post: RE: Catford Bridge Tavern to become retail units?
| The windows are now boarded up. Whilst Lewisham has sent an order preventing the pub becoming a supermarket, I'm not sure that there is any compulsion on the freeholder to return it to being a pub. ... |
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02-12-2012, 04:26 PM |
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Thread: Catford Bridge Tavern to become retail units?
Post: RE: Catford Bridge Tavern to become retail units?
| Interesting update from Brockley Central and the manager odf the CBT
Punch Taverns, who were leaseholders and with whom we had a tenancy at will, served us notice and took the freeholder's offer to en... |
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22-11-2012, 10:35 AM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| I was interested in the picture of the garages "returning to nature" on post 35 of the thread as I lived in the related block of flats up until 5 years ago. I recall that the block never knew what to... |
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10-11-2012, 08:02 AM |
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Thread: Catford Bridge Tavern to become retail units?
Post: RE: Catford Bridge Tavern
| Seems crazy to redevelop the pub only to turn it into retail shortly thereafter!? Have signed the petition. A good pub/with food (the only one in Catford) will do more to redevelop Catford than flat... |
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08-10-2012, 11:00 PM |
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Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Planning Application: IndoBangla / Honor Oak T...
| On balance, good news. A small Sainsbury really won't offer a huge range of fresh meat/chicken (and it won't be Hills/Parkes quality!) but it will be consistent. Other parades live with small Tesco/... |
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31-08-2012, 07:36 AM |
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Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Planning Application: IndoBangla / Honor Oak T...
| At Crofton Park there is both a Budgeons and a Co-Op (both of which are probably larger than the proposed Sainsbury local in HoP). Local shops and restaurants survive there. Which suggests to me tha... |
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19-06-2012, 10:00 AM |
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Thread: Hum in Honor Oak
Post: Hum in Honor Oak
| Hi I live at the Honor Oak end of Garthorne Rd which is very quiet due to the trsffic barriers. The last couple of days I can hear an audible "hum" a (little bit like a generator) which last night we... |
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29-04-2012, 08:16 AM |
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Thread: Noisy neighbours on Kilgour Road
Post: RE: Noisy neighbours on Kilgour Road
| The last post is from an internet troll |
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27-04-2012, 11:24 AM |
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Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application
| Nostalgia isn't what it used to be. And the old days have gone. Not that they were as good as they were cracked up to be (for one things the hairstyles were worse, and the trousers very silly - look... |
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24-04-2012, 07:06 AM |
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Thread: Computer Repairs
Post: Computer Repairs
| Hi, My desktop PC, c 18mths old (Lenovo ThinkCentre) needs a repair as a) it is making an increasing amount of noise and b) shuts down after 30 minutes or so (increasinglly slow) use. Everything back... |
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09-03-2012, 06:47 PM |
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Thread: Dreadful service on the P4
Post: RE: Dreadful service on the P4
| Sadly the "Paradise"4 is now renamed the "Purgatory"4 |
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02-03-2012, 12:53 PM |
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Thread: commuting from HOP, trains and station - general queries
Post: RE: commuting from HOP, trains and station - gener...
| And in terms of frequency, outside rush hours its kind of a train every 5 mins (so in a 15 min period, 2 are Overground, one Southern to London Bridge). A bit more frequent in morning rush hour.
A... |
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13-02-2012, 10:57 PM |
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Thread: commuting from HOP, trains and station - general queries
Post: RE: commuting from HOP, trains and station - gener...
| Hi, The Overground trains are very crowded in the morning rush hour, I recommend the front carriage. And I'd go for a little earlier than 8am if you want space. Trains to London Bridge in rush hour... |
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13-02-2012, 10:38 PM |
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Thread: Garthorne Road
Post: RE: Garthorne Road
| Yes - have been in Garthorne Rd 4 years or so and I too love it. It is very quiet in terms of traffic noise for London (especially if you are down the HOP end) as no through traffic. Very good trans... |
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01-02-2012, 02:31 PM |
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Thread: Train and Buses Fares increase
Post: RE: Train and Buses Fares increase
| In the City AM paper today one of the train companies said that the long standing policy of the govt is to shift increasing amounts of the funding from the tax payer to the person using the transport.... |
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03-01-2012, 04:47 PM |
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Thread: Our local supermarket: a cautionary tale
Post: RE: Our local supermarket: a cautionary tale
| Or Co-Op at FHill, or for HOPers, Budgeons in Brockley Rise (plus a slightly larger CoOp atCrofton Park). I have to admit that I use Sainsburys less and less in Fhill. It seems a relatively large st... |
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29-11-2011, 11:36 PM |
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Thread: Info about Brockley
Post: RE: Info about Brockley
| I live in HOP but:
- the following community site may be helpful http://brockleycentral.blogspot.com/
- the trains are more crowded obviously but the front carriage of Overground normally copes in m... |
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19-09-2011, 06:27 AM |
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Thread: Garthorne - 60s terraced houses
Post: RE: Garthorne - 60s terraced houses
| I'm in Garthorne Rd but in the early 1900 properties (the 1960's terrace a result of a WW2 V1 I believe). I find the street very quiet, because the Honor Oak end of Garthorne Rd is shut off for throu... |
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26-08-2011, 02:25 PM |
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Thread: Duncombe Hill?
Post: RE: duncombe hill?
| And the Babur (with the Tiger) is a good (albeit pricier than the norm) Indian Restaurant. In the HOP parade there is soon to open the Hills & Parkes deli. Oh and there is the Try Tapas bar in the s... |
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12-07-2011, 10:52 PM |
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Thread: Forum thread viewing problems
Post: RE: Forum thread viewing problems
| I wondered what had happened to the Hills & Parkes thread....... |
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05-07-2011, 10:37 AM |
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Thread: Congratulations to France.
Post: RE: Congratulations to France.
| With reflection to the earlier posts:
I note an earlier post states that that sexuality has changed "both ways" (gay to straight and straight to gay?). I'm not sure of the proportions here who are... |
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Thread: HoP House Prices
Post: RE: HoP House Prices
| Well - the 2 terrace houses that I mentioned in the first post have been sold - pretty quick. Which in some ways I find rather frightening, given the asking price. Pickwick Estates must be quite ple... |
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