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Thread: 'Rape is rape'
Post: 'Rape is rape'
| What does this mean please? |
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robin orton |
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19-05-2011, 08:27 AM |
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Thread: Campaign for a GP surgery in Forest Hill ward
Post: Campaign for a GP surgery in Forest Hill ward
| I see this is on the agenda for the FH ward assembly on 16 October. A new one on me; does anyone know the background? |
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robin orton |
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05-10-2010, 02:54 PM |
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Thread: Closure of Dartmouth Road
Post: Closure of Dartmouth Road
| Rob the barber told me this morning that Dartmouth Road is to be closed for resurfacing for nine days from next week (don't know which day). |
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robin orton |
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28-10-2010, 10:23 AM |
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Thread: Seasons Greetings
Post: Compliments of the season
| Does forum etiquette allow me to wish all my lovely fellow-posters a merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous 2010? If so, I do.
Robin |
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robin orton |
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24-12-2009, 06:52 PM |
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Thread: East Dulwich Picture House
Post: East Dulwich Picture House
| We paid our belated first visit yesterday (to see 'The New Girlfriend - very enjoyable) and were most impressed. It's great to have at last a good cinema so close to FH and so accessible (by 185 and 1... |
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robin orton |
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26-05-2015, 12:09 PM |
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Thread: English Usage
Post: English Usage
| [i][Moved from [url=http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3844]SE23 Topics > Found Rooster[/url]][/i]
'Cock' is the traditional British word for the American 'rooster', as the Oxford Englis... |
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robin orton |
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28-12-2010, 11:39 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Ward Assembly
Post: Forest Hill ward assembly on 7 October 2009
| Last night's meeting was quite interesting, but there were some procedural aspects which, as a former professional bureaucrat, I found rather irritating.
1. I thought that Cllr John Russell was giv... |
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robin orton |
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08-10-2009, 10:23 AM |
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Thread: The Hob Closed
Post: Future of The Hob
| Someone told me today that they had heard a rumour that the owner of The Hob and of the shoe repairer next door had plans to demolish the building and redevelop the site. Does anyone know whether ther... |
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robin orton |
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10-06-2015, 09:23 PM |
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Thread: General election forum
Post: General election forum
| Churches Together in Sydenham and Forest Hill are organizing a 'general election forum' for the Lewisham West and Penge constituency. Candidates from the Conservative, Green, Labour and Liberal Democr... |
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robin orton |
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08-04-2010, 11:03 AM |
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Thread: Happy Easter/
Post: Happy Easter/
| /Passover (I believe there's some of it still left?/Feast of the Great Eostre, Goddess of the Dawn/ holidays....
to all readers of and contributors to this forum(whether or not you exist!)
from Ro... |
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robin orton |
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23-04-2011, 10:53 PM |
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Thread: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
Post: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
| I'm surprised the plans for this, and in particular the meeting about it last night, don't seem to have been mentioned on this forum, at any rate recently.
See[url=https://sydenham.org.uk/forum/vi... |
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robin orton |
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17-04-2015, 08:40 AM |
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Thread: Jersey Tiger Moths
Post: Jersey Tiger Moths
| I've seen three in SE23/26 this year. I remember them from childhood holidays in the Channel Islands in the 1950s, but hadn't realised until this year how far north their range (now?) extended. |
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robin orton |
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09-08-2009, 01:58 PM |
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Thread: Jokes
Post: Jokes
| [i][Split from [url=http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=3511]SE23 Topics > Strange caller[/url]][/i]
A middle-aged woman with a ?German accent called on us this afternoon, in a car, and as... |
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robin orton |
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29-09-2010, 05:10 PM |
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Thread: Lewisham's cuts 'forum'
Post: Lewisham's cuts 'forum'
| I can't see any reference on this forum to the new Lewisham[url=http://oursay.proboards.com/index.cgi] 'Our Lewisham, Our Say' forum,[/url] which the borough have set up to seek views, in the light of... |
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robin orton |
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23-07-2010, 04:56 PM |
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Thread: North Kirkdale 20 mph zone
Post: North Kirkdale 20 mph zone
| I have just had a leaflet through the door inviting comments on the council proposal for introducing a 20mph zone in the area bounded by Derby Hill, Derby Hill Crescent, Featherstone Avenue, Thorpewo... |
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robin orton |
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23-08-2010, 10:47 AM |
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Thread: Praying for Sydenham and Forest Hill
Post: Praying for Sydenham and Forest Hill
| Churches Together in Sydenham and Forest Hill will be participating in 'Pray For Lewisham' which is taking place at the Civic Suite next to the Town Hall at Catford next Tuesday 23 November from 7.00 ... |
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robin orton |
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11-11-2010, 10:52 AM |
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Thread: 'Cut and paste' Ofsted Report Shocker
Post: RE: 'Cut and paste' Ofsted Report Shocker
| [quote]Copying another's work was and is deemed to be unprincipled and unethical in most academic circles [/quote]
It's done all the time in Government departments, however. Once someone has produce... |
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robin orton |
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08-06-2012, 03:32 PM |
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Thread: 14 Waldram Park Road
Post: RE: 14 Waldram Park Road
| 'Snazy' said:
[quote]Yup the HSE have indeed been notified of this[/quote]
As someone with a keen amateur interest in modern English usage, I'd be interested to know when and why it is thought ... |
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robin orton |
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03-10-2010, 02:18 PM |
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Thread: 14 Waldram Park Road
Post: RE: 14 Waldram Park Road
| No, I'm not bored, on the contrary. But I'll certainly go away, if you'd prefer. Glad you lol, anyway. |
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robin orton |
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03-10-2010, 03:11 PM |
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Thread: 14 Waldram Park Road
Post: RE: 14 Waldram Park Road
| I apologize too for what I now see was an ill-judged intervention. |
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robin orton |
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03-10-2010, 06:15 PM |
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Thread: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable
Post: RE: 2018 proposed changes to Southern timetable
| I thought this had been ruled out some time ago, because it was decided it was more important to provide more line capacity for SE trains between LB and CX rather than for ours. Obviously if you're fr... |
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robin orton |
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11-12-2016, 04:54 PM |
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Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...
| [quote][b]Michael wrote[/b]:
In the meantime it would be good to know what the council are doing to alleviate the chronic shortage of school places (and GPs) in Forest Hill ward. [/quote]
I asked on... |
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robin orton |
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26-08-2014, 12:56 PM |
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Thread: Are our police up tp the job ?
Post: RE: Are our police up tp the job ?
| [quote]Were you expecting a big poster outside the Job Centre with an announcement "another case cracked!" [/quote] asks 'Bensonby.' Why not? As she says herself [quote]The one things I do concede tha... |
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robin orton |
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08-02-2011, 10:29 PM |
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Thread: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
Post: RE: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
| Interesting that they didn't interview any retired people. |
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robin orton |
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15-09-2012, 11:06 AM |
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Thread: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
Post: RE: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
| [quote]Regardless of what your income is, it's your outgoings which determine whether you feel rich or poor. [/quote]
And your capital, if any. |
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robin orton |
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17-09-2012, 05:04 PM |
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Thread: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
Post: RE: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
| That's one of the reasons I mentioned retired people, many of whom are probably in that position. |
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robin orton |
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18-09-2012, 10:42 AM |
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Thread: Attempted Mugging
Post: RE: Attempted Mugging (Honor Oak)
| [quote]We dont regulary moniter internet forums as not every officer on the team has internet access and those that do have limited access to certain types of websites and forums are not something tha... |
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robin orton |
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06-03-2011, 01:00 PM |
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Thread: Austerity
Post: RE: Austerity
| [quote]We are £1.5 TRILLION in debt as a nation, and despite our low costs of borrowing, paying the interest of this debt costs the taxpayer £43 BILLION a year. That's an average of £2000 per househol... |
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robin orton |
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23-01-2016, 11:50 AM |
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Thread: Austerity
Post: RE: Austerity
| [quote]
[b]Crassbelch said:
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Regarding abortion - it's not a child, it's a bundle of cells called a foetus. And yes, I think it's better to terminate the cells than to wilfully bring a child into ... |
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robin orton |
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29-01-2016, 08:50 AM |
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Thread: Bakerloo Line Extension
Post: RE: Bakerloo Line Extension
| [quote]Extending the East London Line from New Cross to Lewisham and beyond makes some sense as it would only be four trains per hour, so it might not impact capacity on other overland routes.[/quote]... |
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robin orton |
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21-04-2014, 10:48 AM |
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Thread: Bakerloo Line Extension
Post: RE: Bakerloo Line Extension
| On reflection, I didn't think that through. I guess it would just mean that the current New Cross trains went on to Lewisham, so that the time gap between the trains to West Croydon or Crystal Palace... |
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robin orton |
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21-04-2014, 11:46 AM |
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Thread: Barclays Bank refurb
Post: RE: Barclays Bank refurb
| The other problem with having the ATM on the Dartmouth Road side was that when the sun was low early in the morning it shone directly onto the screen and made it impossible to read. |
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robin orton |
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26-11-2013, 09:28 AM |
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Thread: Beadnell Road
Post: RE: Beadnell Road
| I don't believe Honor Oak should count as part as FH, even if it's in the same postal district. It is defined principally by its railway station, like most places in London. It is in Crofton Park ward... |
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robin orton |
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27-10-2010, 10:57 AM |
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Thread: Beadnell Road
Post: RE: Beadnell Road
| [quote]The original Brockley was actually in Crofton Park.[/quote]
I wondered about that, too. Surely Crofton Park is a nineteenth century name? Whilst according to Duncan's [i]History of the Borough... |
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robin orton |
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28-11-2011, 03:56 PM |
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Thread: Betty Swanwick
Post: RE: Betty Swanwick
| Should I have heard of her? |
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robin orton |
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05-05-2016, 03:41 PM |
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Thread: Betty Swanwick
Post: RE: Betty Swanwick
| [quote]I first encountered her work in the early 70's when the prog rock band Genesis used one of her paintings for the cover of Selling England by the pound'[/quote]
Ah yes, 'prog rock.' That I have... |
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robin orton |
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06-05-2016, 07:50 AM |
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Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
| I don't know why people are getting so steamed up about this. Why shouldn't everyone be free to express their views (provided they're not breaching either the law or accepted standards of taste, court... |
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robin orton |
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25-01-2011, 04:07 PM |
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Thread: ADT security consultants cold calling
Post: RE: Bogus 'security' consultants cold calling?
| Hm. I'm not sure I'd want to have anything quite so aggressive written on my front door. I'd be afraid it wouldn't give a very welcoming impression to casual visitors! |
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robin orton |
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16-08-2013, 08:02 PM |
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Thread: boundary between honor oak and forest hill?
Post: RE: boundary between honor oak and forest hill?
| Perhaps, in London, the railway station you are nearest to is one indicator. For example, although I live in SE26, I joined this forum (as well as the SE26 one) because we use Forest Hill rather tha... |
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robin orton |
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23-09-2010, 09:21 PM |
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Thread: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
Post: RE: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
| Or Virgin, if you've got cable in your street (as I think we all have?) We've used them for some years - occasional local outages of an hour or two, but otherwise fast (enough for our needs, anyway) a... |
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robin orton |
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03-03-2011, 09:31 AM |
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Thread: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
Post: RE: BT Broadband - Forest Hill Exchange Upgrade
| We use Virgin, and had our speeds upgraded in February - don't understand the numbers, I'm afraid. |
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robin orton |
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25-05-2011, 01:03 PM |
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Thread: Budget 2012
Post: RE: Budget 2012
| I have looked in vain for an explanation of this figure of a 40% increase in 'welfare' (? = social security, including e.g. retirement pensions, housing benefit, disability benefit? Does it include ta... |
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robin orton |
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27-03-2012, 04:28 PM |
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Thread: Budget 2012
Post: RE: Budget 2012
| [quote]I see we agree welfare budget out of control.[/quote]
You're putting words into my mouth, Brian - as should be clear from my punctuation, 'welfare growth has never been under control...' was a... |
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robin orton |
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27-03-2012, 05:19 PM |
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Thread: Budget 2012
Post: RE: Budget 2012
| I've no idea either. My guess would be that it's a lot lower than ours. That's one of the (many) reasons I'm glad I live here. |
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robin orton |
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27-03-2012, 09:16 PM |
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Thread: Burglaries
Post: RE: Burglaries
| 'Springcat' said:
[quote]The local MP told me that we have all to play a big part into this BIG society dream and that police should report crimes by road. Is this really so?[/quote]
The Home Offi... |
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robin orton |
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05-01-2011, 04:54 PM |
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Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses
| There seem to be problems with the countdown boards for both the 122 and the 176. So far as I know, they are both still running, albeit unannounced.
I got on to a 122 the other day in Dartmouth Roa... |
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robin orton |
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07-07-2013, 12:32 PM |
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Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses
| So why did the 122 I was on turn left into Brockley Rise rather than carrying on along Stanstead Road? |
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robin orton |
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08-07-2013, 08:29 AM |
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Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses
| Ah, I see. Thanx, Sherwood. |
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robin orton |
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17-07-2013, 06:07 PM |
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Thread: Council's Plans for Camberwell Cemetery Woodland
Post: RE: Camberwell Cemetery Woodland
| If a relative of mine died and chose to be buried rather than cremated, I wouldn't want to have to traipse out to Pratt's Bottom or wherever to tend their grave. |
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robin orton |
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11-02-2016, 06:45 PM |
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Thread: Campaign for a GP surgery in Forest Hill ward
Post: RE: Campaign for a GP surgery in Forest Hill ward
| I believe that in the olden days a doctor could decide that s/he wanted to practice in a particular location and then, having got clearance from the (now defunct) Medical Practices Committee, buy the... |
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robin orton |
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