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Thread: World Cup song from local group
Post: World Cup song from local group
| Check this out, filmed just down the road and several of the band members from Forest Hill - the next Vindaloo?
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb1pbmOVWTk[/youtube] |
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18-05-2010, 10:49 PM |
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Thread: Jim Dowd MP
Post: RE: Jim Dowd MP
| I am not up to speed with the Asda comments. I actually prefer Tescos due to the blue and white stripes.
But back to my earlier point - JD was on the all party group looking at the future of small... |
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27-04-2010, 05:42 PM |
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Thread: Jim Dowd MP
Post: RE: Jim Dowd MP
| I've had no problems. I've corresponded with Jim Dowd on and off for some time and he usually (probably always) gets back to me. Some stuff is passed to the relevant government department, others an... |
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26-04-2010, 02:00 PM |
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Thread: Brunel's shaft (and tunnel)
Post: Brunel's shaft (and tunnel)
| Not at all rude I hasten to add, but the shaft, opened last weekend for the first time for over 150 years was the original entrance to the then 8th wonder of the world, soon to be reopened as the ELL ... |
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baggydave |
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16-03-2010, 12:12 AM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Liphook Crescent planning application
| Is this something to do with the use of the property, rather than adding an extra floor, building a new house around the existing, or adding a turret? Hopefully none of the latter although I would ex... |
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baggydave |
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16-03-2010, 12:01 AM |
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Thread: London Road Restaurants
Post: RE: London Road Restaurants
| Says it all here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lordship_Lane,_Southwark
Do any of the streets in SE23 have their own wiki entry? |
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28-02-2010, 01:59 PM |
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Thread: London Road Restaurants
Post: RE: London Road Restaurants
| I find most Indian restaurants formulaic. Very rich sauce, with the basic ingredients out of a sack. We are lucky to have a couple that are a little special - the Dewanian and Barbur - but they charg... |
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27-02-2010, 11:41 PM |
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Thread: Local State Secondary Schools
Post: RE: Local State Secondary Schools
| Perhaps this thread should be moved to the other side as now we are getting recommendations to consider schools in other boroughs. Kingsdale's agressive marketing leaves a nasty taste in the mouth and... |
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baggydave |
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19-10-2009, 07:04 PM |
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Thread: Local State Secondary Schools
Post: RE: Local State Secondary Schools
| Parents can help make bad schools better, and that good schools remain that way. Sadly parents playground chatter from nursery school till year six seems to be how bad Lewisham secondary schools are (... |
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baggydave |
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05-09-2009, 02:02 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post: RE: Horniman Museum and Gardens
| BD really enjoyed the day, even being a sandal wearing bearded vegan who had to enjure breathing in cremated animals.
His only gripe was that he did not order his rice and beans earlier, and theref... |
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baggydave |
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17-08-2009, 12:37 PM |
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Thread: Banksy in SE23
Post: Banksy in SE23
| Off the back of Bristol's own Banksy exhibiting in his own town, did he ever make it our South East of the river? Are there any budding Banksy's here or political graffiti from former days on our str... |
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baggydave |
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13-06-2009, 05:25 PM |
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Thread: Linda Barker and Other Celeb Types in the Area
Post: RE: Linda Barker and Other Celeb Types in the Area
| Pleased to see that you are still keeping my threads open, although how many times can people say that the guy from Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, lives in HOP?
BBC4 series on flawed comic geniuses - 'Frank... |
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baggydave |
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13-06-2009, 05:19 PM |
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Thread: Songs Featuring Local Areas
Post: Songs Featuring Local Areas
| Older readers may recall BD's highly successful thread on 'Rocking in Forest Hill'.
A local band (the Effra's) have a song about Penge, and asked whether it was the only time this part of SE London... |
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baggydave |
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11-05-2009, 01:26 PM |
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Thread: Derivation of the name Perry Vale
Post: Derivation of the name Perry Vale
| I'm told this is from the time when there were market gardens here - from the term perry for pears (and/or the alcoholic drink).
Younger readers will not be familiar with the term 'perry' and may w... |
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baggydave |
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11-05-2009, 01:20 PM |
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Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
| Ground hog day
A fiddly dee, a fiddly dum, the day they brought back hanging for everyone |
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baggydave |
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13-03-2009, 11:44 PM |
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Thread: 11 Tewkesbury Avenue Development
Post: RE: Tewkesbury Avenue Development
| It's taken something big to take BD away from tending his allotment, and watching old movies on daytime telly complete with pipe, caridie and slippers. But well done to Lewisham Planning commitee for... |
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baggydave |
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07-02-2009, 01:42 PM |
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Thread: Price of Christmas Trees
Post: Price of Christmas Trees
| Last year we purchased a live tree by the outlet in Perry Vale (by the station). It cost something like ?15 and probably would have lived all year if we hadn't chucked it out. I can't remember whether... |
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baggydave |
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15-12-2008, 10:22 PM |
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Thread: Train travel
Post: [split] Camille Pissarro's paintings of Forest Hil...
| There have been quite a few postings on the Crystal Palace High Level line in the past, some of course prompted by .... One avid local train line spotter even posted the timetable. It went as I am s... |
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baggydave |
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15-12-2008, 12:27 AM |
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Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses
| Those of you such as myself and junegapi who like nothing more that a good chat about the relative merits of the P series buses and the double deckers will no doubt want to check out this site:
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baggydave |
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12-12-2008, 10:12 PM |
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Thread: Train travel
Post: []
| Those of you who really want to indulge in 'is it me or have they replaced our steam trains with electrics' will no doubt enjoy the getting on together on transport in London website:
www.togetherf... |
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12-12-2008, 10:02 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal
| Thanks Phil - it is also because the planning documents are executable documents (or are seen as such) and are picked up by firewalls.
Trust the public meeting wont turn out like the commitee meeti... |
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11-12-2008, 11:08 PM |
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Thread: Gated communities
Post: RE: Gated communities
| So Jon14, what do you think of gated communities
Or are you the type that likes to agitate from the sidelines |
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11-12-2008, 10:56 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal
| My worry is that developers put up something that may well fail, have a chat with the planning officer (which of course they are entitled to do), make it slightly less grand, bring in some 'nice' gree... |
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10-12-2008, 11:17 PM |
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Thread: Gated communities
Post: RE: Gated communities
| Londondrz - where in this thread will you find a suggestion that anyone would want to outlaw Gated communities? I was hoping for some debate on what was good and what was bad about them, which we so... |
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10-12-2008, 11:07 PM |
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Thread: Gated communities
Post: RE: Gated communities
| Thanks for the useful link Graham. Still doesn't feel right though - and the new development was to attract new people to the area, not stop residents emmigrating out of Borough. What sort of people ... |
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09-12-2008, 11:17 PM |
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Thread: Gated communities
Post: RE: Gated communities
| Oh a million thanks TJ. I was trying to get some rational debate about whether people wanted gated communities in SE23, which of course being some sandal wearing liberal I don't, and you have to have... |
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09-12-2008, 12:36 AM |
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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal
| Of course before he was mayor, Ken did voice his opinions against the develpment of Crystal Palace Park, as did Tessa, and our Jim (after realising that there were votes in it, and I HAVE THE LETTER!)... |
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09-12-2008, 12:28 AM |
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Thread: Warning lights for pedestrians
Post: Warning lights for pedestrians
| BD has posted many a time about pedestrians crossing the road in front of his bike without looking, seems to be getting far worse. He reckons that about one in five are crossing the road whilst more ... |
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07-12-2008, 08:04 PM |
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Thread: Greyhound Pub Fire
Post: RE: Greyhound Pub Fire
| Not really sure, but (a) glad they saved the pub (b) SE26 has far more interesting pub buildings than we have (c) too much other planning issues to get bothered with in SE26 than to spend time campai... |
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07-12-2008, 07:55 PM |
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Thread: Gated communities
Post: Gated communities
| There is one in the new estate off the HO Road part of Canonbie.
Why? |
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07-12-2008, 07:49 PM |
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Thread: "Sydenham and Forest Hill Life" Newsletter
Post: RE: Signs of life in Sydenham and Forest Hill?
| Was this thread written by Alexi Sayle? |
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baggydave |
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07-12-2008, 07:47 PM |
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Thread: Icy Heights
Post: RE: Icy Heights
| A very hard frost last night and one of the wierdest I have seen, the frost crystals were a few mm in length and fibrous. Do any of my readers have any explanation? I believe me I know far too much a... |
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baggydave |
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07-12-2008, 07:45 PM |
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Thread: Greyhound Pub Fire
Post: RE: Greyhound Pub Fire
| A study was done by 'Living Streets' on Sydenham High Street. Not sure what happened to this but I am sure it came up with making the Cobbs corner, Greyhound, a feature and perhaps even diverting the ... |
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05-12-2008, 12:21 AM |
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Thread: Greyhound Pub Fire
Post: RE: Greyhound Pub Fire
| Sorry my posting was out of sync with Roz's or else I would have happily added my three happenyworth. Well a picture paints a thousand words! Well impressed with the interior when I first lived in t... |
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02-12-2008, 11:50 PM |
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Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses
| The 185's are supposed to be every 8 minutes or so. Waited for 40 minutes this morning, four 176s, four P4s, three 363s and three 197s. One 185 after half an hour and that was full. Jumped on a 176... |
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02-12-2008, 10:40 PM |
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Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses
| Tomorrow I'm going to try the 185 during rush hour. I'll report back. |
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01-12-2008, 11:59 PM |
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Thread: Greyhound Pub Fire
Post: RE: Greyhound Pub Fire
| There's a terrace chant (for the youngstes reading this terracing relates to the concrete steps that superseded tinder banks that preceded all seater football grounds) that goes "where were you when y... |
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01-12-2008, 11:57 PM |
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Thread: Greyhound Pub Fire
Post: RE: Greyhound Pub Fire
| Greyhound is still there and plans to develop it have gone in:
http://www.sydenham.org.uk/news_greyhound_plans.html
Not sure whether I like it but amused at Gaz's comments on the SE26 website h... |
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01-12-2008, 12:37 AM |
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Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses
| Ahh th e P4, timetabled to take 36 - 43 minutes from Lewisham to Brixton. But that has an idealised view about the mile and a half from the Grove Tavern to the Harvester. What a nightmare. Is is beca... |
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30-11-2008, 10:26 PM |
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Thread: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
Post: Yuppies in Forest Hill? No thanks!
| Witg all the talk about who will be attracted by Forest Hill Centraal can BD be the first to say that he would rather Yuppies move to East Dulwich. There are plenty of characterless bars there for th... |
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27-11-2008, 09:24 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Central
Post: RE: Forest Hill Central
| With more 1 beds we can get more young people who will hopfully frequent the improving bar / pub scene in FH.
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Love the post PVP, yes lets have loads more young people,... |
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baggydave |
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27-11-2008, 09:21 PM |
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Thread: More roads being dug up
Post: RE: More roads being dug up
| Wood Vale but it creeps all the way across the posh estate (aka Horniman Heights), and down into SE22 |
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25-11-2008, 12:19 AM |
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Thread: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
Post: RE: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
| Please tough kids from East Dulwich, it wasn't my fault, it was that naughty HTG that started it, I'll tell you where he lives if you let me join your gang.
Actually, we're the tough kids so see yo... |
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25-11-2008, 12:17 AM |
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Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Buses
| My mate always used to complain when we were students and had a ten o'clock lecture as at 9.30 the OAP's used to get on the bus with their free passes. So it cuts both ways.
When BD was a boy we g... |
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25-11-2008, 12:15 AM |
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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...
| On a rare occasion of using a commuter service BD arrived at London Bridge tonight at 1920 assuming that as the trains ran every ten minutes to HOP and FH he'd get one at 1925. For the first time in ... |
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baggydave |
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21-11-2008, 09:33 PM |
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Thread: More roads being dug up
Post: RE: More roads being dug up
| This thread on our local roads appears to have lost its way.
Anyway nothing like a conversation with myself. On close examination it looks like they are now laying electrical cables. Only a few mo... |
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20-11-2008, 11:28 PM |
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Thread: Buses
Post: []
| For those of you clearly obsessed with train times (we used to spot numbers in my day) there is a cheap alternative, the bus. OK it takes twice as long, and stops a lot. But you don't have to change a... |
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20-11-2008, 11:25 PM |
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Thread: Buses
Post: RE: Slow buses
| Thank you TJ, what most excellent advice. Will make a change from trying to get through Adrian Chiles, the story of my life and why my wife couldn't live with me (or something along those lines)
PS... |
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20-11-2008, 11:20 PM |
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Thread: More roads being dug up
Post: More roads being dug up
| Is it me or are they now digging roads up twice.
I know that our wrought iron (or is it cast iron) gas mains need to be replaced with PVC, and our water mains similar, but are they really digging u... |
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18-11-2008, 11:58 PM |
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Thread: Buses
Post: Slow buses
| Is it me or are the buses getting slower.
Faced with an unusual journey into work today, and no excuse to claim the money back, I thought shall I pay ?3.50 for a single on the train, and face all t... |
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18-11-2008, 11:54 PM |
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