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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal
| Interesting thought is what development would be genuinely acceptable (from an academic point of view, rather than 'we must build here'). My thoughts are that eco things up and that is a big sweetner ... |
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17-11-2008, 11:35 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill TV
Post: UFOs in Forest Hill and other stories on you tube
| [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi6zqCIsam0[/youtube]
December last year, it is true (says the National Enquirer, supported by the Star).
Looking for intersesting stories on Forest Hill ... |
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12-11-2008, 12:15 AM |
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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal
| whoops - Anne-marie@ameg.org.uk |
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baggydave |
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11-11-2008, 11:15 PM |
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Thread: Lewisham planning policy
Post: RE: Lewisham planning policy
| An interesting conversation with a planning expert who compared Bromley (very good practice and Commitees who don't always side with the planning deparment), and Lewisham which on my reckoning only go... |
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baggydave |
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11-11-2008, 11:14 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal
| Ah, just paint your planning application green and that should be good enough. On the same issue as Newsshopper promoting the current (green) plans (5 Nov) for TR, there is a letter "putting planning ... |
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baggydave |
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11-11-2008, 11:07 PM |
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Thread: A local gift?
Post: RE: A local gift?
| You can try e-bay but they've already sussed out the Secret Santa market. More fun searching 'unwanted secret santa' or 'unwanted christmas present' in the New Year - some great gifts including unwrap... |
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baggydave |
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11-11-2008, 10:59 PM |
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Thread: Story behind the mask
Post: RE: Story behind the mask
| It was actually Mandy Play Box I was interested in - what has happened to you and what on earth does your name mean?
And Snowball - that is far too subtle
Baggpuss xx |
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07-11-2008, 11:46 PM |
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Thread: Story behind the mask
Post: RE: Story behind the mask
| Back in the old days before the great purge, when Voldemort was last seen there was regualar posting from a small group with wonderful names. Was going to try and drag something out of the archives bu... |
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baggydave |
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04-11-2008, 11:29 PM |
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Thread: Muslim customs
Post: RE: Muslim customs
| Father Christmas - ah at last you are talking my language Michael. A good pagan symbol (solistice, ending of winter etc). And the flying reindeers, even better, hermits in Central Europe would high o... |
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baggydave |
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04-11-2008, 11:24 PM |
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Thread: Lawful Development Certs for new extension work
Post: RE: Lawful Development Certs for new extension wor...
| From looking at other posts you will not be surprised to know that BD has a few issues with Lewisham Planning Department. This cuts both ways in that there may be times when they are over-restrictive... |
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baggydave |
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03-11-2008, 12:25 AM |
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Thread: Lawful Development Certs for new extension work
Post: RE: Lawful Development Certs for new extension wor...
| As far as I am aware one would need planning permission to raise the height of the roof. Not sure whether there is any leeway. Give Lewisham Planning a call. They may know this. Otherwise the various... |
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baggydave |
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02-11-2008, 06:30 PM |
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Thread: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
Post: RE: 10 reasons not to emulate East Dulwich
| See in a separate posting that the credit crunch has not hit Lordship Lane. But bally hell what on earth has happened to Somerfield? OK so you don't go shopping in East Dulwich to get your staples, bu... |
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baggydave |
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01-11-2008, 10:01 PM |
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Thread: Foxtons, East Dulwich
Post: RE: Foxtons, East Dulwich
| I was genuinely glad to see that the Dulwichites are still shopping in Lordship Lane on a wet Saturday. But almost tempted to go into the empty Foxtons to sympathise with the staff and share a beer. |
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01-11-2008, 09:50 PM |
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Thread: johnny rotten racist attack
Post: RE: johnny rotten racist attack
| I am surprised that none of my sharp eyed readers did not notice that I predicted the Jonathan Ross debacle (see my earlier posting)
And thanks Simon "if it is good enough for the Grauniad it is go... |
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01-11-2008, 09:47 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 139 Sunderland Road
Post: RE: Planning Application: 139 Sunderland Road
| Contact the Forest Hill Society, speak to your neighbours, speak to the ward councillors. From recent experience if this is a truly awful development then the more you do the better. FHS can also po... |
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baggydave |
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28-10-2008, 12:42 AM |
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Thread: johnny rotten racist attack
Post: RE: johnny rotten racist attack
| SimonJ
Not that I would ever normally leap to TJs defence but you give an incomplete picture and then come over all patronising when someone rightly questions you.
Sadly the world is full of rac... |
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baggydave |
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26-10-2008, 08:01 PM |
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Thread: More than ten reasons not to move to Bromley
Post: RE: More than ten reasons not to move to Bromley
| With so many roads up due to water or gas works it is becoming frustrating doing simple but necessary journeys. But when you cross the border into BR is gets so much worse and many of the drivers are... |
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25-10-2008, 02:34 PM |
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Thread: johnny rotten racist attack
Post: RE: johnny rotten racist attack
| As of course you well know TJ, everything decent that Lydon did was either because of Malcom McClaren or others such as the late great Johh McGeoch (sp?) and/or Jah Wobble at PIL.
I work with a cha... |
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23-10-2008, 09:55 PM |
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Thread: Switching energy suppliers
Post: RE: Switching energy suppliers
| The reason we don't need Russian gas is that Norway has heaps and we have shared infrastructure with them. The problem was that our system was set up to export when we lived in our North Sea bubble a... |
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22-10-2008, 10:19 PM |
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Thread: johnny rotten racist attack
Post: RE: johnny rotten racist attack
| The real crime of course is that the Sex Pistols reformed, not once but four times (despite what Mr Lydon said on numerous occasions) and yet people are daft enough to see them (including BD, albeit a... |
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22-10-2008, 10:12 PM |
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Thread: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
Post: RE: Manor Mount - drivers still at it
| Two cops there at 5.30 (hooray)
Traffic really clear on Honor Oak Road, therefore no one rat running today (booooh).
Whyare the roads so quiet by the way? Half term is next week.
And had a... |
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baggydave |
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22-10-2008, 06:06 PM |
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Thread: Radio reception in SE23
Post: Radio reception in SE23
| Here on the Horniman heights I keep having reception problems trying to get old man's radio on analogue. Some local radio station keeps cutting in (I suspect it is a Christian station or some other e... |
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baggydave |
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21-10-2008, 10:23 PM |
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Thread: Switching energy suppliers
Post: Switching energy suppliers
| Any hints out there was is the combination of the best price and service.
Got grumpy with British Gas giving me some nonsense about gas prices. There is no global gas shortage, and no shortage of ... |
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21-10-2008, 10:20 PM |
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Thread: Armed Police in Ivydale road.
Post: RE: Armed Police in Ivydale road.
| Rumour has it that Jonathan Ross, Bono, Richard Littlejohn and Melanie Phillips are hiding out there (and probably John Lydon as well) with a mob of my vigilantees after them.
This site has got r... |
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21-10-2008, 09:31 PM |
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Thread: johnny rotten racist attack
Post: RE: johnny rotten racist attack
| When I was about 17 about 10,000 West Ham fans chanted such enlightened words as "negro negro lick my boots" (words changed slightly), and threw bananas on the pitch. Out of those ten thousand, no do... |
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21-10-2008, 09:28 PM |
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Thread: broke in
Post: RE: broke in
| Thank you Brian, that was precious. Killers in America work seven days a week, poor things.
Maybe we should all move to Ivydale road wherever that is, where we can get armed protection.
Or alte... |
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baggydave |
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20-10-2008, 11:41 PM |
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Thread: Armed Police in Ivydale road.
Post: RE: Armed Police in Ivydale road.
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19-10-2008, 09:38 PM |
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Thread: Farmers' markets in or near SE23?
Post: RE: Farmers' markets in or near SE23?
| Most interesting high Street is Peckham, probably over 20 fresh food (fish mongers, butchers, green grocers) independent shops (Forest Hill centre = 0). Two market halls as well as the farmers market ... |
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14-10-2008, 08:56 PM |
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Thread: Incosiderate builders
Post: RE: Incosiderate builders in SE23?
| Thank you as ever TJ for pointing out the error of my ways. If only someone had taken me in hand during my formative years I would not have gone down the path of namby pamby (or nimby pimpy) liberali... |
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13-10-2008, 07:15 PM |
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Thread: Incosiderate builders
Post: Incosiderate builders
| As my many friends will know we in the posh estate (aka UDB) seem to have permanent building work going on. Builders vans, builders skips, builders noise. The early morning skip deliveries on a Satu... |
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11-10-2008, 04:26 PM |
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Thread: Farmers' markets in or near SE23?
Post: RE: Farmers' markets in or near SE23?
| I'd avoid Borough market at the weekend as it has never been the same since Jamie Oliver put it back on the map.
Surprised that no one had mentioned Peckham on a Sunday outside the library.
East... |
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11-10-2008, 04:17 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Central
Post: RE: Forest Hill Central
| Whats the best thing about the view from the Southbank? That you can't see the Southbank. Not that I agree as the 50s architecture has some brave new world attraction to it.
But I like the poster... |
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baggydave |
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08-10-2008, 11:45 PM |
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Thread: Giving blood
Post: Giving blood
| Can we? The now less posh magazine only lists Savacentre. BD gives his close to central London but is interested in sessions more locally. |
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baggydave |
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08-10-2008, 11:41 PM |
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Thread: SE23 Magazine
Post: SE23 Magazine
| The once SE23 posh magazine now seems to have mutated into a less posh magazine, perhaps a sign that there is no revenue from marketing houses at present. Is is now distributed throughout Forest Hill?... |
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baggydave |
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08-10-2008, 11:38 PM |
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Thread: Planning Application: 6 Church Rise
Post: RE: Planning - 6 Church Rise
| Interested to know whether anyone has conisidered civil action against Lewisham and on what basis. Clearly there are a growing number of complaints here (hope FHS will raise at the AGM) which could p... |
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baggydave |
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07-10-2008, 11:30 PM |
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Thread: 11 Tewkesbury Avenue Development
Post: RE: Tewkesbury Avenue Development
| A final reminder of the meeting at 5.30 tomorrow (sunday), this is a private meeting but I expect some residents association representation. PM me for details and thanks for the contacts that I have ... |
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baggydave |
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04-10-2008, 06:10 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues
Post: RE: Perry Vale road closures
| Is it this that is causing tailbacks through Forest Hill going East on the 205 (that clear pretty quickly a few blocks down). Now even BD has to drive occasionally but it is taking 15 minutes to get ... |
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baggydave |
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03-10-2008, 12:04 AM |
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Thread: 11 Tewkesbury Avenue Development
Post: RE: Tewkesbury Avenue Development
| or have an interest in being kept informed |
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baggydave |
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01-10-2008, 11:33 PM |
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Thread: 11 Tewkesbury Avenue Development
Post: RE: Tewkesbury Avenue Development
| A few residents should be getting together on Sunday tea time to discuss planning in the area. Not for me to say too much here at present but please PM me if you would like to attend. |
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baggydave |
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01-10-2008, 11:29 PM |
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Thread: DIY shop becomes bathroom shop.
Post: RE: DIY shop becomes bathroom shop.
| Used the shop regularly until recent years. Can anyone tell me what happened to the previous owner - Fred? Charming chap (and his good lady) |
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baggydave |
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01-10-2008, 11:26 PM |
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Thread: Gyms
Post: RE: Can someone open a Gym in FH?
| I also agree with everything that TJ says - what a man (or woman, not quite sure).
But excuse my ignorance - isn't the free market about supply and demand, rather that us asking on a web site as if... |
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28-09-2008, 07:34 PM |
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Thread: Tesco, London Road
Post: RE: Immigration
| Is the Tesco's filling station still a frightening place? I put up a thread years ago with a letter to Tesco's about this place and what looked like dodgy dealings and dodgy characters. They couldn't... |
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baggydave |
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28-09-2008, 12:15 AM |
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Thread: London Freewheel
Post: RE: London Freewheel
| Unfortunately clashed with open house. I recall it was the Hovis Freewheel last year and was by ticket only?
Boneshaker?? How very dare you. Sleek racing machine I'll have you know, even if the ... |
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22-09-2008, 07:53 PM |
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Thread: Large Police Presence - Sunday night
Post: RE: Large Police Presence - Sunday night
| Ah so BD was right after all. This pub, which when I first moved to SE23 was frightening, cleaned up it's act and turned briefly into a nice local. Where you could have a beer, watch footy without i... |
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16-09-2008, 11:49 PM |
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Thread: 11 Tewkesbury Avenue Development
Post: RE: Tewkesbury Avenue Development
| What's your source of information on Grand Design, Syd Central? |
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baggydave |
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14-09-2008, 10:26 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Apologies for not contributing to this debate, I am too depressed that my children will not have a local swimming pool. We DID use it, accepting its many shortcomings, interestingly that many of thos... |
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baggydave |
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12-09-2008, 12:03 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill TV
Post: RE: Forest Hill TV
| Damn, I really hoped that this was an ad for local transvestites like me. |
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baggydave |
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04-09-2008, 11:01 PM |
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Thread: 11 Tewkesbury Avenue Development
Post: RE: Tewkesbury Avenue Development
| Rather than give my personal opinion in repsonse to the last thread can viewers please check out the following write up on the TLERA website:
www.tewkesburylodge.org.uk/
It is not just the local... |
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baggydave |
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04-09-2008, 10:59 PM |
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Thread: Wine making co-op
Post: RE: Wine making co-op
| We visited Kent House Lane allotments a few years ago and a number of plot holders have vines. They told us due to the microclimate London is the best place for wine, as this extends the growing seas... |
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baggydave |
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02-09-2008, 11:41 PM |
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Thread: 11 Tewkesbury Avenue Development
Post: RE: Tewkesbury Avenue Development
| The only way to challenge a planning decision (for an objector that is) is throught the high court. A recent decision is of interest:
http://heathandhampsteadsociety.org.uk/index.php?option=com_co... |
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baggydave |
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01-09-2008, 11:07 PM |
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