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Thread: Bar Equal
Post: RE: Bar Equal
| This seems to be happening all over. My niece had a very successful Coffee shop in Aberystwyth and was forced to shut down as the Landlord wanted to treble her rent, which was just not economical for ... |
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26-01-2008, 06:49 PM |
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Thread: The Blitz
Post: RE: The Blitz
| And of course Forest Hill Station was bombed. |
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03-03-2008, 05:14 PM |
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Thread: Forest Croft
Post: RE: Forest Croft repairs
| [u][b]Jimboy[/b][/u]
I lived in Forest Croft for many years until I retired in 2005.
I was paying about ?100 a month in Service Charge and we were hit by a bill of about ?3000 per flat just before... |
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07-04-2008, 08:42 AM |
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Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues
Post: RE: Perry Vale road closures
| Definition of 'Driving' given by a judge on a court case...
'Causing a vehicle to move by operation of the controls'
...even though in the case involved it was only a matter of inches. |
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14-10-2008, 04:18 PM |
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Thread: Forest Croft
Post: RE: Forest Croft repair works
| I understand new managing agents were appointed recently, but as I no longer live in the block I'm not aware of the conditions of their appointment. I'm sure you can find out more by speaking to the m... |
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06-11-2008, 05:09 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
| [quote]Remember we were all young once. [quote]
Yes! And we knew how to behave, and to respect other people and obey the 'rules' of society, like being quiet in the Library. Some kids these days se... |
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01-12-2008, 08:24 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
| Exactly, they were RESPECTED. As I said kids these days have no RESPECT for anyone. The modern youths' definition of 'Respect' is invoking fear in their peers.
This problem in the library is not an... |
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01-12-2008, 09:56 AM |
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Thread: SE23 Magazine
Post: RE: SE23 Magazine
| "The other thing that happens is the private distributors employ someone else to do their delivery on and that person dumps them so it is a difficult situation really "
Too right. A few years ago I... |
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07-01-2009, 08:26 AM |
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Thread: Forest Croft
Post: RE: Forest Croft repairs
| I lived in Forest Croft for over 30 years, both as a tenant and as an owner occupier and in all that time I think I can honestly say there has never been a time when it was managed properly. I was gla... |
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25-06-2008, 04:34 PM |
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Thread: Forest Croft
Post: RE: Forest Croft repair works
| MrGrumpy
I lived in Forest Croft for many years and you are right in your assumption that the flat OWNERS each have a share of the Freehold. This came about when we bought the Freehold from the previ... |
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06-11-2008, 08:44 AM |
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Thread: Horniman Triangle Play Park
Post: RE: Horniman Triangle Play Park
| Yes but Drusilla's is a closed environment. You can imagine the local 'Yoof' in there at night. It would be totally wrecked in no time. |
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19-01-2009, 05:22 PM |
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Thread: Forest Croft
Post: RE: Forest Croft
| Certainly NOT hot water and heating. This used to be the case about 25 years ago but all flats now have their own independant boilers. I suggest you make sure your estate agents to get up to date with... |
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22-01-2009, 05:21 PM |
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Thread: Forest Croft
Post: RE: Forest Croft
| I used to for many years, but not any more.
I now live just outside Norwich, Not quite the end of the world but you can see it from here :thumbup: |
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23-01-2009, 09:18 AM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
| I remember that, and the lady always had a huge bag of sweets and used to hand them out to the kids when their parents bought papers.:thumbsup: |
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01-03-2009, 08:46 AM |
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Thread: Searching for english relatives
Post: RE: Searching for english relatives
| You might like to try the newspaper forums in Norwich/Norfolk for the Caister and Great Yarmouth relatives.
They both have sections for tracing relatives
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/cs/forums/
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19-04-2009, 04:30 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone
Post: RE: Forest Hill 20 MPH Zone
| In reply to 'Iwerefuming'
The resurfacing of Taymount Rise was promised in 2003 after our successful long winded campaign to get the roundabout area resurfaced
http://www.se23.com/forum-archive/... |
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03-09-2009, 07:25 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill in a flood plain? Insurance issues.
Post: RE: Forest Hill in a flood plain? Insurance issues...
| I have found the AA very agressive in regard to Insurance.
A couple of weeks ago I was using some of the comparison sites and tha AA came at the top of the list on all of them with the cheapest but n... |
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13-10-2009, 07:55 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill in a flood plain? Insurance issues.
Post: RE: Forest Hill in a flood plain? Insurance issues...
| [/quote]?400 for contents insurance = seems a bit high to me[/quote]
Unfortunately it all depends where you live. When I lived in Forest Hill until a few years ago I was paying ?36 a month for cont... |
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15-10-2009, 08:58 AM |
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Thread: Barclays to close
Post: RE: Barclays to close
| So much for Barclays promise 20years or so ago to keep this Branch open, after a massive local petition and involvement of the local MP at the time, as a service to the local area seeing as it was the... |
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16-03-2018, 07:19 PM |
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Thread: Westbourne Drive hole-in-the-road
Post: RE: Westbourne Drive hole-in-the-road
| I think the reason is that the gas people dont fill in the hole straight away is that they have to monitor the repair for about a week to ensure that there are no further leaks.
I had to have a new... |
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21-04-2010, 07:47 AM |
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Thread: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
Post: RE: Royal Mail Delivery of Packages
| Do they still say to allow so many hours before picking up.,It used to be something like 4 hours but it has probably been extended since I moved away.
Here in Norwich I've also had cards through when... |
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02-03-2010, 09:09 AM |
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Thread: Poor television signal on Taymount Rise-Help!
Post: RE: Poor television signal on Taymount Rise-Help!
| It all depends on which side of the block you are.
If you are facing towards Crystal Palace you will get good reception with a decent indoor aerial. If not there's little hope.
I used to live in F... |
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06-05-2010, 05:37 PM |
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Thread: Poor television signal on Taymount Rise-Help!
Post: RE: Poor television signal on Taymount Rise-Help!
| If you are facing Crystal Palace you could be suffering from too strong a signal and a small in-line attenuator might help, probably about 6db. Fits between the aerial lead and the TV. Get one in Mapl... |
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06-05-2010, 05:40 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Photos
Post: RE: Forest Hill Photos
| I remember when the Capitol was actually a cinema! Spent many an hour in there.
The Swiss Cottage was actually a Pub and was a listed building. It closed and the developers wanted to knock it down... |
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22-06-2010, 08:31 AM |
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Thread: Ridiculous Doctors Catchment areas
Post: RE: Ridiculous Doctors Catchment areas
| We lived on Taymount Rise for over 30 years and were registered with the Jenner. The Jenner was amalgamated from a number of separate surgeries around the area when it was built, with the result that ... |
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26-07-2010, 04:15 PM |
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Thread: Black and white cat missing in Kilmorie Road
Post: RE: Black and white cat missing in Kilmorie Road
| "[i]you need to keep them inside for 6 weeks[/i]"
That's what the RSPCA told us to do with our rescue cat, and we went to great lengths to prevent him getting out. When we finally gave him his free... |
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11-10-2010, 04:36 PM |
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Thread: 3-course lunch for £2 ??
Post: RE: 3-course lunch for £2 ??
| There was a very good Italian Restaurant there for a while after Coulters closed down. |
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14-12-2010, 01:18 PM |
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Thread: Early hours car horn in Tewkesbury Ave
Post: RE: Early hours car horn in Tewkesbury Ave
| Disconnecting the battery usually always works :thumbsup: |
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04-02-2011, 05:37 PM |
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Thread: Early hours car horn in Tewkesbury Ave
Post: RE: Early hours car horn in Tewkesbury Ave
| [quote]Not necessarily - many alarms have their own batteries.[/quote]
I did say USUALLY and the chances are if its sounding the car horn as opposed to a siren its running off the car battery |
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05-02-2011, 09:50 AM |
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Thread: People door knocking offering a roof survey
Post: RE: People door knocking offering a roof survey
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23-03-2011, 09:26 AM |
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Thread: Early morning building work - Taymount Rise
Post: RE: Early morning building work - Taymount Rise
| [quote]Interesting that you aren't allowed to use a saw, drill or hammer on a sunday or bank holiday...can someone tell my wife.[/quote]
Unfortunately I think it only applies to commercial builders... |
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11-05-2011, 11:23 AM |
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Thread: Suzi Perry (Gadget show) races to Perry Vale!
Post: RE: Suzi Perry (Gadget show) races to Perry Vale!
| Once saw Suzi Perry doing Treasure Hunt at Dover Castle, and managed to get in the background of one of the shots. |
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17-05-2011, 04:21 PM |
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Thread: Homeless lady in Horniman Triangle
Post: RE: Homeless lady in Horniman Triangle
| [b]brian[/b]
[quote]Charles , is it me or are your postings difficult to understand ?[/quote]
My thought too - just can't see where he's coming from in most of his postings. |
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19-06-2011, 04:30 PM |
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Thread: Early morning building work - Taymount Rise
Post: RE: Early morning building work - Taymount Rise
| [u][b]The Control Of Pollution Act 1974[/b][/u]
gives the Council powers to control working hours. There is probably something on the Lewisham Councils website.
[b]Extract[/b]
[i]The Control of... |
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11-05-2011, 07:31 AM |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Disaster The Old Bank to become a Dominoes piz...
| [quote]but this could change as they(Dominos) were actively seeking a unit in SE23.[/quote]
I seem to remember that they had one on Forest Hill a few years ago (opposite Boots?). They obviously co... |
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15-09-2011, 08:26 AM |
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Thread: 76-78 Honor Oak Park (ex Old Bank)
Post: RE: Disaster The Old Bank to become a Dominoes piz...
| [quote]Many people including a lot who dont read this forum will be disgusted that such a [b]nice old bank building [/b]will be taken over by Dominos[/quote]
Pity there wasn't such an outpouring ... |
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16-09-2011, 11:27 AM |
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Thread: Postal problems
Post: RE: Postal problems
| When I lived in FH I had lots of problems with other peoples post being delivered to me. I printed a batch of labels in bright red on my computer which said something like.
[color=#FF0000]This It... |
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20-09-2011, 04:20 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
| Going by this review I really can't see why anyone would want to buy Pizzas from Dominos. Their prices are well over the top. You can buy 2 or 3 perfectly good frozen Pizzas from Sainsburys or Tesco ... |
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18-10-2011, 08:25 AM |
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Thread: Setting off fireworks late at night
Post: RE: Setting off fireworks late at night
| Isn't it now illegal to set them off after 11pm?
Somewhat difficult to enforce though. |
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29-11-2011, 12:58 PM |
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Thread: Historic filming in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Historic filming in Forest Hill
| The Tennis/Swimming/Social club was about half way down Perry Vale if I remember rightly but can't now remember the exact location. |
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26-01-2012, 06:44 PM |
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Thread: Forest Croft
Post: RE: Forest Croft
| Roz
Just an after thought, but it wasn't Taymount Grange where your friend lived was it? They are well known for levying large additional sums for repair works. |
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11-06-2012, 08:58 AM |
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Thread: Antisocial Behaviour in Codrington Hill and Brockley Rise
Post: RE: Antisocial Behaviour in Codrington Hill and Br...
| [b]mgmonkey[/b]
Its a bit antisocial giving out ideas like that. The youngsters don't need encouragement to carry out dangerous practises.
Perhaps this might present a sobering thought
http:/... |
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02-11-2012, 06:29 PM |
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Thread: To today’s mattress flytipper on Horniman Drive
Post: RE: To today’s mattress flytipper on Horniman Driv...
| As some of you may know I used to live in Forest Hill but now live in Norwich. I've just looked at how the two Councils compare.
Lewisham charge £15 for 3 items
Broadland charge £25.65 for 3 ite... |
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13-04-2017, 07:55 AM |
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Thread: Forest Croft
Post: RE: Forest Croft
| Roz
I don't know where your friend got £15k from.
I lived in Forest Croft until 6 years ago and the only lump sum we were asked to pay was just before I left and was about £3k for external decor... |
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11-06-2012, 08:41 AM |
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Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
Post: RE: Launderette closing
| The Launderette has to my knowledge been in this location for well over 40 years and so must be one of the oldest businesses in the town centre.
I moved to Forest Hill in 1968 and was a regular use... |
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01-10-2012, 09:08 AM |
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Thread: Bin men get up early, don't they?
Post: RE: Bin men get up early, don't they?
| "[quote]...a vile company called veolia, who go out of their way to be unhelpful. [/quote]"
Don't tar all bin men with the same brush. Veolia collect all our rubbish here in Broadland(Norfolk) and th... |
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15-03-2017, 09:26 AM |
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Thread: Burglary Alert
Post: RE: Burglary Alert
| Replace any accessible screws with Security screws. Almost impossible to undo and not expensive.
[url=http://tinyurl.com/zry8vqu]Security Screws[/url]
You can probably get them in most DIY outlets |
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23-03-2016, 06:11 PM |
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Thread: Motorcycle nuisance on rise in SE23
Post: RE: Motorcycle nuisance on rise in SE23
| A handful of tacks might be a better solution :thumbsup: |
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12-07-2013, 11:04 AM |
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Thread: Still looking for Marie Rogers
Post: RE: Still looking for Marie Rogers
| There was an elderly lady of that name lived/lives in Elliot Bank flats. Not sure what number but it was upstairs from a friend of mine who lived at 35. Unfortunately my friend passed away a couple of... |
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22-12-2014, 08:35 AM |
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Thread: Lamppost misplacement
Post: RE: Lamppost misplacement
| If as you say the lamp is shining intrusively into your rooms, the obvious option is for the council to install shields to prevent this.
Have a read of this
http://www.britastro.org/dark-skies/i... |
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09-08-2013, 08:10 AM |
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