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Thread: Weather = Some ladies wearing very litlle Post: RE: Weather = Some ladies wearing very litlle
Interesting theory, Andrew1976. I'd understood it was to prevent suicide - prisoners are not allowed to wear belts, hence sagging trousers. Whichever it is, the fashion is ridiculous. |
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Thread: African Restaurant opposite FH station Post: RE: African Restaurant opposite FH station
If it's still to be from the Crooked Well stable I look forward to it - their Camberwell place is great |
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19-02-2015, 04:20 PM |
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Thread: moving south of Stanstead road Post: RE: moving south of Stanstead road
Looks like 11.15 to me, Jane2 ! |
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27-09-2014, 07:40 PM |
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Thread: moving south of Stanstead road Post: RE: moving south of Stanstead road
Good effort, Jane2 but I think Hoona was just doing some post pub trolling |
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27-09-2014, 01:34 PM |
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Thread: Evening Standard availability in Forest Hill Post: RE: Evening Standard availability in Forest Hill
Small mercy, if you ask me |
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24-09-2014, 07:15 PM |
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Thread: moving south of Stanstead road Post: RE: moving south of Stanstead road
We live on Siddons road, very close to those 3 roads. Been here since 2007, have 3 young kids, busy lives and the area really works for us. Nice neighbourhood, little to none of the sundry irritations... |
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24-09-2014, 07:14 PM |
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Thread: Nurseries Post: RE: Nurseries
Our eldest (three and a half y.o.) goes to Perrymount nursery on Sunderland Road. We're very happy with it - so is he. OFSTED outstanding, if thats what motivates you (it doesnt us). Welcoming and hom... |
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17-07-2014, 01:31 PM |
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Thread: Ferfect Post: RE: Ferfect
Re the development next to Wetherpoons, I reckon it's to allow delivery of building materials to the site behind the run of shops adjacent. No access from the rear so my guess delivery from the South ... |
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18-06-2014, 12:37 PM |
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Thread: How do I type a tick? Post: RE: How do I type a tick?
Depends what Word you have.
I have 2010. If you have:
On your toolbar select Insert, then Symbol, then in font 'wingdings'. The tick is at 252. |
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27-01-2014, 08:26 PM |
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Thread: Poor dog. Siddons Road. Post: RE: Poor dog. Siddons Road.
I live on Siddons Road and don't recognise them from the description. Will keep my eyes peeled though. |
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24-01-2014, 10:06 PM |
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Thread: tables and chairs for sale Post: RE: tables and chairs for sale
Hi, are the chairs still available ? I'm interested in these. Thanks. |
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18-01-2014, 02:17 PM |
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Thread: New cafe Post: New cafe
Walking down Dartmouth Road over the weekend and noticed a sign in the window of a unit a couple of doors down from Sugar Mountain. Where the Polish cafe used to be. Said "new cafe and pizzeria" to op... |
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13-01-2014, 09:10 PM |
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Thread: New coffee shop in Forest Hill Post: RE: New coffee shop in Forest Hill
Unfortunately I would give the cafe 6 months only - walk past it every day and it's always empty. Agreed that it looks stark and uninviting. The coffee shops on the other side of the railway line have... |
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13-01-2014, 09:07 PM |
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Thread: Wanted - a Moses basket (with stand) Post: RE: Wanted - a Moses basket (with stand)
Hi, good timing, we have a moses basket, bedding and stand that today we decided we didnt need any more. You'll need to buy a new mattress. PM me if you would like. |
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14-12-2013, 07:20 PM |
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Thread: Lolos Patisserie closed Post: RE: Lolos Patisserie closed
My view would be that (sadly) a chicken shop may well survive, despite Sabah's fish bar being across the road, owing to the business from the school kids at Forest Hill High. Doesn't bear thinking abo... |
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16-11-2013, 04:31 PM |
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Thread: Free - extra large metal fire guard Post: RE: Free - extra large metal fire guard
Hi, we'd like this please and could collect tomorrow ? |
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09-11-2013, 10:18 PM |
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Thread: Le Querce, Brockley rise Post: RE: Le Querce, Brockley rise
It's good, occasionally very good, sometimes distinctly ordinary. But some of the finest in the UK ?? I love this area and am the first to talk up its bars and restaurants etc. But that smacks of jour... |
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07-11-2013, 07:38 PM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Great post, Bluesuperted. As the father of a 3 y.o boy and twins under 6 months - I agree with your post in its entirety. |
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06-11-2013, 10:18 PM |
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Thread: New Shops on Perry Vale Post: RE: New Shops on Perry Vale
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04-11-2013, 07:39 PM |
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Thread: Lolos Patisserie closed Post: RE: Lolos Patisserie closed
Makes sense with the layout that the chemist was a post office. Apparently there was a fishmonger somewhere on the parade back in the mists of time. Wow.... just imagine |
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04-11-2013, 06:16 PM |
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Thread: New Shops on Perry Vale Post: RE: New Shops on Perry Vale
The restaurant is going to be Mauritian, so says Mrs Finch |
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04-11-2013, 06:14 PM |
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Thread: Lolos Patisserie closed Post: RE: Lolos Patisserie closed
I'm sure you're right AMFM about it never being a post office - the layout didnt feel like a post office to me. I also agree that the bread was a bit ordinary. The owner probably went too far toward b... |
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04-11-2013, 11:37 AM |
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Thread: Lolos Patisserie closed Post: RE: Lolos Patisserie closed
I live on Siddons Road. Lolos closed about a month ago. The word from the traders on the parade is that it was an "overnight" closure. The owner didnt indicate to anyone why she was closing or that sh... |
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03-11-2013, 10:49 AM |
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Thread: Loxton Rd Post: RE: Loxton rd
I echo the comments of Belle and Bluesuperted above. We live on Siddons Road, a stone's throw from Loxton. We've been here since 2008 and have even in this short time seen in the surrounding area sign... |
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31-10-2013, 12:42 PM |
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Thread: Further crime in SE23 Post: RE: Further crime in SE23
Police with dogs out tonight on Siddons Road |
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24-10-2013, 10:54 PM |
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Thread: The Butchery on the Telly Post: RE: The Butchery on the Telly
Twas him I should say. Next stop Jamie ? |
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08-09-2013, 04:07 PM |
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Thread: Any Birthday Party Venue Ideas? Post: RE: Any Birthday Party Venue Ideas?
Hi, friends of mine recently hired the gallery to the rear of Canvas and Cream for a 40th. It was very good - champagne was bought in but the staff assisted with serving etc. |
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15-08-2013, 01:01 PM |
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Thread: The retail units in the flats by Forest Hill station exit: any idea what the plan is? Post: RE: The retail units in the flats by Forest Hill s...
Hell, I'd settle for a Budgens |
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12-08-2013, 02:29 PM |
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Thread: The retail units in the flats by Forest Hill station exit: any idea what the plan is? Post: RE: The retail units in the flats by Forest Hill s...
Much as I love it to be too, the closest we're going to get to Waitrose is the wagons driving through FH on the south circ. |
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09-08-2013, 04:27 PM |
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Thread: The retail units in the flats by Forest Hill station exit: any idea what the plan is? Post: RE: The retail units in the flats by Forest Hill s...
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14-07-2013, 12:01 PM |
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Thread: The retail units in the flats by Forest Hill station exit: any idea what the plan is? Post: RE: The retail units in the flats by Forest Hill s...
The one in the block of new flats is some kind of off licencey type store. I'm intrigued myself by the building work in the property between Finches and the flats.... what do we think that is going t... |
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12-07-2013, 06:18 PM |
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Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette) Post: RE: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
FHSoc - there is no confusion it seems to me (and perhaps to many other users of this site). It was a mistake to retain the launderette there, and in its current dilapidated state. I do hope I don't d... |
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02-07-2013, 08:26 AM |
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Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette) Post: RE: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
The fact that FH has so obviously improved over recent years throws into relief the folly of retaining the launderette. The positive arguments about the unit remaining A1 are based on the view that so... |
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21-06-2013, 03:58 PM |
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Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette) Post: RE: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
Well Perryman I take your point. But the South Circ will be forever the South Circ - no changes there - and the same applies to our station, we'll never get our grand Victorian edifice back. The key i... |
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21-06-2013, 11:06 AM |
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Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette) Post: RE: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
Agree with gbrownings. Step out into the 'new and improved' FH and see, well, err, a launderette. Doubt most of FH will ever step inside it. |
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21-06-2013, 06:48 AM |
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Thread: Maxi Cosi Peddle 0-9mths car seat and isofix base Post: RE: Maxi Cosi Peddle 0-9mths car seat and isofix b...
Hi, is this still for sale ? Thanks |
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02-06-2013, 08:39 PM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc Post: RE: Location x3
Excellent stuff, Michael. Thanks for posting. A few weeks ago I saw Ronnie O'Sullivan hopping out of his huge Merc SUV to nip into Parris cues. As he did so a white van rolled down its windows and I h... |
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14-05-2013, 01:35 PM |
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Thread: Perrymount nursery Post: Perrymount nursery
Hi, I am very interested in hearing from anybody who has sent their child to Perrymount nursery. I am aware there is a thread similar to this already but it's over 18 months old and talked more about ... |
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09-05-2013, 06:19 PM |
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Thread: Violence etc in F Hill Post: RE: Violence etc in F Hill
Wow, Anotherjohn, what a rum place FH was ! Been here for 5 years - never seen a sniff of trouble. Happy to bring my family up here. Moved in from one of the nicer bits of Peckham. I know where I'd ra... |
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06-05-2013, 03:22 PM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc Post: Retail units on Perry Vale
I see a notice has been put up on one of the empty units in the development opposite the station. Some form of off-licence. Anyone know any further details ? |
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28-04-2013, 06:16 PM |
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Thread: Let's move to Forest Hill Post: RE: Let's move to Forest Hill
A quick look at the Guardian Online's archive "Let's move to" feature shows this is often a problem. Most of the comments posted contain complaints about the journalist never visiting. On this occasio... |
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06-04-2013, 04:02 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
Ha, fair enough shz1400 - I was thinking of George Jackson of Brookside "fame". Shurely you remember him ?
As wiki has it -
George, his wife Marie, and their twin sons Gary and Little George .... |
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02-04-2013, 09:48 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
Wasn't it George Jackson ? |
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02-04-2013, 07:55 PM |
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Thread: Normanton Street part of Perry Vale Post: RE: Normonton street part of perry vale
Hi FireSnake, sorry for the delay with this post, tried to post on the day you first posted but my message went to drafts, inadvertently. I live on Siddons Road, which runs parallel to Normanton down ... |
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02-04-2013, 04:23 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
Yes, I walked through the underpass this morning and noted the unwelcome but predictable addition (s). Ho-hum. A petty urban irritation, I suppose. But, sheesh, what a dull, bland, way of going about ... |
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02-04-2013, 04:12 PM |
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Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette) Post: RE: Launderette closing
Perry Dry Cleaners on Perry Vale, to which I regularly take my shirts for laundering, charges £1.50 per shirt. Bargain. Life is too short to wash, dry and then (grrr) iron work shirts. |
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23-03-2013, 08:41 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
I really hope it doesn't get tagged by the more artistic in our community. Although Im not holding my breath. |
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19-03-2013, 08:33 PM |
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Thread: Location x3 Post: RE: Location x3
Always a good sign when places near Forest Hill are called "Forest Hill Borders", as was the property in Catford. |
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27-01-2013, 12:55 PM |
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Thread: Location Location Location Post: RE: Location Location Location
Hi Nottinghillbilly, there is a great little bakers/patisserie on the parade of shops along Perry Vale (near the old fire station). Its called Lolo's. Get there early for bread though as it quickly se... |
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07-01-2013, 02:12 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
Maybe a certain fellow poster may want to read my last sentence again - once he's had a brief lie down to recompose himself - I endorse the start of the works ! |
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