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		Thread: Unofficial Southern train strike Post: RE: Unofficial Southern train strike Having been a bit further afield in the last couple of weeks, as well as my daily communte, from observation the 'action' ususually happens at hub stations and places where conductors change over, so ...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	11	10,450	16-06-2016, 03:11 PM
		Thread: Burglars about - Garthorne Rd Post: RE: Burglars about - Garthorne Rd Very sorry to hear about this. It is worth installing a burglar alarm if you don't have one and arming it at night for the downstairs area, which is what I do.	Nick M	SE23 Topics	16	12,278	03-03-2016, 07:27 PM
		Thread: Train Commuter - Memory Lane Post: RE: Train Commuter - Memory Lane I remember the two ticket collectors, a younger man (Tony?) and the older Fred who was very genial and a lovely fella. both West Indian I think. 1970s?	Nick M	SE23 Topics	32	24,928	15-01-2016, 11:35 PM
		Thread: Train Commuter - Memory Lane Post: RE: Train Commuter - Memory Lane Due to my vintage, I remember when there was only the one carriageway over the railway line! I recall the other concrete carriageway being built probably in late 60s/early 70s .. and the graffitti tha...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	32	24,928	04-01-2016, 06:55 PM
		Thread: Ice Cream Van Chimes Post: Ice Cream Van Chimes As summer is almost upon us, so again is the annual nuisance of ice cream van chimes. Is it just me, or are they a) too loud, b) played for too long and c) played too frequently? (How many times can y...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	24	22,905	13-05-2015, 07:54 PM
		Thread: Police action Post: RE: Police action I was burgled 3 years ago and thanks to quick witted neighbours and the presence of a nearby burglary squad car the police gave chase and caught one of the culprits scampering off down the road. It do...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	11	11,662	13-04-2015, 10:11 PM
		Thread: New Street Name: "Moonlight Drive" - Objection Deadline Post: RE: New Street Name: "Moonlight Drive" - Objectio... Moonlight Drive is the name of a track on the early Doors album 'Strange Days'. Maybe a developer with a sense of rock history. Is the street a cup-de-sac? Maybe it should be called 'The End'!	Nick M	SE23 Topics	11	12,694	19-03-2015, 11:07 PM
		Thread: Pedestrian accident at Sainsbury's crossing Post: RE: Pedestrian accident Sainsbury's crossing I think we can in fact afford to be critical when a child is involved. Adults can do what they want and make as many poor decisions as they want, and take responsibility for them, but a child cannot. ...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	45	44,098	13-02-2015, 04:02 PM
		Thread: Pedestrian accident at Sainsbury's crossing Post: RE: Pedestrian accident Sainsbury's crossing It seems extraordinary to me that a parent would risk the life of their child by pushing a buggy across traffic when the light is against them and in favour of the traffic, stationary or not. The chil...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	45	44,098	11-02-2015, 11:13 PM
		Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the... The 'artist impression' pictures on the platform hoardings of the new undercroft shows one up escalator and one down escalator to/from platforms but with a wide fixed stairway between them ...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	333	285,340	10-02-2015, 09:48 PM
		Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the... Am I right in thinking that there is not now, and not intended to be, any means of going between platforms at LB except by going to the head of the platforms by the gateline? There used to be that ove...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	333	285,340	07-02-2015, 11:24 AM
		Thread: SE23 Magazine Post: RE: SE23 Magazine It's a vehicle for advertising.	Nick M	SE23 Topics	14	15,134	04-01-2015, 01:18 AM
		Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the... Quite. In case of emergency the emergency stop can be pressed on the escalator and/or reversed. I can't believe that is a good reason. And they ought to consider that the crush round the single down e...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	333	285,340	02-01-2015, 05:18 PM
		Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the... I don't understand the 'we are spoilt' argument. They are not doing us a favour. At some stage, despite appearances, someone did do some passenger usage analysis and they run the trains where the is m...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	333	285,340	30-12-2014, 10:07 PM
		Thread: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the worst peak services Post: RE: London Bridge trains - here's the best and the... So, breathtakingly, it is now officially acknowledged that Canada Water is at breaking point and a strain to manage. It would be interesting to know what forecasting, passenger usage modelling, planni...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	333	285,340	29-12-2014, 04:05 PM
		Thread: Southern trains into London Bridge Post: RE: Southern trains into London Bridge I wrote to Southern last week to complain about the unreliability of Southern trains ( definition of unreliability - not being confident at point of need that every train will be there as advertised, ...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	85	82,860	19-11-2014, 10:32 PM
		Thread: The Capitol to close Post: RE: Capitol to close? I don't understand the logic of "people won't use it because there is X, Y or Z venue a short bus ride away". I don't limit my social activities to the venues that are nearest to me. I'd go to a gig i...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	238	243,546	30-10-2014, 07:09 PM
		Thread: Coffee shop at HOP station priced out Post: RE: Coffee shop at HOP station priced out Aren't most of the coffee booths at the stations on the line between here and London Bridge actually not the standard chains but smaller one-off type operations? I can't see that Starbucks, Costa etc ...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	42	46,293	21-10-2014, 12:11 PM
		Thread: Work started on the Honor Oak pub Post: RE: Work started on the Honor Oak pub Regarding acoustics in pubs, I haven't been to the Honor Oak but I think this is a deliberate design feature and would not been seen as a 'problem' by the interior designers, rather a virtue. If you s...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	37	37,311	04-09-2014, 08:21 PM
		Thread: Why i moved to SE23 Post: RE: Why i moved to SE23 I've been drinking a lot recently in the Last Chance Saloon, which I can't recommend highly enough ..	Nick M	SE23 Topics	60	53,913	02-08-2014, 11:25 AM
		Thread: Down escalator at Canada Water Post: Down escalator at Canada Water Saw this in an email update from TFL today. HAs this started yet? I haven't noticed. Chaos and delays whilst it happens but hopefully means another escalator or fixed stair afterwards to Jubilee line ...	Nick M	Wider Topics	3	4,586	28-04-2014, 07:55 PM
		Thread: Anyone else lost their mains water around Woodcombe Crescent/Devonshire Road? Post: RE: Anyone else lost their mains water around Wood... There's the leak in Dunoon too ....	Nick M	SE23 Topics	27	26,680	08-03-2014, 02:22 PM
		Thread: ADT security consultants cold calling Post: RE: Bogus ADT security consultants cold calling? I think the thing with cold callers is to give them absolutely no leverage at all or a handle they can then manipulate, so I always say as politely as I can "my security/roofing/guttering/broadband is...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	50	51,219	04-03-2014, 06:18 PM
		Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home) Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Nursing H... Looking at the CQC (Care Quality Commission) website, it lost its registration as a care home last year. The inspection report summary does not look at all good and the company also have a warning abo...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	224	190,852	12-02-2014, 01:31 PM
		Thread: Hop high street crossings Post: RE: Hop high street crossings There used to be an underpass of course where that crossing now is towards Sainsburys, but there were muggings and they filled it in. 10 to 15 years ago I think.	Nick M	SE23 Topics	11	10,687	08-11-2013, 12:32 PM
		Thread: Hop high street crossings Post: RE: Hop high street crossings It's an accident of history, as it were, that the bridge is four lanes. I remember as a nipper them widening the bridge - originally it was just the two lanes on the station side of that old metal bar...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	11	10,687	08-11-2013, 12:18 PM
		Thread: Which doctors? Post: RE: Which doctors? I today tried to register at Jenner, based on the reviews here and on NHS Choices but I was not allowed to, due to not living in the catchment area. So was restricted more or less to the Forest Hill p...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	11	12,797	10-10-2013, 03:22 PM
		Thread: Very sad farewell to the Honor Oak Gallery Post: RE: Very sad farewell to the Honor Oak Gallery It's a great shame he's closing. I went in there too recently and he was kind and talkative and reflective on his time in HOP. Alas he did not think he would have time to do my print before retiring s...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	18	18,273	20-09-2013, 09:18 AM
		Thread: Anyone peeked into the new HOP Sainsburys? Post: RE: Anyone peeked into the new HOP Sainsburys? Sainsbury's is good but could be better - what the independents don't have is good fruit, veg and fresh meat, so makes sense for Sainsbury's to make a virtue of these, but the couple of times I have b...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	43	33,936	16-09-2013, 07:51 PM
		Thread: Anyone peeked into the new HOP Sainsburys? Post: RE: Anyone peeked into the new HOP Sainsburys? People can, alas, be charmless and inconsiderate. Fancy saying that to someone trying to make a living in difficult circumstances. Anyway the key to surviving and competing is to offer something Sains...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	43	33,936	09-09-2013, 10:20 AM
		Thread: Picture framer recommendations Post: RE: Picture framer recommendations Many thanks for all the recommendations, much appreciated!	Nick M	Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found	6	7,207	21-08-2013, 08:18 AM
		Thread: Picture framer recommendations Post: Picture framer recommendations Hi. Can anyone recommend a good local picture framer please? I went to the place in Honor Oak parade but the very nice owner said he was retiring and not taking any new work. Many thanks.	Nick M	Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found	6	7,207	19-08-2013, 07:47 PM
		Thread: 63 Honor Oak Park (ex White Wood Shop) Post: RE: Planning: 63 Honor Oak Park (ex White Wood Sho... The problem with estate agents on the high street imho (and with due respect to the local employees of same) is that unless you are actually looking for a property they are "dead" space on the high st...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	133	153,260	20-06-2013, 04:50 PM
		Thread: Robbery honor oak park - be alert Post: RE: Robbery honor oak park - be alert Was your husband using his phone when he was robbed?	Nick M	SE23 Topics	23	28,659	14-01-2013, 07:21 PM
		Thread: Honor Oak Park station staff Post: RE: Honor Oak Park station staff Agreed. There's one guy who is smart, agreeable and engaged, the rest seem worse than useless. After all those years of the station being completely unmanned at many times, it seems highly odd that it...	Nick M	SE23 Topics	21	25,925	08-01-2013, 10:04 PM