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Thread: Pride of Place - vote for Forest Hill
Post: RE: Pride of Place - vote for Forest Hill
| Yes how do you vote? I can't see either. We're winning! (Even the Catford Cat is beating Blackheath.) |
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Elizabeth25 |
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19-10-2007, 11:11 AM |
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Thread: 8:24 to London Bridge from HOP
Post: RE: 8:24 to London Bridge from HOP
| For the past two weeks the trains have been delayed every morning. This morning was horrendous. 45 minute wait at FH station. :cursing:
Does anyone have any conspiracy theories about this? Are the ... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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16-11-2007, 04:34 PM |
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Thread: Bagel Shop
Post: RE: Bagel shop on Perry Vale
| For Pete's Sake! Walk out of Paltform 2 of Forest Hill Station (or walk around under the railway bridge) Turn left onto Perry Vale, cross to the opposite side of the road. Pass EJ Carpets. If you hit ... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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21-11-2007, 04:02 PM |
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Thread: Mentally/physically handicapped kid on Devonshire Road
Post: RE: Mentally/physically handicapped kid on Devonsh...
| I've seen this boy on the street many times as well. However, I have also seen him at Sainsbury's buying groceries with his carers. (They were trying to convince him not to buy so many cokes and crisp... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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26-11-2007, 10:53 AM |
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Thread: Where am I??
Post: RE: where am I??
| Actually, those that live on the Perry Vale side are in the REAL Forest Hill. Perry Vale was the first high street and Christchurch (which is now being turned into flats) was the center of the Lord Da... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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06-12-2007, 03:44 PM |
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Thread: Where am I??
Post: RE: where am I??
| [quote=Andy]
I believe there used to be a proliferation of pear orchards in the vicinity hence the name.
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Yes, if you walk around the streets near Mayow Park, you will see many pear trees... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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06-12-2007, 04:00 PM |
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Thread: Where am I??
Post: RE: where am I??
| [quote=Baboonery]
[quote=Elizabeth25]
[quote=Andy]
I believe there used to be a proliferation of pear orchards in the vicinity hence the name.
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Yes, if you walk around the streets near ... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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06-12-2007, 04:35 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: Strange Smell at Forest Hill Station
| Has anyone else noticed a strange smell at Forest Hill Station? Or is it just me?
It kind of smells like glue and soap. Do you think it may be comming from the building site on Perry Vale? |
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Elizabeth25 |
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14-12-2007, 02:11 PM |
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Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
| Do you mean where am I right now, or where do I live? |
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Elizabeth25 |
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10-01-2008, 03:05 PM |
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Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
| It was just funny the poll asked "Where are you?" hmmmmmm. Technically I am 'elsewhere' but I lay my hat in the 'Vale' of Forest Hill. |
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Elizabeth25 |
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10-01-2008, 04:52 PM |
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Thread: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
Post: RE: Poll: Who is in HOP, who is in Forest Hill...
| Those on the 'Hill' side of Forest Hill are riddled with East Dulwich and Village 'envy' while us happy folks on the 'Vale' side can sit pretty knowing we aren't Catford. ;-) |
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Elizabeth25 |
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11-01-2008, 01:20 PM |
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Thread: Bar Equal
Post: RE: Bar Equal
| Oh no. Good Luck Ana, the thoughts of SE23.com forum are with you. |
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Elizabeth25 |
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22-01-2008, 05:37 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge
| This is really wierd. I agree the trains have been very overcrowded lately. However, I came in on the 8:29 this morning, which is normally packed and it was empty. And not many people got in at HOP or... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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24-01-2008, 11:29 AM |
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Thread: Disruption to trains 28/1/08
Post: RE: Disruption to trains this morning
| Oh my. I managed to get on the 9:22 from Forest Hill. It was corwded, but fortunatly, it zipped right into London Bridge. ( I arrived at Forest Hill at 8:30). The thing that bothers me is, I checked w... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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28-01-2008, 02:31 PM |
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Thread: Disruption to trains 28/1/08
Post: RE: Disruption to trains this morning
| How was the Bath to Bristol Cattle Train this morning organized? |
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Elizabeth25 |
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28-01-2008, 03:12 PM |
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Thread: Disruption to trains 28/1/08
Post: RE: Disruption to trains this morning
| Can we have a thread marked 'Cycle/scooter smugness' where people can post all day about how great their cycle into work is. And leave the train whinging threads to people who are frightened about bec... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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28-01-2008, 04:01 PM |
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Thread: Did anyone here go to school in Forest Hill or HOP
Post: RE: Did anyone here go to school in forest hill or...
| You guys should put in the dates you attended to compare eras.
To be honest, I have probably have a different view on the way school children behave in Forest Hill, being an American. A couple of ... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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29-01-2008, 05:16 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge
| That's great! Can we get these printed up? and posted all over the station? Does anyone know any cheap and sympathic printers? |
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Elizabeth25 |
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30-01-2008, 02:35 PM |
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Thread: Did anyone here go to school in Forest Hill or HOP
Post: RE: Did anyone here go to school in forest hill or...
| Wow, Peter Walsh sounds like a tremendous guy. Maybe we should have a 'SE23 Stars' thread naming all the unsung heroes of our community? |
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Elizabeth25 |
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31-01-2008, 01:05 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park Rail Station
Post: RE: Honor Oak Station Coffee Shop
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I think that this forum should praise good local services where appropriate and deserved.
I have got to say - ?Andy? the owner of the Coffee shop at HOP station (despite being an... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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16-02-2008, 03:35 PM |
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Thread: Nice roads on the east side of the tracks?
Post: RE: Nice roads on the east side of the tracks?
| From another Shipman Rd Resident--Shipman Rd Rules! ;-) |
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Elizabeth25 |
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28-03-2008, 02:35 PM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Overcrowding on Trains to London Bridge
| I often get the 1805 from London Bridge. I hate it as well, because they tend to announce the platform at 1804 (accually that is early for the 1805.)
However, I noticed, that if you go to Southern'... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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04-02-2008, 03:30 PM |
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Thread: Nice roads on the east side of the tracks?
Post: RE: nice roads on the east side of the tracks?
| I live in Shipman Rd. And it is very nice, friendly and quiet. To be honest the only trouble we have ever had on the street in my five years living there was a group of kids on their bikes too late at... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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03-03-2008, 11:03 AM |
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Thread: Nice roads on the east side of the tracks?
Post: RE: Nice roads on the east side of the tracks?
| What does your dog look like again? |
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Elizabeth25 |
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28-03-2008, 06:51 PM |
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Thread: Travelling from FH to Paddington
Post: RE: Quick question about trains to London Bridge a...
| More realistically. Whenever I have had to go to Paddington from Forest Hill it has taken over an hour. Sometimes TFL gives times that relate more to 'how the crow flies' than a real journey.
We u... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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03-04-2008, 03:52 PM |
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Thread: Bridge or Underpass?
Post: RE: Bridge or Underpass?
| I live on the east side of the tracks. But when I need to go west after getting off a train, I tend to use the underpass. It seems quicker to me. There tends to be a line to get on the bridge. And I t... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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23-04-2008, 02:05 PM |
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Thread: Sunderland Road/Shipman Road footpath
Post: RE: Sunderland Road/Shipman Road footpath
| Yes, well done to the people that now live in the corner house. It is such as small thing, that little triangle of path, but it does make a huge difference.
thank you! |
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Elizabeth25 |
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10-11-2008, 01:06 PM |
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Thread: Mayow Park
Post: RE: Mayow Park.
| I'd consider Mayow park both SE23/SE26. It runs along Dacas Rd, which says SE23 |
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Elizabeth25 |
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06-05-2008, 01:00 PM |
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Thread: Trains Tuesday night
Post: RE: Trains Tuesday night
| I don't know either, but I was on the 6:51 from London Bridge last night, and we stopped at Honor Oak Park, because of 'problems' at Forest Hill. I ended up walking home from HOP, but never got a word... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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07-05-2008, 09:55 AM |
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Thread: Which Side of the track has more people
Post: RE: Which Side of the track has more people
| Then again, Perry Vale has a rehersal studio for bands--which has some pertty fashionable young people coming out of it. And we have a funky little antique store. There are also some little funny anti... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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08-05-2008, 02:11 PM |
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Thread: Accident with Skip on Perry Rise
Post: RE: Nasty bus accident on Perry Vale (Bus vs skip)
| I hope no one was hurt. A lot of old people that that bus to Bell Green Sainsbury's |
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Elizabeth25 |
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12-05-2008, 04:29 PM |
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Thread: What are the nicest streets in HOP?
Post: RE: What are the nicest streets in HOP?
| Yes, outside of living directly on the A205 underneath the railway bridge, you really can't go wrong with many streets in FH or HOP. I would recomend Shipman Rd. However, I don't think there are any F... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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14-05-2008, 12:06 PM |
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Thread: What are the nicest streets in HOP?
Post: RE: What are the nicest streets in HOP?
| Ray guns at the HOP/OTH? Oh no JK, peace to all. :cool: |
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Elizabeth25 |
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15-05-2008, 03:25 PM |
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Thread: Conservation area breaches
Post: RE: Conservation area breaches
| You can take my satellite dish from my cold dead hands. :laugh: |
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Elizabeth25 |
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17-05-2008, 10:40 AM |
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Thread: Perry Vale ex-Threshers site
Post: RE: Perry Vale ex-Threshers site
| We were told by the manager that someone else had bought the store and was planning on opening up an 'off-license.' Whether that is a wine shop or not (or even if it is true) I am not sure. That parad... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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19-05-2008, 03:05 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale ex-Threshers site
Post: RE: Perry Vale ex-Threshers site
| Ah, but the Dulwich Majestic will still deliver to our side of SE23. Phew.... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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20-05-2008, 09:25 AM |
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Thread: Water Supply Problems
Post: RE: Water problems ie. I've got none
| Have you checked that you haven't accidently turned off the water under the taps? It should be a blue lever thing. |
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Elizabeth25 |
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20-05-2008, 02:32 PM |
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Thread: Does Perry Vale need a coffee shop?
Post: RE: New Furniture Shop on Perry Vale
| You could get foot traffic from Platform 2 for a patisserie/bakery/coffee shop. Also the new block of flats they are putting up would also add traffic. I would make sure you put a BIG SIGN up outside ... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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29-05-2008, 12:22 PM |
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Thread: New Furniture Shop on Perry Vale
Post: RE: New Furniture Shop on Perry Vale
| The 'heart' of Forest Hill is on the Perry Vale side! Way-hey. I feel a 'Horniman-side' vs Perry Vale side fight brewin' |
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Elizabeth25 |
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31-05-2008, 10:12 AM |
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Thread: Thank you, anonymous street cleaner
Post: RE: thank you, anonymous street cleaner
| Is he the old man who tends to wear earphones? He is very sweet. I always nod hello when I pass him in the morning on Siddons Rd. |
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Elizabeth25 |
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05-06-2008, 03:15 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues
Post: RE: Perryvale diversion.. whats wrong with people.
| Is there anyway access can be blocked completely to drivers, driving the wrong way? As we have seen, signs are just not enough. |
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Elizabeth25 |
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11-06-2008, 11:13 AM |
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Thread: Intimidating kids hanging around
Post: RE: Intimidating kids hanging around
| I was expecting the kids to be arrested. When you have 20 to 30 (yes!) teenagers riding around on their bikes, playing music and yelling and screaming, at 1:00 am, in the summer when everyones' window... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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12-06-2008, 09:14 AM |
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Thread: Intimidating kids hanging around
Post: RE: Intimidating kids hanging around
| I meant to say I WASN'T expecting these kids to be arrested. I hit reply too fast.
I was just a little annoyed. I wonder if the last poster has ever been woken up in the middle of the night by str... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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12-06-2008, 09:15 AM |
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Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues
Post: RE: Perryvale diversion.. whats wrong with people.
| Oh dear God! The road is closed now. Stop arguing. It will reopen soon enough, with its electric mix of carefull pedestricans and jaywalkers, its boy racers and sunday drivers, its eco-friendly cyclis... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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13-06-2008, 04:02 PM |
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Thread: Intimidating kids hanging around
Post: RE: Intimidating kids hanging around
| 101 is a great idea. A couple of summers ago, when it was really hot. There used to be a large group of kids who hung out on their bikes on our street from between midnight and 2:00 am.
Again, they... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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11-06-2008, 05:17 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale - Road Issues
Post: RE: Perryvale diversion.. whats wrong with people.
| I am glad the road is closing sooner rather than later.
Last night, my husband was walking home from the station at 8:00 pm and yelled at a black SUV that he was driving the wrong way up Perry Val... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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13-06-2008, 09:44 AM |
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Thread: Spreading the word
Post: RE: Spreading the word
| To be honest with you, I can't rmember how I came across SE23.com? I know I found the towntalk site first.
A T-Shirt would be fun. Good idea.
I remember telling a friend of mine a few years ag... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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17-06-2008, 02:02 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Ticket Barriers at FH Station
| Last night at 6:20 pm, the platform 2 gate was closed. Leaving two families with babies and pushchairs wondering what to do.
Luckily they were with a small group and waited for most of the rush to... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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18-06-2008, 09:59 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Ticket Barriers and Gates at FH Station
| I missed yesterday because I was meeting some friends in the Soho for a drink. So I got back to Forest Hill at 9:00 pm.
The point of this post?--the Platform 2 gate was OPEN! :thumbsup:
Was the... |
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Elizabeth25 |
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19-07-2008, 12:20 PM |
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Thread: Mayow Park
Post: Mayo Park--climbing frame burnt down.
| Does anyone know who or how the climbing frame in the children's park in Mayo Park burnt down? |
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Elizabeth25 |
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28-07-2008, 09:58 AM |
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