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Thread: Work at 82 Brockley Rise/former site of Tai Wu restaurant
Post: RE: Work at 82 Brockley Rise/former site of Tai Wu...
| There was an application in 2012 for change of use from a restaurant to a chiropractic clinic: http://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=_LEWIS... |
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31-03-2014, 10:44 AM |
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Thread: Jordon (St. Davids) wins on BBC2!
Post: RE: Jordon (St. Davids) wins on BBC2!
| Here's a link to the programme on BBC iPlayer:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03tcc6f/The_Great_Interior_Design_Challenge_Regency_Brighton/ |
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30-01-2014, 11:39 AM |
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Thread: Noisy Energie Gym
Post: RE: Noisy �nergie Gym
| This government [url=https://www.gov.uk/how-to-resolve-neighbour-disputes/overview]webpage[/url] gives advice on resolving neighbour disputes.
It advises that you contact the neighbour first to t... |
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28-01-2014, 01:25 PM |
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Thread: Jim Dowd hits the headlines
Post: RE: Jim Dowd hits the headlines
| Someone has already updated the offended company's Wikipedia entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henderson's_Relish |
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22-01-2014, 11:03 PM |
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Thread: New coffee shop in Forest Hill
Post: RE: New coffee shop in Forest Hill
| I hadn't realised it was now open and wouldn't have known if Michael hadn't posted about it. I only see that unit in the evenings when exiting the station from platform 2 and the shop is shut at that... |
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10-01-2014, 06:33 PM |
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Thread: Pedestrian crossings: London Road junction - railing removal
Post: Pedestrian crossings: London Road junction - raili...
| On Saturday I noticed some planning notifications on the pedestrian crossing opposite WH Smith. I think the proposals are to remove the railings on the pedestrian crossings (as TfL are doing elsewher... |
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07-01-2014, 02:59 PM |
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Thread: Postal Issues in SE23
Post: RE: Postal Issues in SE23
| We've had the same problem as BarCar on and off for a few years now: right house number, wrong road (a nearby road name beginning with the same letter). And not just at Christmas.
The first year w... |
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16-12-2013, 07:31 PM |
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Thread: Santa's Grotto (not for profit) opening 7th Dec at 55a Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Santa's Grotto (not for profit) opening 7th De...
| Can I politely suggest that you put a sign up somewhere on the front of the shop? I walked up Dartmouth Road this afternoon to have a look but walked past it without realising. I assume it is the wh... |
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08-12-2013, 12:41 AM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
| There is of course the weekly fish stall every Thursday morning in FH between WH Smiths and William Hill.
Sydenham is only one stop away on the train for easy access to the health food shop, butche... |
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19-11-2013, 01:11 PM |
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Thread: Lolos Patisserie closed
Post: RE: Lolos Patisserie closed
| Part of the unit (the one that ends on Siddons Road) did used to be a Post Office. The corner unit was a bakers. I'm not sure of the usage before that because I think there was a connecting door bet... |
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04-11-2013, 03:51 PM |
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Thread: Followed home from station
Post: RE: Followed home from station
| That's terrible. What sort of response have you had from the police? Have they offered you crime prevention advice, eg security chain on the front door etc? What action are they taking to identify ... |
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07-10-2013, 05:09 PM |
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Thread: Where did you live before you came to SE23?
Post: RE: Where did you live before you came to SE23?
| Price and location seem fine. It's in the residential roads between Stanstead Road and Perry Vale, so is quiet. Personally I wouldn't be keen to walk that far from a main road along residential stre... |
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19-09-2013, 12:01 PM |
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Thread: Crimewatch 12/9/13 - FH Station Staff Member Assaulted
Post: RE: Crimewatch tonight
| The clip and details about the incident have been removed from the BBC website. I wonder if that means a suspect has been identified or even arrested? Perhaps they have to remove the information if ... |
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13-09-2013, 11:56 AM |
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Thread: Windmill pub on Kirkdale closing?
Post: RE: Windmill pub on Kirkdale closing?
| Yes definitely Sainsburys. They currently have planning applications for new signage and installing an ATM. |
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25-08-2013, 08:51 PM |
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Thread: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
Post: RE: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
| There is a metal back-plate that I've noticed on some of the lamp posts, presumably to reduce the light shining into the house behind. Try contacting Skanska and ask for one to be attached to your la... |
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23-07-2013, 04:52 PM |
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Thread: Flower thief!
Post: RE: Flower thief!
| Report it to the Safer Neighbourhoods Team.
Are they stealing the whole flower plus stem, or just the head and petals? I wonder what they're doing with them - drying them for potpourri or wedding ... |
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27-06-2013, 06:52 PM |
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Thread: Devonshire Road Street Lighting Replacement
Post: RE: Devonshire Road Street Lighting Replacement
| From what I remember there is only one style of lamp post for conservation areas so it's just a generic style that doesn't reflect the style of the posts being replaced. I think they were going to li... |
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27-06-2013, 06:49 PM |
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Thread: British National Party March Sat 1st June
Post: RE: British National Party March Sat 1st June
| That Facebook link is now reporting that the police have banned the BNP march in Woolwich and have said it must take place in Whitehall. There's a link in the Facebook entry to a Met Police press rel... |
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30-05-2013, 06:17 PM |
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Thread: Watch out, watch out, there's a welly thief about
Post: RE: Watch out, watch out, there's a welly thief ab...
| If you have an enclosed porch the wellies may have been taken by someone delivering leaflets. A few years ago I happened to be in my hall when I heard the sound of something dropping through the lett... |
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24-05-2013, 05:03 PM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Local businesses
| Lolo's Patisserie: the sign on the door said closed for refurbishment. It's still got food display cabinets inside, plus new tables and chairs, so it's looks like they'll be aiming for more eat-in sa... |
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23-04-2013, 02:30 PM |
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Thread: Extension to 144 Woolstone Road
Post: RE: Extension to 144 Woolstone Road
| Yep, I know that one too. Haven't seen a planning application for it (and I have looked!). I've assumed the builder has chosen the size of the extensions to comply with 'permitted development rights... |
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19-04-2013, 05:07 PM |
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Thread: Friendly House on Woolstone Road
Post: RE: Friendly House on Woolstone Road
| Is it on the corner of Hurstbourne Road? I think it's just a private house. The planning application for the front walls/gates a few years ago listed it as residential. |
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19-04-2013, 02:22 PM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Local businesses
| [quote]Does any one know what the old gym total body fitness is going to be on davids road? Noticed quite a lot of work going on there, I'm Curious! [/quote]
There was a planning application in 200... |
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03-04-2013, 03:37 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| I walked through the subway earlier this morning and the graffiti has gone. The cladding is pristine white again (but for how long?). Reassuring to know that tagging can be removed so easily. |
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03-04-2013, 10:51 AM |
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Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
Post: RE: Launderette closing
| My understanding is that the laundrette is closing because the shop's owner can make a greater profit by leasing the unit to Pedders. It's not because the laundrette isn't viable (although possibly w... |
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22-03-2013, 11:50 AM |
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Thread: Normanton Street part of Perry Vale
Post: RE: Normanton Street part of Perry Vale
| And you won't be the only gay in that street either!
I'm not sure which little park you mean. At the top of Normanton is a Methodist church which has grounds that look like a park, but it's not a ... |
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21-03-2013, 12:30 PM |
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Thread: No trains: Sat 16 & Sun 17 March 2013
Post: No trains: Sat 16 & Sun 17 March 2013
| Engineering works between New Cross Gate and Norwood Junction this weekend, so no trains at all (neither Southern nor Overground). Bus replacement service calling all stations between London Bridge a... |
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14-03-2013, 04:03 PM |
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Thread: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
Post: RE: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
| Aren't they just being pollarded? They do it to those types of trees every few years. It leaves them looking odd but the branches do grow back. |
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10-01-2013, 03:13 PM |
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Thread: Perry Rise/Perry Hill Buses
Post: RE: Perry Rise/Perry Hill Buses
| Unless the 356 service has dramatically improved recently, I wouldn't trust it at all for punctuality. It's the only service I know that usually runs late, but occasionally catches you out by turning... |
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10-01-2013, 12:01 PM |
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Thread: Christmas trees - recycling
Post: RE: Christmas trees - recycling
| Some creative people in Brockley have a novel use for them:
http://brockleycentral.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/spiral-of-incline.html
Don't know who disposes of the trees afterward though. |
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09-01-2013, 06:09 PM |
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Thread: Christmas trees - recycling
Post: RE: Christmas trees - recycling
| [i]"From 28 December 2012 until 27 January 2013, Lewisham residents can take their unwanted real Christmas trees to any one of 12 designated recycling points. "[/i]
http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/myser... |
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09-01-2013, 05:43 PM |
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Thread: Perry Rise/Perry Hill Buses
Post: RE: Perry Rise/Perry Hill Buses
| I agree with rshdunlop, don't bother factoring in the 356 bus as part of your commute. Have you checked the distance to Sydenham station? From the junction of Perry Rise and Perry Hill it looks like... |
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08-01-2013, 12:05 PM |
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Thread: Another bank/identify theft scam, quite clever
Post: RE: Another bank/identify theft scam, quite clever
| I've known about the card scam for quite a while. I think it was on television recently too.
The 'found' gold-ring is a well known scam aimed at tourists in Paris (and possibly other cities). I... |
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29-11-2012, 12:17 PM |
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Thread: Screaming for help - how not to be mistaken for a fox
Post: Screaming for help - how not to be mistaken for a ...
| This might sound amusing but there was a serious incident at the weekend that got me thinking about it. We're now so used to hearing screaming foxes that it's possible to mis-identify a person scream... |
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19-11-2012, 07:10 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway
| No, it's not the 1950s, when people were made of stronger stuff and didn't have the sense of entitlement they have today.
Remember the old-fashioned style of pram? My mother used to push me arou... |
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16-11-2012, 06:37 PM |
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Thread: Overground: new timetable from December 2012
Post: Overground: new timetable from December 2012
| The Overground timetable from December 2012 is now online.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/6391.aspx
The good news is the Clapham Junction extension will be operating. The bad news is we'll... |
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15-11-2012, 05:17 PM |
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Thread: Old Midland Bank Site, Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Old Midland Bank Site, Dartmouth Road
| From what I've been told, someone who lives locally has owned it for years and either intends to use it, or is using it, but not for an enterprise that is open to the public. Which doesn't tell you m... |
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05-11-2012, 04:54 PM |
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Thread: Anyone lost a dog in Sunderland Rd area?
Post: Anyone lost a dog in Sunderland Rd area?
| There are notices up in Sunderland Road and the Shipman/Sunderland Road alley saying someone has found a small dog, and giving a phone number to contact.
There's also a poster in the town centre of... |
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30-10-2012, 11:38 AM |
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Thread: Cuts to Lewisham Hospital A&E
Post: RE: Lewisham A&E to close
| There's a difference between 'emergency care' and 'urgent care'. According to the [url=http://www.tsa.nhs.uk/glossary#Emergency_care]glossary[/url]:
[i]"[b]Emergency care[/b]: Treatment for medica... |
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29-10-2012, 06:37 PM |
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Thread: Cuts to Lewisham Hospital A&E
Post: RE: Lewisham A&E to close
| Press release now available here: http://www.tsa.nhs.uk/news/press-release-29-october-2012
Documents to download here: http://www.tsa.nhs.uk/document-downloads |
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29-10-2012, 02:49 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| Lewisham's Empty Homes Team should know how many empty properties have been reported to the council.
http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/planning/landandpremises/Pages/empty-properties.aspx
An... |
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23-10-2012, 11:23 AM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| Yesterday's news about the latest census was [b]not [/b]that there are 1.5 million people with second homes. There are 1.5 million people with second addresses:
"[i]More than 1.5 million people sa... |
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23-10-2012, 10:41 AM |
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Thread: Network rail bullies
Post: RE: Network rail bullies
| Having seen a skip-lorry reversing into the lane this morning, I assume he might have been told to move because his van was blocking access to the yard.
Given Network Rail's lack of interest in the... |
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19-10-2012, 10:39 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| The Official Opening of the new Forest Hill pools takes place tomorrow (Saturday 22 September), along with a day of entertainment and activities, plus offers from local shops as part of their 'Totally... |
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21-09-2012, 12:09 PM |
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Thread: Totally Locally Forest Hill
Post: RE: Totally Locally Forest Hill
| Doing the click-work so you don't have to:
A reminder that the Official Opening of the new Forest Hill pools takes place tomorrow (Saturday 22 September), along with a day of entertainment and acti... |
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21-09-2012, 12:00 PM |
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Thread: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
Post: RE: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
| One of the new lamp posts in my road has a metal plate attached underneath the lamp, presumably to reduce the light entering the upstairs windows of the houses behind. I don't know if the need for th... |
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18-09-2012, 04:13 PM |
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Thread: Landlords on the High Street
Post: RE: Landlords on the High Street
| In some instances, the reason the Council requires commercial units within a development is because the site was previously used commercially and the Council doesn't want to lose the potential for emp... |
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17-09-2012, 10:35 AM |
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Thread: This is London
Post: RE: This is London
| I thought it might an artwork on the wall of Havelock Walk, but no, it's somewhere far more well-known. How long has that picture been available? I don't remember it being up to date when I was tryi... |
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12-09-2012, 03:14 PM |
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Thread: Post Boxes Sealed
Post: RE: Post Boxes Sealed
| The one in Shipman Road near the corner shop had a sign saying it would be sealed until 11th (or might have been 12th) September. |
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07-09-2012, 04:58 PM |
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Thread: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
Post: RE: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
| I haven't been able to find a picture but apparently they have curved necks.
I have seen a review carried out in 2010 which reviewed the conservation areas to identify which streets would best ben... |
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