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Thread: Dacres Wood Nature Reserve, 16th March
Post: Dacres Wood Nature Reserve, 16th March
| Anyone interested in this rather special place is invited to meet up there Saturday March 16th at 11.00 for another Open Day / meeting of the new 'Friends of Dacres Wood'
Lots more about the reserv... |
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Thread: Feb 23rd: Have your say on Albion Millennium Green
Post: RE: Feb 23rd: Have your say on Albion Millennium G...
| OK - sorry about these last two posts using the new account I'd just set up for Friends of Mayow park purposes :blush: |
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Thread: Dog Activity Day - Mayow Park, Thursday 21 Feb
Post: Dog Activity Day - Mayow Park, Thursday 21 Feb
| Mayow Road, Sydenham SE26 4PA • 12 noon–3pm
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13-02-2013, 09:24 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| Not quite sure what your point is, BarCar ... do you have a view on whether you want more affordable housing? |
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12-02-2013, 07:19 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| Thanks for rejoining the discussion, Michael, and I'l try to avoid antagonising you [i]too [/i]much ... but I do think picking up someone writing in a popular newspaper for that sort of exaggeration i... |
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12-02-2013, 02:00 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| Good piece by [url=http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/ferdinand-mount-why-we-owe-it-to-our-children-to-build-build-build-8490095.html]Ferndinand Mount in the Standard[/url] last night, for inst... |
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12-02-2013, 10:11 AM |
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Thread: Public Consultation on Lewisham Planning Policy
Post: RE: Public Consultation on Lewisham Planning Polic...
| Here's a rather [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21406927]extreme instance of planned flexibility [/url]... |
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12-02-2013, 09:53 AM |
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Thread: Feb 23rd: Have your say on Albion Millennium Green
Post: Feb 23rd: Have your say on Albion Millennium Green
| Albion Millennium Green is a lovely little oasis of mixed open space and woodland where once there was a tennis club, along side the railway between Forest Hill and Sydenham, [url=https://maps.google.... |
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10-02-2013, 10:48 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| There was an interesting presentation at the FH Assembly last night from Lewisham's Head of Strategy about the Council's budget saving proposals. The question which struck me was whether proposals wh... |
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07-02-2013, 10:16 AM |
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Thread: Public Consultation on Lewisham Planning Policy
Post: RE: Public Consultation on Lewisham Planning Polic...
| Dear Mr Regan:
I would like to get involved in the Development Management Local Plan (DMLP) and help shape its content, but I cannot be at the meeting this evening.
I would like the DMLP to addr... |
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30-01-2013, 12:53 PM |
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Thread: Cuts to Lewisham Hospital A&E
Post: RE: Lewisham Hospital A&E to close?
| I was really disappointed by how the [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21209720]Today programme on Saturday handled [/url] this
[quote]0812 Sir Bruce Keogh, the former heart surgeon, said yesterday... |
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27-01-2013, 07:50 PM |
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Thread: Empty properties
Post: RE: Empty properties
| This [url=http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/100000-new-homes-will-be-built-in-disused-offices-8461605.html]story in the Standard[/url], about making it easier to convert unused office buildings to... |
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Tim Lund |
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22-01-2013, 11:43 PM |
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Thread: Empty properties
Post: RE: Empty properties
| I've been contacted by Lewisham officers to say that the issue of no emtpy homes being brought into use has been
[quote]investigated ... and Lewisham Council have ( over the period in ques... |
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20-01-2013, 02:05 PM |
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Thread: Empty properties
Post: Empty properties
| Rather than tag this onto that other thread, I thought I'd start another, albeit still related to housing, but referring back to [url=http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6985&pid=50748#pid507... |
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14-01-2013, 11:46 PM |
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Thread: Perry Vale Assembly Tues 15/1/13
Post: Perry Vale Assembly Tues 15/1/13
| [img]https://www.lewisham.gov.uk/getinvolved/localassemblies/PublishingImages/la_perryvale.jpg[/img]
7.00 to 9.00, Kilmorie School, Kilmorie Road
[quote]At this assembly the agenda will cover ma... |
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Tim Lund |
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12-01-2013, 11:22 AM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| [quote]It would have to be cast iron agreements though, with no 'greyhound' type mischief. [/quote]
Indeed, but it we should be careful in using words such as 'mischief'. Earlier [url=http://www.se... |
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11-01-2013, 04:54 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| [quote]Last year, The Daily Telegraph led a campaign called Hands Off Our Land urging the Government not to weaken protections for greenfield land amid proposals to “simplify” the planning system.[/qu... |
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10-01-2013, 08:47 AM |
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Thread: Fair pay for local councillors
Post: Fair pay for local councillors
| Some good questions are raised by [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20967913]this item on the news today[/url], covering a report from parliamentary Local Government Select Committee saying [... |
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10-01-2013, 08:31 AM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| From [url=http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/ian-birrell-we-must-make-it-easier-to-build-homes-in-london-8438474.html]this evening's Standard[/url]
[quote]the massed ranks of middle-class pr... |
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04-01-2013, 10:54 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| Did anyone else pick up on the [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20876934]news item this morning about a borough-wide scheme coming into force today in LB Newham[/url] requiring all private sector lan... |
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01-01-2013, 07:15 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| There's an interesting paper published recently by Prof Henry Overman of the LSE, entitled "[url=http://cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/download/cp382.pdf]The UK Housing Crises[/url]". His conclusion is simplicit... |
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24-12-2012, 10:17 PM |
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Thread: Public Consultation on Lewisham Planning Policy
Post: Public Consultation on Lewisham Planning Policy
| This should be important.
Apologies if I've missed correcting any garbling done by my scanner.
I can't post the public notice with this letter, but it's on the similar post I just did on [url=ht... |
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03-12-2012, 11:25 AM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| Today's Observer moves me to revisit this one
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02-12-2012, 05:43 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| [quote="lacb"][quote]I don't particularly think a local society should say where housing could go - if this is what you mean by 'direct the supply of housing', although what Michael has written on the... |
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13-11-2012, 08:18 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| [quote="Michael"]Does anybody else think this is a simple yes or no question?
Whether you do or not, it is not one I intend to continue debating with Tim for the reasons I have already mentioned. [/q... |
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13-11-2012, 07:56 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| [quote][quote]The Forest Hill Society was established in May 2006
a) to stimulate public interest and to promote civic pride in and around Forest Hill
b) to promote high standards of planning, ar... |
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13-11-2012, 07:48 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| [quote="lacb"]just comes across as more obfuscation.[/quote]
Sorry. The point is that there are economic consequences of limiting how high people can build houses, and this example includes estima... |
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13-11-2012, 04:29 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| [quote="lacb"]completely fair enough michael.[/quote]
Why? Would it also be thought "provocative" to draw Michael's attention to this piece in the latest Economist about [url=http://www.economist.... |
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13-11-2012, 11:04 AM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| And now let's look as the substance of Michael's lastest response.
Identifying these larg-ish in the area is welcome - I'd no idea about Brent Knoll School moving. But by the very fact of identifi... |
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09-11-2012, 09:48 AM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| After this one I commented on earlier in this thread:
[quote="Michael "]So according to your system rich people with lots of spare cash can choose whether or not to convert their homes into multipl... |
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09-11-2012, 08:55 AM |
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Thread: Keep calm and carry on
Post: Keep calm and carry on
| On [url=http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6324&pid=50979#pid50979]the Dominos pizza thread[/url]
[quote="Michael"]Some concerns were raised about Dominos expansion plans in the UK and the ... |
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08-11-2012, 07:58 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| [quote="lacb"]In the same week that it is announced that home owners should no longer be able to rely on rising house prices to help finance a mortage (see New Mortgage Rules 2014), it is proposed tha... |
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08-11-2012, 07:48 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| [quote]What is required is for amenity societies to focus on what is best for the current and future inhabitants of an area and to treat every planning application on its own merits. Where there are o... |
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08-11-2012, 07:41 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| Agreed. Questions about form of tenure are all side issues - it's more supply that is needed, whether owner occupied, private rented or social housing. The issue with local societies is whether they... |
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25-10-2012, 11:36 AM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| A piece on the [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9763000/9763396.stm]Today Programme[/url] just now
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The Financial Services Agency has said that It will be harder to get... |
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25-10-2012, 09:10 AM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| Michael
I've [url=http://sydenham.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8540]just posted a response[/url] to something you wrote on another STF thread of a recent thread I started there on second homes... |
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24-10-2012, 11:20 AM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| [quote="Michael"]Did anybody spot that the Talking Head reference? (Nothing but Towers)[/quote]
Not me. As is evident from my musical references, I never really got beyond the early '70s. I guess... |
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23-10-2012, 06:01 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| Michael makes several good points, and there is no challenging his command of detail on actual planning application in the area.
In particular, it is quite reasonable for him earlier on this thread... |
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22-10-2012, 05:32 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| [quote="Codrington Brill"]as Mr Lund is suggesting[/quote]
Thanks for the support - but it's Tim. Only "Mr" when Michael allows himself to be annoyed. |
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22-10-2012, 02:57 PM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| [quote="Michael"]So according to your system rich people with lots of spare cash can choose whether or not to convert their homes into multiple occupancy[/quote]
This is a typical cheap debating tr... |
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22-10-2012, 12:57 PM |
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Thread: Albion Millennium Green meeting, this evening
Post: Albion Millennium Green meeting, this evening
| We have a regular meeting this evening, 7.00 - 9.00 pm at the Community Room, Forest Hill Pools. This will be a chance to learn more about what we are doing, and make your contributions and suggestio... |
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22-10-2012, 11:48 AM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| Can any se23.com regulars tell me if there are ways to:
(1) edit out typos from posts which have been up more than 10 minutes? and
(2) post a youtube clip as such, rather than just a url? |
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22-10-2012, 10:42 AM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| (continued)
I suspect there is also a problem with the structure of the building industry - i.e. that there aren't any large, well run companies interested in doing such jobs in sufficient scale t... |
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22-10-2012, 10:23 AM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| We need more schools already - and they're what the CIL from new development should pay for. This issue is how we want our fellow citizens to live. |
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22-10-2012, 10:16 AM |
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Thread: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
Post: RE: Does FH Soc want more affordable houses?
| [quote="michael"]When you say you want existing residential land to be redeveloped do you mean that large amounts of existing housing across Forest Hill to be demolished and replaced with modern three... |
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22-10-2012, 10:08 AM |
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Thread: Get Griffin Off Twitter
Post: RE: Get Griffin Off Twitter
| [quote=" Poppy9560"]Britain has a proud tradition of free speech and tolerance. We are all entitled to our opinions and I loathe the BNP etc but they should be allowed to engage in reasoned debate. If... |
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20-10-2012, 06:33 PM |
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Thread: Get Griffin Off Twitter
Post: Get Griffin Off Twitter
| I just received an email asking me sign this [url=http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/get-griffin-nickgriffinmep-off-twitter-bangriffin]petition to get Twitter to ban Nick Griffin[/url]. The reason... |
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20-10-2012, 10:47 AM |
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Thread: The Blight of Allotments
Post: RE: The Blight of Allotments
| Sorry - that last post was from a mobile on the way back from an allotments training meeting in Bromley, and I'm not so great on posting links from my phone. So [url=http://sydenham.org.uk/forum/view... |
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17-10-2012, 09:21 PM |
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Thread: The Blight of Allotments
Post: RE: The Blight of Allotments
| And Michael, you're missed on the Sydenham Town Forum, where you might find I feel the same about the badger cull, but strictly for scientific reasons, not some foolish identification with or against ... |
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17-10-2012, 07:33 PM |
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Thread: The Blight of Allotments
Post: RE: The Blight of Allotments
| Allotment holders and other gardeners do generally follow official guidance, e.g. on what chemicals can be used, and I would unhesitatingly refrain from planting blight liable varieties if so guided w... |
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