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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| No, not derelict at all... Looking forward to seeing how Louise House develops over the next year....
http://www.foresthillsociety.com/2015/03/funding-awarded-for-improvements-in.html |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| PVP - the short answer is ELL will be miles quicker (and less hassle) if you work around Liverpool St. If you think about how long it takes to get out of LB in the morning, wait for the bus (which is ... |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| I am very concerned about the Forest Hill Society suggestion that ELL trains should be cut to accomodate the continuation of overground services. Please be aware that the FHS certainly DOES NOT repres... |
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20-10-2009, 09:54 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak
| Michael, how do you know that Shoreditch (ie CITY!)-bound commuters from Forest Hill is 'not a huge number of people' ? Can you enlighten me of what definitive research you are using to make this clai... |
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26-11-2009, 10:01 AM |
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Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
| errrr....'the jubilee line is hardly close to most of the West End'..... where, exactly, do you think Bond St/Oxford St are then (i'm referring to Bond St station) if not the West End????!!!! Not exac... |
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21-04-2010, 02:17 PM |
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Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Fishmongers
| Yes, Moxon's are nearest and best i'd say, but a bit more of a trek is Soper's in Nunhead http://www.fcsoper.com/
I know Moxon's were looking at Forest Hill with a (very) speculative view to openin... |
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24-03-2013, 02:20 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post: RE: We should ban all dogs from the Horniman
| Guess what? The residents living around the triangle park certainly WOULD care if there was any serious chance of it being turned into a dog toilet I can assure you of that much..... |
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25-04-2008, 04:23 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post: RE: Horniman Museum and Gardens
| Gingernuts, i totally agree about relocating the event. It is a great day out for a huge number of people but unfortunately it can be pretty miserable for those of us living in the immediate vicinity ... |
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06-08-2009, 06:18 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post: RE: Horniman Museum and Gardens
| if you think that 23,000 people (that is the officially coroborated figure of attendees) descending on a small area with NO parking marshalls provided, police given no estimate of visitor numbers, and... |
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14-08-2009, 08:30 AM |
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Thread: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post: RE: Horniman Museum and Gardens
| totally agree scipio - and Roz, you absolutely hit the nail on the head with your post regarding the options open as the situation stands at the present time (in fact, thank you so much for all your p... |
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15-09-2009, 12:38 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post: RE: Horniman Museum and Gardens
| Hmmm, think you'll find that the Royal Parks are a little more stringent about requirements for large events held in their grounds!
see below (from their events guidelines doc):
"6. Local consulta... |
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15-09-2009, 02:07 PM |
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Thread: East London Line
Post: RE: East London Line
| I've just travelled back from Shoreditch High Street station on the London Overground, picking up a train to FH from NXG, and it took me exactly 24mins.
That felt freakishly quick given the time it n... |
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27-04-2010, 03:37 PM |
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Thread: The Capitol to close
Post: RE: Capitol to close
| Um, maybe a bit of an ironic joke re Tesco Express. I think you'll find it's another cafe about to open..... https://www.facebook.com/TheArchieParker?hc_location=timeline |
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04-07-2014, 12:03 PM |
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Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...
| OK it's a long time coming, but Lewisham ARE building new council homes http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/11036947.Work_starts_on_first_new_Lewisham_council_houses_for_30_years/
These people need s... |
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01-08-2014, 04:59 PM |
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Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...
| shaman, why don't you put these questions to Paul in person[/i]. Details of his surgery times etc here: http://councilmeetings.lewisham.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=1080 |
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26-08-2014, 02:04 PM |
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Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...
| Maja Hilton (Cllr for Forest Hill ward) has already posted here on the future of the Capitol (but i don't think cllrs will be able to extract much more information about that than is already out there... |
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31-07-2014, 02:37 PM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Brilliant new farmers' market in the Horniman ...
| .....do remember that we have some great shops (cheese, salami & fresh produce at Aga's deli and the best meat in London, IMO, at Nathan's Butchery) that are open all year round who could also do with... |
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23-10-2013, 12:26 PM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
| Is there any word yet on whether the market will become a permanent fixture after Christmas?
Not knowing what the arrangement is between the organisers and the Horniman, I think it is more a case of... |
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30-10-2013, 05:36 PM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
| Yes, well said Michael. I agree. I just don't think it's a simple problem to which the answer is 'Well, that's capitalism. Compete or die' especially when public money has been spent to encourage and ... |
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05-11-2013, 10:51 AM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
| I think you'll find that Forest Hill got it's big infrastructure push in the shape of the new swimming pool.... Can't see anything else happening any time soon in the current economic climate in relat... |
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20-11-2013, 11:44 AM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
| I'm not sure that this forum is always the most appropriate place to discuss matters that might be more efficiently communicated directly between the parties concerned (traders, stakeholders) so that ... |
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13-11-2013, 02:01 PM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
| I think Michael pretty much said it earlier in so much as a fishmonger or greengrocer setting up shop now is highly unlikely due to the duplication and undercutting capability of the market....rents, ... |
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19-11-2013, 10:31 AM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
| Well, i (and quite a few other people) think that it [i]would[/i] make it very difficult, going on my basic understanding of the economic realities of running a food shop. It wouldn't be a risk i'd wa... |
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19-11-2013, 11:11 AM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
| I would imagine it's just logic and understanding the flow of trade in the area which dictates Monday closing....if you speak to any of the shop-owners they'll probably tell you that it really does no... |
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26-11-2013, 07:08 PM |
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Thread: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
| I know it's not a stated aim, but is there an expectation that these 'improvements' will decrease the volume of traffic using Dartmouth Road,? If so, where do people think all those extra Sth Circular... |
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15-01-2016, 02:12 PM |
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Thread: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
| Thanks Anotherjohn. I hope you are right about it being about improving flow of vehicles rather than discouraging traffic as much as possible...
I think i'd like to see a proper traffic flow study ... |
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15-01-2016, 03:02 PM |
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Thread: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
| You're certainly right there, Michael!
I agree that parking is the main problem in terms of how traffic moves along the road at the moment, but i would still like to see some more detail and a wide... |
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15-01-2016, 03:20 PM |
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Thread: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
| "A 'one stop pedestrian crossing' at the station would presumably slow it down even further."
Yes it would, and no-one, including Cllrs, seems to be addressing the valid question (raised in the con... |
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25-03-2016, 09:34 AM |
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Thread: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
| Yes, i understand that P1971, but those of us living a bit further up the hill are concerned that the effects of the traffic management on Dartmouth Road will inevitably push traffic attempting to rea... |
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25-03-2016, 10:35 AM |
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Thread: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Highway improvements to Dartmouth Road
| BUT...
"Can anyone explain the benefits of this project?"
A good question that deserves repeating.... |
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29-03-2016, 09:46 AM |
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Thread: Cuts to Lewisham Hospital A&E
Post: RE: Lewisham Hospital A&E to close?
| Yep, i got that email today too. I'm chipping in a few quid. This is a fight worth having. |
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08-02-2013, 10:17 PM |
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Thread: Cuts to Lewisham Hospital A&E
Post: RE: Lewisham Hospital A&E to close?
| I thought exactly the same, re: security (especially as there is a surcharge for credit cards which i'd normally use online) but if you scroll across when you get to the 'pay online' page there is a t... |
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10-02-2013, 12:12 PM |
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Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: Italian Deli on Dartmouth Road
| Weren't they going to open a pizza restaurant rather than a deli? I wonder why they changed their minds....? Maybe it was easier to aggressively try to undercut (with distinctly inferior quality produ... |
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22-07-2015, 10:03 AM |
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Thread: Life in SE23 - Shops
Post: RE: From the Forest closed
| ...the 'original tenant' needs to sh*t or get off the pot, and the landlord needs to develop a bit more of a sense of civic duty, eh?!
(apologies for the coarse analogy) |
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19-02-2016, 03:07 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Triangle Play Park
Post: RE: Horniman Triangle Play Park
| I'm presuming (possibly incorrectly) that the cafe people are in some way responsible for cleaning/management contract? Was this discussed at all? Can cllrs (or anyone else) enlighten as to the long t... |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
| Eco Communities now runs the other libraries so i presume it is the same organisation that the Council are referring to with reference to outsourcing the running of FH library...
https://localgiving... |
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20-10-2015, 11:22 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
| An article from the Newsshopper from earlier this year gives a pretty good picture of the reasons behind this, so i don't quite know why anyone is surprised.
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/1179660... |
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05-09-2015, 06:21 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library
| In their defence, the Council did do an open 'Set The Budget' challenge last year when everyone in the borough could basically put forward their ideas and preferences for how drastic savings (as a res... |
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19-10-2015, 11:07 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
| "The cuts are surely not a surprise to anyone are they? Lewisham have been telling us about them all year and ran a long consultation exercise where they asked us to go onto a modeller and choose were... |
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13-12-2015, 01:33 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
Post: RE: Forest Hill Library - Proposed Cut to Funding
| P1971, a well said and painfully relevant question at the start of your last post....
In light of that question, if anyone is still in any doubt, the amount of cuts Lewisham are being forced/are c... |
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11-12-2015, 10:25 AM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: "The People's Post Office" - FH - really?!
| [quote=roz]
I have to say that early concerns have not materialised, but then it hasn't been busy when I was in. I am pleased to see that the staff have a better attitude to customers than the previ... |
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19-02-2008, 03:37 PM |
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Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
Post: RE: Launderette closing
| Out of interest, does anyone know if it is Pedders that are trying to move into this unit?? If so, i wonder if they are planning to give up the corner unit that they occupy now on London Road if they ... |
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19-03-2013, 01:09 PM |
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Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
Post: RE: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
| Looking at Michaels comment above, surely this decision is in favour of retaining A1 use as opposed to changing it to A2 which would have allowed the unit to be taken out of retail use, so to speak?? ... |
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21-06-2013, 10:06 AM |
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Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
Post: RE: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
| Errrm, new (AMAZING) butchers, new deli, new pools, new cafes Portas pop-ups, FHS monthly market....i could go on.... I'm amazed at how much better the area looks and feels and that seems to have all ... |
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21-06-2013, 12:12 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pool
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool
| [quote=nevermodern]
Just a note - if my memory is correct, the result of the consultation proces was most people indicated that they wanted new-build and NOT to retain the existing structures. Person... |
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Thread: Planning Application: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local?
Post: RE: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local
| Morrisons are developing a model for their company based on expansion of convenience stores - this article is a little old but gives an insight into their plans and why they are doing what they are do... |
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14-07-2014, 08:45 AM |
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Thread: Planning Application: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local?
Post: RE: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local
| I think you've got it right, Baboonery. If you look at the range of opening hours for M Local stores it's generally 7am - 11pm (with a couple of exceptions that open at 6am) so i agree, the market the... |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Running for local Councillor
| Lewisham Council is indeed hamstrung and (apparently) unable to either resist the imposed cuts or think their way creatively round the current situation, so they are effectively the Tories lackeys at ... |
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02-01-2016, 12:17 PM |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Gentrification
| ha ha, you beat me to it, Robin Orton....!
[quote] It's the Tory party who help people that want to get on in life and be independent. [/quote]
Because life is a level playing field, isn't it??!... |
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04-01-2016, 10:16 AM |
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Thread: Gentrification
Post: RE: Gentrification
| Dunno why, but i can't help but think of this....
....'succeeding'....???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je1C95_8q8s
(well, it makes me laugh every time...) |
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