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Thread: The Hob Closed
Post: RE: The Hob
| I went in on Thursday night and had an excellent pint of Brixton Effra and liked the atmos a lot. I'll be going back. Good luck to the team. |
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12-10-2015, 03:44 PM |
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Thread: Drain smell in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Drain smell in Forest Hill
| It is ammonia - used in preference to salt because it's less corrosive. |
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06-01-2015, 08:19 PM |
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Thread: Are there badgers in Forest Hill?
Post: RE: Are there badgers in Forest Hill?
| I've never seen one around, but then I've never seen a live tuna either, so they might still exist...
Seems unlikely given the density of people, dogs and cars, but not impossible. |
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09-07-2014, 05:52 PM |
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Thread: No Overground or Rail this Weekend
Post: RE: No Overground or Rail this Weekend
| The TFL planner suggested the P4 to Ladywell, connecting for fast trains to London Bridge and Charing X this weekend, which worked really well, except they are only every 30 mins. |
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13-05-2014, 05:13 PM |
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Thread: I found a round
Post: RE: I found a round
| Had a good dig (they let me do this!) in the next drain, but nothing interesting found. |
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25-04-2014, 12:54 PM |
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Thread: I found a round
Post: RE: I found a round
| They took it away - an armourer has tools for opening cartridges etc without risk of the thing going off. |
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22-04-2014, 04:38 PM |
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Thread: I found a round
Post: I found a round
| Cleaning out a blocked drain last weekend, I found what looked like a live handgun round in the bottom on the catch pit.
The drain which takes waste from various sinks and kitchen equipment is onl... |
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22-04-2014, 04:02 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill is officially a hot spot...
Post: Forest Hill is officially a hot spot...
| Thanks to the Ginger Line:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/cities/10695162/London-property-the-rise-of-the-Overgrounders.html |
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14-03-2014, 03:36 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| That's because we go in the pool! :-O |
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06-02-2014, 04:36 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| I agree with a lot of the comments above. With the recent wet weather, on my last trip I appeared from getting changed to find a large group of kids and adults wandering about from the poolside toilet... |
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05-02-2014, 08:51 PM |
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Thread: Traffic made worse at junction of Forest Hill Road, Canonbie Road and Wood Vale?
Post: RE: Traffic made worse?
| I agree it's pretty bad - I waited for ages to cross the road there recently because of an unbroken procession of cars running from the lights at the Wood Vale/Honor Oak Road junction running all the ... |
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13-01-2014, 01:17 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill traffic
Post: RE: Forest Hill traffic
| I agree its been bonkers this week. I allowed an hour and 15 mins to drive from Epsom to Forest Hill on Thurs, and it took nearly that to get to FH from Crystal Palace - nearly an hour late to pick up... |
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30-11-2013, 10:46 PM |
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Thread: Big Spiderwebs in The Capitol.
Post: RE: Big Spiderwebs in The Capitol.
| My daughter has adopted one in our garage. I was fairly disinterested until she introduced me. It's the size of a small cat and being 'dad' did my best not to scream. She seems to like it, but has bee... |
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24-09-2013, 06:17 PM |
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Thread: Water Filters
Post: RE: Water Filters
| Hi - I have a Franke Tri-Flow tap and filter and it seems to work well. The filter is ceramic and charcoal and seems to make a good cup of tea which is the main point! The filters are about £40 each.
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02-05-2013, 06:50 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Primary in the News
Post: Horniman Primary in the News
| Nice story in the Guardian - well done to everyone involved.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/zurich-school-competition/horniman-primary-pedal-power-static-bikes |
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16-04-2013, 12:22 PM |
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Thread: Nice Sunday Drives To The Countryside
Post: RE: Nice Sunday Drives To The Countryside
| Think most of the other posts cover it. Our eldest is now 6 and we have a 2-yr old too, so have explored A LOT of options!
The National Trust and English Heritage websites (and apps) are pretty goo... |
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26-01-2013, 11:45 PM |
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Thread: Driving Forest Hill to Hounslow
Post: RE: Driving Forest Hill to Hounslow
| If you've got an option try to go early. I often get a taxi to Heathrow and it takes less than 45mins... if you leave at 5.15! It not too bad if you leave at 6, but any time after that, especially onc... |
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15-11-2012, 08:30 PM |
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Thread: Home burglaries
Post: RE: Home burglaries
| There have been a couple of attempts in Westwood Park recently - targeting empty houses during the day, by simply kicking in front doors. If they are only secured with a Yale and especially if there i... |
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15-11-2012, 08:27 PM |
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Thread: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
Post: RE: New Lamp Posts/Street Lights
| The installation around the Tewkesbury Lodge estate seems to be going well - much better lighting. This might be a function of there being fewer big trees than other roads, and the old lights were poo... |
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12-10-2012, 05:05 PM |
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Thread: Olympic bell-ringing: Friday 27 July 2012
Post: RE: Olympic bell-ringing: Friday 27 July 2012
| The family and I beat merry hell out of the new Horniman tubular bells. There were a few people there straining to hear any others. Think we heard a cannon and some very faint tolling I guess from Big... |
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27-07-2012, 01:38 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application
| The Jerk Cook-Out was a bit of red herring (does that metaphor work?) in that the event was unticketed and had more reach and was more popular than expected or planned.
The vast majority of visitor... |
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23-03-2012, 12:54 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| My reflections on the meeting are:
- It was a good day for democracy in the sense of there being a good turn out. There is nothing worse than apathy. I agree with an earlier poster that the time of... |
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09-03-2012, 02:49 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| Orange - I don't think there is any question of the councillors having made a mistake in granting planning permission - if that is your assertion. They simply took a balance of view of the benefits of... |
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08-03-2012, 04:48 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| Ummango - I agree it is tempting, looking at these posts, to conclude that the Tewkesbury Lodge estate is full of unpleasant individuals.
It is inescapable that the committee (or certain individual... |
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07-03-2012, 06:21 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| To avoid any confusion, as part of the planning application review, the local authority sent officers to the address to check the objectors claims of noise and traffic nuisance, and found both to be n... |
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06-03-2012, 02:55 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| It's a constitutional power of the TLERA committee "to promote civic pride in the area of benefit".
The manner in which this case has been pursued has been counter-productive: aspects of their beh... |
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05-03-2012, 06:31 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| I don't understand why the committee has adopted such a confrontational stance. The SGM is great opportunity for the executive to understand the consensus view from the membership (people surely?) and... |
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02-03-2012, 11:32 PM |
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Thread: New building at the Horniman
Post: RE: New building at the Horniman
| I've seen it called the pavilion or interpretation centre for school groups and events.
See http://www.horniman.ac.uk/get_involved/project-update |
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27-02-2012, 12:38 AM |
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Thread: Incident in Stanstead Road 19-02-2012
Post: RE: Police in Stanstead Road
| Like everyone else, I don't have the full facts - but nothing has come to light so far that suggests this is anything other than a justified use of force by the police.
We recently had a aggravate... |
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25-02-2012, 09:48 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| Roz,
Loved your link. The blog claims:
[color=#0000FF]"We are differing voices who come together under one banner – that of liberty.
We are political and apolitical – some belong to parties, ... |
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24-02-2012, 11:41 AM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| DaveL,
Really disappointed with the delays in arranging an SGM, given the need has been obvious through the content of this forum since January at least.
To hide behind the bureaucracy, 'a valid... |
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23-02-2012, 03:23 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| Roz, absolutely with you on this.
It seems to me that the committee is pursuing a minority interest in the name of the Association when many members are opposed to the action.
I am very concern... |
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23-02-2012, 11:09 AM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| I think it's in everyone's interests to get the meeting arranged as soon as possible to enable the committee to explain it's actions, and the members to air their views for and against, and hopefully ... |
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12-02-2012, 09:42 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| Saddened - from a planning point of view, as far as I know, Piplings have done nothing wrong. They applied for permission when required, and it was duly granted. When the nursery was smaller, there wa... |
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08-02-2012, 01:27 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| I'm in a similar place to Jason - I've lived in the estate for 8 years and been a member of TLERA for that time. Generally found it to be a force for the good, particularly when it is creating a real ... |
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07-02-2012, 09:52 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| My view is the meeting should be used to poll opinion in the membership, based on balanced representations from both the nursery and its objectors. The Association should then base its plan of action ... |
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07-02-2012, 11:25 AM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| Much is made of the number of objectors to the nursery's planning application - the suggestion being that these were individuals. In fact the objections were encouraged by a door to door campaign by t... |
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06-02-2012, 05:21 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| I think the balance of support and objectors to the nursery in the estate can only be ascertained by a meeting. So the sooner the better. The delay I refer to is the insistence on a signed letter with... |
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04-02-2012, 01:54 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| Saddened - my basic problem with the action of the association is that it should take into account the interests of all members - not just the few objectors to the proposal. The estate is family frien... |
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04-02-2012, 12:03 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| Just to emphasise - I have no interest in the nursery, other than being a resident on the same estate - but the OFSTED report speaks for itself and illustrates why such a facility should be welcomed. ... |
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02-02-2012, 07:37 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| Orange - How have you decided that the property is inappropriate? Have you read the OFSTED report? It's one of the best I've seen. Hence the reaction of the parents being forced to seek other arrangem... |
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02-02-2012, 06:57 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| The 200+ signatures on the Piplings petition indicate the scale of support for the nursery. My wife has sent a request for an extraordinary meeting to the TLERA chair. I hope the meeting will promptly... |
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02-02-2012, 04:36 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Primary - disappointing league tables
Post: RE: Horniman Primary - disappointing league tables
| Thanks Satchers - I remember the report now. Just to reflect the comments above, Horniman's is a much loved school, and everything I have seen on this forum has been supportive. |
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02-02-2012, 02:41 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Primary - disappointing league tables
Post: RE: Horniman Primary - disappointing league tables
| Satchers - I know this forum shouldn't become the primary mode of communication between governors and parents, but it would be great if you could bring out the main points of the report here. |
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31-01-2012, 07:09 PM |
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Thread: Tewkesbury Ave Mon 30/1/12
Post: RE: Tewkesbury Ave last night
| I'm on Westwood Park and my wife heard a burglar with at least two officers in hot pursuit. Looking out later it seems one jumped down from Tewks Av and ran through our back garden and OVER the pitche... |
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31-01-2012, 07:03 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| If the essence of the case is an objection to the noise nuisance associated with the nursery, and the nursery is operating, can't the case be settled simply by carrying out a noise survey at the neigh... |
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31-01-2012, 06:57 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| There is a fundamental question here about the role of the TLERA: is it to constrain the estate to being a unwelcoming, dull and silent museum, where children and their activities are frowned upon, or... |
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30-01-2012, 07:45 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| The obvious weakness in your justification for supporting the objectors to the nursery, is that the TLERA should represent the interests of all members, not necessarily the minority that chooses to ob... |
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26-01-2012, 04:44 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| I am a member of the TLERA, and would like to attend such a meeting. As I mentioned above, I applaud much of the work of the association, but I think this narrow-minded action is misguided and I suspe... |
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25-01-2012, 06:30 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...
| I applaud a lot of the work of the TLRA, but if the details on this forum can be trusted, they are very wide of the mark here, if indeed the action is sanctioned by the whole group rather than a few i... |
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