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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: Children in Pubs
| [i][Split from 'Best Sunday Roast' -admin][/i]
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Been to The Dolphin a few times - food's great, and the beer's not bad (was Timothy Taylor the last time I was there IIRC an... |
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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: 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: 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: London Freewheel
Post: London Freewheel
| This fun event is happening this Sunday. It was terrific last year and the weather is lookign promising.
http://www.london.gov.uk/freewheel/
The options for SE23 are to join the Southwark guided... |
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18-09-2008, 03:07 PM |
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Thread: "Shelter 100 yards" on FH wall
Post: RE: A question for the historians amongst us
| I've never seen the Forest Hill signs, but on the road bridge over the railway at Ladywell there is a large painted sign saying 'Shelter for 400' (IIRC) and an arrow. I think the shelter may have been... |
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30-03-2008, 09:58 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Access to Forest Hill station
| I think I read in the Network Rail route strategy that Forest Hill is the 17th busiest on the London rail network, and yet Southern persists with providing substandard facilities. Lack of shelter, a s... |
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07-05-2008, 03:46 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: Arthur James Prior
Post: RE: Arthur James Prior
| I'm not an expert at all, but I do know that South London (including Forest Hill and Sydenham) was subject to airship raids during WWI - this sounds like one of the few credible ways your relative cou... |
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24-11-2009, 01:16 AM |
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Thread: Arthur James Prior
Post: RE: Arthur James Prior
| Search for 1915 airship raid:
1915 May 7th Following the sinking of the Lusitania, anti-German riots broke out across London and many shops owned by people with German-sounding names were attacked... |
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24-11-2009, 01:19 AM |
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Thread: Best Sunday roast?
Post: RE: Best Sunday roast?
| It's just out of area, but try a brisk walk to the Dolphin in Sydenham. Mayow Road, off Perry Vale, goes straight to it.
I went there this weekend and I couldn't fault it. Terrific roast beef, plen... |
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03-12-2007, 12:54 PM |
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Thread: Children in Pubs
Post: RE: Best Sunday roast?
| I hold my hand up to kicking this one off. I have a young daughter, but have been driven out of the Herne Tavern because it is sometimes/often a nightmare on Sundays with hoards of kids ransacking the... |
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04-12-2007, 07:41 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: Phoenix Works Building Site, Bird in Hand Mews
Post: RE: Crane collapse: Phoenix Works
| Hot topic for the Health & Safety Executive - there have been a rash of tower crane collapses recently. Big one at Battersea a year ago. Have a look @ http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/live.htm |
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13-12-2007, 07:38 PM |
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Thread: Damage to cars on Davids Road
Post: RE: Damage to cars on Davids Road
| I used to live on Davids Road and got my car side swiped damaging a couple of panels and the wing mirror, but never found the culprit. However I have seen car drivers (rat-running to the South Circula... |
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31-07-2011, 09:28 AM |
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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: 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: Eliot Bank School
Post: RE: Eliot bank school
| The owner of my nursery, who lives in Barry Road, sends her daughter there and rates it very highly, having withdrawn her from Goodrich. No special problem with Goodrich but she wasn't getting on with... |
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03-02-2009, 06:28 PM |
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Thread: Fairlawn / Horniman primary
Post: RE: Fairlawn / Horniman primary
| They are both great options, Fairlawn being outstanding and Horniman being good, according to Ofsted. The reports are worth a read. My daughter has just started at Horniman and loves it. Demand is hig... |
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26-09-2011, 12:45 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill in Bloom
Post: RE: Forest Hill in Bloom
| The station forecourt now looks better than it has ever done in the 14 years I have been in Forest Hill. Well done everyone who contributed - it makes a real difference. |
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20-04-2011, 11:24 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| I support Jacksprat re: demolition of the old building. I admit it is a generalisation, the 'keep it because it is old' mentality is one of the reasons London has third world infrastructure - because ... |
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20-07-2008, 08:01 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Steve - the 'keep it because it is old' was a mischievous quote, really, but my point is that the existing building doesn't warrant compromising the new one, and English Heritage agrees.
I agree wi... |
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21-07-2008, 06:10 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| To paraphrase the English Heritage report based on an inspection of the building in April 2005 "their architectural interest is limited in comparison to contemporary listed baths... ...it is not of su... |
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22-07-2008, 11:29 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Betrel - I agree with you that the Peckham pool is excellent, and well thought out to get a range of people using the facility. I would like to see a climbing wall for one - that would make a landmark... |
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23-07-2008, 03:49 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools
| Dare I say, I use the combined Memorial Library and Swimming Pool at Biggin Hill. It's good if you are headed to Kent at the weekend anyway, and is very new and clean. The kids love it. |
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20-11-2011, 03:34 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: 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 Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| Duncan,
It's a very positive move seeing your presence on this forum, as I'm sure that you can see that your passengers joining from Forest Hill are a far from satisfied lot.
Taking your 'think ... |
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Les |
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20-02-2009, 02:25 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: Helicopter in HOP
Post: RE: Helicopter in HOP
| I understand there was an alien abduction. The authorities are keeping it low profile, but needed to check the levels of residual radioactivity. |
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01-08-2011, 11:24 AM |
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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: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post: RE: Horniman animal enclosure to get walk-through
| Looks like a really nice development - hope the animals approve too. |
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16-12-2007, 12:33 AM |
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Thread: Horniman Gardens works
Post: RE: Horniman Gardens works
| I think the redevelopment project is fantastic for the Horniman and the local community, which stands to massively benefit from it - for free. I don't have too many complaints about a bit of disruptio... |
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15-04-2011, 02:10 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: Horniman Museum Entrance Closed
Post: RE: Horniman Museum Entrance Closed
| This was covered at the Friends of the Horniman AGM on 23rd June. The Horniman is facing very substantial cuts in its support from the Dept of Culture Media and Sport, so they are having to think crea... |
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21-07-2010, 06:08 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: 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 to charge for Aquarium
Post: RE: Horniman to charge for Aquarium
| http://www.horniman.ac.uk/images/new_uploads/horniman_financial_statement_2010.pdf
Have a look at the financial statement - the income from the trust has been hit from £50k to £6k as a result of th... |
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15-12-2010, 02:20 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: 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: Jim Dowd MP
Post: RE: Jim Dowd MP
| Interesting thread this one.
I read Jim Dowd election leaflet, in the honest quest for evidence to re-elect him, but found little or none. The theme appeared to be that Jim has served his constitue... |
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16-04-2010, 12:43 PM |
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Thread: Langton Rise Road Works
Post: RE: Langton Rise Road Works
| Hooking up sewerage to the new house built halfway up Langton Rise, next to the transformer.
The pipe runs very deep, but I'm surprised the contractor has been allowed to close the road completely ... |
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17-01-2011, 04:13 PM |
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Thread: Langton Rise Road Works
Post: RE: Langton Rise Road Works
| Wow that's really deep for a normal street sewer - I wonder if its a legacy of the railway line and bridge on Langton Rise i.e. the surface level has been built up since the sewer was constructed. |
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20-01-2011, 12:48 AM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Liphook Crescent planning application
| Can I add my support - I live on Westwood Park and take my daughter to a nursery in East Dulwich because of the lack of provision and the waiting lists in Forest Hill.
I think Liphook Crescent is ... |
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30-03-2010, 05:09 PM |
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Thread: Mugged on Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Mugged on Dartmouth Road
| About 18 months ago, I was subject to an attempted robbery walking from Honor Oak Park railway station to home. This was also a group of three teenage lads.
I was lucky because I kept my mobile, an... |
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26-07-2008, 11:11 PM |
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Thread: Mugged on Dartmouth Road
Post: RE: Mugged on Dartmouth Road
| Sorry - the search doesn't work - the thread was on the old forum. Les. |
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26-07-2008, 11:12 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: 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: 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: 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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