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Thread: Where are the gritters?
Post: RE: Where are the gritters today?
| Sorry
My last post should have said "Which other roads have had their PAVEMENTS treated?" |
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andrewr |
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03-12-2010, 08:30 PM |
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Thread: Where are the gritters?
Post: RE: Where are the gritters today?
| I've seen treated pavements on London Road (TfL's responsibility, not Lewisham's), but precious few elsewhere. Which other roads have been treated? |
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andrewr |
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03-12-2010, 06:53 PM |
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Thread: Postal delivery and refuse collections suspended?
Post: RE: Postal delivery and refuse collections suspend...
| Went to the SE23 sorting office today having had no post for several days and expecting some important deliveries. They said that there were no deliveries being made on many routes 'because it was to... |
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andrewr |
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03-12-2010, 06:51 PM |
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Thread: Pop Up Event
Post: RE: Pop Up Event
| Congratulations - Thanks for your efforts Hugh and Richard. Amazing what a couple of people can achieve in a short period. |
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andrewr |
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03-12-2010, 06:47 PM |
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Thread: Road closures in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Road closures this evening in Forest Hill
| Update and correction to my last post.
It was in February 2009, not this year, 2010, that 'Road Closed signs were first used.
I spotted Conway's putting out 'Road Closed' signs at around 7pm last ni... |
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andrewr |
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03-12-2010, 06:45 PM |
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Thread: Road closures in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Road closures this evening in Forest Hill
| I've lived in Netherby Road for 27 years and the first time the road has ever been 'officially' closed with signs was this year. Historically it, and Canonbie Road, have been high priority for gritti... |
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andrewr |
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02-12-2010, 07:30 PM |
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Thread: East London Line not running
Post: RE: East London Line not running
| Definitely the wrong sort of snow then:thumbdown::thumbdown: |
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andrewr |
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01-12-2010, 08:47 AM |
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Thread: Is it snowing heavily in FH/Sydenham
Post: RE: Is it snowing heavily in FH/Sydenham
| TfL reporting severe delays on the ELL due to adverse weather conditions. First test of the new trains in snow - maybe it's the wrong sort of snow! |
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andrewr |
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30-11-2010, 10:16 PM |
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Thread: Is it snowing heavily in FH/Sydenham
Post: RE: Is it snowing heavily in FH/Sydenham
| And trains from East Croydon to London Bridge aren't stopping until they reach NXG due to a "broken down Overground train at Sydenham". |
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andrewr |
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30-11-2010, 10:08 PM |
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Thread: Is it snowing heavily in FH/Sydenham
Post: RE: Is it snowing heavily in FH/Sydenham
| Southbound traffic appears to be stationary on Honor Oak Park... |
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andrewr |
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30-11-2010, 04:46 PM |
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Thread: Is it snowing heavily in FH/Sydenham
Post: RE: Is it snowing heavily in FH/Sydenham
| Snowing heavily at the moment. Total of around 3" where I am - Netherby Road. Traffic reported to be moving on the main roads when I heard about 45 minutes ago. Netherby Road looks to be barely pas... |
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andrewr |
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30-11-2010, 03:08 PM |
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Thread: Plane noise over Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Plane noise over Canonbie Road
| You can see exactly where planes inbound to Heathrow go using this link: [url=http://lhr.webtrak-lochard.com/template/index.html]here.[/url] You may have to download some software before it works, an... |
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andrewr |
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16-11-2010, 06:47 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
| Planning guidance on the impact of nurseries on local amenity in England is rather thin on the ground. However, the Planning Service for Northern Ireland has considered the issue in some depth and th... |
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andrewr |
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07-11-2010, 10:54 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
| The plans for the replacement staircases under the Overground Phase 3 works are well advanced. There is no possibility that they could be altered to include lifts. I don't think ramps are realistic ... |
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andrewr |
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07-11-2010, 10:43 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
| Definitely no plans to extend the station building at the moment. The official line on the three barriers is that as people replace their paper season tickets with ones on Oyster, the barriers will b... |
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andrewr |
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27-10-2010, 04:26 PM |
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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
| Presumably rbmartin was actually referring to yesterday morning in writing in the early hours. Otherwise there is a time machine in operation! |
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andrewr |
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20-10-2010, 08:57 AM |
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Thread: Getting to Bromley
Post: RE: Getting to Bromley
| If starting near Forest Hill or Honor Oak Park stations, the Penge West-Walk- Penge East connection surely has to be better for getting to Bromley than using the 194 bus for part of the journey? Timi... |
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andrewr |
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08-10-2010, 04:31 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
| I heard a bit more today about the works at Honor Oak Park Station from London Overground's Project Manager.
In order to replace the stairs on the footbridge, new temporary stairs on scaffolding ar... |
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andrewr |
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07-10-2010, 06:00 PM |
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Thread: Getting to Bromley
Post: RE: Getting to Bromley
| The TfL journey planner suggests the Penge East to Penge West connection for some journeys. On Oyster, it is regarded as an 'out of station interchange' and provided you don't take more than 25 minut... |
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andrewr |
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07-10-2010, 05:49 PM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| ... and still a bit of work going on around 1030. But hardly the sort of intensive activity that one might hope for when a major route is blocked.
Noise inconvenience to local residents is clear... |
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andrewr |
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01-10-2010, 11:34 AM |
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Thread: Jokes
Post: RE: Strange caller
| Try again!
"Knock knock"
"Qui est la?"
"Lost"
"Lost qui?"
"Oui" |
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andrewr |
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30-09-2010, 08:51 PM |
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Thread: Jokes
Post: RE: Strange caller
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andrewr |
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30-09-2010, 08:50 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
| Update on the platform raising suggestion. TfL passed my enquiry onto Network Rail. I've had a call from Network Rail saying that the idea is being investigated with the project team and they will l... |
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andrewr |
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30-09-2010, 08:47 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
| Good idea 'ontheedge'. I have fired off an enquiry about whether this can be done to TfL. The platform is being widened, it will soon be extended and needs to be resurfaced. This is the ideal time ... |
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andrewr |
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16-09-2010, 03:25 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
| I don't know when the staircase work will be carried out. The planning application gives no information about access to the platforms during the works - and at the moment, there is no alternative acc... |
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andrewr |
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15-09-2010, 03:24 PM |
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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
| Main News from LOROL relating to the ELL:
- The ELL is the best performing bit of the Overground Network with an 85% customer satisfaction rating.
- Apart from December 25/26, there are no planned c... |
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andrewr |
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15-09-2010, 02:35 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
| Details of the planned refurbishemnt to the staircases can be seen on the Lewisham Planning website [url=http://acolnet.lewisham.gov.uk/LEWIS-XSLPagesDC/acolnetcgi.exe?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeRe... |
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andrewr |
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15-09-2010, 02:15 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
Post: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
| Thought it was time for a new thread specifically on improvements to Honor Oak Park Station.
Overground management have told us (Forest Hill Society) that the 'Phase 3' works to upgrade Honor Oak P... |
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andrewr |
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15-09-2010, 01:20 PM |
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Thread: Honours
Post: RE: Honours
| Given that according to Wikipedia there are over 100,000 living members of the Order of the British Empire, it would be rather surprising if there weren't a good number living in SE23! |
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andrewr |
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13-09-2010, 12:20 PM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| I don't believe that temporary signage, such as the road closed and no entry signs in Perry Vale have any legal significance. They do not comply with the Traffic Sign Regulations and, I suspect have ... |
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andrewr |
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10-09-2010, 09:12 AM |
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Thread: Half house lofts.....
Post: RE: Half house lofts.....
| Sounds like a curious form of construction. I presume the house is a semi-detached. When was it built? |
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andrewr |
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26-08-2010, 10:37 PM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| Yep, I've always thought it would be fun to play with a digger on the South Circular! |
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andrewr |
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22-08-2010, 09:26 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park Rail Station
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Rail Station
| Honor Oak Park was scheduled for developement under the 'Railways for All' programme over the period 2012-2015. More details here: [url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/transportforyou/access/rail/rfa/]at[/url]... |
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andrewr |
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20-08-2010, 06:04 PM |
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Thread: South Circular closed
Post: RE: South Circular closed
| When I was in FH around 1045 this morning there didn't appear to be a green phase for (non-existent) traffic from London Road. The lights at FH station only appeared to be going red to allow pedestri... |
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andrewr |
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16-08-2010, 11:53 AM |
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Thread: Why is it called overground?
Post: RE: Why is it called overground?
| Brian
If the seats were turned round so you could look out of the window, knee room would be rather limited and it would be very difficult to get into the seats! Seriously though, the layout is inte... |
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andrewr |
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31-07-2010, 06:38 PM |
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Thread: Canonbie road
Post: RE: Canonbie road!!
| The Godfrey Edition reprint of the 1870 (survey date) OS map of Dulwich Village clearly shows Netherby Road and Canonbie Road but shows nothing in the Westwood Park area (other than some nearby field ... |
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andrewr |
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31-07-2010, 06:34 PM |
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Thread: Why is it called overground?
Post: RE: Why is it called overground?
| Not SELL because it also runs to North East London. Perhaps the SELLNELL? Anything so long as it doesn't become so crowded it becomes the line from 'ELL. |
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andrewr |
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31-07-2010, 05:57 PM |
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Thread: Warning attempted Burglary - Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Warning attempted Burglary - Honor Oak Park
| Burglars are active in the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate area. Two homes entered at night whilst residents at home. In one case a large front window was opened by reaching in through a small open window.... |
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andrewr |
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31-07-2010, 05:39 PM |
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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
| It looks like they have some significant problems with the a/c on the new ELL trains. TfL acknowledge that there have been complaints about it being too cold when the a/c is working, as well as it no... |
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andrewr |
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24-05-2010, 04:10 PM |
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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
| It seems the air conditioning on the ELL trains may not be able to cope with the wrong sort of weather - ie warm. On three of the four trains I travelled on yesterday (Sunday opening day), the a/c ha... |
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andrewr |
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24-05-2010, 02:20 PM |
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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
| It seems that we jumped to wrong conclusions in thinking all peak hour trains would be 8 coaches from May 23. I queried with Southern the fact that the 0750 from Forest Hill was 6 coaches and was tol... |
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andrewr |
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24-05-2010, 02:16 PM |
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Thread: Tewkesbury Lodge Garden Opening 29-30 May
Post: RE: Tewkesbury Lodge Garden Opening 29-30 May
| [size=medium][b]Longer Opening Hours![/b][/size]
Slight confusion about opening times. The gardens will be open from 5-9pm on Saturday and 1.30-6pm on Sunday and not as stated on the attachment to... |
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andrewr |
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21-05-2010, 12:03 PM |
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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
| I hear that at the moment you can't get on the Jubilee at Canada Water to head east during the morning rush hour due to over crowding. I guess that people wanting to go west will go to Canada Water i... |
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andrewr |
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19-05-2010, 05:58 PM |
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Thread: Parking fines in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Parking fines in Forest Hill
| Seems like a good time to remind people about the camera at the junction of Brockley Rise and the A205 Stanstead Road. Cut early into the bus lane to turn left into Brockley Rise and you are quite li... |
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andrewr |
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19-05-2010, 05:39 PM |
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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
| As previously posted, Southern's plan is to provide 10 coach trains on the Forest Hill - London Bridge Route by the end of 2011. Network Rail has a programme to extend the platforms by the same date ... |
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andrewr |
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19-05-2010, 05:04 PM |
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Thread: Tewkesbury Lodge Garden Opening 29-30 May
Post: Tewkesbury Lodge Garden Opening 29-30 May
| Tewkesbury Lodge Estate Garden Opening 2010
A group of five very different gardens will be open to the public under the National Garden Scheme, to raise money for cancer, caring, and gardening charit... |
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andrewr |
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19-05-2010, 04:47 PM |
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Thread: Local Election Result
Post: RE: Local Election Result
| I resisted the temptation to make any comments - but having seen Roz' comment would add that I too am very sorry, and surprised, to see John Russell didn't get back in.
For completeness, I will add... |
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andrewr |
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08-05-2010, 08:05 AM |
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Thread: Local Election Result
Post: Local Election Result
| Winning candidates in the local election (but not the votes cast) have appeared on the Council's website at [url]http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/CouncilAndDemocracy/DemocracyAndElections/[/url].
Local W... |
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andrewr |
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08-05-2010, 07:48 AM |
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Thread: Poor television signal on Taymount Rise-Help!
Post: RE: Poor television signal on Taymount Rise-Help!
| I'm in Netherby Road. Analogue TV signal is tricky here too. However, Freeview gives a perfect picture, no problem. I went digital as soon as it was available purely to get a decent picture. It's ... |
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andrewr |
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05-05-2010, 03:23 PM |
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Thread: Traffic calming for rat run on Devonshire Rd
Post: RE: Traffic calming for rat run on Devonshire Rd
| In response to tripandfuschia - the figures I have give a breakdown of traffic speed and volume by hour of day and day of week during the measurement period. Is this the 'census' you are referring to... |
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andrewr |
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28-04-2010, 08:35 PM |
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