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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...

jaradras, not sure CPZ parking will resolve this if all residents apply. You're not guaranteed a space, only the right to park.
gingernuts SE23 Topics 224 191,450 16-04-2015, 02:41 PM
  Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home)
Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home...

While I have a lot of sympathy for homeless people, it does worry me that (1) the council plan to cut down the large Horse Chestnuts along the path infront of the home and (2) if you include 118 canno...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 224 191,450 16-04-2015, 01:13 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

Muddy foot prints should be the least of anyone's concerns. Leaving urine in places other than the toilet for example would come top of my list. Baby nappies discarded in changing rooms another. I've ...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,642 12-12-2013, 12:48 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

One other thing, the new format may be ACCESSIBLE but it's not [b]USABLE[/b]!
gingernuts SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,642 11-12-2013, 03:17 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

Thanks for the feedback Fusion Lifestyle. [b]However, please can I stress that not everyone has a device that can use an 'app' or even knows what an app is!!!!![/b]:cursing: The PDF format is ea...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,642 11-12-2013, 03:15 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

Some comment or feedback from Fusion would be good to have here please?
gingernuts SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,642 11-12-2013, 10:45 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

It would be good to have the timetable publsihed on the website that shows the sessions for each day on one page for the main and childeren's pools. This provides an easy snapshot of what is happening...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,642 10-12-2013, 06:01 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

There is a big difference being looked at from the cadio machines through a glass window to having a near naked man, in skimpy trunks, and pulsating muscles (oh er) crashing into you at 100 miles an h...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,642 20-09-2013, 09:42 AM
  Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

A new proposal has been submitted - this time on intitial inspection, it doesnt look too bad, although I cant see where on the plan the roof terrace is on the second house? The demolition of the ...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 88 118,361 18-09-2013, 10:55 AM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Dodgy Beggar at Forest Hill Station

er, was that a joke? Would you rather be a chav or dodgy looking greasy haired beggar?
gingernuts Wider Topics 587 486,731 08-08-2013, 09:30 AM
  Thread: Dodgy Beggar at Forest Hill Station
Post: RE: Dodgy Beggar at Station

Yes, I've seen her in Forest Hill. Blue/grey tracksuit and long greasy hair. She looks like trouble, so best to avoid/ignore her.
gingernuts SE23 Topics 3 8,444 07-08-2013, 02:16 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

I would say adults only after 7pm. Shouldnt children be in bed or getting ready for bed anyway at this time?
gingernuts SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,642 30-07-2013, 12:35 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

You could be right there! Also as Forest Hill is a hard water area, the showers are likely to fur up quickly and be totally unusable in no time, like the hairdryers of which there are no communicated ...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,642 14-05-2013, 07:30 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

I would like children to be restricted to the Childrens pool only unless they are swimming - not messing about. No children in nappies should be allowed in the pools. Anyone vandalising hairdryers sh...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,642 14-05-2013, 07:23 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

I agree, but you'll only get people to stop misbehaving if you have someone keeping an eye on things. The floors are filthy - why are people not instructed to use the plastic shoe covers? why are the ...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,642 14-05-2013, 11:58 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

I agree the pools defintely need regular cleaning and maintenance including the problem of hot water in the showers, broken hair dryers and clean toilets. I'm sick of finding toilet paper all over the...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,642 14-05-2013, 09:10 AM
  Thread: Planning Application: 51-53 Canonbie Road
Post: RE: Planning application: 51-53 Canonbie Road

Did I hear the developers have yet again raised this applicaiton with only minor changes? Is there a new risk of some aweful development in an inappropriate location?
gingernuts SE23 Topics 88 118,361 17-10-2012, 05:56 PM
  Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
Post: RE: Launderette closing

What's a German cafe Michael?
gingernuts SE23 Topics 156 138,580 28-09-2012, 02:40 PM
  Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
Post: RE: Launderette closing

I have no probem with shuters either. Just responding to someone on this thread who was complaining about the launderette with particular emphasis on it's shutters.
gingernuts SE23 Topics 156 138,580 28-09-2012, 11:55 AM
  Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
Post: RE: Launderette closing

There's one thing having to go to the effort and expense of installing shutters for your business, then quite another of reaping the benefit of a building that already has them. I doubt if they would ...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 156 138,580 28-09-2012, 11:43 AM
  Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
Post: RE: Launderette closing

Get realistic! The shutters are going nowhere. Even if it was another coffee shop, the late night shutters would come down.
gingernuts SE23 Topics 156 138,580 27-09-2012, 10:55 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

Eh? Just the Forest Hill Society? I think alot of people, including the FHS have campaigned long and hard for their baths to be re opened in Forest Hill. Well done everyone.
gingernuts SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,642 27-09-2012, 10:45 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

Do Fusion have a feedback form where you could highlight these issues directly with the Pools? All good points as far as I can tell. The showers were a disappointment, I have to agree. They are probab...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,642 24-09-2012, 07:13 PM
  Thread: Planning: 2-4 London Road FH (Launderette)
Post: RE: Launderette closing

Very sad to hear about the launderette closing. While I hardly ever use it, it's a great fall back when things go wrong at home. It's a sign of the times I guess. However - NO MORE COFFEE SHOPS! At...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 156 138,580 24-09-2012, 12:55 PM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

What do you mean? Assume if a compromise has been made, the numbers that have been agreed are considered by both sides as 'reasonable', otherwise there wouldnt be an agreement.
gingernuts SE23 Topics 666 532,643 21-09-2012, 11:19 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill in the Times property section
Post: RE: Forest Hill in the Times property section

Pity it was Nigella, it would have been more fun to see the buxom self publicist Katie Price buying up the art work! I might even have made the effort to purchase an over priced cup if tea for that! :...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 103 102,956 08-06-2012, 11:01 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill in the Times property section
Post: RE: Forest Hill in the Times property section

Roz, with all due respect, I think you've missed the point. The aim of Canvas and Cream is to 'Enable artists to build sustainable creative businesses by providing high quality, fit for purpose and af...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 103 102,956 08-06-2012, 10:46 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill in the Times property section
Post: RE: Forest Hill in the Times property section

Interesting debate - since when was this a communist state where refeshment establishments must cater for the wider community?Personally I like diversity (whether it be posh cake shop or working man's...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 103 102,956 08-06-2012, 10:27 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

It would be good to have more lane swimming - even if a couple of lanes were always available for people who want to swim and not play around - young and old alike.
gingernuts SE23 Topics 2,074 2,032,642 07-06-2012, 11:26 AM
  Thread: is there a jubilee street party on the hill?
Post: RE: is there a jubilee street party on the hill?

It's a bit rich blaming the TLRA. In my opinion a community party is only successful if EVERYONE pull's together to make it an event people want to attend. If you cant be bothered to help with organis...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 20 25,246 06-06-2012, 02:31 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway

Let's start with a maintenance contract on the lights and a slap of paint on the walls.
gingernuts SE23 Topics 195 190,446 30-04-2012, 06:03 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway

Surely safety is the main concern here. The lights were out for nearly 2 weeks during the Easter period, just after - assume it was the Council? - upgraded them. The subway subsequently became a magne...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 195 190,446 30-04-2012, 02:08 PM
  Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application

Thanks Michael, you make some good points. however I still dont understand why they need a licence for 15,000 given their desire to keep the numbers between 5000 and no more than 10,000? The arguement...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 114 89,360 25-04-2012, 04:22 PM
  Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application

I'm just responding to Michael's comment that if the Horniman say they can manage the numbers 'that's good enough for him'. Wouldnt most people like to understand what controls are planned before bein...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 114 89,360 25-04-2012, 04:07 PM
  Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application

Do you know how the numbers are going to be controlled? What plans are in place to stop a repeat of the last fiasco? It's a reasonable question IMHO.
gingernuts SE23 Topics 114 89,360 25-04-2012, 03:54 PM
  Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application

Isnt that what fundraising, grants etc are all about? How much extra money does opening the park to 10,000+ people bring in, rather than a licence for just under 10,000 people? What sort of events ar...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 114 89,360 25-04-2012, 03:12 PM
  Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application

As has been said before, there is no evidence of how they are going to guarantee that the numbers can be controlled. yes, this is this worse case senario, but perfectly possible under the terms of the...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 114 89,360 25-04-2012, 11:57 AM
  Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application

Nobody is trying to stop you from having a drink at lunchtime on a sunny afternoon with your friends Michael. The issue is an event that caters for up to 15,000 late at night where alcohol is consumed...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 114 89,360 25-04-2012, 11:37 AM
  Thread: Hornimans Book and Plant
Post: RE: Hornimans Book and Plant

They say it wont happen again but have offered nothing practical to demonstrate how. I'd like to see some evidence of how they plan to manage the numbers before feeling so confident that numbers can b...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 15 15,050 24-04-2012, 06:39 PM
  Thread: Hornimans Book and Plant
Post: RE: Hornimans Book and Plant

Michael, I assume you are joking - the reference to the sale of an illegal drug is IMHO inappropriate. The problems caused by too many people attending events at the Horniman have been well documented...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 15 15,050 24-04-2012, 06:15 PM
  Thread: Hornimans Book and Plant
Post: RE: Hornimans Book and Plant

Has there been any news this year on the Book and Plant sale? It doesnt appear on the new Horniman website as far as I can see.
gingernuts SE23 Topics 15 15,050 23-04-2012, 05:38 PM
  Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application

I don't buy that - if it really was only 15 minutes to the centre of London that would be fantastic - but last time I checked, it took me over an hour to get there by train! If the area wasnt already ...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 114 89,360 04-04-2012, 07:04 PM
  Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application

Fish Face, I think you'll find it's the numbers and the late hours that people object to - not so much the alcohol (although why a museum/park needs to sell alcohol should be questioned anyway - do pe...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 114 89,360 04-04-2012, 06:31 PM
  Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application

Counldent agree more. It seems disingenuous to say they do not intent to go over the 10,000 limit, but if a few extra slip in, then we best have a licence for 15,000!!! If they are planning ticketed e...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 114 89,360 28-03-2012, 01:18 PM
  Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: Horniman Licence Application

I dont understand why a licence for 15,000 people is required if events are rarely going to go above 10,000. The over crowding at the jerk cookout over the period of years it was staged was bad enough...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 114 89,360 27-03-2012, 07:58 PM
  Thread: Horniman Licence Application
Post: RE: The Horniman and the 14,999

I have no issue with the sale of booze at the cafe, but what is concerning is the request for a licence to hold events of up to 14,999 people to 23.30 on any day! Seems like a lot of people for what ...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 114 89,360 22-03-2012, 08:50 PM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

As I said, it's just a view point. I was not the only person at the beginning of this thread that wouldnt like to have a nursery of 25 chidren next door to them. The sound of my own family can be enou...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 666 532,643 06-03-2012, 01:48 PM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

This thread started as a debate around a planning application in SE23, much like any. The thread became rather vindictive towards those who felt the location of the nursery inappropriate with comments...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 666 532,643 06-03-2012, 12:56 PM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

Phew - that's a heated statement from someone who claims to be only an observer! I dont know what the truth of all this is - but I wouldnt take the rantings on a forum as gospel. Whatever disagreement...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 666 532,643 05-03-2012, 07:52 PM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning Application: Nursery at Liphook Cresc...

Michael, I can understand the first point, and would reasonably expect household as well as rep to take responsibility for membership, but the second point is odd - would the street rep return the sub...
gingernuts SE23 Topics 666 532,643 05-03-2012, 01:41 PM
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