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  Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Brilliant new farmers' market in the Horniman ...

[quote=P1971]Today my profits were down 75%...[/quote]Sorry to hear about this. The Butchery have set out a table up there. Your shop? I've never seen so many kids up there. You'd clean up...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 218 183,342 27-10-2013, 03:13 PM
  Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Brilliant new farmers' market in the Horniman ...

[quote=Tenbybelle]Googled meantime coffee but no joy so will have to check again next time...[/quote]Me, too. And the reason is that there is no Meantime coffee. It is my fault. I was delirious aft...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 218 183,342 26-10-2013, 02:47 PM
  Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Brilliant new farmers' market in the Horniman ...

[quote=rshdunlop]Cellardoor - I use Union Sumatra Gajah Mountain beans in my machine.[/quote] Cheers for that recommendation, rshdunlop. I'm off now to the Algerian Coffee House in Soho to pick ...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 218 183,342 25-10-2013, 04:16 PM
  Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Brilliant new farmers' market in the Horniman ...

[quote=P1971]I really hope everything balances out between the two as I think the market is great for the area, but hope locals remember the shops too.[/quote]My hope too, P1971. [quote=nottinghill...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 218 183,342 25-10-2013, 03:53 PM
  Thread: Is that our wallaby?
Post: Is that our wallaby?

The [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24638259]BBC[/url] are reporting that, "[i]...a wallaby has set up camp in Highgate Cemetery in north London.[/i]" [img]http://www.se23.com/foru...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 1 2,955 23-10-2013, 03:28 PM
  Thread: Louise House
Post: RE: Louise House

[quote=michael]But I'm sure this thread is excellent for increasing site traffic from Google.[/quote]I hadn't thought of that. This thread is going to pop up on some of the more interesting Google ...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 130 154,037 23-10-2013, 02:42 PM
  Thread: Louise House
Post: RE: Louise House

[quote=Michael]I'm really looking forward to some of the possibilities from V22. [/quote]Me, too. They have a lovely website. It is beautifully arranged and there are some nifty little technical tric...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 130 154,037 23-10-2013, 02:33 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Staion Improvements
Post: RE: Lifts at Honor Oak Park station

[quote=rbmartin]Extra gates alongside another set of double doors were recently installed at FH too at the ticket office side of the station. It's made it slightly easier to get to the platforms in th...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 1 2,085 23-10-2013, 01:44 PM
  Thread: Louise House
Post: RE: Louise House

[quote=Anotherjohn]...and P1971 talking about "adult movies in the evening"...[/quote]I am so pleased that Forest Hill is getting a porn cinema. It is one of things that the area has been lacking ...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 130 154,037 22-10-2013, 03:25 PM
  Thread: Traffic lights Dartmouth Road/London Road
Post: RE: Traffic lights Dartmouth Road/London Road

[quote=rshdunlop]Is there some sort of local award we can give Deano? Nominate him for something in the New Year's Honours?[/quote] Yes, there is something we can do. Currently, there is a blue...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 111 108,192 19-10-2013, 08:18 AM
  Thread: Tall ladder needed
Post: RE: Tall ladder needed

Hello Dan, I hope that all is well today. Firstly, welcome to the forum. I should have noticed that it was your first post when I wrote my first reply to you. Secondly, the glasses have turne...
Cellar Door Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 3 3,950 18-10-2013, 11:52 AM
  Thread: Tall ladder needed
Post: RE: Tall ladder needed

Hello Dandare, I think that I have just the ladder you need. It is in my garage. Some repair people from years ago left it by accident. I can't remember who it was. Our house was being fixed...
Cellar Door Offered, Wanted, Lost & Found 3 3,950 17-10-2013, 09:11 AM
  Thread: Charity Table Top Sale
Post: RE: Charity Table Top Sale

Thank you for putting this on here. I've walked past the Lewisham Carers Centre a zillion times and always wondered to myself what you guys did. Now I know. I'll be there. Particularly for t...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 2 3,609 16-10-2013, 04:22 PM
  Thread: Where are all the squirrels?
Post: RE: Where are all the squirrels?

[quote=OakR]Cellar Door - have you been to Kelsey Park - those squirrels are crazy and have no fear![/quote] Hi OakR, I have never been inside Kelsey Park. But I’ve cycled past it many a time. ...
Cellar Door Wider Topics 15 13,649 14-10-2013, 02:30 PM
  Thread: Where are all the squirrels?
Post: RE: Where are all the squirrels?

[quote=discreet]But this year I have not seen a single squirrel...[/quote]I saw one at about 1pm in the Animal Enclosure at The Horniman. In the bit with the beautiful two little Alpacas. I don't thin...
Cellar Door Wider Topics 15 13,649 12-10-2013, 04:45 PM
  Thread: Fuel Spill at Tesco Garage?
Post: RE: Fuel Spill at Tesco Garage?

[quote=robwinton]Finally, I reported it to the Metropolitan Police (via 101). I hate using this service as I'm sure they have more important issues to deal with, but in the absence of any other help, ...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 4 5,801 12-10-2013, 09:44 AM
  Thread: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
Post: RE: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?

[quote=baggydave]There is another wonderful pub, or ex pub, knows as the Moore Park Hotel (AKA MPT), a tremendous setting by Camberwell Old Cemetery,…I'd be interested if there was a campaign to save ...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 108 112,929 08-10-2013, 12:59 PM
  Thread: Which doctors?
Post: RE: Which doctors?

[quote=Laura4]…is there a good surgery close by?[/quote] Hey Laura4, I live on Woodcombe Crescent and got allocated [url=http://www.thelordshiplanesurgery.net]The Lordship Lane Surgery[/url] 17 ...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 11 12,887 08-10-2013, 09:25 AM
  Thread: Traffic lights Dartmouth Road/London Road
Post: RE: Traffic lights Dartmouth Road/London Road

I would like to add to the chorus of thanks to Deano. I am a regular bus user and I have made a note to avoid the 176 and 197 coming back from Penge. [size=x-small](I like The 99p Store on Pen...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 111 108,192 07-10-2013, 01:29 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill - Pros and Cons?
Post: RE: Forest Hill - Pros and Cons?

Good luck with your offer for this house in the twilight zone between East Dulwich and Forest Hill, new2foresthill, if you consider putting it in. Lovely posts rshdunlop and Michael. And especi...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 19 20,635 03-10-2013, 03:38 PM
  Thread: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?
Post: RE: A plan to save the Honor Oak pub?

[quote=Southlonder]I would be more inclined to support a similar project for the Old Bank if i'm honest, sorry.[/quote]I’d support both. With a wee bit of my spare shekels. And with my transferable sk...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 108 112,929 03-10-2013, 02:55 PM
  Thread: Big Spiderwebs in The Capitol.
Post: RE: Big Spiderwebs in The Capitol.

[b]Spidey Report[/b] Many apologies that I did not get to write on the web growth yesterday. I decided to head down to Portsmouth to view the christening of the last of the Royal Navy's new Type 45...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 15 18,826 27-09-2013, 10:24 AM
  Thread: Big Spiderwebs in The Capitol.
Post: RE: Big Spiderwebs in The Capitol.

[quote=rshdunlop]None of the mates you are meeting tonight could snap a pic with their phone and email it to you?[/quote]Most of us have Dementia Tremors caused by alcohol. So, the photo would be rath...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 15 18,826 25-09-2013, 05:37 PM
  Thread: Big Spiderwebs in The Capitol.
Post: RE: Big Spiderwebs in The Capitol.

[quote=rhsdunlop]What this thread is lacking is photos. C'mon, cellardoor, put your camera where your mouth is.[/quote] Absolutely agreed. In my OP, I wrote: [I]I love technology but I don't have a ...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 15 18,826 25-09-2013, 05:21 PM
  Thread: Big Spiderwebs in The Capitol.
Post: RE: Big Spiderwebs in The Capitol.

[quote=billham]Maybe they are building the world wide web?[/quote] Yes! That reminds me of my old favourite search engine in the mid 1990s [img]http://www.se23.com/forum/attachment.php?aid=2229...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 15 18,826 25-09-2013, 10:55 AM
  Thread: Big Spiderwebs in The Capitol.
Post: Big Spiderwebs in The Capitol.

I have discovered what appears to be a largish colony of spiders in The Capitol. (If you choose to continue reading this missive from me, then please remember the words: [img]http://www.se23.com/for...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 15 18,826 24-09-2013, 02:31 PM
  Thread: Where did you live before you came to SE23?
Post: RE: Where did you live before you came to SE23?

That is a beautiful posting, Triangle. I’ve already read it a few times. Thank you. I wish that you could wave a wand so that I could see Forest Hill back in the 50’s. Although, I feel that a bit o...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 73 60,045 19-09-2013, 04:48 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

[quote=Jane_D]Probably best that you are not seen taking a head count from behind a potted plant…[/quote]I was going to disguise myself [b]AS[/b] a potted plant. Now thinking more sensibly about it, a...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 2,074 2,037,102 19-09-2013, 11:16 AM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

[quote=Jane_D]I am equally puzzled...[/quote] It is a puzzle. I've never noticed when the Women Only sessions are. Are they well used, I wonder?
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 2,074 2,037,102 19-09-2013, 09:25 AM
  Thread: Anyone peeked into the new HOP Sainsburys?
Post: RE: Anyone peeked into the new HOP Sainsburys?

I popped in last night at about 6:30pm. But just before that, having just got off the train, I decided to walk down the parade to see what was happening. To get a feeling for the buzz that is quite o...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 43 34,029 18-09-2013, 03:05 PM
  Thread: Where did you live before you came to SE23?
Post: RE: Where did you live before you came to SE23?

Hi Nomadic, Welcome to this little part of the interweb. Excellent questions. [quote=Nomadic]…where did you live before and why did you come here?[/quote] I was living in Perth, Western Austr...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 73 60,045 17-09-2013, 01:48 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

[quote=PollyEster63]Lucky dip pools it is then![/quote] Tee Hee! I wonder if we could convince the Admin of this forum to change the title of this thread to Lucky Dip Pools?
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 2,074 2,037,102 09-09-2013, 01:39 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pools

[quote=PollyEster63]… it's a bit of a lucky dip…[/quote] That is fantastic PollyEster63! I’m now going to start calling the place [b]Lucky Dip Pools[/b]. It’s coming up to the first anniversary...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 2,074 2,037,102 09-09-2013, 01:28 PM
  Thread: English Usage
Post: RE: Usage of English

Hi Robin, I’ve so enjoyed reading this thread over the years since late 2010. And it all started because of that cock running around the cemetery! Do you use the Forvo pronunciation website? ...
Cellar Door Wider Topics 587 489,190 04-09-2013, 10:53 AM
  Thread: Devonshire Rd under water
Post: RE: Devonshire Rd under water

[quote=michael]If only we could get our hands on those shutters at the launderette...what would you like to see on them?[/quote] Nothing wishy-washy. And I do like the Horniman's Aquarium artwor...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 21 18,694 03-09-2013, 02:09 PM
  Thread: Devonshire Rd under water
Post: RE: Devonshire Rd under water

[url=http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=447]RIP the Rant Board.[/url]
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 21 18,694 03-09-2013, 01:32 PM
  Thread: Warning
Post: RE: Warning

I was chit chatting with the lovely Michelle from The Capitol. Michelle, the lead organiser of the Summer Fun Day, was tickled pink that through the generosity of many that popped in last weekend that...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 3 5,535 29-08-2013, 01:34 PM
  Thread: Warning
Post: Warning

This missive from myself contains two warnings. [b]WARNING 1[/b] I’m one of old curmudgeons that frequent the local JD Wetherspoon called [url=http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-capitol-f...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 3 5,535 22-08-2013, 12:08 PM
  Thread: The A-Z of Charles II's London
Post: RE: The A-Z of Charles II's London

Hello Tim, I cannot express how thankful I am of your post. I spend an extraordinary amount of my life pouring over maps of London. And, of course, I am often lurking with intent in Stanfords map s...
Cellar Door Wider Topics 2 5,547 03-06-2013, 02:27 PM
  Thread: kids on bikes.
Post: RE: kids on bikes.

[quote=Snazy]I would say a quick hop on the London Overground to Crystal Palace Park would be the best option for safe riding and easy transit of the bikes (other than the stairs at the station)[/quot...
Cellar Door Wider Topics 8 6,152 31-05-2013, 03:00 PM
  Thread: Switching on Private Messaging
Post: RE: Switching on Private Messaging

Greetings Michael, This has happened twice this year. When I clicked on the Private Messages link this message appeared: [b]You currently have private messages disabled in your profile. To be a...
Cellar Door Wider Topics 5 4,810 24-05-2013, 01:17 PM
  Thread: Cyclists
Post: RE: Cyclists

Ha! There is no doubt which one you are. I don't how much sway I have with the Australian Tertiary System but I'll send a note to say to them that I'm anointing you with an Honorary Doctorate. Congr...
Cellar Door Wider Topics 271 244,976 17-05-2013, 01:30 PM
  Thread: Cyclists
Post: RE: Cyclists

Thank you very much IWereAbsolutelyFuming. Over the years I’ve also very much enjoyed your grounded and rational responses on this and other threads relating to cycling. (And much else.) You put me...
Cellar Door Wider Topics 271 244,976 17-05-2013, 01:14 PM
  Thread: Canonbie Road - Google Camera Car - A Mystery!
Post: Canonbie Road - Google Camera Car - A Mystery!

On another thread about [url=http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5300&pid=54748#pid54748]Cyclists[/url], Michael has just posted a brilliant example of the Google Camera Car not appearing to ...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 0 4,805 16-05-2013, 03:55 PM
  Thread: Cyclists
Post: RE: Cyclists

[quote=hillsideresident]Trauma-induced hallucinations! Well, I hadn't thought of that. How would I know?[/quote]Ha! Indeed. But what if you were triggered into a trauma response every time you saw a c...
Cellar Door Wider Topics 271 244,976 16-05-2013, 12:41 PM
  Thread: Cyclists
Post: RE: Cyclists

Hi hillsideresident, Over the years I’ve very much enjoyed reading your posts on this forum. I especially would like to thank you for putting up the information about [url=http://www.se23.com/forum...
Cellar Door Wider Topics 271 244,976 15-05-2013, 03:17 PM
  Thread: Shops, pubs, restaurants, etc
Post: RE: Local businesses

[quote=rshdunlop]I don't know about anyone else, but I LOVE the graphics for the FH markets, especially the posters. Really excellent design work. Loving the May Pole theme above. Well done to whoever...
Cellar Door Wider Topics 301 215,041 29-04-2013, 11:58 AM
  Thread: Prince the Rinse RIP
Post: Dominica Flag for Prince

One of the blessings of my life has been to have known Prince. He used to cut my hair. When I had some to cut. P1971 mentioned in post #4 “The Beach”. I used to hang out with him on “The Beach”....
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 12 15,739 25-04-2013, 03:10 PM
  Thread: Forest Hill Station Subway
Post: RE: Forest Hill Station Subway

The previous graffiti at the WH Smith end, I believe, was commissioned or instigated by the local council. It first appeared sometime in the late 1990’s or early 2000’s. Maybe other SE23.com readers c...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 195 191,355 02-04-2013, 04:31 PM
  Thread: Old Blue Mountain Cafe in Forest Hill - a rant board in progress.
Post: RE: Old Blue Mountain Cafe in Forest Hill - a rant...

[quote=P1971]Went looking for the rant board today but sadly nothing was there.[/quote] I went past the other day and was delighted to see one remaining piece still in place. It is on the left h...
Cellar Door SE23 Topics 18 21,106 02-04-2013, 04:05 PM
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