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Thread: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest Hill train
Post: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest Hill...
| Last night I treated myself to a train ride home. Not a great start to a ballad but then this is my first ballad.
OK, let’s start at the very beginning…I had cycled to work yesterday morning as is ... |
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21-12-2010, 03:10 PM |
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Thread: Big cat in the area
Post: Big cat in the area
| A few years ago, one of our neighbours in Sydenham had a nocturnal brush with some exotic feline. See this [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4370893.stm]BBC BIG CAT NEWS ARTICLE[/url].
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01-02-2008, 02:04 PM |
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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:
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24-09-2013, 02:31 PM |
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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 ... |
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16-05-2013, 03:55 PM |
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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”.... |
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25-04-2013, 03:10 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Secrets
Post: Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Secrets
| I found this tourist brochure about Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park.
[size=2][b][url=http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/2FF892AF-0AAD-4316-8204-F38A27328649/0/ForestHillandHonorOakfinalPDF.pdf... |
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21-01-2008, 10:21 PM |
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Thread: Gardening
Post: Gardening
| How big is that Hydrangea behind the bike shelter on Platform 1 at Forest Hill station?
I'd wager that it's the biggest Hydrangea in [b]THE WORLD[/b]!
What are they feeding it? |
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05-08-2009, 12:00 PM |
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Thread: Hidden Gems
Post: Hidden Gems Part 2
| Hi Deano,
I was busy surmising this the other day after I went to reply to shimmysister’s request to help their Mum with a [url=http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5570]Dentist who will sed... |
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13-12-2011, 12:01 AM |
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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]"
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23-10-2013, 03:28 PM |
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Thread: MPs' Expenses
Post: MPs' Expenses
| I got a little bored with the expenses within a few minutes of hearing about it. It kinda seemed like one of those things that governments do to keep us entertained while something BIG is going on els... |
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24-06-2009, 11:40 AM |
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Thread: Newsflash?Wookiees arrive on planet Earth.
Post: Newsflash?Wookiees arrive on planet Earth.
| My sources in the newsroom at a major news agency have just discovered the real truth behind this breaking story - [url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7564635.stm] Americans 'find body of B... |
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18-08-2008, 02:16 PM |
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Thread: Old Blue Mountain Cafe in Forest Hill - a rant board in progress.
Post: Old Blue Mountain Cafe in Forest Hill - a rant boa...
| I tip my hat to the person or people who are making the outside of the old Blue Mountain Cafe in Forest Hill a visual feast.
If you haven't seen it, then just opposite The Hob on the South Circular... |
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08-02-2008, 10:05 AM |
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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... |
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03-10-2013, 02:55 PM |
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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 ... |
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08-10-2013, 12:59 PM |
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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... |
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18-09-2013, 03:05 PM |
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Thread: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused of robbing a girl near Forest Hill sta
Post: RE: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused...
| Thanks Michael for bringing this to our attention.
I was on holiday on Monday the 13th June and in the area around the train station at about that time.
This has been a long time in making the ... |
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25-08-2011, 12:02 PM |
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Thread: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused of robbing a girl near Forest Hill sta
Post: RE: Appeal to trace three Bromley suspects accused...
| [quote=michael]The caption on the image on the website does say that the time on the CCTV is incorrect.[/quote]Well observed, Michael. Now, that makes much more sense.
Brian, they might not be so “... |
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25-08-2011, 12:57 PM |
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Thread: Armed Police
Post: RE: Armed Police
| [quote=Greengoddess]And a man pushed in front of a lorry(decapitated) by a bunch of kids in previous days.[/quote]Where?
I've searched on the interweb thingy and come up with nothing. The main head... |
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01-07-2009, 02:27 PM |
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Thread: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
Post: RE: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
| Thanks daveherne for your original post. I have come back to the article quite a few times and printed it off. It is a curious thing about what makes us feel rich or poor. And how that has changed i... |
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18-09-2012, 12:58 PM |
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Thread: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
Post: RE: article in the guardian - Do you feel rich
| Hi fernglory and Medley,
Very interesting conversation to follow with you both about property ownership.
You may be interested, or indeed already following, this week’s Economist Debate.
The mo... |
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22-09-2012, 05:48 PM |
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Thread: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest Hill train
Post: RE: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest ...
| [quote= davidwhiting]…and it is reassuring that you managed to find some consolation from the support of fellow passengers.[/quote]
Indeed. Another hour or so and I’m sure that we’d have started a fe... |
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22-12-2010, 11:06 AM |
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Thread: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest Hill train
Post: RE: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest ...
| [quote=hillsideresident]…that the real leader had long since left the train.[/quote]
Yes, it is highly likely.
Before he left the train, though, he advised us of his intentions. For clarity, let... |
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22-12-2010, 04:21 PM |
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Thread: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest Hill train
Post: RE: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest ...
| Hi hillsideresident,
Your first post had me thinking a lot about authority.
I know that I skewed the topic towards leadership and groups which you mentioned but you also wrote, “…about our accep... |
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23-12-2010, 12:34 PM |
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Thread: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest Hill train
Post: RE: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest ...
| [quote=Andy]Cellar Door, are you a writer by any chance? Your prose is rather lovely.[/quote]
Hi Andy,
Thank you for the compliment. I’m flattered and embarrassed in precisely equal measures.
N... |
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23-12-2010, 02:00 PM |
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Thread: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest Hill train
Post: RE: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest ...
| [quote=Sherwood]The old slam-doors occasionally took out the unwary person on the platform![/quote]
Is that why they have yellow lines on the platform? So, that people who stayed behind the yellow ... |
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23-12-2010, 03:03 PM |
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Thread: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest Hill train
Post: RE: Ballad of the 20.22 London Victoria to Forest ...
| [quote=squashst]I loved the photo of Cherie and Tony Blair in the last post.[/quote]
Doggone-it! I thought I’d linked the picture of Wallace and Gromit. But now I see that I’ve linked a recent pict... |
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23-12-2010, 03:33 PM |
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Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
| [quote=brian]…this begging which verges on the criminal.[/quote]
[quote=brian]…this is surely a serious subject when illegal/criminal action concerned.[/quote]
Hi brian, your conclusion has move... |
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22-01-2011, 07:47 PM |
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Thread: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
Post: RE: Big Issue seller outside Sainsbury's
| [quote=roz]A woman gets her breast out to feed a baby in the Horniman Gardens and you rave on about that as if its a crime.[/quote]
Did tiggywinkle post on this thread and then subsequently get rem... |
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22-01-2011, 09:25 PM |
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Thread: Big Spiders
Post: RE: Big Spiders
| Yes. The Hob had one in the beer garden. It was a big one. And lived in a type of funnel web sort of web thingy just near to the window that looks out into the beer garden. I teased it out by gentle t... |
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19-08-2009, 06:33 PM |
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Thread: Big Spiders
Post: RE: Big Spiders
| Roz, I've got a bug catcher that I bought from the gift shop at The Horniman Museum. I took it down to The Hob to catch my funnel web type of spider but he/she must have got wind of it and had packed ... |
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20-08-2009, 09:36 AM |
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Thread: Big Spiders
Post: RE: Big Spiders
| Oh, the number of bats around our backyard is amazing this year. They are the little ones that start darting about just at dusk.
With all these spiders and bats, have some witches moved into the ar... |
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20-08-2009, 09:47 AM |
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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
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25-09-2013, 10:55 AM |
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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 ... |
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25-09-2013, 05:21 PM |
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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... |
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25-09-2013, 05:37 PM |
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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... |
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27-09-2013, 10:24 AM |
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Thread: Bizarre Video Surveillance Vehicle
Post: RE: Bizarre video surveillance vehicle at FH stati...
| On Friday afternoon I arrived back early in Forest Hill for a dental appointment.
Havelock Walk was full of police. Not the "bobby" style but senior looking chaps. Detectives.
Later on at The Ho... |
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06-05-2009, 11:48 AM |
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Thread: Bizarre: Parrot Sighted in Forest Hill!?
Post: RE: Bizarre: Parrot Sighted in Forest Hill!?
| [quote=Andy]Mutant pigeons perhaps? Some of them look almost chickeny (what a great word).[/quote]Well spotted there, Andy. Definitely some of the mutant pigeons have mutated into chickeny beings.
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27-04-2011, 02:49 PM |
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Thread: ADT security consultants cold calling
Post: RE: Bogus 'security' consultants cold calling?
| [quote=wendyb]They used a distinctive doorbell ring followed swiftly by urgent knocking.[/quote]Thank you very much for the update, wendyb.
I cannot wait for them to visit. |
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04-12-2013, 12:25 AM |
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Thread: Bread makers
Post: RE: Bread makers
| [quote=Elizabeth25]If you put the bread in the fridge it lasts a bit longer. Or you could freeze half the bread and eat the other half. If you were a single person.[/quote]
Thanks Liz. That sounds... |
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15-08-2008, 04:39 PM |
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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.
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25-10-2013, 03:53 PM |
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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 ... |
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25-10-2013, 04:16 PM |
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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... |
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26-10-2013, 02:47 PM |
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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... |
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27-10-2013, 03:13 PM |
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Thread: Farmers' market in the Horniman Gardens
Post: RE: Brilliant new farmers' market in the Horniman ...
| [quote=Denfra]Now I will probably look like that bad person…[/quote]Bad Denfra. You bad, bad person, you.
I’m with you on this one.
P1971 and others along Dartmouth Road appear to have a bit of a ... |
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29-10-2013, 05:53 PM |
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Thread: Budget 2012
Post: RE: Budget 2012
| [quote=Michael]…discuss minimum alcohol pricing…[/quote]
I’d like some control on maximum alcohol pricing.
Have you bought a pint in some of the fine watering holes in SE23 lately? They charge li... |
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28-03-2012, 11:00 AM |
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Thread: Budget 2012
Post: RE: Budget 2012
| [quote=Brian]Wetherspoon Penge Beer Festival is 1.80p per pint[/quote]Thank you Brian.
Penge? I hope that you are joking by even suggesting that I'd venture so far south. I'd get a nosebleed. At th... |
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29-03-2012, 11:31 AM |
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Thread: Budget 2012
Post: RE: Budget 2012
| [quote=Brian]…what would you think Keston is.[/quote]
Is Keston a real place? I thought it was a mythological place that only appears in tales and folklore. Like Atlantis, El Dorado and Cloud Cuckoo ... |
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29-03-2012, 03:03 PM |
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Thread: Budget 2012
Post: RE: Budget 2012
| [quote=Sherwood]Their silence probably indicates that they are not pensioners![/quote]Not a good budget time to be a pensioner, then?
Lucky, if you like, that the government are delaying the pension ... |
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29-03-2012, 05:09 PM |
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Thread: Budget 2012
Post: RE: Budget 2012
| [quote=Brian]8 or 9p to the youngsters.[/quote]
How dare they serve bitter to the youngsters. |
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29-03-2012, 05:38 PM |
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Thread: Burglaries
Post: RE: Burglaries
| [quote=Mattfh]Totally agree.[/quote]
Me too.
[quote=SpringCat]If you check the website it is quite frightening![/quote]
I think the figures are surprisingly low when you consider this…
The vast ... |
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