Not sure how you managed to almost click on that Roz, the movies on the first page via the link...but anyway.

The council did screw up the consultation about the pools options.

English Heritage listed Louise house. They thought it was worth saving. This was separate to the campaign STFOFH.

The vast majority of those who signed the petition to save the face of forest hill lived in forest hill or very close to it.

The campaign to STFOFH have never said that they wanted to delay the pools. They want the pools. As soon as possible. But they want to retain the frontages of the buildings and they believe both are possible. So do I.

With the current climate, with Forest Hill central on hold and other flats not selling on Kirkdale and surrounding areas, building flats to finance the pools isn't really an option right now. The council is under pressure to build new housing, especially low income housing so it had to consider it.

I've no idea where this idea that there is a war between Forest Hill and Sydenham..Utter childish twadddle. Grow up.

Talking of new pools, isn't there supposed to be a new pool opposite MFI in Lewisham? It's supposed to be open by 2010. The design of that looks really great. Click on the link at the top of the page to view: http://www.loampitvale.co.uk/news.html

There is a solution to win over all. I hope the council can work it out and give Forest Hill the streetscape and pools it's rightly deserves.

One more thing, are the pools now drained and empty? A month or so back the back door was left open (again) and I managed to have a look around inside (again) It seemed empty). The water was heated, it was hot inside, the pools were full.