Talking of railway memories. I missed the trains when they were fast from Forest Hill to New Cross Gate as well as from Sydenham to Norwood Junction.

The Charing Cross through services were useful, but for some reason Southern stopped them calling at Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park except for evenings and all day Sundays.

Another reason why they were axed wasn't just for the untangling of the lines outside London Bridge as part of the modernisation, but it also allowed Southeastern to add another 2 trains per hour into Charing Cross.