I’ve edited my personal intro to add a pic of me & my kids all at age 3!
You’ll all guess who I am from my outfit 
Hello everyone! Thank you @anon5422159 for creating this site - I checked out the SE23 forum when we first moved to the area and was quickly put off by it being totally outdated! I haven’t been back since, so this is a nice breath of fresh air. Happy to get involved with the community and help with whatever’s needed.
I’m a local mum of 2, with 10 years behind me working in strategy & business development. I was made redundant / left my job when my second child was born and decided to try my hand at something new… so I retrained as a web developer at Makers Academy whilst my husband was on parental leave earlier this year. I’m now exploring all that the London Tech scene has to offer and building my first site from scratch. 
You can find me on Twitter on SELdnTiddlers and SaraTateno. (And in Forest Hill, most likely eating ice cream @Pauline’s Sugar Mountain or having cakes at the Montage.)
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Welcome Sara! You might like to log your geek credentials on this thread here: /se23.life/t/calling-all-geeks-of-se23/263. I have a feeling you’ll fit right in.
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Welcome @saratateno and congrats on a lovely looking website (TiddlerTime). I’d love to hear more about Makers Academy. Will you be able to make our June meetup event? If you’d like to promote TiddlerTime in more detail on this site please check out the instructions here.
My name’s Simon and I’m 34. I’ve lived in London since 2009 and FH since 2012. Previously lived in West Hampstead and Wimbledon, and was attracted by its relative affordability compared to those places along with the good local amenities and public transport. I’m originally from Leicester (and still on a high after the Premier League season), went to Uni in York and also lived/worked in Birmingham for a few years. I work in Parliament for my day job.
I found this forum through a link on twitter. I posted a little bit to the other forum but was fed up by the constant arbitrary censorship, locking/deleting/merging/shutting down of threads etc without any justification or explanation (he seemed to have a particular problem with people discussing new restaurants, among no doubt many other things). This place already seems like a huge improvement so well done to all concerned.
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Welcome to the site Simon!
I’m interested to know more about your job in Parliament as I have an amateur passion for politics (mostly ill-informed, but I’m learning!).
I have granted you access to the “Politicos” opt-in category. You might enjoy the “Political Compass” topic, to see where our members political views fit on a very crude left/right, authoritarian/libertarian scale.
I created this forum somewhat in response to the issues you mentioned with the other forum, which you may see referred to as The Other Similar Site (TOSS) around these parts, as we’ve been asked by the creator of that site never to mention him or his website by name
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I work in the House of Lords committee office, currently for a temporary select committee on the charity sector. It’s a fascinating place to work, both for the people and for the location (we can do things like have drinks on the terrace which is pretty awesome). I’ve also been seconded to a Commons select committee which was an interesting contrast.
I will read the politics forum with interest but as my day job is non political I will have to keep my contributions strictly factual…
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Sounds great! Thanks Chris. I’ll do my best to attend. (That splash page was put together in a bit of a hurry! Actual site will be a lot better I hope…)
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Welcome @Joey_H - it’s great to have you onboard! Watch out for @Londondrz - he has plenty to say on the subject of our local train services, but none of which will be aimed at you I’m sure. 
I’m always here if you have any questions about the site.
@Joey_H Welcome and dont worry, my ire is directed just at Southern 
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Hi all. I’m Scott, been living in Forest Hill for 16 years and also have family ties to the area (first place my parents lived together was in Devonshire Road). I’m a journo (please don’t boo), work in central London, covering the banking and retail sectors. I should mention I was one of the peeps who set up a rival forum to that other one run by you know who. We gave it our best shot but unfortunately it didn’t work out and was closed ten years ago (ugh, that just made me feel old). After that I drifted away from local forums as was not a fan of the one that has ruled the roost for so many years, and must admit I missed the other site that has been mentioned elsewhere on here. I returned from the wilderness after stumbling across SE23.life via anon64893700’s blog, really impressed with it and feel that the area finally has the forum it deserves. Good work guys! Will do my best to contribute on a regular basis.
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Great to have you here @ScottT and thanks for the encouraging comments about this site. Another one of our members, @tinyem, is the wife of someone that created another competitor to the old forum but she explained this failed due to the word not getting out. I’ve been really lucky to have people like @Pauline, @anon64893700, @thirstforwine, @RachaelDunlop and @Michael help spread the word. This has been the reason for our success, IMO, aside from the nice open-source forum platform itself.
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As a journo (no booing from me!) I have added you to our Wordsmiths group which gives you access to the “site editorial” category where we are able to work together on the official content of this site and its social channels. No expectations or obligations - but just an opportunity to get more involved if you’d like to.
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Thanks Chris, happy to help out, will take a look at the group later today.
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Hi Caz, welcome and looking forward to getting to know you and all the others more too.
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Hiya All
Sorry I’ve not popped passed to to say hello yeti.
Welcome to this great forum from me
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welcome and enjoy.
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Wowza, a true introverts introduction if I ever read one @Mitchy117 lol
Amazing what happens when you push those boundaries.
Sounds like quite an adventure so far in your young life
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Thanks for sharing, @Mitchy117, it’s great to get to know you better, especially as I’m practically your next door neighbour here in Ebsworth St. 
I’ll definitely say hi if I see you out and about.
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