What else does Forest Hill need? [2016]

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#182

Saw this too on twitterland, might have to ask the location :slight_smile:

#183

I was walking past from the forest this afternoon and noticed a few paint pots under the blinds and an opening soon sign inside. I was in a hurry so I do not recall the name.

#184

Same new owner changing the business model maybe?

I don’t know just asking, as I don’t see anywhere the premium was payed, but I may not be able to get this info.

Anyway good luck to the new business if that’s what’s happening :slight_smile:

#185

They are delicious. Due to the French influence in Vietnam they make the most fantastic baguettes in massive quantities - the bakeries are something to behold - all steam and heat.
The bread is really light and airy and it is stuffed full of meat, pickles, herbs and some sauce - damn fine.

#186

From the twitter…

@paulinewright2 Morning sorry for late reply Gao in replace of House of Zara

— @SE23LDN (@se23ldn) December 16, 2016
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#187

I’d quite like a Dirty Burger or Chicken Shop instead of Nandos where Home Accessories is, had the latter where I used to live in Balham and was much better than Nandos. An independent Korean-oriented chicken place like Chicken Liquor would be better still but that’s probably pushing it too far.

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#188

Vietnamese in FH. I may not move to Norfolk now!

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#189

Nirvana on a plate

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#190

Thanks for the info everyone, and resisting the urge to tell me to do this: https://lmgtfy.com/?q=Vietnamese+baguette

:wink:

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#191

What does Forest Hill need? A return of tram route 58, as seen here on @SE23LDN’s Twitter page:

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Looks like it was replaced by the 185 bus to Victoria, but we’ve lost the eastward journey to Greenwich and the Blackwall Tunnel (handy for the Greenwich Odeon and the O2!).

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#192

Very cool picture. And look. A early 20th century version of the Poundland.

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#193

And I guess that’s the now demolished St John’s URC (ex-Presbyterian) church on Devonshire Road in the background?

#194

I would love that Guinness advert to be replaced. I’m sure that it would increase the stout sales in The Signal.

Also, you can see someone crossing the road in exactly the same place that people do now. Clearly the junction worked as well for pedestrians then as it does now.

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#195

Not much traffic though.

#196

Burst water main?

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#197

Hope not. That wouldn’t do the public toilets much good.

#198

It would help with the cleaning though.

#199

Now we’re talking.

Vietnamese baguettes might soon become a new lunchtime favourite.

#200

What else does Forest Hill need? An airport.

I noticed that our National Rail station code, FOH, has not yet been assigned as an IATA code to any airport in the world. Therefore, in order to ensure that our TLA isn’t grabbed by Forest Hill, Kentucky, or Forest Hill, Newfoundland, or any of the 33 places in the world called Forest Hill that are outside of SE23, we need to build an airport and get IATA to tag it FOH.

[Is that the end of the sherry? Already?]

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#201

Hurrah.

Though I suspect they’d try to give it an L prefix so LFH. Is that available?

We’re safe there. All Canadian airports have the prefix Y.

Its because of the Forest Hill, a district of Toronto that I get exclamation of ‘oooh lucky’ and 'get ‘er’ when I tell my Canadian friends where I live.

http://www.torontoneighbourhoods.net/neighbourhoods/midtown/forest-hill

I’ve a great bottle of pedro ximenez.

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