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BigMoaner said:
they must have spent a few quid on gutting it out, redec,

that's a lot of coffees to sell to break even! still, you never know.

has anyone seen the great IBS bakery way down in selhurst, miles from any life? really frustrating that they couldn't have plotted up in either Thornton heath or SN high streets. Really nice breads and cakes. I give it a year max :(
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I think they should change the name it just makes me think of irritable bowel syndrome :oops: I havent been as I wasnt sure where it was but I went past it the it the other day. May have to go and investigate.

If you guys go to the coffee place in stanley halls when I have a day off I would join you :)
 
Miss-Shelf said:
Guineveretoo boohoo BigMoaner for starters (any more for any more?)

want to go to the stanley halls pop up coffee place? So I can pick your brains about living in the area
obv with a 4pm finish time that might be impossible
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I will be popping in there at some point, but only really to say hi to the guys who are running it, as I really cannot make the time to be there in those opening hours, other than when I have my grandson.
 
Miss-Shelf said:
what about a meet in Yeha Noha on Thursday 13th August early evening time to be debated and agreed at a later date or even another date including the morning of Saturday 15th with small people too?

Callie Guineveretoo BigMoaner boohoo
and anyone else in the area - I am sorry to be lazy and not look back in the thread
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Really? Yeha Noha? It closes at 9 or something, doesn't it?

ETA Yeah, I checked - it closes at 9pm. it also doesn't open until 11 in the morning, which is why I have stopped using it for morning meetings with people :(
 
south norwood lake was nice tonight. me and four other carp fisherman dotted around the lake. stayed until it was too dark too see the inside of my tackle box. at one end of the lake there were a ton of swallows getting the late evening midges, havent seen them in such numbers or going so berzerk. these soon turned into bats. tens of dozens of them. no carp though. only one has been landed in the past two weeks, all 29lb of it (weighing the same as 15 bags of sugar.) i did see a fish leap by the bushes at the railroad end, but they do that just to wind up the fisherman, imo. i have a feeling it'll be years before i catch one, no joke either.
 
BigMoaner said:
south norwood lake was nice tonight. me and four other carp fisherman dotted around the lake. stayed until it was too dark too see the inside of my tackle box. at one end of the lake there were a ton of swallows getting the late evening midges, havent seen them in such numbers or going so berzerk. these soon turned into bats. tens of dozens of them. no carp though. only one has been landed in the past two weeks, all 29lb of it (weighing the same as 15 bags of sugar.) i did see a fish leap by the bushes at the railroad end, but they do that just to wind up the fisherman, imo. i have a feeling it'll be years before i catch one, no joke either.
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OH used to live near the lake and really liked it.

When he was living there - early-mid 90s - there was a UXB discovered there! Everyone had to leave their homes for a few hours, leaving the windows open. :eek:
 
BigMoaner said:
south norwood lake was nice tonight. me and four other carp fisherman dotted around the lake. stayed until it was too dark too see the inside of my tackle box. at one end of the lake there were a ton of swallows getting the late evening midges, havent seen them in such numbers or going so berzerk. these soon turned into bats. tens of dozens of them. no carp though. only one has been landed in the past two weeks, all 29lb of it (weighing the same as 15 bags of sugar.) i did see a fish leap by the bushes at the railroad end, but they do that just to wind up the fisherman, imo. i have a feeling it'll be years before i catch one, no joke either.
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For some reason, I keep seeing flocks of swallows flying around here. I hadn't thought that it may be connected to the fact that we have several lakes.
 
Manuka said:
I reckon Jolly sailor or Wetherspoons... If it was the Portmanor - fantastic. So much suspense
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Is the Jolly Sailor in trouble?

What about the Alliance - I heard that the hairdressing salon that was about to open there didn't get planning permission, so maybe they're selling.
 
Yes, I did think the Alliance, but all the bar stuff has been ripped out. Also, I heard that the owner is keeping the premises for a hair academy.
 
Manuka said:
Yes, I did think the Alliance, but all the bar stuff has been ripped out. Also, I heard that the owner is keeping the premises for a hair academy.
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I thought Antic would probably want to refurbish anyway, and I also thought they were refused the change of use application.

It's in a good position for a pub.
 
I know a first timer buyer who has been hunting around for somewhere to buy for months. She decided upon Sth Norwood as it was the closest place
to town that she thought she could afford and the easiest commuting place to work. I don't know exact figures but think she has a budget of around £200K,
which in itself seems crazy. Anyway, she has so far viewed about 40 places, made offers on about 10 and not had one accepted due to being outbid. Some of
her offers were asking price offers! She was asked in one or two cases if she would like to increase her bid. One or two of the places were open day type
viewings on a particular day. Absolute madness. She is still looking.
 
hash tag said:
I know a first timer buyer who has been hunting around for somewhere to buy for months. She decided upon Sth Norwood as it was the closest place
to town that she thought she could afford and the easiest commuting place to work. I don't know exact figures but think she has a budget of around £200K,
which in itself seems crazy. Anyway, she has so far viewed about 40 places, made offers on about 10 and not had one accepted due to being outbid. Some of
her offers were asking price offers! She was asked in one or two cases if she would like to increase her bid. One or two of the places were open day type
viewings on a particular day. Absolute madness. She is still looking.
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I am not finding it easy buying in this area either:(
 
Two houses opposite me both had signs put up in the last 48 hours, but they went up as "sold"! I guess you need to keep your ear close to the ground, as it were.

I recently got a letter from Foxtons offering to sell my house. I put it straight in the bin without opening it, because I hate Foxtons, and I also binned the one for my neighbour which was accidentally posted through my door (yes, I know that is illegal, but hey...). But I did have a moment of being taken aback that the grotty bit of Croydon where I live is in the sights of Foxton, and wondering whether this means gentrification is on its way here, even. The house over the road has, seemingly, been sold by them.
 
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