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by fishcox
3 Jul 2010 12:58
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: local history challenge
Replies: 11
Views: 6774

Names of pubs? Museums?

All of the Victorian era?

I think the Victorian option is the best one.
by fishcox
30 Jun 2010 16:08
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Cottage on Sydenham hill
Replies: 4
Views: 3491

Six years ago, the owner of the house, Mr Norbert Colon, had been doing some improvements around the property, namely the garage at the side, and had subsequently built up a considerable thirst in the process. To quench this, Norbert decided to pop along the road to the Dulwich Wood House, and imbib...
by fishcox
28 Jun 2010 14:21
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Cost of zone 2-3 on oyster
Replies: 13
Views: 12922

I've reported it to Oyster a number of times, to a number of people. They can run a check on all the routes you've covered, and all the modes of transport covered. They then checked the amount of times I had been debited at London Bridge, then the amounts of times I had been credited, and were payin...
by fishcox
28 Jun 2010 11:02
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Cost of zone 2-3 on oyster
Replies: 13
Views: 12922

I thought I would ressurrect this thread, as I am still having problems with the Oyster card, although its getting pretty funny now. Having been debited for £2-20 (for some reason for the trip from London Bridge to Victoria, via the Underground) I have to and fro from the ticket office at Victoria (...
by fishcox
16 Jun 2010 15:05
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Beer In The Evening
Replies: 15
Views: 10910

Example of the above - 'get some more staff for a friday night - or - train them to poor drinks faster. it would be quicker to have gordon bloody brown behind the bar with a patch over his good eye than this lot. the manager just stands there trying to come to terms with his huge belly! shit hole' T...
by fishcox
16 Jun 2010 14:59
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Beer In The Evening
Replies: 15
Views: 10910

Some of the reviews are 'kin hilarious - especially some for the boozers in the West End, where the service is usually appalling.

I used to spend hours on there.
by fishcox
16 Jun 2010 14:41
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Beer In The Evening
Replies: 15
Views: 10910

I went through a phase of doing them every time I visited a new pub, or if I had a specific opinion about a place. I posted a few for the pubs in the local area. I use the website a lot, to find decent pubs - but I always take the reviews with a pinch of salt, especially those that are either super ...
by fishcox
7 Jun 2010 22:24
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Broadband
Replies: 95
Views: 79958

It works again, and great speeds too.

It came back up on 1 June, as promised.

Happy days
by fishcox
31 May 2010 07:32
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Broadband
Replies: 95
Views: 79958

Thanks again Eagle, I will give them a call (assuming my telephone is working properly).

Am I the only one who is still having these problems?
by fishcox
30 May 2010 17:56
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Broadband
Replies: 95
Views: 79958

Just been on to BT again (wont let me on to the Speedtester website, due to some fault or another). They told me that there has been an 'outage' on my area (which I think I was already aware of) and that normal service will be resumed on 1 June. That was after the usual 'tests' including making me t...
by fishcox
30 May 2010 07:51
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Broadband
Replies: 95
Views: 79958

Hi again Eagle

Download speed is a mighty 131 kbps and upload speed 364 kbps.

Any thoughts?
by fishcox
28 May 2010 11:50
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Broadband
Replies: 95
Views: 79958

Thanks Eagle.

My 'broadband' is a waste of time at the moment - everything is dead slow, far slower than the dial up of years ago.

Its pointless me even trying to view things on YouTube, for instance, they take a lifetime to download.
by fishcox
28 May 2010 11:46
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Cost of zone 2-3 on oyster
Replies: 13
Views: 12922

I was told by LUL staff that it was a problem with the equipment on the Overground system. What I forgot to mention, is that my Oyster is a monthly season ticket, so it shouldnt be charged at all! I came in all the way by Overground/Underground this morning, and there was no charge or problem. When ...
by fishcox
27 May 2010 18:56
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Cost of zone 2-3 on oyster
Replies: 13
Views: 12922

I would be interested to know if anyone else has had the same problem as me. I have an Oyster card, and travel to Victoria, but via London Bridge. For the past two mornings, I take the train from Sydenham to London Bridge - no problem. I then take the tube from London Bridge to Victoria (via Green P...
by fishcox
23 May 2010 22:55
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: THE ALFRED
Replies: 20
Views: 12024

Deffo Herb Alpert - my mum and dad had all his albums, and it still brings back memories when I hear anything by him.

Herb Alpert was the 'A' in A&M records - there's some trivia.
by fishcox
23 May 2010 22:50
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: East London Line Launch on Sunday 23rd May.
Replies: 101
Views: 68498

We were pretty impressed by it. Travelled 'en famille' up to Shoreditch, where there had been some sort of festival going on, by the look of things. The pubs and bars were all pretty packed. and full of trendy young things. In years gone by, we would have had a couple of pints, and enjoyed the balmy...
by fishcox
23 May 2010 09:42
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Broadband
Replies: 95
Views: 79958

Whilst my internet is working - it is deadly slow.

It's a waste of time using YouTube, I downloaded one track yesterday from itunes, and it took forever.
by fishcox
14 May 2010 15:04
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Roundabout jumping boy
Replies: 8
Views: 7202

There's sometimes 3 or 4 of them, who seem to have a bit of a route from The Cedars Nursing Home, and across the roundabout.

Plod were watching them the other night, but I dont suppose they are doing anything illegal.
by fishcox
13 May 2010 12:41
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Tower Hotel Crystal Palace
Replies: 6
Views: 5225

Oops!

Apologies - it wasn't the Tower Hotel that I had heard nightmare stories about; I would hate to do any local business a disservice, so please ignore my previous post in this thread.
by fishcox
12 May 2010 08:45
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Tower Hotel Crystal Palace
Replies: 6
Views: 5225

I suppose it depends what you think of your in-laws! I have heard some horror stories about it, but then you never know whether they are just made up. We have used a few of the 'local' hotels, when we have had friends and family staying, and can fully recommend the Bromley Court Hotel, which is just...