Forest Hill Road Shops

[fleur]

Apologies if there's another thread on this but why are the pavement works not sorted out here by now? The kerbside is also disrupted & there is a large half covered ditch filled with water outside the old French Cafe. Isn't this a concern for the local shopkeepers too as it must affect their businesses. It is unsafe & unsightly. It would be good if this stretch of shops got a bit of attention. Is there a member of Southwark Council responsible?

[bsand]

"This is a local forum for local people we will have no Forest Hill news in here" !

[solar]

Forest hill road is in SE22

[fleur]

bsand Wrote:

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> "This is a local forum for local people we will

> have no Forest Hill news in here" !

It certainly is in SE22 FHR: the best part of East Dulwich!

[bsand]

But it is the East Dulwich forum not a high fangled postcode ....

[sunbob]

The pavement is just the narrow strip by the road. The large areas in front of the shops are part of the property of each building.

[Clifton]

Interesting to hear bsand's view that Forest Hill Road isn't in East Dulwich. Very useful thinking.

On the same basis, the forum shouldn't carry threads referring to Crystal Palace Road.

We could also exclude Chesterfield Grove and the other Derbyshire streets, plus Trossachs, Glengarry and Tarbet.

And people in Delft Way, Deventer Crescent and Hilversum Crescent should be made to post their issues on a Dutch forum.

All in all, a fine idea - should prevent EDF overload.

[Penguin68]

Marmora, Scutari etc. residents had better start brushing up their Russian for posting on Crimea sites.

[lilolil]

Full address of post office

Opening times for Post Office 42 Forest Hill Road, East Dulwich, London. Find out information about the Post Office store in London including address and contact details.

[Penguin68]

For the avoidance of doubt, Forest Hill Road leads towards Forest Hill, as Oxford Street leads towards Oxford. Forest Hill could have had an East Dulwich St. But chose not to. As it was already called Forest Hill Road! (Actually of course the major route into Forest Hill is London Road. Which earlier in its career is Lordship Lane).

[fleur]

Thank you there is no doubt. FHR is the gateway to ED. Any thoughts on the pavement works? Co-op, cafes, chemists, postoffice & doctors surgery here that mean its heavily used.

[yeknomyeknom]

There was another post a while ago that died that briefly mentioned this. The local councillor confirmed the pavements belong to the shops and each one would need to sort out their patch. Very frustrating and nearly impossible to implement. Maybe some kind of petition or something like that?

[fleur]

Yes, a group effort would be a good idea. Local businesses can really benefit from working together to create a cohesive frontage. I guess everyone involved is working hard to run day to day. Perhaps no-one feels they benefit.

[yeknomyeknom]

True. You would think the shops would be worried about someone having an accident on their land. The Galleon has terrible pock marks outside it and that ditch with the building work is very dodgy. I wonder who paid for or supported the painted bollards back on the day. They could do with a revamp and there must have been a joint effort at some point in time to orchestrate that.

leur Wrote:

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> Yes, a group effort would be a good idea. Local

> businesses can really benefit from working

> together to create a cohesive frontage. I guess

> everyone involved is working hard to run day to

> day. Perhaps no-one feels they benefit.

[Clifton]

I suspect the only shops who would be concerned would be those that want to use the space in question for their business - typically restaurants and caf?s.

Outside The Galleon, by the traffic lights, there used to be a rather good greengrocer's hut. The pavement in that area has never been right since it was removed.

[dbboy]

it was burnt down, not removed.

[alice]

CGF cash was used to paint bollards and that block. Something like ?15000 was given to painter.

[Vik]

dbboy Wrote:

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> it was burnt down, not removed.

Burnt down THEN removed.

[fleur]

I commented about those ruddy bollards on a previous occasion. I agree with Clifton - i don't have vested interest perhaps all i can do is raise the issue with powers that be. I will check on CGF funding.http://www.southwark.gov.uk/engagement-and-consultations/grants-and-funding/cleaner-greener-safer

[dbboy]

yep, removed cause it was burnt down and a business Lost.

[yeknomyeknom]

The co-op on forest hill road is winding down, getting ready to shut for a 3 month long refurb to open up the store and make it bigger. They will temporarily be setting up something on the empty flowers and gifts shop further up the road.

[fleur]

Closing on Sunday but stock dwindling - temporary shop opens on Tuesday