Save the Face of Forest Hill Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/save-the-face-of-forest-hill.html Online petition signatures en-us Mon, 6 Apr 2026 08:32 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mrs Esther Blessitt [Signature #380] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4218666?utm_medium=rss This group of public buildings needs to be retained, including the frontage of the pools. The pool's frontage clearly stands out as an unusual and attractive building that ties in with it's neighbours. It would be very sad to destroy this both because of it's historical value and it's aesthetic quality. I learned to swim in the pool over 40 years ago and local children need this important recreational opportunity without the destruction of a lovely building.

]]> Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:45:36 UTC 4218666 Miss Ann Hunter [Signature #379] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4215667?utm_medium=rss I feel it would be a great pity to knock down a building of such stature and beauty. The facade should at least be saved when constructing a the new building. Why destroy it?

]]> Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:16:49 UTC 4215667 Ms Andrea Robinson [Signature #378] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4214519?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:10:07 UTC 4214519 Mr Alexander West [Signature #377] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4214054?utm_medium=rss Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:34:42 UTC 4214054 Miss Anonymous [Signature #376] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4198596?utm_medium=rss Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:15:20 UTC 4198596 Dr Marian Huett [Signature #375] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4195290?utm_medium=rss I strongly believe in 21st century we have the ability and technology to renovate rather than destroyand do not believe the report to the contary. These buildings have stood for over 100 years. I question how long modern replacements will last. I think we should get an independent survey

]]> Sun, 21 Sep 2008 07:22:08 UTC 4195290 Mr Ben Garrard [Signature #374] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4189131?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:36:22 UTC 4189131 Mrs Teresa Garrard [Signature #373] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4189128?utm_medium=rss Sat, 20 Sep 2008 04:35:13 UTC 4189128 Mr Michael Burbidge [Signature #372] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4187159?utm_medium=rss The Council should listen to what local people are saying and stopping pressing ahead with a deeply unpopular scheme. The facade of the pool needs to be saved, and in my view the rest of the building. The Council should be working to preserve our Victorian heritage not destroy it. Time to rethink!

]]> Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:40:27 UTC 4187159 Mr Leon Stuparich [Signature #371] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4186927?utm_medium=rss Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:06:55 UTC 4186927 Miss Jennie Milsom [Signature #370] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4184457?utm_medium=rss Please do not destroy English heritage. Save the lovely old baths.

]]> Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:52:54 UTC 4184457 Mr Paul Bauer [Signature #369] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4179372?utm_medium=rss These buildings should be restored and not torn down. They are a treasure that should be appreciated. building like this will never be and could never be built again.

]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:26:37 UTC 4179372 Ms Leigh Davies [Signature #368] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4172565?utm_medium=rss Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:07:59 UTC 4172565 ms frances brackley [Signature #367] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4162888?utm_medium=rss Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:36:50 UTC 4162888 Dr Elizabeth Davies [Signature #366] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4157309?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:32:01 UTC 4157309 Mr Thomas Crane [Signature #365] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4155046?utm_medium=rss Sun, 14 Sep 2008 05:40:35 UTC 4155046 Mr David Hill [Signature #364] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4152301?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:39:09 UTC 4152301 Mr Matthew Whitehead [Signature #363] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4146082?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:28:32 UTC 4146082 Dr Julieann Withey [Signature #362] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4145516?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Sep 2008 03:08:29 UTC 4145516 Mr Cyril Lepetit [Signature #361] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4144395?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:28:57 UTC 4144395 Miss Barbara Kern [Signature #360] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4144370?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:23:10 UTC 4144370 Mr Adam Murby [Signature #359] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4141905?utm_medium=rss Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:55:37 UTC 4141905 Mrs Maria Barnard [Signature #358] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4138242?utm_medium=rss Buildings such as the swimming baths and Louise House make Britain unique. In my opinion, the soul of the country should be kept so it can be appreciated by the next and later generations to come.

]]> Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:53:02 UTC 4138242 Mr Mark Barnard [Signature #357] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4138150?utm_medium=rss It is not necessary to demolish the exterior walls of the swimming pool buildings. I work in the West End and right now two sites, one in Oxford Street and one in Regent Street have their interior totally gutted for refurbishment, while the outside walls are NOT being touched but are being left in their original condition. It must be possible to do the same in Dartmouth Road.

]]> Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:40:14 UTC 4138150 Ms Teresa Howard [Signature #356] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4136282?utm_medium=rss I think society needs to protect its historic buildings, people find pleasure in them and they root them in their past. Forest Hill is a fine old village, it would be a sad thing if it were turned into a concrete jungle for the sake of quick monetary gain. Once they are gone they cannot be remade.

]]> Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:29:54 UTC 4136282 Ms Lindsay O'Nions [Signature #355] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4131190?utm_medium=rss The destruction of this historic building will take away from the unique character of Forest Hill and reduce it's appeal as an area for people to live and do business.

At a time when other councils are restoring historic public baths, Lewisham Council should do the same.

The new proposals lack architectural vision and seem to rely far to highly on a housing development. Housing development is high risk in the current climate and could possibly cost the council more than retaining the facade

]]> Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:30:00 UTC 4131190 Mr Peter Griffin [Signature #354] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4119329?utm_medium=rss Tue, 9 Sep 2008 05:49:33 UTC 4119329 Mr Stephen Mansfield [Signature #353] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4116306?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Sep 2008 05:18:17 UTC 4116306 Mrs Melanie Hiles [Signature #352] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4116015?utm_medium=rss Mon, 8 Sep 2008 04:34:29 UTC 4116015 Mrs Gillian Lindsay [Signature #351] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4113844?utm_medium=rss The facade of the pools and Louise House should be retained. Remember the original railway station we used to have which was replaced by the hideous portacabin we have in it's place. The local heritage must be preserved for future generations and our own.

]]> Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:16:41 UTC 4113844 ms clare chester [Signature #350] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4113422?utm_medium=rss We need to preserve these historic buildings esp. when they are replaced with tasteless ones in their place.

]]> Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:29:38 UTC 4113422 Miss Val Kelly [Signature #349] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4113177?utm_medium=rss I hereby pledge my support to the 'save & refurbish the heritage buildings in Forest Hill' campaign ie. the swimming pool & Louise House. Forest Hill is a town whose buidlings have a lot of character and with well thought out intervention, the town has great potential to return to it's original village like state. It is imperative that everything and more be done to maintain and nurture future development in the right direction.
V.Kelly

]]> Mon, 8 Sep 2008 11:04:38 UTC 4113177 Ms Sofia Viesca-Espina [Signature #348] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4096461?utm_medium=rss I live near the Forest Hills Pools and I feel that its frontage should be kept as well as Louise House building.
The Library looks lovely after it has been refurbish it, why cannot the same be done to those two buildings?

]]> Fri, 5 Sep 2008 01:14:38 UTC 4096461 Dr Julie Peakman [Signature #347] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4083042?utm_medium=rss Thu, 4 Sep 2008 03:22:39 UTC 4083042 Mr John Shea [Signature #346] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4077528?utm_medium=rss Wed, 3 Sep 2008 04:10:54 UTC 4077528 mr dan hollas [Signature #345] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4075603?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Sep 2008 03:35:56 UTC 4075603 Mr Robert Stone [Signature #344] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4075146?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Sep 2008 01:36:44 UTC 4075146 Mr John Cooper [Signature #343] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4074526?utm_medium=rss History teaches us that the politics of erasing the past is a dangerous thing and should stimulate caution in any rational mind.

]]> Tue, 2 Sep 2008 11:02:38 UTC 4074526 Miss Tara O'Leary [Signature #342] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4074496?utm_medium=rss If we willfully destroy the beauty, heritage and social significance of our past, we leave ourselves nothing from which to learn.

]]> Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:55:11 UTC 4074496 Mr Alan Hooker [Signature #341] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4073078?utm_medium=rss Tue, 2 Sep 2008 04:41:08 UTC 4073078 Mrs Rita Nears [Signature #340] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4071548?utm_medium=rss Planning permission for redevelopment of 35 Sunderland Road was refused by Lewisham Council on the grounds that the facia was an important part of Forest Hill. This building is now in a sorry state of disrepair, unoccupied and an eyesore. Forest Hill baths are much more signifcant old buildings in comparison and should be saved.

]]> Mon, 1 Sep 2008 04:32:26 UTC 4071548 ms liz ormondroyd [Signature #339] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4069008?utm_medium=rss Mon, 1 Sep 2008 04:38:54 UTC 4069008 mr M Wilson [Signature #338] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4067205?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Aug 2008 04:09:39 UTC 4067205 Mrs Caroline Betsworth [Signature #337] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4066514?utm_medium=rss I am sad to think that these buildings may change. They are wonderful buildings and all of my three children learn to swim in the pools. We still visit Forest Hill once a month to visit granparents. The closure of the pool will be a huge loss to all who llive in Forest hill and surrounding area. This is already becoming a deprived area and this building needs to pemain to support the community of Forest hill.

]]> Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:54:57 UTC 4066514 Mr Dominic Wilson [Signature #336] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4066249?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:50:29 UTC 4066249 mrs janice vuillermoz [Signature #335] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4066233?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:39:32 UTC 4066233 mr pablo ortiz [Signature #334] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4066112?utm_medium=rss Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:02:14 UTC 4066112 Ms Chrissie Gittins [Signature #333] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4062822?utm_medium=rss Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:14:50 UTC 4062822 Ms Val Peterken [Signature #332] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4060822?utm_medium=rss Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:26:08 UTC 4060822 Ms Elizabeth Harkins [Signature #331] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4056767?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:26:48 UTC 4056767 Mr Peter Ure [Signature #330] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4053846?utm_medium=rss Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:29:08 UTC 4053846 Mr Matthew Bird [Signature #329] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4052093?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:36:01 UTC 4052093 Mr Andre Leo [Signature #328] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4049941?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:03:38 UTC 4049941 Mrs Sharon Leo [Signature #327] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4049934?utm_medium=rss Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:01:54 UTC 4049934 Mr Trevor Roberts [Signature #326] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4046134?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 01:56:39 UTC 4046134 Ms Katherine Lovett [Signature #325] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4045259?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:57:49 UTC 4045259 Mrs Jane Curbishley [Signature #324] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4042530?utm_medium=rss Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:31:04 UTC 4042530 Rev Giles Goddard [Signature #323] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4033175?utm_medium=rss Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:48:57 UTC 4033175 Miss Sharon Ellis [Signature #322] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4030848?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:34:42 UTC 4030848 Ms Teresa Gaillard [Signature #321] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4029526?utm_medium=rss I am a local resident and live up the road from these two historic landmark buildings. I believe these should not be demolished but preserved as a legacy for generations to come. Many comment on the beautiful, old architecture which gives this area character- please listen to us local residents and at least preserve the frontage, list them!

]]> Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:44:48 UTC 4029526 Ms Monica Utting [Signature #320] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4029456?utm_medium=rss I fully support any action planned for the saving of these buildings. These buildings are part of the history of Forest Hill, part of our heritage and the frontages must remain to mark this.

]]> Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:10:41 UTC 4029456 Mr Philip Bellwood [Signature #319] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4029449?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:07:44 UTC 4029449 miss chloe green [Signature #318] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4027074?utm_medium=rss Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:08:55 UTC 4027074 mr rod edwards [Signature #317] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4026336?utm_medium=rss if local and national government continue to demolish adhoc our heritage will disappear along with the rubble.

]]> Sat, 23 Aug 2008 04:41:26 UTC 4026336 Ms Amanda Shaw [Signature #316] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4023853?utm_medium=rss Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:19:09 UTC 4023853 Ms Jo Younger [Signature #315] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4023834?utm_medium=rss Please save the Forest Hill Pools facade, I learnt to swim there as a child and it is so important it stays as it is for aesthetic reasons and to lose another local swimming pool is criminal.

]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:14:34 UTC 4023834 Mrs Pauline Doidge [Signature #314] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4023197?utm_medium=rss Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:26:53 UTC 4023197 mr howard james [Signature #313] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4023163?utm_medium=rss Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:21:23 UTC 4023163 Mrs Emily Bruggy [Signature #312] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4022714?utm_medium=rss Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:15:14 UTC 4022714 Miss Lisa Turner [Signature #311] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4022514?utm_medium=rss Why are we granting Listed Building status when culture blind planners and greedy developers can completely disregard it? Where the hell is London going?

]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:04:44 UTC 4022514 miss fiona hull [Signature #310] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4022331?utm_medium=rss Saving the face of such an historic building is critical to preserving the character of the local area and the community. I live in Honor Oak and love the idea that we can trace the history of the place back. For example Honor Oak refers to the fact that Elizabeth I rested there. I love good modern architecture but this is a time to blend both old and new.

]]> Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:55:56 UTC 4022331 mr john allen [Signature #309] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4019461?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:53:50 UTC 4019461 Mrs Dalila Duffy [Signature #308] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4019301?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:15:42 UTC 4019301 Miss Kate Mahoney [Signature #307] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4019295?utm_medium=rss Please keep our beautiful landmarks for us all to admire and cherish.

]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:14:13 UTC 4019295 Ms Funda Sinan [Signature #306] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4019085?utm_medium=rss I wish to object to options 1,2 and 3 of the Council's design.

]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:19:08 UTC 4019085 mr Trevor llewelyn [Signature #305] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4018588?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:09:03 UTC 4018588 Mrs Louise Green [Signature #304] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4018582?utm_medium=rss This is part of our history and must not be demolished

]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:06:36 UTC 4018582 Ms Sarah Hodder [Signature #303] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4018121?utm_medium=rss I used the pool regularly, especially the women's Tuesday night session. I have not been swimming since the pool closed as there are no other public swimming pools in the area. I would much prefer to swim in a building with character and history and feel strongly that it should be preserved.

]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:43:56 UTC 4018121 Mr Jeremy Green [Signature #302] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4018103?utm_medium=rss It is so important that Forest Hill maintains some of its history. The architecture of the baths is a footprint from the Victorian era that would be missed by all that live there if the greed of the council suceeds in building yet another block of flats. Where do the people making these descisions live?

]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:34:02 UTC 4018103 Ms Annabel Green [Signature #301] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4018025?utm_medium=rss It would be such a shame to lose these buildings. At least keep the old facade and update the facilities.

]]> Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:02:13 UTC 4018025 Mrs Sheena Roberts [Signature #300] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4017920?utm_medium=rss Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:10:46 UTC 4017920 miss Anonymous [Signature #299] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4015016?utm_medium=rss Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:29:17 UTC 4015016 Mr Jeremy Longhurst [Signature #298] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4014594?utm_medium=rss Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:56:17 UTC 4014594 Mr Graeme Wood [Signature #297] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4014151?utm_medium=rss Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:29:00 UTC 4014151 Dr Julie Peakman [Signature #296] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4013174?utm_medium=rss The building are a distinctive part of Forest Hill's history which, once demolished, can never be reclaimed. The buildings are as important in themselves as they are as pools. As a historian, I am appalled at the lack of foresight in saving our heritage. Furthermore, as pools, they are a fine historical example of Victorian architechture which, anyone with an ounce of insight would treasure and want to protect. The baths are special and need restoring.

]]> Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:58:40 UTC 4013174 Mr Angus Morgan [Signature #295] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4011115?utm_medium=rss Keep these lovely buildings, they are part of the local history don't loose it!!

]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:14:47 UTC 4011115 Mr Ian Laws [Signature #294] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4011100?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:06:17 UTC 4011100 Ms Mandy Allen [Signature #293] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4010127?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:24:42 UTC 4010127 Mr Brad Eagle [Signature #292] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4010122?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:23:58 UTC 4010122 Ms Sarah Flynn [Signature #291] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4009327?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:23:10 UTC 4009327 Mrs SArah Langton [Signature #290] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4009271?utm_medium=rss Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:15:47 UTC 4009271 Cllr Jenny Jones AM [Signature #289] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4009128?utm_medium=rss Just as we are winning Olympic gold medals for swimming seems an odd time to be knocking down a public swimming pool. We should be guaranteeing more medals in 2012 by encouraging our young to swim. Plus, environmentally it's almost always better to mend or adapt a building than scrap it and start again. Let's hope that the Council Leader sees social and environmental sense.

]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:54:51 UTC 4009128 ms Wendy Morgan [Signature #288] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4008328?utm_medium=rss It would be a disgrace to demlish these wonderful buildings, keep the facades at least --PLEASE

]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:25:23 UTC 4008328 ms josey bright [Signature #287] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4005588?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:20:55 UTC 4005588 Mrs Sybil Coady [Signature #286] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4004441?utm_medium=rss Forest Hill Baths were my favourite baths.
It would be sad to lose the facade.
Sybil Coady

]]> Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:33:04 UTC 4004441 Miss Anonymous [Signature #285] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4003207?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:16:45 UTC 4003207 MISS ELLIS Smart [Signature #284] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4003089?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:38:17 UTC 4003089 MISS ASHER Smart [Signature #283] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4003088?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:37:34 UTC 4003088 MR TYLER Smart [Signature #282] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4003087?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:37:08 UTC 4003087 MRS FRANCES Smart [Signature #281] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/4003084?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:36:25 UTC 4003084