We thought it might be interesting to get to know each other a little better, and maybe start by seeing how long we have lived in the area (or maybe just next door - welcome neighbours!).
Some of us will have been here a long time, but many will have moved here recently. One of the goals of the Forest Hill Society is to welcome new arrivals and connect them with the local community, and also give a sense of the history of this friendly neighbourhood.
This vote will be anonymous, but feel free to tell us more about your story in the comments below. It will also be very interesting to see how this distribution changes as more people join
We moved to our home here in 2005 - so we’re just about to celebrate our 21st housiversary
One of the first things we did when we bought this place was to do some research about the street and the house to see when it was built (probably around 1890) and that is also how we ended up connecting with the Forest Hill Society on one of the history walking tours.
Before that we were in West London for many years, but this area feels more diverse, more welcoming and more relaxed and we do love it here.
My apologies @PennieH - I tried to make the intervals to be just different from each other but didn’t consider a wide enough range. I can’t change it without losing the votes so far, but let’s agree that 10-25 should be “We moved here at least 10 years ago”
Similar, if not as impressive – coming up to 27 years, so more than 25, but not my whole life, and I lived elsewhere in London before finding what is hopefully my forever home here! (But thanks for explaining, @foresthillsociety.)
Nice to see some familiar faces on here, I ticked 10-25 years as moved to FH about 26/27yrs ago. I moved to Brockley a few years ago but still always around FH.
