A decade in the life of the Forest Hill Society

2006

• April  - Proposal for Forest Hill Society on se23.com
• May - First meeting of the steering committee
• October - First public meeting and elections. Michael Abrahams elected chairman.

• 2006-2009 - Campaigning to save the pools 
• 2006-2010 - Campaigning to keep train services

2007

• February - History walk attracts 90 people
• June - 23 Club launched - visiting local restaurants
• August - Surprise listing of Louise House
• October - Peter Irby becomes chairman

2008

• January - First Burns Night celebration
• July - Swimming pool rebuild confirmed
• October - 200th anniversary celebration of the opening of the Croydon Canal
• December - last direct trains to Charing Cross

2009

• May - Tidy up in Albion Millennium Green leading to a new lease of life for the green
• October - Richard Hibbert becomes chairman

2010

• February - Tyson Road development public inquiry (we lose to the best planning barrister in the country)
• May - First trains run on Overground
• December - Pop-up events around the high street 

2011

• March - Forest Hill In Bloom begins with planting at the station
• April - Royal wedding is an excuse for an early taste of a pub at the post office

2012

• February - Swings for Horniman Triangle from Society bid to ward assembly
• March - First Food Fair at the station
• July - Forest Hill and Sydenham win funding from the Portas Pilot scheme (later to be SEE3)
• September - Forest Hill pool reopens!
• September & December - Two food fair traders open shops on the High Street (Aga’s Little Deli and The Butchery)
• September - Helped form Friends of Dacres Wood

2013

• January - Joined march to save Lewisham A&E
• May - First Edible High Road in Forest Hill
• June - Subway cladding and lighting installed
• December - Final food fair as a weekly market is established in Horniman Gardens
• December - Michael Abrahams is back as Forest Hill Society chairman 

2014

• April - Street piano is installed at Forest Hill station by SEE3 and the Forest Hill Society
• July - Design workshop re-imagines the town centre
• September - Free concert at the station as part of Forest Hill Fashion Week
• December - First five carriage trains on Overground

2015

• October - Campaign to prevent Forest Hill library being downgraded to a community library

2016

• Improvements to Dartmouth Road public highway