Sydenham Town Forum

there is one thing bugging me over all this. lewisham want to close five librarues in total but still go ahead with the Catford Town Centre Area Action Plan. as lewisham has aready spent 11.5 million on just buying the land how many millions will it take to finish it if they have that sort of money ...

popped in to the library today.

just to let people know there is a notice up in the library about a follow up public meeting thats been organised by council officers to report back on proposals regarding the library its on the

11th october 2010 at 7pm

livesey memorial hall 225 perry hill SE6 4HD

no i don't work for the daily mail what a stupid thing to say. i am more interested in to where this so called government commissioned report came from and why it just happend to be broadcast at just the right time without any mention of the fight to save the library service. unless i am msitaken le...

did anyone else watch the bbc 1 news at 1pm about library cuts ? in the meeting they told us its not about foot traffic, maybe someone should have told the bbc that, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11037964 the bbc is supose to be unbiased but the way this was read out it sounded like i...

I have to agree that the foresthill library is not my first choice to sit and read a book. but we can't have bottom smacking in a open library, as much as i would like to kick some of these yobs myself its not allowed. if we have to put up with what lewisham thinks is progress i have a idea which mi...

thank you for that tim some very interesting reading. It would seem from your words that lewisham have already made their mind up to close this library no matter what the publlic may say. agreed the library does need work, but then if lewisham had put the money in to the maintenance they should of t...

i think at one stage the library was a listed building. if memory serves it got removed the same time lewsham move the main entrance to the park. why they moved that entrance i will never know its a long time ago and i can't remember the full facts behind it. I don't think moving the library is goin...

I just sat here and done the online survey 3 times
all went well till the very end when i clicked submit it just hung there and done nothing at all.

whats the point of a online survey that won't accept answers ?

could we not start with collecting signatures from people that enter the library and then just before the mayor makes his mind up in november hand them in to him.

I am sure the staff would not mind this action being taken inside the library

I have spent alot of time in sydenham library ever since lewisham turned foresthill library in to a childs playground, i am sorry but i can't sit and read with childern running all over the place spilling drinks and crips over just about everything, not to mention what they do to that toliet in ther...