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- 22 Nov 2006 12:17
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Kelvin Grove
- Replies: 32
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- 21 Nov 2006 19:20
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Kelvin Grove
- Replies: 32
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- 20 Nov 2006 21:16
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Mount Ash Road
- Replies: 43
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Hi Malcolm, Ah the memories! The lean-to was there for some time, with a scullery, but in the late 1970s it was replaced with a proper brick built kitchen extension, taking in the old outside lavatory as a larder! A bathroom extension was added to the middle floor at the same time, taking the house ...
- 20 Nov 2006 15:20
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Mount Ash Road
- Replies: 43
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Hi Malcolm - I've lived at number 30 as well! Have found your old sock behind the radiator if you want it back!! lol I'd always understood that the Mount Ash houses were built to house the workers for the socking great houses on Sydenham Hill - the butlers, maids etc, although in Joan P Alcock's boo...
- 20 Nov 2006 14:55
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Kelvin Grove
- Replies: 32
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Kelvin Grove
I love all the local history info on Wells Park and particularly Mount Ash Road, since I used to live there. Does anyone know about the history of Kelvin Grove? Why was it named that, famous people etc, when the big houses were built etc. I think the houses were built in 1860 is and originally had n...
- 2 Nov 2006 11:53
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Old Wells Park
- Replies: 29
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- 31 Oct 2006 19:20
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: New Coffee Shop for Sydenham?
- Replies: 25
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Oh a coffee shop - yes I'd like that. So far we have one independent cafe that makes cappucino with instant coffee, then there's Zucker which is great and very friendly but only seats about six people at a time. I wouldn't say no to a Nero or a Cafe Costa, that's for sure. Save me going to East Dulw...
- 31 Oct 2006 19:02
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Bell Green Gasworks site
- Replies: 59
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No one's yet addressed the traffic. It's already virtually walking pace trying to get from the top of Sydenham to the lower end (I mean the hill, not social class). How much worse will it be if Bell Green becomes a 'destination' out of town venue? That said, the arrival of the tube line in 2010 to o...
- 31 Oct 2006 18:55
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Sydenham Little Uns
- Replies: 21
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Sydehnam Littl'uns
There's also a free storytime session for children on Saturday mornings at Kirkdale Bookshop. 272 Kirkdale (opposite the Greyhound pub). Ages 3+, 10.20-11am each week - no need to book.