Sydenham Town Forum

Hospitals send out 4wd vehicles in adverse conditions to pick up staff, regardless of how bad the roads are. I have a friend who works as a lowly clerk at a pet store who walked 4 miles to get there this morning, since if he didn't the animals would starve. Why can't train companies put in the requi...

bensonby wrote:explosive dogs

If you're actually offended, please don't be - it was just a joke. It amuses me to think about them jacking up that tower block and wheeling it to the outside of the park.

The last thing I want is for you to feel that I was making fun of you personally. I'm sorry if that's how it came across.

nasaroc wrote:And if you read the entire report you will see that the plan is to create even more public green space by removing existing buildings such as the "athlete's hostel" (the tower block right in the middle) to the outside of the park.

Wow, I'd like to see the mechanics behind that!

Organic scrambled packet eggs, of course.

I've enjoyed the food at the BMC in the past, overpriced though it certainly is. One oddity though - my partner asked for a fried egg with her breakfast and was curtly informed that they could "only do scrambled." That seemed exceedingly odd to us, with only 2 possible explanations: A) the...

Absolutely. Kidnappings, violence, and molestation of children by strangers has been static, or indeed declined, in western countries over the years - statistically speaking your children would be safer walking home than you were. The only difference is vastly increased frequency of media reports of...

Why do passengers waiting to board a train insist on crowding round the doors and trying to push their way on before people have got off!!! I think that falls under "what annoys passengers" as well. Or at least those passengers who know the correct procedure, which seems to be the majorit...

I tend to agree with adrian. I'm far from thrilled about the development of parkland, and very strongly oppose it in principle. That said, the benefits for what's currently a fairly underused and in some areas derelict park outweigh my concerns. If they stick to the proposal I think most people will...

I will do my very best to be there, most likely post-8pm. Looking forward to seeing everyone!

Nor I, living on the Lewisham side of Border Rd.

Environmentalism aside, the blatant bias and sensationalizing in the various free papers actually makes me angry when I read them. This made sense when I discovered that the Metro and the London Lite are subsidiaries of the Daily Mail , and thelondonpaper (yes, that's the official name :roll:) is a ...

I've never even heard of it. Do we have to sign up to receive it, or is it meant to be freely distributed to all Sydenham and Forest Hill residents?

I have to miss this time as well (again) - somehow we've managed to schedule hosting a dinner party for 12 people that night, forgetting that it was meant to be reserved for the pub crawl. Will definitely make a big unmissable mark in my calendar for the next one though.

Station staff still aren't living up to the promises that have been made by their superiors. When I've been to the side gate out of the hours that it's manned, invariably either the buzzer is ignored or I have to argue with the person on the intercom about whether or not they should open the gate. I...

We moved to Sydenham after the grey boarding was put up around the Greyhound, which somewhat limits my perspective - I'm not sure what the corner looked like outside of pictures. That said, I do think that the new proposal is very good. Clearly something has to be done there, and it is a prime locat...

What do they charge? I didn't pay attention to how much I paid for half a pint of Broadside, just gave the barman a couple of pounds and shoved the change in my pocket.

My visit to The Dolphin last night was my first since our disastrous experience there when we were flat-hunting in Sydenham. I swore then that I would never go back, but did make the exception last night for the chance to meet some forumites. The first time we went, in March I believe it was, it was...

Please, just stop. I'm trying to stay detached from all the recent flaming and bickering, but this forum is rapidly becoming unpleasant to visit. I couldn't make the last pub crawl for other reasons, but I'll probably avoid the next one if some of the posts I've seen here are representative of the a...