Sydenham Town Forum

Annie wrote:Conkers on the window cill seems to work well

Aaah! That old chestnut...

Why would Art4 want to move to East Dulwich? They're got pictures of stck men all over their buildings

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According to this article The keys have been handed over, but it's not due to open until June.

This document by TfL provides some useful guidance as to minimum widths (2m), which means that most of Forest Hill and Sydenham's pavements are too narrow for tables and chairs. However, the majority of those that have tables outside in Forest Hill are using their Frontage zone (which they own and ...

My reading is that 20 MPH zones are self enforcing, with traffic calming measures. 20 MPH limits require repeaters every so often. Also of note is that the police rarely monitor speeds in 20 MPH Zones or limits. I suspect that the funding available is insufficient to put speed humps in on each of ...

They were open yesterday and were planning on opening today too, so you should bi in luck JulietP

The main issue I have with closing of local police stations is that the SNT officers will now have to be based in Catford. This means that they will spend part of their shift travelling from Catford to our area and back again, which will mean less time policing. I would also expect that other Police ...

Many London Overground passengers will be affected this week with engineering works affecting five out of the six London Overground lines. Barking - Gospel Oak trains replaced by buses throughout. No North London Line trains until 10:15 and then only between Stratford and Willesden Junction. Buses ...

NewsShopper is reporting the demise of the music festival A SLASH in funding means a popular classical music festival which has been running for 13 years will not go ahead this summer. Around £6,000 has been cut off the Sydenham International Festival’s grant from Lewisham Council – 38 per cent of i ...

There is an interesting thread over at Brockley Central on the success or failure of the transition of Crofton Park library to Eco Computer Systems.

What has your experience been at Sydenham?

Seems like MrC was shooting from the hip. A quick Google turns up LPS1175 as the standard for "intruder resistant building components". Even Category 8 can only withstand 20 minutes of assault (from an, admittedly, impressive array of weaponry). However, the best shutters on the market only attain a ...

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They have made another arrest according to NewsShopper "Police particularly want to hear from people who got off the train at the same time as Samuel. "Were you on the 21:25hrs Victoria to Orpington train? “The train arrived at Penge East station at 21:41hrs when Samuel Guidera got off the train. ...

Mentioned in the Grauniad the other day in connection with the King's Speech

Don't forget that the Jubilee Line upgrade is also due to be delivered this Spring (17 months late), so journey times (and capacity) should be improved there too.

If you care to toddle along Dartmouth Road to Forest Hill, The Teapot (on London Road) does great artisan breads

According to this article, "in the early Sixties, a BBC producer developed a pop music showcase for Rolf to present and the pilot they made together featured the then unknown Rolling Stones, playing in a little church in Sydenham."

Which church? Anyone know?

Now if you can replicate these pizzas I'll be there like a shot

Looks like there must be a worldwide curse on Sydenham...

Thank you for clearing that one up. Having just found out how easy it is to get to the NSC, I was worried that we would be without a local pool until Forest Hill's is completed.