Sydenham Town Forum

Thorpes Residents AGM tonight! Wednesday 9th February, 7.30 for 8pm, the Golden Lion, 116 Sydenham Road SE26 The Thorpes Residents Association was founded in 2004. Tonight's meeting at the Golden Lion is open to all Thorpes-dwellers - those residents and tenants who live on the Thorpes Estate and ...

Sounds fantastic! We recently broke a 'shabby chic' mirror that we bought about 15 years ago in a shop that had opened in an earlier wave of vintage interest - it was near the top of Kent House Rd. Had been wondering where - locally - to find another... now all I have to do is wait until the spring ...

Good news that Thameslink revamp has been given the green light but it won't open until 2018

http://www.sydenhamsociety.com/2010/11/ ... crossrail/

A serious threat to the future of Horniman Museum?

http://www.sydenhamsociety.com

Carnival demo news here

http://www.sydenhamsociety.com/2010/10/ ... rary-cuts/

Two great events this Friday: Sydenham Traders are running their always popular Trick 'n' Treat in the high street. http://www.sydenhamsociety.com/2010/10/sydenham-trickntreating-friday-29-october/ In the evening, Meatballs and Music at Trattoria Raffaele - great music, wonderful food. http://www ...

The most effective thing to do about rubbish etc is to take a digital photo and email it to the Love Lewisham website - details at this link: http://www.lovelewisham.org/Help
Much easier - and faster - than individually contacting all the people JR mentions above!

Good news on extra rush-hour evening trains from London Bridge in December - and an extra late night train on Saturday.

http://www.sydenhamsociety.com/2010/10/ ... -december/

All Billings recipes now up on the Sydenham Society website.

www.sydenhamsociety.com

Does anyone have any information on the listing of the modern building at Sydenham School, Dartmouth Road? I saw a reference to an article in the South London Press but despite an online search can't find it...

Just heard that there will be photographers tomorrow from both the South London Press and the News Shopper. However the time of the photo call has changed to 12 noon. We hope to see as many of you there as possible! Save Sydenham LIbrary campaign group.

The meeting to discuss the future of Sydenham Library is this Thursday (August 19th) at 7pm at the Grove Centre, Jews Walk. It is to be hoped that councillors from Bellingham and Perry Vale (as well as Sydenham) will be there to answer questions from the public and library-users. While the library ...

Fantastic shop - have already had some delicious sea bass (following the recipe card) and Mr Big Ben has had terrific kippers. Great start - and the shop looks brilliant too!

Waitrose would be a tremendous addition to the high street and the fact that it's a different chain to all the others within a mile or so (the Coop, Sainsburys, Tesco) means that there would not be any competition issues. The station is now incredibly busy as a result of the Overground and those ...

For info, the Sydenham Society sent the objection below on June 11; further objections should be sent to planning@lewisham.gov.uk asap as we are nearing the end of the consultation period. If writing, please cite the planning application number which is: DC/10/74280/X The Sydenham Society objects to ...

As part of the Sydenham Arts Festival, Sydenham Knits will be aiming to knit as many green, 6-inch squares as possible. These will be made into blankets for the baby unit at Kings College Hospital. We meet at The Dolphin, Sydenham Road, on the second Monday of the month at 7.30pm.Our dates for ...

Well said Juwlz - couldn't agree more.

Would anyone be interested in enrolling in a stained-glass course at Granville Park adult education centre in Lewisham? You will learn how to make a stained-glass panel in this 15-week course on Saturdays from 10-12pm. The tutor is Jo Green, who has just finished a two-year postgrad course at ...

If the snow lasts, any suggestions for the best sledging slopes locally?

Is this a picture of Mummycat?