Sydenham Town Forum

The fencing was not there for the first few months. My guess is it was added to stop people walking across the car park area and adversely interacting with the vans. I suspect Health and Safety. Even excusing it that much, I can't see the design advantage of having the customer interfacing part of ...

I'd like to make an STF social but having bowed out of the last 2 I intended to make I thought I'd stay quiet and just watch developments (from behind my net curtains .

The a costume place on Kirkdale, Antoinette that are very welcoming and may well have some items of help. For kids, the big supermarkets have cheap outfits.

I was just looking for nice Postcode map of South East London and strayed across the Museum of London’s Postcode Map project. They are asking for stories to attach to each postcode and I noticed there weren’t any for SE26 . Given some of the interesting stories shared on this forum, I thought it mig ...

It's never worked for me either, mostly using Firefox on a PC.

I was in the school for parent's evening and saw the poster again. It was for tinyballers. I haven't tried them myself so it's just a link not a recommendation.

They used to do them down at the Bridge Leisure centre but I think they've ceased now. They could be worth contacting. I also saw a poster for a new group I'd not heard of, the last time I was at Eliot Bank. I'm not there often and can't remember the details but I'm hope some eagle-eyed parent can ...

I like the new one Lee. Good job yet again.

Thank you for such a well written and speedy summary Admin. Whilst the news is not great, we're indebted to you for offering such useful information. I'd like to offer extended thanks to everyone who attended the meeting and aimed to represent the commuters' views. I couldn't make the meeting myself ...

nasaroc wrote:OIN - here are journey times...

Thanks again Nasaroc. It's interesting to know I would have a backup journey plan that might only take 10/15 mins more if needed.

Interesting. Thanks for the information Nasaroc. It's good to have some information about the changes even if it's not all good news. It's hard to imagine exactly how the changes will impact the journey. As someone who regularly uses one of those 6 trains an hour it would be a shame to see a third ...

Thanks for that link BladeRunner – I didn’t know that information was available online. Shocked by Gurkha’s score I had a little browse. It’s an interesting selection of businesses including schools and supermarkets. On a fairly random selection, here’s a taste (excuse me) of who’s got what: 0 star – ...

It really was an earth shattering (and almost house-shattering) bit of weather. I've never known a thunder roll out for that long but it was the lightning that really surprised me. It was as if the world went completely white. Despite several indications in contemporary media, I still seem to be in ...

That's a great post Paddy. I have the utmost respect for the refreshingly reasoned debate. (Sometimes it can get a little reactionary on here for my tastes.)

Interesting. We're on a road just off lower Kirkdale and we were told that it was a fuse blown at the power station. We we're back on about 8 although they did say that they hadn't been able to restore power to everyone yet. Perhaps the fuse blew because someone went through the cable ...

It was operating when I moved to the area. Unfortunately it went just as I was buying a bike. I think that was about 3 years ago now.

I thought some people might be interested to know that Sydenham is now covered by Google Street View. So you can look at photos of your local area and take visual walks around and about the area. For example, here's the Street View from the top of the High Street near the Greyhound. Let us know if ...

It's great to know there's so many good options. I'd also heartily recommend F Bull and Sons down on Bell Green Lane. We've been going to them since we got to Sydenham 7 years ago and we've always been very happy. They do good work at good prices. I think we went there from a recommendation on here ...

I finally made it to Blue Mountain with the family this weekend. It was nice but I have to say I was a little disappointed given some of the favourable reviews found here on the forum. The coffee was OK but not outstanding (e.g. no crema), the bread for the sandwiches tasted highly of baking soda or ...

I should add that the Kangly Bridge you mentioned do "pay and play" nights. If I recall rightly you pay a fee and then play doubles with other players, rotating as necessary dependant on how many people turn up. I used to book courts there with friends and people we met who played the p&p rated it ...