Sydenham Town Forum

Although the Dolphin was not the pub closest to my residence, it was the one I chose to use as my local back in the early 1970s because it was more central for use by my particular circle of friends. I moved away from Sydenham in 1977 - so I'm glad to hear that the old place is getting a new lease ...

I attended St Michael's COE back in the early 1960s - it was a happy school back then. The emphasis was on giving the best all round education possible - and that was during an era when the 'three Rs' reigned supreme. The education given was good enough to get me into Colfe's school - then a grammar ...

I seem to remember that the local Angels used to hang out at the upstairs coffee bar at the St Michaels Church Hall/Youth Centre down at Bell Green. They used to regularly 'rumble' with the rival chapter whose haunt was the Salt Box cafe at Biggin Hill.

I remember Wise's fish and chips. There was an off licence nearby... I remember the Gulf garage on the corner of Knightion Park Road - my father got the clutch of his Austin Cambridge renewed there in 1972 and I recall it cost him £25! I also remember there being a chemist's shop close to the corner ...

Roberto and Cristina's father was Maurice. He was a dead ringer for Donald Pleasance. I remember that he had a very dry wit... Their mother was called Luisa and I remember her calling the kids in for various meals when they were playing outside... "Robertooooooooooooooooo!!!! Crisitna ...

I always knew the place as Peter Pan's Pool. I used to be taken there in the late 50s/early 60s. As we lived in Lower Sydenham it was not too much of a walk cutting through the Southend estates. My main memory involves battery powered model cars - 3 laps around an oval circuit for 6d. Of course the ...

I remember the Sydenham Sainsbury's from the 1960s - very traditional. I also remember being very impressed when the first 'supermarket' opened in Sydenham - Victor Values, on the same side of the High Street as Sainsbury's but closer to the railway bridge. This was called a 'supermarket' as it was ...

I remember the Criterion from the 60s.... For me it was a great treat to be taken there for a knickerbocker glory - which had to be consumed with the special knickerbocker glory spoon as no common or garden spoon was long enough or narrow enough to reach the bottom of the glass. The thing I will ...

I used to live at 53 Broseley Grove, moving away to obtain employment in Somerset in 1977. I went to school at St Michael's C of E primary school with several local inhabitants: Appleby, Eley, Haswell and Bevan of Knighton Park Road; Rowling of Broseley Grove... I'm straining my brain to recall any ...