Sydenham Town Forum

Hi owlwise

Sorry to hear you are disappointed by the Sydenham hub - Jill and that you feel it intimidating to enter. I'm sure you would find the volunteers welcoming once inside.

The Hub will evolve over time. SEE3 needed something to get it going and Bruce Harrison and the people from the ...

Yes Richard we met yesterday but of course represented a much wider group of people who contributed to the ideas including members of the Sydenham Society and the Council's Community Development Team.

Indeed we did - the list was merely points of contact from the Council, Sydenham, Kirkdale and ...

Yesterday saw the first meeting of the Town Team (or more correctly, the bid team) since we heard news of our success.

The main item discussed was how to officially constitute the Town Team so that it can take over from Lewisham as the responsible body in the longer term.

We also discussed at ...

Just heard from Sydenham Community Radio that there will be a Car Boot Sale on 10 June.

Sydenham Community Radio are organising a Car Boot Sale at Girton Road Car Park (in the overflow bit) on Sunday, 10 June from 10am to 1pm. Pitches (which can be shared) are £8 for cars and £12 for vans. You get ...

The Forest Hill Society are excited to announce the

St George's Food Fair

Sunday, 22 April 2012 10 am - 4 pm

A Market at Forest Hill Station...
starring
Pimento Hill - Caribbean inspired Sauces, Seasonings and Jellies
The Forest Hill Cake Company - A whole range of cakes
Hills & Parkes ...

The Forest Hill Society's next Bring & Take event will be held at the Holy Trinity Centre, Trinity Path, Sydenham Park, SE26 4EA (between numbers 35D and 37 on Sydenham Park - just across the street from the entrance to Whittel Gardens) on Saturday, 25 February from 11am to 3pm.

BRING usable items ...

Just a quick reminder that Steve Grindlay will be giving one of his excellent local history talks this Thursday, 23 February at The Hob (7:30pm).

The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker - a history of commerce in Forest Hill"

Upstairs at The Hob, 7 Devonshire Road (opposite Forest Hill ...

This Sunday, 23 October, we have an Open Day at the Dacres Road Nature Reserve from 11am to 3pm.

There will be guided tours of the Nature Reserve, a scavenger hunt for children and Steve Grindlay will be giving one of his excellent talks at noon and again at 2pm. This time, the talk will be on ...

After a year of lobbying, we have just been informed by TfL that passengers can now purchase a Monthly ticket on Oyster directly from the ticket office or Ticket Vending Machines at the London Overground stations on the Sydenham line.

However, if a passenger requires an Annual season ticket on ...

The next LOROL (London Overground Rail Operations Ltd) Passenger Group meeting is on 9th September 2010. I will raise this point with them as there have been similar complaints at Forest Hill / Honor Oak.

If you have any other comments regarding ELL service, please contact either Forest Hill or ...

Thought you might be interested in these answers from LOROL to questions from our members:

Can people with National Rail Station to Station season tickets travel on Overground trains? For example, can Forest Hill - London Bridge season ticket holders travel from Forest Hill - New Cross Gate on your ...

There is one correction to make - the on train entertainment will not be provided by Teatro Vivo, but by another acting troupe. Apologies for any confusion this may have caused.