Sydenham Town Forum

I hadn't heard of Alexandra Nurseries - will check it out, thanks.

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Oh, the food fair sounds great, thanks!

Hello,

We've got some friends coming to stay this weekend, and I want to take them out somewhere during the day. They're ex-Londoners so none of the traditional big city attractions will appeal to them, but I'd quite like to show them something close to home. I have thought of the dinosaurs at ...

That's useful advice bensonby, thanks.

Me and my husband were approached yesterday evening near Sydenham station at 7pm by what sounds like the same guy. He was quite aggressive and wouldn't take no for an answer (I do sometimes give money to people who ask, but not if they're frightening me). My husband was also approached by him ...

[quote="rshdunlop"]Are none of the recycling points near enough to walk to?

About a 20 minute walk, but it's quite a big tree! My own fault - I just assumed, without checking, that I'd be able to have it collected for recycling. Perhaps Lewisham will introduce this service in the future, if they ...

Thanks...no door-to-door collection, then?

On a related note, does anyone know whether the council collects Christmas trees for recycling? We lived in Lambeth last year, where the council came and collected unwanted trees over a period after new year, but looking at the Lewisham website there only seem to be recycling centres dotted around ...

Hi love-sydenham! Sorry, I've only just seen your reply. We're really enjoying Sydenham so far, although we're still to go back to Trattoria Raffaele. Must make another date there soon!

We moved to Sydenham last weekend and ended up at Trattoria Raffaele on Saturday night when we had a houseful of boxes and no food. I liked it a lot and have been enthusiastically recommending it to friends - I hope it doesn't go!