Sydenham Town Forum

Thanks for the answer JGD, interesting stuff - but judging by your reply on the other thread all of this was refused permission and has now been appealed against to be decided by an inquiry next year, so none of it is concrete yet, to coin a phrase? I love the view of the gasholders, so 'unloved' is ...

I see common sense has prevailed & they're putting an Aldi in the old Toys R Us instead - wasn't that part of the proposal to demolish the gasholders? What is proposed to be built on the site now, if anything?

Yes! So now they won't need to demoloish the gasholders!

So SGN next have to complete a historic building investigation & risk assessments which have to be submitted and approved, any idea on how long that might take? Couple of months maybe?

Anyone else think the new Cobb’s Corner (Used to be the Blue Mountain coffee shop) signage is just God awful?. Slightly disappointed in the new lettering, they've gone for cheap & cheerful whereas when the new awning went up I thought they were going for a more classy, gentrified look. Good luck to ...

I have a painting of the Livesey Hall in which the gasometers are partially obscured by trees. An artistic comment? But there we are - we are all different. The real question is - why should your view prevail and who is going to pay for it? Stuart My recent painting of the gasholders is currently ...

Livesey Hall , its perimeter wall and War Memorial present themselves perfectly well without the presence of the gasometers. You have a very good visual imagination then, as you've never seen Livesey Hall without them. I'm impressed by the way you can mentally picture the scene without these ...

Any bird lovers among us may also be interested to know that house sparrows, which are on the London Biodiversity Action Plan Priority Species list, use the site for nesting - the 'cockney sparrow' virtually synonymous with London also now under threat. This is of course in addition to the peregrine ...

Have not seen any dual carriageways - existing or proposed. 2 or more lanes of traffic going in the same direction in Bell Green, Perry Hill and bottom of Sydenham Rd? In front of the Bell pub there are seven lanes of traffic. Whether it technically counts a dual carriageway I'm not certain, there ...

It's the gasholders that give the historical and visual context and setting to Livesey Hall. Without them it's significance is reduced and it becomes isolated, a relic amidst retail sheds, car parks and dual carriageways.

If you are interested in preserving these unique heritage assets, which also provide habitat to a protected species of birdlife, please get your objections in now to planning@lewisham.gov.uk the deadline is tomorrow!

I believe it is actually an offence to give money to beggars. I don't believe it is an offence, though certainly police advice, and the advice of many charities, is not to give money directly to people begging. See this news story from last year, if it was an offence then the sign would surely not ...

Measures to cut and mitigate emmissions should be a top priority. That all points to the gyratory which is a blot in so many other ways to the area. People have been pressing for this for years but no comprehensive plan appears to have been put together to give Sydenham a cleaner and more pleasant ...

RJM wrote:

Larky wrote:The museum is a great idea and should be in The Livesey.

Lets get rid of the gas holders!

Oh so it would be like Crystal Palace Museum, photos of something that's no longer there. Except in that case it burned down, in this case we demolished it.

... ... However... there are hundred if not thousands of these ugly pieces of ironwork across the land. actually that's rather the point here. There may have been thousands at one point in time, but as they are now redundant structures a lot of them have already disappeared. There number now is ...

It's going to change massively, when the Nando's opens the corner will become quite busy I imagine. The old snooker hall along the side could well be reopened as bars or restaurants in the future.

Yes and I'm sorry to say it will happen more when Nando's opens. There was an old lady this morning sitting on the pavement outside the entrance that isn't even open yet.

Also Syd Artists Trail starts next weekend http://sydenhamarts.co.uk/artist-map & there is already a taster exhibition in The Dolphin pub

Syd Artists Trail starts next weekend http://sydenhamarts.co.uk/artist-map & there is already a taster exhibition of paintings in The Dolphin pub

Also Syd Artists Trail starts next weekend http://sydenhamarts.co.uk/artist-map & there is already a taster exhibition in The Dolphin