Sydenham Town Forum

It seems that branch is permanently closed now. So the Nat West is the only bank in Sydenham now. There has been a debate about financial exclusion recently, shutting down all the bank branches seems to going that way. Wonder what the building will become? Good location opposite the station. Banks ...

Better do offer a 'swim only' monthly membership - around 30 quid from memory. Entitles to use any/all of their pools including the likes of the 2012 Olympics pool, Charlton lido (heated!) and, closer to home, Crystal Palace NSC (if the 50-metre pool there ever re-opens...).

That's good news. I think it was originally meant to open in June this year but Covid knocked that on the head. Had been worried it wasn't going to happen at all and the unit would remain empty, so pleased to hear Covid has just caused a delay rather than a cancellation.

Over the successive weeks of the celebration, we have broken one saucepan lid (Ikea, not Lecreuset), two wooden spoons, then the remaining fragments of the wooden spoons when they were re-used the following week. Thankfully Amazon is still delivering wooden spoons!

I'm assuming that the posters saying they don't see the point of a bra fitting service are men :lol: (or should that be :roll: ?) Bravissimo, who have a nation-wide business doing this, don't measure you either - they look at the size of the bra you come in wearing and its fit on you, to determine ...

Just to say, our children did a Gems camp this summer and loved it!

The catchment distances should be available on the council's website. Adding two and two, I think I emailed you a whole load of info on schools via your vendor Welcome to the neighbourhood!

Ours seems to be working (touch wood...)

Just noticed in the latest email from the Sydenham Society that Lewisham Council is planning to introduce parking charges for the Girton Road car park. If this is done without the corresponding introduction of a CPZ on the surrounding streets, the already extreme difficulties that residents face in ...

SallyBee wrote: ↑2 Feb 2019 16:00 Haha this is timely, no kitchen to speak of yet, can anyone recomend a tasty takeaway for tonight?

Pizza from Raffaele's every time - you have to collect, though.

I guess the fact there are so many 'worst journeys' that have been offered up here only serves to demonstrate how well provided for we are when it comes to public transport

I guess it depends whether you are closer to the Sydenham or Penge end of those roads, but there are quite a few children from those roads at Kelvin Grove - with three-form entry it has quite a large catchment. Also, each year at least one or two local schools take a bulge class to accommodate ...

Raffaele's has high chairs and is very welcoming of children, but not sure if they're open at lunchtimes... Think the Golden Lion has high chairs too, as does the Dolphin. For all their unfriendly-sounding notices about children, the Dolphin were actually great when we took our two plus their baby ...

We have a lovely Spanish au pair joining our family in a couple of weeks' time. Does anyone know of any local au pair networks - or just have an au pair themselves that we could introduce her to - that we can connect her with to help her settle in and make friends?

Thank you!

And a few facts on the EU's democratic deficit for the Brexiters while I'm at it. No, it's not perfect, but show me a political system that is. There are three political institutions in the EU - the Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers. The Commission: basically the civil ...

There is a great quote from a Telegraph article earlier this week: "There is no conceivable form of Brexit that will simultaneously avoid a UK recession, is acceptable to Leave voters, and be agreed by every one of the 27 EU nations in possession of a veto - there's just no way of making those ...

I hammer and Parker, tell me what you think we stand to gain from Brexit.

Sydenham Lidl reopened this morning, I am pleased to report. Slight reconfiguration of the entrance and exit area and a lick of paint as well as fixing the ceiling.

Anyone know why Lidl on the high street has been shut for the last few days and when it's likely to re-open?

You definitely get more square feet for your money in Sydenham than Forest Hill or Honor Oak Park. Also, there is a better range of good quality family housing within your five-minute station radius in Sydenham than in FH. I've not felt unsafe walking home from the station (or pub) in Sydenham, but ...