Sydenham Town Forum

There is currently a dreadful amount of noise coming from around the back end of Home Park/near Byron Close estate. Does anyone know what is going on?

I'm just wondering, I've seen more mounted police in Sydenham Road over the past week or so than in the preceding three decades. Is this their response to the recent incidents or just a coincidence?

Yes, when I walked up Girton Road to the high street on Tuesday night there was a large group of people standing around in the street eating and drinking and the whole area smelled of cannabis, presumably because a lot of the people there were smoking it. It crossed my mind to phone the police ...

Sydenham is by no means the worst place in London, but I certainly know of safer areas too. This website is interesting: http://www.murdermap.co.uk/murder-map.asp

Well, I am sorry if that is what it was about. Obviously I didn't intend any insensitivity or offence towards those involved. However, I do still think that releasing balloons is not the best way to go about making whatever point one wants to make.

On 5 May a large group of people gathered in Home Park where they released a large number of blue balloons. I am wondering whether this event was advertised locally and whether any sort of permission was gained from the local authority. Balloon releases have negative impacts on the environment ...