Just moved to Sydenham

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fatbob & lordclaire
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Just moved to Sydenham

Post by fatbob & lordclaire »

We moved from Brixton to Sydenham 5 weeks ago. So, excited about the Dolphin (our neck of the woods), succesfully navigated our way out of the Sainsburys car park after a few hashed attempts and with street parkng spaces galore often don't take the space outside our house just for the hell of it.


...it's all going very well......is there a catch?
stuart
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Re: Just moved to Sydenham

Post by stuart »

fatbob & lordclaire wrote:...it's all going very well......is there a catch?
Be very, very careful - if anyone from SydSoc catches you (and they do lurk here) you will be £6 poorer!

Still, that's cheaper than the traffic wardens...

Stuart
Pat Trembath
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Post by Pat Trembath »

With a £6 annual subscription for 4 quarterly newsletters keeping you up to date with what is going on around Sydenham and the surrounding area it's cheap at half the price!!

Check out our website on www.sydenhamsociety.com - you can download a membership form from there, too. Why do you have to wait to be caught?
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Post by stuart »

Pat - did anything come of the idea of having a 'Welcome Pack' that estate/letting agents could give to new people with info about Sydenham - maybe a free 1st year membership of SS, a rollup of traders with perhaps a special offer or three, other local organisations and even a mention of ST and the Forum?

Stuart
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Post by Pat Trembath »

In a word "no".

With small matters like a 10 day public inquiry into the future plans for Bell Green Sydenham Society's resources ( manpower and particularly funds) have been more than a trifle stretched over the past year.

In an ideal world something along this idea would be a quick way of making newcomers feel welcome. However it would need a prime mover to put in quite a bit of effort so if Admin has time on his hands and would like to start the ball rolling.....
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Post by stuart »

I am not sure Admin has time now he is being diverted into this History thing - but I'm sure he would support it :wink:

But I take your point - we do need a prime mover - preferably with a small seed budget for printing etc. The obvious candidates are the TCM or, perhaps, our councillors who have been a bit quiet since the election. Well done it could give them a nice boost. Or possibly SydSoc itself in the post October 19 world?

Something to kick around at the next Regeneration Meet? Which is ... when?

Stuart
Pat Trembath
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Post by Pat Trembath »

The next Sydenham Regeneration Partnership Group meeting will be held on Thursday 7 December at 7 pm at the Naborhood Centre (next door to the Post Office) - open to all interested in the future of Sydenham
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Post by Pat Trembath »

Sorry, I hate to lose any opportunity. I'd just like this small piece of information about Sydenham Society (which has a 34 year history) to stay on the Forum for a wee while longer for all newcomers to absorb as opposed to being lost in the discussion (equally important but slightly at a tangent) about welcome packs.

Sydenham Society has a 34 year history and has 1100 paid up members. With a £6 annual subscription ( £1 extra if you are out of the SE 23/26 area) for 4 quarterly newsletters keeping you up to date with what is going on around Sydenham and the surrounding area it's cheap at half the price!!

Check out our website on www.sydenhamsociety.com - you can download a membership form from there, too.

Pat Trembath
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