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Tim announced he was stepping down from the Chair after
serving for two years. He said:
It is with some regret that I have decided not to put
my name forward again to be chair of the Sydenham Society, principally because
I was not finding as much time for it as I would have wished. I am pleased to
say that other members of our executive will be continuing, so that the Society
will continue as strongly as ever.
Our executive is currently considering how to make the
role of chair less individually time consuming, and as members you will be
informed about any candidates to be my successor, and have the opportunity to
vote for him, her or them at our AGM, March 30th.
Tim Lund succeeded Pat Trembath as the new chair of the
Sydenham Society in March 2008. |
Tim came from Oxfordshire to Peckham bringing a bit
of the countryside with him.
After reading Maths at Oxford Tim went into the City
stockbroking - and a local allotment. His twin track career went to Credit
Suisse and changing Southwark's transport policies.
He was a prominent player in the early days of
Transport 2000 south London activities. Harvey Sherlock of the CPRE was a heavy
influence in the concept of how cities could be broken down into working and
enjoyable communities.
A concept Tim explored and documented in the form of
the Dulwich Community Website «www.dulwich.co.uk» one of
the first in the country and one of the inspirations for our Sydenham Town
Website. It also signalled a change of career for Tim as he developed the IT
side of City business and adopted a more relaxed lifestyle.
Growing vegetables made Tim look south to Sydenham for
a larger allotment and as his family grew they finally decamped to a larger
home in Silverdale in 1999.
Success in the City doesn't mean Ferraris and Porches.
Quite the opposite - Tim doesn't have a car. Well not his own but a Streetcar
is his desire «www.streetcar.co.uk» and
a bicycle.
Old habits die hard. Tim couldn't resist building
another website for the Kent House Leisure Gardens «www.klga.com» and has another in
the pipeline.
His resolve not to return to community activism lasted
a little longer. It ended with a chance visit to one of Chris Best's
Regeneration meetings.
That and his report of the first Sydenham Assembly
«here» caused Tim
to fall into the clutches of Sydenham Society's Executive Committee Head
Hunters.
From which there is no known escape ... until
now!
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