Sydenham Town Forum

82.573% of all statistics are made up on the spot. i just wanted to make the point that when there is an increase in crime in an area, it is often because the area has become more affluent, and its inhabitants are therefore targeted. at the same time, i dont feel sydenham is any worse, crime wise, t...

i agree dave, whenever i need anything at all of a DIY nature, i always use the shop at the top of the high street, Sydenham DIY i think its called. they are fantastic in there, can cut wood to any size, and even sell individual screws and nails. loads better than the big chain stores, and cheaper t...

i had a chat with peter in the newsagents opposite the greyhound, and the car boot sale is, indeed, organised by the current greyhound landlord. it is (apparantly) an effort in increasing the revenue for the pub. how an extra £20 can be deemed worthwhile, is beyond me. maybe, just maybe, if they act...

we got one, and we live just off lawrie park road

the council will make the area as big as they possibly can - the bigger the area, the more money they get.

With the past two days bringing Iraq back into the political arena, I thought it was interesting to see Michael Howard admitting to the public that he would have invaded Iraq anyway, just to remove Saddam (UN resolution or not). His admittance to this can only be due to the fact that if he does (God...

I think the idea behind the latest parking proposal for Sydenham is that the Girton Road car park will become a chargeable car park, the area around it (and the high street) will become a CPZ - and residents will have to pay for a permit to park outside their own homes. I can see the pound signs whi...

we have found that the service you get from envirocall can be extremely 'hit and miss'. we are just off lawrie park road, and our recycling facilities were emptied, as per normal, on monday. in fact, they have difficulty getting into our close, so they walked down, and wheeled the bins back to the w...

I walked around it a couple of Sundays ago (it took about 2 minutes) and found the whole thing a bit embarrassing. I dont think it will last.

I must have given the Bricklayers the kiss of death or something. As soon as I had typed that last posting, Gerry, the landlord of the Bricklayers, upped sticks, and has gone to a pub in Tooting. I have not been in to the pub this week, but I have heard that large plasma screens have been seen being...

As an addenda (having just read through the rantings again) I love the way he/she/it wrote that all immigrants should become part of our 'Great British Culture'. Chicken Tikka Massala is now pretty much our National dish, and going out for an 'Indian' (many of which are not Indian, but from the Isla...

I've had enough of him/her/it too. I have never read a more moronic collection of postings in my life. I suggest he/she/it studies the Qu'ran, if reading is within his/her/its capabilities, and then tells me where the book says any of the things that he/she/it has imagined. The overall message of th...

Sorry, but I had just had my dinner, a lovely homemade chile-con-carne, and I though I would check out what has happened on my second favourite website and forum, only to find out that bits have been taken away. I can only assume that someone who has registered under the moniker 'anti eu' (now there...

Again, whilst technically in between Sydenham and Forest Hill (though opposite what is classed as Sydenham Police Station) I would like to put a positive word in for the Bricklayers Arms on Dartmouth Road. Its got decent beer (Youngs) which is not too dear. It plays decent enough music, and it has g...

yeah, i agree with you global - it was a bit of a snobby comment. from previous threads it is obvious that there is a general shabbiness about most of the pubs in sydenham. forest hill, has already started to see some of its pubs improve, and it can only be a matter of time before there is a knockon...

when we moved from westwood hill into lawrie park road, we had to move from wells park surgery, to sydenham road surgery. which was a real drag. wells park surgery is modern, clean, and all the doctors (bar one) were very good. whilst the doctors in sydenham road are fine, the rest of it, including ...

Golden City on the High Street, has been consistently good over the past 15 years I have been in there. Never had a bad meal, either eating in or taking away.

Stuart, you are right, the best place would be the Greyhound car park, but I think it would take a great deal of persistence to make something work there. It pains me to say it, but you cant really compete against the likes of Borough Market, especially when it has so much to offer, and is only 10 m...

at the risk of sounding like an mp, 'hear hear' (fishcox waves a piece of paper about). just wondered if anyone saw the guardian newspaper yesterday, it had a steve bell caricature of michael howard, with a glass of blood, and blood dripping from his fangs with the footnote 'Is anyone else drinking ...

very very true. unfortunately, such facts dont get reported too often in our marvellous press. instead, we get individual cases dragged in front of us; someone who has been prepared for an operation, which she may not live through, and been turned away three times. the truth behind this single case,...

to any normal retailer, opening in that space would be pointless, especially with the costcutter over the road, and another convenience store just next to the roundabout. unfortunately, with their economic clout, tescos appear to be able to open wherever they want, until the competition no longer ex...