Sydenham Town Forum

as previously stated, im off to france if they ever get in again. i know there are a lot of disgruntled labour supporters, as i myself was - i think there were many voters who expected a more socialist party, and a bit more change. however, i think that running a country is similar to commanding an ...

i did mention on another thread, that the six bottles of badger ale for £5, really is unbeatable, and if you have a taste for a sweeter beer, try the more expensive badger champion ale, which has a taste of elderflower - it really is award winningly good. Alcohol is the last refuge of the lush - Fis...

i see your point. there is no easy answer. abstention means you lose any direct say you have in our democratic process, a vote for one of the smaller parties means potentially splitting the vote, giving the Tories a back door in, and a direct vote for the Tories means taking us back to the dark ages...

i remember that back room, i saw john otway perform in there some years ago, and also used to watch boxing matches being shown on television. the mosiac tiled atrium (?) was also fantastic, i wondered what had happened to it. i think the theme pub has had its day (please god). i think there is defin...

hi again paddy my point about the cross-party support was, if you will not vote labour, because of the war, then who can you vote for ? voting for an independent, standing on an anti war platform for instance, whilst possibly keeping your conscience clear, is a waste of time. you will get an mp who ...

Well Iraq was going to enter the forum at some time I suppose, and if there is anything which will prevent Labour getting another term, then it will be Iraq. It may have been a war about oil, and it may even have been an opportunity for Bush to settle an old score, on behalf of his father, but we sh...

I get your point on the posters Paddy. What the Tories are doing is just frightening us, without actually giving any solutions. Its all about taxes, gypsies, crime and immigration - and its all done in Daily Mail rhetoric - and in a childlike (or foreign exchange dealers) handwriting. The man behind...

Blimey, does this Ukip chappy actually want to be our MP ? He doesnt seem to be going about it in a very good way. I think he would do a lot better on a town forum website for, say, Tonbridge, half of which probably thinks we are still at war anyway. I have corresponded several times with Jim Dowd, ...

maybe vic reeves is in town

I have grown very fond of Somerfield/Morrissons/Safeway/whatever it is this week, since I discovered that they sell Badger Bitter, in bottles, 6 for a fiver. You cant do better than that - although if anyone knows of a better deal please let me know, and I will hire a trailer and clear them out.

I always go to the one behind Homebase in Penge. Drive as if you were going into the Homebase itself, then carry on round the corner. They have about 5 blokes all doing MOT's at the same time, so you dont wait long, and you can just turn up without an appointment. I've never had a fail either.

property prices go up and down. i wouldnt worry about it, having lived in a property for many years with negative equity. there are pros and cons to renting or buying; a mortgage is really just like renting from the bank/building society anyway. so long as you can afford the payments, i wouldnt worr...

I think sending pictures of graffiti, and stuff that has been dumped, to the council, is a briliant idea, although I fear the council may have bitten off more than they can chew - looking at the number of pictures that have been submitted to them. What is also ironic, is that the Google generated ad...

Its a good idea, but I do find it difficult to determine what is truth and what is fiction, what is good and what is bad, and what should be treated seriously and what is a bit of a laugh.

I just think, if possible, we should try and have a laugh at anything we can, unless it is in totally bad taste.

Hi Jane. I've done Cafe Jeera, and really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, nothing has matched The Surma ('tis a pity it's in East Dulwich) which is the finest curry house I have ever had the pleasure of sampling. The best one in the immediate vicinity, has probably been the Gurkha. Best chippy is deffo K...

at the risk of opening the floodgates, who can come up with the best spoof 'missing cat notice' for the newsagent. if we get a really good one, then i will personally place it in there.

Did I read a thread somewhere about Lawrie Park Road being the next area to be dug up, for gas main replacement ? If so, is there any further information about it anywhere ?

Thanks for the tip Megan, even if it does sound like its owned by Scousers.

I read that too Adam, it's a class article. I like the bit about the cat maybe scarpering, to become The Penge Panther, or The Beast of Beckenham.

I have almost been tempted to put a spoof 'Lost Cat' notice in the newsagent.

I'm always interested to know of any curry house recommendations. Is the one you are talking about, near to the Kirkdale roundabout ?