Sydenham Town Forum

A small brown smooth-haired male terrier-type dog, without a collar, started following our (spayed!) bitch in Featherstone Drive (top of Derby Hill Crescent) about an hour ago and came home with us (Radlet Avenue). Would not let us approach him, but we tempted him our back garden while we discussed,...

I wonder how old the existing buildings are? It will be sad to see them go, but I can understand why the decision has been taken that they should, given that any charm they might have had has now been obliterated by their horrible neighbours. What a mess Kirkdale is.

Possibly. But thanks for your post anyway, JGD.

I've now realised that my earlier post was technically ambiguous. But I'd have thought it wouldn't have been too difficult to guess what I meant. Those who argued for the retention of the gasholders (like those who argued against Brexit) lost the argument. So obviously they should now shut up and le...

JGD wrote: ↑

16 Feb 2019 17:17

Who lost what Robin ?

The argument about whether the gasholders should be preserved.

Why this obsession with the gasholders, JGD? It's beginning to sound like gloating. You know, like Brexit. 'You lost, get over it'.

I can't see the gasholders from my home, but I wish I could - they're lovely.

And I'd certainly be attracted to an area if I knew it was one where the community got together to fight for the preservation of its heritage.

It was great to see a full house at St Barts last night (although I found the ?new red floodlighting in the chancel a bit off-putting - to warn worshippers about the flames of hell?) A group of locally based professional musicians calling themselves enSEmble26 played a piano trio by Mendelssohn, a p...

Tim Lund wrote: ↑

19 Jan 2019 14:56

That's horse manure, Robin, and it doesn't stay in the green bin - just a useful way of moving it to my own front garden

A likely story.

Should dead leaves go in the green bin?

Good, thanks.

Are any of the issues raised in this thread being taken forward by anyone?

A rat crept softly through the vegetation
Dragging its slimy belly on the bank
While I was fishing in the dull canal
On a winter evening round behind the gashouse
Musing upon the king my brother's wreck
And on the king my father's death before him.

We have used the Bolney Court practice in Lawrie Park Road for over thirty years and have been very pleased with them.

Oh dear. I hope this is a joke.

How did it go?

I wish that in selecting pseudonyms people would avoid using three capital letters beginning with 'J. There seem to be hordes of them; I always get them confused and can't remember which of them are goodies and which baddies, or which gender they are. (There seems to be a new one called 'JRM' ?)

I shall be there in spirit, and I hope there is a constructive outcome. (I'm afraid I'm feeling too old, deaf and set in my ways to venture forth in person at Sunday lunchtime to a meeting in what will no doubt be a noisy and crowded pub at the other end of Sydenham!)

I'm told the tents etc were being removed by the police this lunchtime.

From what I have seen, a lot of the problems on forums stem from a culture where others comment on the opinion of others rather than simply posting their own opinion....A simple “I disagree, my opinion is this..” rather than calling out other posters. I thought discussing different opinions was one...