Sydenham Town Forum

Emc wrote: ↑

14 May 2019 21:26

Ooh and it's great living near Lower Sydenham with direct trains to the theatres (Charing Cross and Waterloo East) in just 15 minutes.

Really? Which service is that? I must try it sometime, because all the trains I've been on from Clock House seem to take 26-32 minutes.

I was at Penge East when I saw the Air Ambulance going over - it certainly looked as though it was headed in the direction of Penge West or thereabouts - and then when I was checking National Rail I saw that there were delays to trains between London Bridge and Croydon, so feared the worst

Third? I knew of one other, but not two.

The poor family and friends. Let's not forget the train driver - and station staff, police, firefighters ... too.

Japanese Knotweed is unlikely to appear in a new site as it rarely sets seed in this country. Hmm, that's debatable. It's illegal to allow it to spread: but that doesn't mean that someone won't, in the same way that they might go and dump their cuttings rather than burn them. (And glyphosate does w...

Came in very handy this afternoon - although I couldn't work out whether it was actually showing any services on the Orpington line or not. Certainly there was no sign of Orpington-bound trains - I'd have expected a "cancelled" notice.

What do you propose they do instead?

I usually use realtimetrains, but this could be useful too, so thanks (I go off Penge East, but it's only one stop away from Syd Hill anyway). I'll save it to Firefox

In the tunnel, the police told me when I went down to Penge East about an hour before your post. Yet another one

I got off the bus in Beckenham Road, Beckenham some 2 1/2 hours ago and almost gagged on the smoke, it was so thick. Hoping they're managing to get the fire under control by now.

7. Our very own The Cake Store has been doing bespoke cakes for big events and celebrities for years including Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Royalty and most recently Myleene Klass, George Clooney and Holly Willoughby. Who knew?! https://www.thecakestore.co.uk/celebrity-cake-gallery/# Who knew, i...

7.5%? I wish! It's like that report that the average UK house price had dropped by £7k ...

Oh dear, so sorry. I presume you were insured - and just as importantly, weren't in it at the time?

The same thing happened to someone's car when a tree came down in Venner Road, last year or maybe the year before.

This is in addition to the CP Underground festival, I take it? Ear defenders at the ready again, I guess

El Cid wrote: ↑

6 Mar 2019 17:28

I stand by my comment on pricing. Mamma Doughs specials come in at £12, while the dearest pizzas at Franca Manca are £8.75, at Bona £10.90 and at Four Hundred Rabbits £10.50.

Wow. The pizzas at Pizza Express are rather more expensive than those!

Best of luck then, Parker! OTOH, you can also get appointments with a GP there if your own surgery is overbooked, but only if your surgery has an agreement with them. (I've done it a couple of times when I've needed to see someone urgently and continuity of care wasn't a particular concern). I guess...

OTOH, you can also get appointments with a GP there if your own surgery is overbooked, but only if your surgery has an agreement with them. (I've done it a couple of times when I've needed to see someone urgently and continuity of care wasn't a particular concern). I guess that probably requires you...

Just realised that the noise I can hear out the back is likely to be more railway engineering works (Penge East line), despite the fact that it feels as though it's coming from 180° the wrong direction! Thank heavens for double glazing, is all I can say.

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 l...

Ah - Canonbie Road - hill starts!!

Very pleased to hear this, and I hope it all proceeds smoothly, at both locations.

Bovine Juice wrote: ↑

16 Feb 2019 15:23

The Standard hasn't covered Penge in its Homes & Property supplement for 5 years

I could have sworn it had - are you sure?