Sydenham Town Forum

Spotted in this week's News Shopper: https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/18708249.plans-45-000-person-festivals-crystal-palace-park-revealed/ According to the trust, music promoter Festival Republic is applying to Bromley Council for a licence to hold two events on the upper terraces of Crystal Palac...

It's been known for ages that typical blue masks will keep out the virus to about 60% as do double layer home-made cotton masks, (But they really need to be three-layer, with a non-woven filter layer in between the two fabric layers. Otherwise there's a risk of the holes in the weave of the two lay...

RubyE wrote: ↑

14 Sep 2020 11:44

I phoned Sydenham Green this morning for an appointment, about 8:05. I started off at 17th in the queue but after 10-15 minutes I was through to reception. Within 5 minutes I had an appointment for this morning.

Yes, but was that for a blood test, or just for a GP appointment?

That's nothing. A few days ago, I think the Lewisham phlebotomy services must have combined their booking services, because when I rang the number to book a blood test at Sydenham Green I got a message referring me to a new number. I dialled that one, to be told I was 125th in the queue. I was worki...

I’m not surprised this isn’t common knowledge, it’s from the ONS and I could find any info on the bbc site. Its a national scandal. Here is the source info from the ONS , see table 1 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/articles/coronaviruscovid19relat...

syd wrote: ↑

25 Aug 2020 10:24

I never thought I’d leave but It’s dangerous here 66% of people who died of covid were disabled.

Where'd you hear that?

Are you looking for houses, flats or both?

BTW, was there an illegal party on Saturday night this week? Police helo with searchlights hovering (incredibly noisily compared with usual) for a long time over maybe the Lawrie Park Road area, or even Crystal Palace park itself.

My immediate thought was "please, not GLL".

Unless you are wearing a special medical grade mask, then masks and face coverings do not offer any significant protection to the wearer. They DO significantly reduce the risk that you transmit the virus to others, and thus help break the chain of infection. Maybe, maybe not. But given that there a...

Although caution is advised:

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/medical ... cid=ASUDHP

Damn. I appreciated being able to interact with human beings still Now the only option will be Beckenham, which I try and avoid like the plague because I hate it and its machines so much.

After the mini hell it put us through last year, I'm desperately hoping and praying it doesn't go ahead this year. If it does, we're moving out

While looking through the Argos catalogue, I noticed that most of the aerials have 3G/4G-blocking features. That made me wonder: could phone signals be a possible cause of the loss of picture, especially if someone tends to make calls at a similar time of day?

Hmm, I'm not so sure. I was talking to an estate agent yesterday - admittedly a little farther out than Sydenham - who was telling me that demand is outstripping supply, prices are going up, they are getting multiple offers, sealed bids and what have you, on properties. And they are having to limit ...

(Nice pun, which I hadn't initially registered!) Pleased to see this Saturday being designated as a "support independent shops" day of the sort we usually have in early December. Even more pleased to see the News Shopper has a full-page advert promoting Penge and its independent shops. Wondering why...

Transmission bands in the UK were "cleared out" somewhat starting over two years ago to accommodate 5G. The Freeview bods restructured their bands and decreed that older forms of external aerials were no longer technically suited for the job of receiving the re-organised bands and offered free aeri...

Leicester's had a spike (rise) in infections, but it's small, and the Government is right to try and get on top of it with a local lockdown, like has been done in Berlin, parts of Spain, and elsewhere. Depends on your definition of "small", I think. Leicester is a little smaller, population-wise, t...

alywin, I'm surprised you're still using a ring aerial. My indoor aerial reception problems, especially helicopter disruption also suspected weather effect, stopped when I bought flat panel aerials (for each TV). I mentioned these about a year ago so the price has gone up a bit but still within £10...

I use a free app called "Find Antenna" for iOS that has a compass-style direction finder that points precisely to transmitters. I am unsure whether there is an Android equivalent. It's excellent at ensuring aerials of all types are aligned accurately to the correct transmitter. Locally I point mine...