Sydenham Town Forum

It's not that I don't appreciate your answers, Hill & chris, but I have spent some years investigating this matter on the www and in books etc, and I am still this day amazed by the fact that no official reason was given and no official investigations were carried out. I mean the insurance compa...

Anyone knows when the area was first called Crystal Palace? And did CPFC take the name before the area?

For many years there was a strong theory amongst regulars in the Thicket Public House that a irate postman who lived next door torched the place because of the noise that was keeping him awake. I have spoke with someone who frequented the Thicket during the 40s and 50s and he said it was just more ...

There was no enquiry into the cause of the fire because it was literally the wrong side of the road. In 1936 Crystal Palace Parade was split in two by the line down the centre of the road. The Railway Station side (where the houses now are) was (and still is) Southwark and in London and the park si...

Thanks for your replies.

However, actually, I was asking for the authorities' take on the fire. The way the police handled the inquiry, and the insurance company's questions. There must be official documents about these things accessible to the public.

For many years there was a strong theory amongst regulars in the Thicket Public House that a irate postman who lived next door torched the place because of the noise that was keeping him awake. I have spoke with someone who frequented the Thicket during the 40s and 50s and he said it was just more ...

a foundation tends to get conservative over time, aiming at administration, position, political correctness (i.e. claiming what everyone knows is not true at some level) and profit rather than your passionate love for any CP detail they have told their version of the story and they are not hungry fo...

Having, as a Dane, read much of the www information about the fire, I am much puzzled. A few questions for locals or nerds , please: 1. Was there ever an official police inquiry into the cause? I mean, the causes mentioned on www, e.g. electrical device, women's cloakroom, seem totally unsubstantiat...