Sydenham Town Forum

It's one big soap opera isn't it? I've kept out of the petty politics behind SE23.life and just posted on local issues, yet it would be a shame if the local forum for Forest Hill was closed as SE23.com is simply poor. Maybe the best thing for Chris is to sell up to someone who can operate the websit...

Pengites aren't happy with the proposals which would see their Labour majority voters being lumped back into the Tory safe seat of Beckenham. (Same for SE26 voters on the Bromley side of the border). I largely support the Dulwich and Sydenham proposal, yet a shame that Bell Green will be in a seat t...

News report on BBC London.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQpN6Au ... e=youtu.be

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I hope the PO doesn't become like Penge where the PO shares with a mobile phone accessory section, an internet cafe and a section that sells wigs.

I notice the nice new number 12s to Dulwich library are far more frequent though-wonder why that is? The 12s have also seen their share of cuts in recent years, going from every 4 mins to 5 mins but are still more frequent than the 176. Going back to the 176, while it has some reliability issues, i...

TfL have tendered the 176 route to Go-Ahead with new hybrid buses, however there will be a big reduction in bus frequency to every 10 minutes during the day, it's currently (8 daytime, 7 peak).

The new contract starts on November 11th.

I've been to the Budgens in East Finchley which is a similar size. While not a Sainsbury's or even a Co-op, it should get a decent enough trade with all the usual stuff in stock.

My mother refers to the London Overground service as "the Overground" while Southern are the "green trains"

From 12th September, Route 202 will become a double decker route. This is as part of a new bus tender deal between TfL and the current operator Metrobus which will also see an extra bus added to the timetable. Currently we may see the odd double decker from time to time on the 202, but for most of u...

Thanks for replies. Tried the newsagent near Syd Rd post office and the Co-op with no luck, none at Syd station. Hopped on a train to Forest Hill - none there. There were several discarded ones on the train though, yay, presumably collected from up town. None at FH station for the last two days, bu...

Forest Hill station had Standard's last week, but Sainsbury's didn't.

I believe the station distribution is handled by Menzies rather than the Standard themselves.

A workman found a stash of child pornography at his former Sydenham home.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ro ... hs-3819188

Regarding contactless debit/credit cards. Those with basic current accounts, those who normally just get a Visa card with no overdraft won't be getting them. This is due to the fact that those cards always have to have a live connection to the bank for transactions. These customers are more likely t...

I thought I got that page because I'm using a proxy server.

We've had HD since before digital switchover on Freeview.

What happened last week was the second stage of channel number changes where HD channels moved from the 50s to 100-104 and the 'Babestation' type ones moved to 170+

The initial proposal was for a new constituency splitting Lewisham West and Penge between Beckenham to the south and a new seat covering Forest Hill and Sydenham with wards in Dulwich. The new proposals are for a new Lewisham South seat covering Forest Hill, Sydenham (LB Lewisham area only), Lower S...

The 194, 197 and 450 also ran through Sydenham at points during the day.

Eagle wrote:Jim Dowd Esq and MP for Dulwich. Has a ring to it.

Some of my fellow Dulwich'ites are choking on their lattes at the fact that Jim could be our joint local MP replacing north London Tessa.

All sorted now.

Southern still provide the data and station announcements for London Overground stations south of New Cross Gate as part of a contract. Best to complain to London Overground, who may instruct Southern to abbreviate Islington like on the boards from Surrey Quays up to H&I to bring the 2nd and 3rd tra...