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by simon
17 Mar 2024 19:57
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: TfL rules out regular London Overground trains to London Bridge
Replies: 10
Views: 1198

Re: TfL rules out regular London Overground trains to London Bridge

I agree sydnami. Getting a direct train to East Croydon, if only twice an hour would be great. I thought it had been spoken about but not heard anything.
by simon
3 Mar 2024 19:54
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Licence application for gambling……
Replies: 19
Views: 4806

Re: Licence application for gambling……

I'm pretty sure it will have to have at least one member of staff on the premises for age verification purposes.
by simon
11 Oct 2023 23:02
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Opoids, Sacklers & Sydenham
Replies: 1
Views: 4841

Re: Opoids, Sacklers & Sydenham

Thanks for this Stuart. I recently saw the Nan Golding film the Beauty and the Bloodshed about this issue but wasn't aware of the Sydenham link.
by simon
2 May 2023 20:47
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: One closure, one opening!
Replies: 7
Views: 8289

Re: One closure, one opening!

Good to see Mama Dough has been bought out of administration and will open again.

https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/collap ... 44900.html
by simon
9 Apr 2022 18:57
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Girton Road car park - introduction of parking charges
Replies: 4
Views: 5674

Re: Girton Road car park - introduction of parking charges

I saw today that Girton Road car park has now got cashless parking. While it is still free for two hours, you have to by phone and presumably give bank card details. What about people who don't have a mobile phone with them? Personally, I don't see what was wrong with getting a timed ticket from a m...
by simon
2 Mar 2022 00:47
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Armed Criminality in Sydenham - Again
Replies: 9
Views: 8106

Re: Armed Criminality in Sydenham - Again

It seems that branch is permanently closed now. So the Nat West is the only bank in Sydenham now.
There has been a debate about financial exclusion recently, shutting down all the bank branches seems to going that way.
Wonder what the building will become? Good location opposite the station.
by simon
22 Nov 2021 20:25
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Packing and removals service
Replies: 12
Views: 10586

Re: Packing and removals service

Another vote for Caseys here
by simon
8 Nov 2021 19:34
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Can anyone recommend a dentist please
Replies: 1
Views: 1736

Re: Can anyone recommend a dentist please

Dr Bandlish and Associates on Gypsy Hill are excellent. I found Dr B through Yellow. Pages when I had awful toothache in the middle of the night. He came out to my house, dosed me up with local anaesthetic and opened his surgery on a Sunday morning to do an extraction. Charged me £15 and put the res...
by simon
31 Aug 2021 19:34
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Blackbird Bakery
Replies: 21
Views: 21565

Re: Blackbird Bakery

Yes it is a shame Slatters has gone, not least because it provided employment for a lot a people, from mothers who could do the lunchtime rush to students who would work Saturdays. With so many regular customers and long serving staff, it was a focal point of the local community. Would often bump in...
by simon
10 Jun 2021 21:36
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Boundary commission - Sydenham to combine with Dulwich
Replies: 11
Views: 7588

Re: Boundary commission - Sydenham to combine with Dulwich

Missed that bit MikeJ, thanks. So there is hope, but the idea of Beckenham being a marginal is something I'm struggling to get my head around :?
by simon
8 Jun 2021 18:54
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Boundary commission - Sydenham to combine with Dulwich
Replies: 11
Views: 7588

Re: Boundary commission - Sydenham to combine with Dulwich

I'm now living in Penge and it is proposed we become part of the Beckenham constituency, which I'm not keen on at all. Its bad enough having Bromley as my council (they're useless) and now it is proposed I have a Tory MP.
by simon
22 Mar 2021 20:20
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Covid Vaccination- Sydenham Green Group Practice
Replies: 23
Views: 21665

Re: Covid Vaccination- Sydenham Green Group Practice

Hi Coll, I'm sorry to hear of your experience with Sydenham Green, but my experience with them was the same as yours with the Vale; sent a text and selected my appointment time and date. I later got a notification from St Thomas's, which I ignored. Generally, my experience of Sydenham Green over the...
by simon
7 Mar 2021 10:26
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Angie's flower stall?
Replies: 0
Views: 2954

Angie's flower stall?

Wasn't there yesterday. Does anyone know why? Most unususual
by simon
25 Feb 2021 00:10
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Lewisham planning 400 flats for Sydenham Road
Replies: 26
Views: 26355

Re: Lewisham planning 400 flats for Sydenham Road

In terms of KP Motors and the car wash, the guy who runs the garage says he actually owns the site so it's not an issue of him leasing the land for his business. He actually leases to the car wash - any building on that site would require a handsome pay off for him. Kevin is good guy who ran the bu...
by simon
15 Feb 2021 01:16
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Covid-19 vaccination bookings for over 65s now open
Replies: 14
Views: 7122

Re: Covid-19 vaccination bookings for over 65s now open

Sorry to hear that Alwyn. I'm "only" 62 and fit and healthy. You should be ahead of me. Hope you get it soon. Where are you registered?
by simon
11 Feb 2021 17:34
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Covid-19 vaccination bookings for over 65s now open
Replies: 14
Views: 7122

Re: Covid-19 vaccination bookings for over 65s now open

Got a text from Sydenham Green Group Practice yesterday and had my vaccination there this afternoon. Good set up, all over in 20 mins.
by simon
28 Jan 2021 20:36
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Tannsfeld Road ambulance Bay
Replies: 7
Views: 6055

Re: Tannsfeld Road ambulance Bay

That's as maybe VB, but the fact that people park there because all other spaces are full suggests that there is demand for short term free parking around the high street.
by simon
26 Jan 2021 18:42
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Tannsfeld Road ambulance Bay
Replies: 7
Views: 6055

Re: Tannsfeld Road ambulance Bay

vbsydenham wrote: 26 Jan 2021 13:34 I don't think there is a case for any more free unrestricted car parking anywhere in the borough.
I think the traders on Sydenham Road would make a case.
by simon
25 Jan 2021 21:03
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Tannsfeld Road ambulance Bay
Replies: 7
Views: 6055

Tannsfeld Road ambulance Bay

The ambulance bay on Tannsfeld Road was used by the mini buses that bought clients to the Narborhood Centre. Since the conversion of the Narborhood Centre to the Sydenham Centre and its change of use, cars have been able to park in the bay with impunity. However, I have recently seen two cases of pa...