Sydenham Town Forum

You're more decisive than I. I have a small pile of crashed hard drives from over the years that I'm still deciding what to do with! Help please on one question: If a hard drive crashes so won't load, how do you load it to be able to wipe it? Some computer shops say they can, although arguably in th...

Public consultation on 14 March in the hall at the rear of St Bartholomew's Church, 10 Westwood Hill, SE26 6QR, 4.15 to 7.30pm. It is the building adjoining the Cobb's Corner cupola-topped one running along Spring Hill. Postcode SE26 4QD. From the flyer, it looks to be being extended upwards with an...

Hi. Thanks for checking Stuart. Just to let you know that the padlock has come back I see now that I've logged in afresh for today. I clear cookies every day, so yesterday would have been a fresh login also, if that means anything. You asked which browser: I using Firefox Quantum 65.0.1 on my PC whe...

Thanks for replying RJM. Very strange that Firefox shows differently then. I've just logged out and back in to double check. Whilst out, the padlock shows with a red line through. Logging in warns me that site not secure and padlock has gone altogether once logged in. The thot plickens...

Per subject title. Can't say it bothers me especially (unless I ought to be bothered?) but if https thought preferable, why not any more?

Ah, I see it's moved frequency, per: https://www.a516digital.com/2019/01/freeview-retune-for-lbc-and-classic-fm.html LBC is now 792 , and Classic FM is now 790. Only problem with that is that my retune on Friday (which I did on spec) did find 790 and 792 with no problem, but both still show as "...

Has anyone else found they can't get any sound from Freeview LBC Ch.732 even though it appears to be "On air"? Re-tuning finds the channel as normal but I still have no sound even though all other channels work perfectly well. On my DAB radio and one via FM it is still OK, just seems to ha...

Hi Tony.o and welcome. I'd assume the deed holder's name or business can be obtained from the Land Registry complete with an address for official correspondence. I suppose you could try the council who know but might not tell you. If you wanted a hall temporarily of similar size, you could ask the c...

It's a bit early for agenda items, but I seem to think that Town Kids used to be more active. It was mention of the possible regular coffee event being proposed by the Ignition, which prompted me to see if it had been duplicated in the Town Kids forum. One suggestion before the meeting is to copy th...

I'd suggest asking at Wickes as they'll have all the gubbins so just need a fitter recommendation. There's one on Catford Hill: https://www.wickes.co.uk/kitchen/showroom and another near Anerley Station. (Other DIY sheds are available.) Or more locally, the garden centre behind Forest Hill station o...

...if you want to support them. I don't know how relevant the following is to Sydenham & surround restos and takeouts for online ordered food. However, the BBC exposed shortcomings in Deliveroo and Just Eat ordering-online practices in their Panorama programme in Jan 2019. See video "Takeaw...

Wasn't something like a book box stand mooted for Mayo Park a while back? That would have needed a physical shed or stand though. What are you thinking would house books on the station? I assume it'd need Rail permission and maybe a watchman in case vandals decided to throw books onto the track (H&a...

I'm happy to recommend the one at the other end of Newlands Park just before you bump into Penge East Station. (Bus pass holders can jump onto a 75 bus or the other one whose number I forget at the stop near Tesco.) The Harbour, just beyond Syd. Station towards Kirkdale is good for fish although I f...

Stuart, I did notice in the.pdf link that ThorNogsom posted that the London Assembly's intent is that: Quote: The Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise (ICCAN) should take a comprehensive view of noise across London and lead to changes in noise management. It should also act as a single poi...

Sailed? Seemingly not quite as it suggests that Stu's Supposition can be answered by Schrodinger's cat. I.e. that both Hitler and Brexit now coexist simultaneously under Godwin's Law. Ooh goody, a new hypothetical: Which will (a) be referred to first? and (b) Which will endure longest (in the UK) Go...

JGD, just to mention that I said what you quoted, not John H, who referred to seagulls, a very pertinent consideration. It's in fact where the expression "One for the birds" derives, a US court case re planes interrupting migrating birds' flightpath to the detriment of both. Thanks for the...

As a leaver, Brexit = infinity, since even if it ever truly happens people will be attributing everything, good or bad, to it for years to come. "Terrible weather today isn't it?" "Yes, I blame Brexit." Or "Thank goodness for Brexit, they're filling in the potholes now."...

ThorNogson, first welcome. Reading your post, I wonder if the plan is to diversify so reducing traffic on the air motorways "just enough" to satisfy complainants yet keeping one "lane" or more relatively high, which could then be used as an "acceptable" tolerance level ...

I read or heard somewhere very recently a one-liner that wood-burning ovens and fires were to be outlawed (or were proposed to be). I'm not surprised as I read a study last year saying they're one of biggest causes of air/climate pollution (I can't remember how they measured its prominence). Seems w...

Does anyone know what the average turnover per month of house buying and selling is now versus say a year ago? Maybe if there's been a marked downturn then it could be cheaper to keep the shop empty (empty rate status and no overheads). Maybe KFH hoped that government housebuilding and new homes asp...