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- 22 Oct 2007 10:27
- Forum: Town Cafe
- Topic: Fox & Hounds
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12278
Wonderful picture Falkor - thanks for finding it and putting it on the site. I wonder what the significant info you were told is... Kenny - I think Hornimans changed hands in the early 90s. It's now a very good Italian restaurant called That's Amore where the landlord often serenades diners with Ita...
- 22 Oct 2007 09:35
- Forum: Town Cafe
- Topic: Fox & Hounds
- Replies: 12
- Views: 12278
In 1990 the Sydenham Society put forward a plan to the Council for the creation of an Upper Sydenham Conservation Area which would include the stretch of Kirkdale from Jews Walk to Halifax Street (among others) taking in the Fox and Hounds and High Street Buildings - the glorious Baroque edifice whi...
- 7 Sep 2007 10:23
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: How will gentrification change Sydenham?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 19022
Hi Lee - some of what you're asking for in the post above exists in Sydenham - but as the area is a bit spread out the shops can be some way from each other... for instance Home Park Butchers has organic meat (friends say as good as the E Dulwich butcher but as I've not been there I can't say); they...
- 7 Sep 2007 09:44
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Sydenham Road Community Street Audit
- Replies: 65
- Views: 76352
Those are fantastic ideas Lee - why don't you contact the town centre manager, Julie Sutch - her email address is: julie.sutch@lewisham.gov.uk and she is based at Sydenham library. She would be able to tell you who owns the old chemists shop.
- 30 Jul 2007 08:03
- Forum: Town Cafe
- Topic: coffee Bar Research for Sydenham
- Replies: 23
- Views: 25935
How about 'Cafe Hero' - shameless rip-off of my fave chain... and appropriate for everyone who struggles on to the trains first thing in the morning! My favourite coffee(s) are Cappucino and Latte (depends on the time of day); crossaints and home-made cakes; fresh soups for on the way home... I coul...
- 28 Jul 2007 11:09
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: The Greyhound to Close!
- Replies: 143
- Views: 185237
Welcome back Greg - good to see you are still in circulation! Re the Greyhound - in my opinion its refurbishment is key to the regeneration of Sydenham as it forms an essential piece of the jigsaw of the proposed Sydenham Gateway. The pub has obviously got into a terrible state as a result of indiff...
- 26 Jul 2007 14:54
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: The Greyhound to Close!
- Replies: 143
- Views: 185237
- 18 Jul 2007 13:51
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: New Brown Bins
- Replies: 10
- Views: 12105
- 4 Jun 2007 12:18
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: The Greyhound
- Replies: 30
- Views: 31956
Jules - the Syd Soc are on the case! At the link below you will find the article I've written for the Sydenham Society newsletter which I hope explains where we are right now. Interestingly I spoke yesterday to Gavin Stamp (the architectural historian who lives in Forest Hill, currently presenting a...
- 30 Apr 2007 10:44
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Pissarro Sydenham pic for auction
- Replies: 10
- Views: 16601
- 16 Feb 2007 09:27
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Sydenham Station Approach
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6419
Dear jfl - you have done a great job with 2-12 Station Approach - the building now looks very smart after years of neglect. As an aside it had an interesting period in the early 80s when it was the Windsors nightclub -does anyone else remember this? A cafe / deli in the shop units would be the ideal...
- 14 Feb 2007 09:28
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Halifax Street - has it changed much...?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 17925
Falkor - thanks so much for putting up these cuttings about Halifax Street -it's astonishing to realise that the street was scheduled for demolition in the late 50s and that the Manchester Guardian of 1957 included Sydenham in one of its leader articles. When you look at Halifax Street now and see h...
- 26 Jan 2007 17:36
- Forum: Town Asylum
- Topic: Sydenham ShopShop
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13887
Would it be an idea to approach Julie Sutch and do a front page article with her picture and details of how prospective purchasers could get in touch with her? She could then outline the services she and the Lewisham Town Centre management team offer and this article could link to the Shop Shop site...
- 26 Jan 2007 17:30
- Forum: Town Cafe
- Topic: Two Brewers in Perry Hill being transformed.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 25351
Sounds like great news - the building is very attractive in a 30s roadhouse kind of way... (it's possibly the same era as the Dolphin, which has been described as '30s Tudor'); it's redbrick with a tiled roof, pretty wooden windows, two big bays at the front - its set back from the road and has a ge...
- 24 Jan 2007 10:16
- Forum: Town Cafe
- Topic: Your opinion on a new healthy Juice/Coffee Bar in Forest Hil
- Replies: 60
- Views: 70514
- 17 Jan 2007 18:35
- Forum: Town Cafe
- Topic: Your opinion on a new healthy Juice/Coffee Bar in Forest Hil
- Replies: 60
- Views: 70514
Great idea to use those premises - you could not really get any close to the station which must be the most important consideration for anyone starting this kind of business. The interior looks really spacious with lots of room for sofas, buggies etc and the kind of large windows that seem to work w...
- 17 Jan 2007 18:27
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: Getting the most out of maps
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4082
Getting the most out of maps
Just to let everyone on Sydenham Town know that the British Library is holding a series of workshops in February on maps, and how to use them in research. The workshops are part of their programme supporting the exhibition entitled London: a Life in Maps, which runs until March 4. Each workshop focu...
- 30 Nov 2006 17:56
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Sydenham Road Community Street Audit
- Replies: 65
- Views: 76352
- 30 Nov 2006 16:32
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Sydenham Road Community Street Audit
- Replies: 65
- Views: 76352
For some reason in the photo from the 60s the road layout looks much calmer and more spacious - I don't think this is simply down to there being less traffic. The 2 small islands (the one in the foreground having a 'pear drop' shape) with their connecting zebra crossings give more possiblilities for...
- 20 Nov 2006 14:25
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: British Gas Home Servicing Scam hits Sydenham?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6018