Sydenham Town Forum

alywin wrote: ↑

16 Feb 2019 22:55

Bovine Juice wrote: ↑

16 Feb 2019 15:23

The Standard hasn't covered Penge in its Homes & Property supplement for 5 years

I could have sworn it had - are you sure?

https://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/area ... 32929.html

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The Standard hasn't covered Penge in its Homes & Property supplement for 5 years (if you exclud pilfering of the Alexandra Cottages for Sydenham and the dinosaurs for Palace features) . The area has changed significantly since the last time.

The Penge Food Hub ( https://twitter.com/penge_food ) are worth checking out in short term while you're waiting for a more local presence. You order the farmer's and local artisan foods on their site then pick up (and have a pint) down the Goldsmiths on a Thursday night.

This doesn't apply so much to Penge Tourist Board, because it's a Facebook group, so we know who if anyone is making any money from it, but I doubt if we'll ever know how, and how much. But the Admins will be entirely voluntary, motivated by the same community spirit as the Admins here. The PTB is ...

I occasionally use the Penge, CP and Bell Green sainos and they all frequently suffer from empty shelf syndrome and the BG and CP ones often have ridiculously long queues. As a company they seem to have lost the plot.

Talking about moribund forums, has anyone been on Virtual Norwood recently? :-( That was a great forum. I don't even live in CP but I met a few others via that and as a result formed a neighbouring community group, the PTB. The owner of VN made some terrible decisions though in his efforts to make ...

Er, I'm guessing that should be 9am not 9pm

The coffee and flowers shop is very good. Open a bit later on Friday and sells beer, well, lager and wine too

Probably not linked but Natalie Dormer was drinking in the Bridge House in Penge last night.

Goldsmiths in Penge

The land is increasingly reverting to a messy eyesore, and people have started to use it as a parking place which means, unless they have a tiny Smart car, that they end up blocking our rear gate and preventing us from using our car. Regards Chris Is it worth putting a polite notice "Gates in const...

Waiting for the Bakerloo is a major long term ambition, surely. Isn't it only coming to Lewisham by 2030 and no guarantees beyond that.

Best of luck fella. You were always an interesting and insightful poster and very supportive of my town, Penge.

It reopened a few weeks ago. It's great, 2-3 times the size, more seating, good lighting and bigger range of beers.

Ian and Judy at Designer Drapes in Penge are local legends. Involved in everything, run the Penge Traders Association and are always at fundraisers. Really lovely people too.

There is an eat in option at the Himalayan but with just two tables you may feel a little self conscious.

Himalayan is great though and the 9 veg side dish is wonderful for veggies. Belash is ok for meat dishes but not that spicy and not great for veg. Penge Massala is better but not amazing.

Personally I find booking of tables annoying. I was in there about 8.30 on Sunday night and had to stand because two tables still had Reserved signs on them.

The Alex doesn't do 1/3rd pints but it does do 2/3rds (plus 1/2s and pints)

Hi JMLF I live in Penge and am reasonably active within the local community (Chair of the Penge Tourist Board and member of the Town Centre Team). You asked how people get permission from the council/community. Permission hasn't been necessary from the council, mainly because Bromley has very little...

I live just, and I mean just - literally a road, over the border in Penge. I liked the Beer Rebellion and was an occasional visitor. Since it shut down I have rarely thought about heading off to Sydenham as its offering are tired compared to Penge (Alex, Southey Taproom, Goldsmiths, Bridge House, Mo...