Sydenham Town Forum

Fear not, Steve, I shall be appearing as a member of the public.....
(.........and I'd much prefer to watch Falkor digging than arm wrestle, anyday )

look forward to meeting you all.

...all being well I should actually be able to attend this one!
(and while I'm here, perhaps Falkor and I can arm wrestle an answer to the mystery of the Honor Oak locks...who knows )

its marked on this map...(I cant remember the date, sadly...but I got it from Steves earlier post) Its the Dead lane bridge, where there was a bridge over lock 22 of the canal...the lane appears to have originally veered north and headed for Nunhead. the map clearly shopws the small vale that the la...

so thats the pipeline in the foreground..fair enough!

(...although...it does look like the view of dead lane bridge in the hires image.)

thats a great picture...
i'd like to know where they connect, thats all...
amazing stuff!

...i reckon its looking south west...
it shows the vale that dead lane was in...so lock 22 would have been tantalisingly just out of shot to the right.
the terrain is very different today, buit we should be able to match that bit of the cutting to the other photos...

fantastic, mate!
(wasnt the lunar eclipse enough of an auger?)
...now all we have to do is work out which way we're facing......

ready, here!
I'm waiting to hear from the national archives about other aerial shots...

I ewas wondering if it was Nunhead...
I know there was a lot of landscaping of the hill and surrounds..
I think this must be looking down towards wood vale and forest hill rd...
I wonder if they built the reservoir that early...that would explain the earthworks...

Looks like the long road might be Honor Oak Road - and the view is from the top of Derby Hill or somewhere thereabouts. that does make sense...then thats London rd hidden away in the mid foreground (or maybe a little further up...from eliot bank, towards hornimans, and wood vale...that would explai...

thanks again, steve.

I dont think I've ever even heard of this one...
(available here);
http://www.kunstkopie.de/cgi-bin/kuko

Cheers for that, multi! I lived there from 1977 - 1985, on and off, and was part of the co operative that kept it going until the early 90's (the council were going to demolish it in the late 70's, but squatters, and later the co - op, held that back.) I saw a flat for sale there recently for over £...

I think this is one we've not seen. painted by John Varley jnr its for sale here; http://www.intofineart.com/usa/oil-painting-picture-26137 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2166/2275119404_80ef701b89_b.jpg (actually..it looks like that drawing of anerley on page 1 of this thread!) http://www.intofinea...

Can you say with any certainty what specific building this remaining wall section belonged to?

not without a wider image...
....its certainly between than the florist ( if its still there) at no.19, visible in the picture, and yard of the dartmouth arms...

you're right of course ..... much has been saved forever... they often meant well...(Pitt Rivers museum says it all...it would simply not exist any more if it wasnt there in many cases..) However....they were often doing these acts of historical altruism out of a quest for empirical glory.. (I suspe...

any buildings would have stables, sheds for the shops or pubs on dartmaouth arms.. there may have been railway buildings long ago...(i'll look at some maps)..but I dont think there was ever much access to this area, the footpath was separate even then, and access to the yards would have been through...

This must be from the top of forest hill...and It can only be looking towards catford hithere green, or towards nunhead... whats the road in the foregrround? honor oak rd? what is the massive embankment in the middle at the back...way before railway embankments...i think this is quite a dillemma... ...

Does anyone have images or any idea of the history of Noel Terrace.
I believe it was built for the Railworkers between 1868 - 1873, but I cant be sure.
this us all I have at the moment, (courtesy of Steve Grindley's colection)

thats the spirit!!