Sydenham Town Forum

There once was an odd chap named Knighton
Who lived to be verbally fightin'
But often his words
Came across as absurd
Like he needed a screw of his tightenin'.

I'm sorry, but despite having many good points to make, the reason it's not possible to agree with your 'logic' is because you keep changing the goalposts. Your most recent post denies that you ever talked about demolishing anything... I note you agree there is room for improvement in the facilities...

Please don't think that I disagree with you on the general state of Sydenham. There are huge problems in this area. Most of which ARE solvable without demolishing the entire place. 1. Few of the shops have a long life. They do indeed go out of business with monotonous regularity. It is a difficult c...

If they are ugly and useless then replace them. That would leave one shop standing. Which is? The shops provide no service. We just have a collection of the unsavoury, the dirty and the uneconomic and therefore ramshackle. Hence passers by (who are hell bent, in any case, on just escaping the traff...

Okay, I'll rise to that. What part of this am I not reading 'carefully'? Sydenham Road shops? Turn them all into residential accomodation. They provide few worthwhile facilities. Let's face it. There can only be half a dozen of those shabby run down shops that a discerning shopper would enter. All t...

Apologies for the 'fatuous' comment.
It was in response to what seemed like a deeply misguided idea.

It seems to me, that what Sydenham REALLY needs, is a reason for people to stop on the high Street -- not a reason to drive through it.

You clearly disagree.

Bryan Have you ever thought of a career in politics -- or even better, dictatorship? It's that kind of clear thinking that we need around here. But hey, why not go the whole hog. Forget about redeveloping Bell Green as a shopping centre. Let's just clear the whole area, turn into a parade-ground and...