Sydenham Town Forum

So that I know for next time, I was wondering if anyone could recommend anybody locally for computer repairs, software problems and the like?

Thanks!

@ alywin: I too like a big strong washing up bowl (nothing else will do lol). If none locally, Lakeland have one, though beware P&P: http://www.lakeland.co.uk/24140/Square-Washing-Up-Bowl-Grey Thanks, mosy. I'll have a look next time I'm in there and see. I *was* looking for a rectangular one f...

Well, I might possibly support B&Q if I found they had something I wanted (like a rectangular plastic washing-up bowl of decent size, something the Sydenham "home" shops seem to be very short of at the moment, as do the Penge ones), but equally I really don't like buying things like na...

I used to see an ad on the Virtual Norwood forum for a weekly meet-up for freelancers and other people working from home so they could get out of the house and talk to people rather than turning quietly mad with the isolation. Does anyone know of anything similar in the Sydenham area?

Oh, and I also want to know what's going to happen when there are no SouthEastern trains stopping at London Bridge because of the redevelopment and everyone who wants to change is forced to use the Tube. Will Boris tweak the computers so that we still pay however much it is to go Charing Cross>Londo...

You also need to watch out for the FareFinder. I've had it quote me the odd truly ludicrous fare. Plus, I once did a trip from Wimbledon > Tulse Hill > Birkbeck (Z3/4), and got charged for a route via Clapham Junction (Z2/3/4), despite the fact that i) it wasn't physically possible to do it that qui...

I think, if TfL do press ahead with this, that their drivers will have to use a lot more discretion (compassion?) than they do at present. Suppose you get mugged late at night, and your wallet/handbag with your Oystercard *and* contactless payment card (if you have such - they are still few and far ...

The cashless fare is £1 cheaper than cash - So, far all of these poor people who might not be able to afford a £5 deposit for an Oyster card. I would ask, how can they afford not to get one? Because, as I indicated above, they may not be able to put together sufficient cash at one time to pay for t...

I'm pretty sure they do, too.

I think one of my concerns is those poor people (and I mean poor) who can't actually scrape together enough cash in one go to actually *buy* the Oystercard in the first place *and* top up £5 at the same time. They're the ones I see already having to fork out £1 over the odds to get on the bus in the...

Transport for London is giving serious consideration to removing all options to pay by cash from its buses in 2014, and is currently consulting on the proposals. This is your chance to have your say on the matter: https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/buses/cashless Deadline is 11th October. Anybody want...

Been meaning to post about this all week, and I suspect that most people who need to know probably already do, but: Penge High Street is closed southbound, more or less outside Sainsbury's, due to a collapsed sewer. The main effect on Sydenhamites, I would expect, is that the 194 bus, being a double...

Thanks for the warning. A shame they couldn't have provided a more useful illustration: I'm not planning on getting that up-close-and-personal with them, but an overall view would have been helpful.

Not 5 or 6, then? I knew there was a reason I usually used 2nd.

I've had a couple of rental DVDs which have taken days and days to turn up rather than the usual 1 day on first class. I initially assumed that the problem was at the other end, but am now starting to wonder. A newsletter arriving today containing details of a meeting which actually took place yeste...

JRobinson could be right, although may not be. All I know is that when I'm sitting by the window working I see quite a few planes flying over, but then I've only been living here full-time for a few months, so may just be more sensitive to it.

Doesn't sound good. I've not as yet had any dealings with Lewisham, but earlier experience with Bromley is that a) only 3 properties on either side of the site get notified, even about something major like a new development (we had to notify neighbours ourselves about what would have been a major re...

I've recently noticed a fair number flying what appears to be roughly parallel to Sydenham High Street - northwards. Not sure whether it's any more than usual, or whether I've just become more conscious of them.

I too was going to recommend the Alexandra Rec for dog-walking: it has a nice little circuit, so you can go round it as many times as you feel like. Or even, if you happen to be at the Penge East end, cross over the railway, go onto the main road and there's another park - I forget the name - on the...

Didn't realise they were that wide-ranging. Thanks. Still rather the wrong side of the railway for me, though.