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- 21 Oct 2017 17:10
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Catford bridge
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11062
Re: Catford bridge
Great. But where to paint, and what? Greyhounds obviously represent Catford's history but what represents us? Please don't say gas cylinders. Any where in Bell Green would be a bonus!
- 12 Oct 2017 16:05
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: New pocket park bench
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2953
Re: New pocket park bench
I'm afraid my own thoughts are not good and this type of innovation exactly what gets me so hot under the collar about Sydenham. Presumably this is not sponsored but is paid for with our council tax? If so who thought Sydenham residents would want to sit in a row like the three wise monkeys gawking ...
- 11 Oct 2017 16:08
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Catford bridge
- Replies: 14
- Views: 11062
Catford bridge
OK so not quite Sydenham but nearer to those of us in Bell Green than many other parts of Sydenham and many of us travel through each day as we use the stations. Last night on my way home two guys were painting then stencilling the brick wall over the road bridge over the railway on the South Circul...
- 7 Oct 2017 14:18
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: 2017 Decent Christmas Decorations in High Street?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 24310
Re: 2017 Decent Christmas Decorations in High Street?
conti16 wrote: I am not scared of voicing my opinion No one has ever had a go at you for voicing your opinion, conti16 - but you shouldn't slam other people for voicing theirs or suggesting they are Sydenham's problem when they disagree with you. But Conti is making a wider point about a "Mafi...
- 30 Sep 2017 18:14
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Food Hygiene ratings Lewisham
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2902
Re: Food Hygiene ratings Lewisham
Well, here's us like fools worrying about the garish and scruffy appearance of quite a few local shops- now it appears some can't even be bothered to get the basics of food hygiene right- including washing their hands! What i can't understand is why it not compulsory to display your rating on the do...
- 29 Sep 2017 14:53
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Walker Briggs
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4106
Re: Walker Briggs
Sorry but the CEO of Heinz flew in especially to see me but he said he did not like the signage in our high strreet so would not be opening a pop up here but if Harrods opened a branch next to the garage he might give it a whirl. Oh and he said i should study how big businesses pay consultancy compa...
- 4 Aug 2017 13:18
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Say 'No' to further retail at Bell Green
- Replies: 105
- Views: 105443
Re: Say 'No' to further retail at Bell Green
Regarding the newsshopper article that owlwise helpfully posted, i do not understand this turn of events. First, at the meetings held to discuss the issue odf Aldi many local residents said their main concern was traffic pollution and not saviing the gas holders; that they were happy to see resident...
- 2 Aug 2017 13:33
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Cycling Weekend Road Closures
- Replies: 12
- Views: 13676
Re: Cycling Weekend Road Closures
Thanks for the tips about sight seeing Admin, but actually some of us had to visit freinds in Whipps Cross hospital- a journey which thanks ot the chaos caused by the closure of central London took 2 hours and 15 minutes each way.As the organisers claim it is "an olympic legacy" why not ho...
- 26 Jul 2017 17:47
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Proposed reduced train services in 2018
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7196
Re: Proposed reduced train services in 2018
It is ironic that the last LB to Sydenham trains are now stopping earlier at night- just as TFL launch the overground all night to NXG- from where of course we could have picked up the onward journey to Sydenham via the last LB train to Sydenham on Fridays and Saturdays at around 1 am :evil: .. I am...
- 17 Jul 2017 15:51
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: The Sydenham Society
- Replies: 37
- Views: 32384
Re: The Sydenham Society
I'm sure the Sydenham Society has done excellent work. But it is 2017 not 1977 and many local societies as you describe now regularly canvass opinions- including from non-members- via electronic surveys, two-way social media and public consultations. How, for example, do you even know what the prior...
- 5 Jul 2017 16:23
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: London Overground night extension
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3869
Re: London Overground night extension
Due to the reasons that Likelife states it looks unlikely it will be easy to extend the night line down to us.Network rail say they need night access for their repairs. LOL. I think we will have a very long wait for TFL and Network rail to agree on anything as their rivalry appears to be a stubborn ...
- 3 Jul 2017 16:35
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: sydenham needs an uplifting
- Replies: 110
- Views: 75999
Re: sydenham needs an uplifting
Did i just read in an oft repeated list on this forum listing things Sydenham has to offer "20 minutes transport to the west end?" Obviously we need to add to our list of attractions "great drugs"
- 20 Apr 2017 12:53
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: What has Jim done
- Replies: 37
- Views: 36510
Re: What has Jim done
Fantastic news. However, Jim Dowd did do something. I once emailed him about the lamentable public transport in Sydenham in terms of connecting us with central London. He forwarded my email to Boris for reply! To give credit where credit is due, i got a three page detailed response from the Mayor's ...
- 13 Apr 2017 11:29
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: RUMOURS: CINEMA AND NANDOS COMING TO SYDENHAM
- Replies: 515
- Views: 563826
Re: RUMOURS: CINEMA AND NANDOS COMING TO SYDENHAM
what has been your previous experience with CPZs? We all voted for them in Brixton when i lived there, then within a year bitterly regretted them- you still could not park near your house but the pay -by -results wardens would pounce on residents for such things as "tyre in contact with the ker...
- 12 Apr 2017 13:36
- Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
- Topic: A Walk through the Nave of the Crystal Palace 1854
- Replies: 132
- Views: 771081
Re: A Walk through the Nave of the Crystal Palace 1854
What a fantastic and illuminating resource- thanks for posting it- I will return as too much to take in in one sitting!
- 11 Apr 2017 11:06
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: New shops in lower Sydenham
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15062
Re: New shops in lower Sydenham
Yay at last something decent happening down in our neck of the woods! Excellent news.
- 11 Apr 2017 11:01
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: RUMOURS: CINEMA AND NANDOS COMING TO SYDENHAM
- Replies: 515
- Views: 563826
Re: RUMOURS: CINEMA AND NANDOS COMING TO SYDENHAM
and young people like and can often afford nandos. I would not like to be young here myself.
- 11 Apr 2017 10:56
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: High Street banners
- Replies: 54
- Views: 44219
Re: High Street banners
You are right about Herne Hill. I lived there in the 1980s when it was considered a slum. It is completely unrecognisable now .What makes it different to Sydenham in my view is that numerous journalists, TV presenters, actors, newsreaders and poiticians live there and do they know how to make a fuss...
- 10 Apr 2017 10:44
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Tennis courts in Mayow Park
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11716
Re: Tennis courts in Mayow Park
Yes, i agree,charging excludes many people from using them. Once public parks seem to be becoming the de facto province of the middle classes who increasingly set the norms and terms on which the rest of us can use them. (Though i suppose from their inception there was always an air of preachyness t...
- 6 Apr 2017 12:55
- Forum: Town Hall
- Topic: Bell Green Retail & Employment Plan Consultation
- Replies: 24
- Views: 29957
Re: Bell Green Retail & Employment Plan Consultation
Many thanks, it did not come up on a Lewisham council website search! I will see if i am allowed to post the link in a separate thread as a lot of people at the meeting this week did not know where to find it and it closes soon. .