Sydenham Town Forum

A free 5km timed run takes place on Saturday mornings in Crystal Palace park. You will need to register beforehand, and bring along a barcode that you print off once registered. Meet at 9am just inside the Penge entrance. More details are at: http://www.parkrun.org.uk/CrystalPalace/Home.aspx I'm not...

I think any old photos on the forum are appreciated - sounds interesting. If you wanted prints of some of the photos already on here I suppose you could save the images and then get them printed off - anyone have a better idea?

What type of beer was on sale for £4? I was in there the other week and I must have paid about £3, but that was for bitter. I'd say it's a nice place to sit outside with a pint, and I have found the service to be reasonably good, but agree that the food is over-priced for what's on offer.

The original story was in the Sunday Times - I couldn't find a link to the story as the paywall is now in force. However, it was also picked up in the Sunday Telegraph (separately from today's Boris column) and there is a lengthy discussion (I've only read the first page of four) on the East Dulwich...

I think the side building used to be a garage to the main house and that this was then rebuilt whilst the latter was split into luxury apartments - one is currently being advertised with Wooster & Stock: http://www.woosterstock.co.uk/details/5739.html Not sure what is happening with the side bui...

I think TDA might have a point in that if you do have a complaint then you should first speak direct to the manager. Then again, the Dolphin is a treasured part of our high street, and so it's hardly surprising that people will want to discuss it on this site. There are also many pub/ restaurant rev...

...er, Anerley. There is a feature on it in today's Guardian if anyone's interested. Is this a fair view do you think?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/ju ... o-anerley-
south-east-london

Published by the London Topographical Society but according to their website it is now out of print - see link below:
http://www.topsoc.org/books.htm

Done - great little park, but don't fancy its chances of winning!

Thanks, that is interesting. I wonder though if pointing to Money Shop's interest rates and general business practices are the type of objection that planners would be able to bear in mind when they make their decision?

I've never heard of the Money Shop and I haven't read through the application, but what is wrong with this proposal? Why is the "last thing Sydenham High Street needs right now"?

I've seen that train at Sydenham Hill whilst waiting for my train to Victoria often enough, and it always appears to have quite a few seats free. Only used it a few times myself though, and generally been fairly good.

I am also a member of the "Sydenham SE26 lovers" page - a title which could lead to some people getting totally the wrong idea. It's a little bit quiet, but does have a good collection of old photos of the area - well worth checking out if you have any interest in local history.

Thanks for the links Lee (and Steve for the photos). I understand that Forest Hill station was damaged by war-time bombing, but was only knocked down and replaced by the current building some time afterwards - would that have been in the late '60s/ early '70s? How bad was the damage? It does look li...

New bus shelters have appeared in Sydenham and surrounding areas, which actually look quite nice. However, I noticed that the one by Lammas Green estate on Sydenham Hill, as well as its counterpart on the other side of the street have "Sydneham" on their signage. I didn't have my camera on...

I have now heard back from Southeastern and basically they are blaming this on a shortage of rolling stock. I have pasted the blather from their reply below if anyone is interested. I am sorry that you have experienced an uncomfortable journey because your train has been formed by fewer carriages th...

Another extremely over-crowded service on the 08:17 this morning - I'm not sure if all Sydenham Hill passengers were able to board. The "meet the managers" session is too long to wait so I have submitted a complaint to Southeastern - it would be great if other regular users would do the sa...

The Sydenham Society have arranged for a talk by local historian Steve Grindlay - I hope he won't mind me giving this a quick plug here. I gather that this is largely similar to that given at last year's arts festival, so if you couldn't make it then, well worth coming along if you have an interest ...

Getting into Victoria from Sydenham Hill turned out to harder than I thought. The 8.17 turned up 10 minutes late but was already overcrowded so that not everyone on the platform could get on, and when the 8.29 arrived several minutes late that too could not let on all those who waited. Plenty of tra...

The new timetable (from 13 December) for Sydenham Hill - Victoria offered an increase (not huge but welcome) in the number of trains, but the number of carriages on all morning peak hour services has been cut from 8 to 6. Having had hardly any overcrowding, my experience (using either the 8.03, 8.17...