Sydenham Town Forum

Two months since the F&H "closed for refurbishment" and still no sign of the builders - does anyone know what's going on?

I walked past the Duke this morning and found that there is wooden boarding around the site. This might suggest that the bulldozers are coming - but who knows? But if anyone is interested in seeing one of the very few 19th century buildings left on Wells Park Road I would suggest they take a look no...

The link to the application can be found here: http://acolnet.lewisham.gov.uk/LEWIS-XSLPagesDC/acolnetcgi.exe?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=51330 This seems like goods news to me - does at least show that there are people prepared to reverse the local trend of pubs ...

Cheers for this Falkor - I've appreciated the chance to look at the many old photos (often posted by you) on this site, and I'll make sure to look at your new site every so often - could you flag up here when you've made any significant changes to it? I'm fairly new to the area but have really enjoy...

I did read somewhere that there is one at Crystal Palace on every other Sunday but I had a look on several Sundays earlier in the year and never saw any evidence of one so perhaps it is no longer in existence?

Does anyone know of any good farmers markets in the area? I know that there is one at Dulwich College one Sunday in every month, though I don't know which Sunday, but has anyone been and can report back? I did go to one in Blackheath a few months ago but that is a bit out of the way. Are there any o...

Southeastern say that they will be increasing services, but no indication of by how much - see link:
http://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/ne ... u=news.php

Does anyone know anything more?

You might be aware that Foxtons will shortly be opening a branch in Dulwich (on Lordship Lane). Yesterday I got a letter offering me 0% commission if I was to use them to sell my property - I think they are doing this largely to get some local properties on their books. I don't think there are any n...

Group hug everyone? I for one am rather surprised at just how much powers the owners seem to have to knock down the Greyhound now that its closed. Whilst I'm a bit sceptical as to what good the petition will do we don't have many other options left when it comes to influencing the future of the site...

Does anyone know if the closure will be marked in any special way? We are talking of the end of nearly 300 years of history here after all!

I have to say that I'm still not happy about the Greyhound closing - it is after all a historic site in a key location, and I'm sure that there are many publicans out there more than capable of refurbished it sympathetically and ensuring that they get a good return on their investment. That said the...

From the News Shopper http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/localheadlines/display.var.1599293.0.palace_dinosaurs_get_heritage_upgrade.php Not quite sure what, if any, the implications are of this but sounds like good news. Palace dinosaurs get heritage upgrade By Daniel Knowles Comment The 150-year-old...

This was mentioned in passing in the discussion on the Duke pub the other week: http://sydenham.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=858&start=20&sid=1871c0b9bf3076f9be3b3530004a666b (not easy to find I know - perhaps I should have started a new thread for it) No planning application has been submit...

As mentioned above (and sometimes in earlier threads of a similar nature) Domali in Crystal Palace are good. In fact I'd recommend you rip off as much of what they do as is legally possible!

Falkor - thanks for this - do you (or does anyone else) know about that part of Sydenham SE26, closest to Dulwich, and is part of the London Borough of Southwark, rather than of Lewisham - was it included in the parish boundaries of St Barts or was it included in the boundaries of St Stephens South ...

Well lets hope that the Milford Group do engage constructively with the people of Sydenham (e.g. on this website, or at a public meeting), Lewisham Council and the Sydenham Society. I would certainly not like the slow revival of Sydenham high street to be stymied by the boarding up of the Greyhound,...

This subject has been discussed extensively on the forum in recent months, so I would suggest (if you haven't already done so) trawling through past threads. The Forest Hill forum has also had a number of similar discussions, so well worth looking there too. If you want to bounce ideas around then I...

Thank you Steve - very interesting. No17 looks to be very big already, so I had thought that it would be converted into flats. Information on the new build on the site of the former 19-23 can be found on the developers website: http://www.skillcrownhomes.co.uk/futureschemes.html I notice (from the S...

There is a "for sale" sign above the Duke. The agents details are in this link: http://www2.vebra.com/Kalmars/COMM/DETAILS/TheDuke%20WellsPkRd290307.pdf Not sure what this means in terms of when the building work will ever begin. At risk of going off topic, but I notice that another rather...

So where's your evidence that anyone has seriously complained about the use of this word? Who are these "PC people"? Is it too much to ask for people to treat others with dignity and respect?