Sydenham Town Forum

Condition of carriage 13: "you may travel between the stations shown on the ticket you hold in: (i) a through train" And the following sub-section says "(ii) trains which take the shortest route which can be used by scheduled passenger services" ie the LB to LV service via Denma...

... if a ticket has two named stations on it then you can travel between those two stations by a reasonable route. (i.e. a "through train") ... But a 'reasonable route' from London Bridge to Victoria would be the service via Denmark Hill, which is in zone 2, hence the lower price. If you ...

Doesn't the ticket have to be valid for all zones the train travels through? When Crystal Palace station was in zone 4 you had to pay extra to go to Victoria. Now that CP is in both zones 3 and 4 you can travel to Victoria with a zones 1-3 travel card.

Mosy: the section of Perry Vale that is closed is from just after the junction of Hindsley's Place (next to All Inn One pub) to Finches sports shop. Therefore the entry to the car park is unaffected (and of course needs to be kept open for access to the industrial units/Royal Mail delivery office an...

I've only had a problem with a paper ticket once, a few years ago before mobiles were so popular, so the accusation was that I'd kept it too close to my keys (Really? So how come none of my previous tickets stopped working?) They do replace them but (at that time) they would only do it at the statio...

STOP PRESS The Forest Hill Society have just found out from the vicar of St Augustine's on One Tree Hill that there will be refreshments available at the church on the afternoon of our Green Chain Walk. There is a concert at the church which starts at 3pm so, if we up the pace, we might get to enjo...

The Forest Hill Society asked me to post this: The Forest Hill Society has organised a guided walk from Sydenham Wells Park to One Tree Hill on Sunday 25th May, starting at 2.00pm at the lake in Sydenham Wells Park. The walk should take about 2 hours and be suitable for most types of buggy, even tho...

... As far as Bell Green is concerned, maybe they should have secured some money from Sainsburys ... that could be used to improve that area. ... Weren't the improvements to the river behind the Bell Green store partly funded by Sainsbury's? I've been down there a couple of times and it's lovely - ...

Lewisham also do DIY courses as part of their adult education programme - DIY is under Design for some reason http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/EducationAndLearning/AdultAndCommunityEducation/CELProspectus/CELProspectusLtoZ.htm I don't think they'll be continuing them at Kirkdale though, as the teacher sai...

Thanks Steve, excellent information as usual.

I've been meaning to post this query for some time and have finally got round to taking photos of the building in question, so here goes: The frontage of 3-5 Devonshire(?) Road opposite FH station has very decorate stonework and building numbers. The letters 'HI' are also visible between the two sho...

Steve Grindlay will be giving a talk on the history of Forest Hill and Honor Oak at 7.00pm on Wednesday 30th January 2008 in The Hob pub (upstairs), opposite Forest Hill Station. If you've ever wondered about the canal, the trains, the Victorian shops, local architects and prominent residents, then ...

Many thanks to the above posters for taking time out on Christmas Eve/Christmas Day to keep us informed of this.

Ideal Homes website: http://www.ideal-homes.org.uk Excellent content but the navigation could be better. It's very easy to miss bits so just keep clicking on links and seeing where they take you. There are photos, maps, and written descriptions for individual areas in the borough, so if you don't fi...

Perhaps the Planning Department at Lewisham Council will know? The Finches site is being done by Berkeley Homes, so you could try contacting them. I imagine demolition of Finches will begin fairly soon, as planning permission was granted last year but the hoarding has only just gone up, so perhaps t...

There's an online search facility: http://www.londonopenhouse.org/london/find/

Click on 'More' on the right hand side and you can search by borough. There are lots of buildings open in south London.

Someone posted about this beetle on one of the FH forums and quite a few people have found it on their lavender and rosemary plants. According to the RHS site the beetle has been in London for a while but this is the first time I’ve come across them. If you do decide to hand pick them, put something...

The Dolphin's website has a lot of photos of the work on the garden. The April set are the latest and give the best picture of what it will look when it's finished: http://www.thedolphinsydenham.com/spgm-1.4/index.php

Helen: Lewisham Council have a webpage giving details of how to comment on planning applications. They also list invalid objections and unfortunately loss of value in your home is one of them. http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/Environment/Planning/PlanningApplicationsDecisions/CommentingPlanningApplication...

TfL have issued a press release about Ken Livingstone’s recent visit to Southern’s security centre and what marvellous things TfL have been doing on station safety and security improvements: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-centre/press-releases/press-releases-content.asp?prID=1068 It’s the usual TfL...