Sydenham Town Forum

And famously known for many years as 'Twilights'.

Certainly, when the group behind Sydenham Community Radio first mooted the idea of moving into any of the empty High Street units (in line with our desire to provide a high visibilty and easily accessable focal point for community activities), we were advised that anything between the Greyhound and ...

I wouldn't touch Kwik Sh1t with a ten foot barge pole, just do a google search on their reputation! If you want your wheels balanced or aligned, go to WheelPower on Brockley Road, just before the Brockley Jack; 20 grands worth of lazer four wheel alignment equipment (that nobody else I know of has i...

ALIB wrote:
2) join the AA/RAC and then claim you have broken down in Sydenham.

Ali B

It's probably fair to assume the OP is already in the AA, since they clearly state it was them that took the car from the M20 to Sydenham..........

Who are all these "many people" it gives offence to? Would they be similar to the many people that celebrating Christmas allegedly offends, or the other lot of many people that, we are told, get offended by the flying of the flag of St George? I'm sure even the most devout of Christians co...

Sorry to be a stickler Reg, but I'm afraid the Britsh Grand Prix has never been held at Crystal Palace; the nearest it got was hosting a London GP in 1937 and 38 (both won by Prince 'Bira') and, post war, the British GP has only ever been held at Silverstone, Aintree or Brands Hatch. However, Crysta...

That's the one Terry, with that picture taken on or after June 17th 1933, I think.

Chris- Thanks for that, it confirmed what I already thought, that the track was in Kent. I'm a bit confused by what you say appears in the Lionel Crossley book though; there were two distinct types of motorcycle racing taking place at CP in the early days, racing around the paths within the park (co...

I know this question isn't strictly about Sydenham, but after an hour of fruitless Googling, I can't think of where else to ask. On another forum that I am a member of, a question has arisen about the location of Crystal Palace speedway track. For those who don't already know, the track was sited on...

I thought it must be, I couldn't think of another area with those railings and set below road level, plus, the more I think about it, I reckon I've been on that train, before we moved to this area, must've been about 1969. I'd forgotten it's proper name was 'Playground', for some reason I've always ...

Total guess, but could be 'Peter Pan's Pool' a permanent children's amusement park that's now occupied by Sainsburys Homebase on the junction of Bromley Road and Beckenham Hill Road.

Barty - if you have a chest infection then antibiotics would help.... But I don't know whether I have or not......because doc didn't check!!!! Thanks for helping me hammer home the point :lol: :lol: Of course, there's the other side of the same coin, you could've had the same experience a friend of...

Went to my GP earlier, after finally getting fed up with coughing, wheezing and panting for breath for almost a fortnight. It's Rhinovirus, have you seen it on the news, millions have had it. Sorry, Barty, no antibiotics for you. Gets home and Googles Rhinovirus......it causes the common cold and a...

Hello Reg Fascinating stories, keep 'em coming! The car you mentioned would be a De Dion-Bouton, a French company, once the largest motor manufacturer in the World. Prior to WWI, they had a reputation for quality and reliability and turned up in all sorts of places. Quite a while ago, somebody poste...

Well, those pictures have surprised me! You normally only see pictures from the back, and it was always my impression that the Crystal Palace was set back from the road by some distance; what a surprise it was to discover it was actually right on the road, and also what an enormous scale it was. So ...

come on people DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. like what? Isn’t it a basic human right to be able to live without these endless ‘essential works’ interruptions. No, not really, what part of the HRA would it come under? Like you adopt the American model, the same one that most other civilised countries wor...

So..we should support restaurants that serve sub standard food? I didn't have the pizza but the people I was with had the Saltimboca (horrible), the meatballs (horrible), and the arrabiatta (horrible), if you can't cook the classic Italian dishes then there is something seriously wrong and the thin...

Rebelmc also can't remember it being a Budgens, which it certainly was for a while after it was a 7-11. Are you on the right forum mate? - there's another Sydenham in the state of Victoria, Australia. :lol: There's another one in NSW, also in Belfast, and in many other parts of the World; and as fo...

what is now the two half's (sic) was never part of the 7/11 - it was always 2 shops. It used to be a furniture shop - that closed about 15 years ago I think. At the risk of someone proving me wrong, I don't think you're quite right there bensonby. I remember 7-Eleven opening when I was about 18 (ie...

According to another local trader it has been closed down by the operator as they couldn't make it pay. Another empty shop then. There was a thread on here about how they used to get sale stock from Somerfield and sell it on. With those kind economics its unsurprising it failed. Another issue apear...