Sydenham Town Forum

So what Aldi is coming to Sydenham.It will be good news to the poncey people of Dulwich,they will have somewhere else apart from Lidl to come and buy their olive oil,goose pheasant,panettone etc. and impress friends.Cheaper than Sainsbury and very rarely overcharged!

Hi Steve,do you in your wisdom know anything else about Noel Terrace.We moved in there in the mid 50's[showing my age now] was only achild but at the time there was no electricity.We had gas mantles on the wall the staircases were lit by one of the neighbours each night and our radio caame from Radi...

My mum used to work in Cobbs department store.When you paid for things in the store the assistant used to put your money in a capsule and put on tracks or something which sent them upstairs [where mum worked] the change and receipt were put back in the capsule and returned to the shopfloor

Hi Falkor,Noel Terrace is still standing,you will find it between Clyde Terrace and Forest Hill station in the pathway that runs alongside the railway

Thanks once again Steve i can remember walking under the signal box to get home.Do you know anything of the history of Noel Terraceor of what used to be on the plot of land at the other end of Clyde Terrace,before the gardens were there.Keep up the photos,they're fascinating

Thanks for that Steve We used to have a wail of a time in all these old pathways then, but as we all know it would not be so safe now.Walked along the path that runs from Clyde Terrace to F.H station the other day and remembered how I used to run along there after getting the last train from London ...

Yes, Wells Park Road is a Good topic to get into although Greg Whitehead might not think so.Iremember there being three paddling pools being functional in the 60's also asandpit higher up.We used to go to Hornimans park to the paddling pool as youngsters .But once we'd found Wells Park,that was it!

I seem to remember as a child there being some sort of working mans club near the church spire.We used to go there and explore the buildings after the club was lefy abandoned.Then we would cross Thorpewood Avenue and go down "dogs___ alley" towards London Road behind Taymount Grange there ...

Yes I returned to the store and was refunded my£6 .I was initially asked to return with the item as well,which happened to be a box of 24 cans of beer.But I told them I could only bring the receipt,as it meant two uncalled for bus journeys for me.I have also e-mailed head office as it is not the onl...

I would urge people to check there till receipts when shopping in Sainsbury.On two occasions in the last month i have been overcharged to the tune of £6.I noticed and returned to the store,but how many people possibly pensioners do not.Imean to say £12 is a lot for most people and adds to Sainsburys...

Very interested to see these photos,brought back childhood memories.The row with broken windows faced on to a"bomb site"dont know what used to be there.Found lots of little treasures there ,we used to have our bonfires there on Guy Fawkes night.It then became a small park.Opposite this row...

Reading this article I remember when we used to live in Forest Hill.We lived in some flats called Noel Terrace[which are still standing] at the time they were gas lit one of the neighbours jobs was to go up and down the stairs and ignite the landing lights.Our radio source came from radio relay whic...

When i was at school in 1966 if i remember correctly.There wer a group of lad who were regulars in the Talma who met up there to go on holiday and never came back,as there plane crashed in Perpignon.Very sad! it affected myself and friends very badly.

[quote="Greg Whitehead"]Very interesting based on this map how very few of the properties in the Wells Park area were in a bad state of repair due to 'enemy action'. The only enemy to those rather handsome Victorian terraces seems to have been those who were corrupt in power - charitable d...

Cheers for the info on the date and yes it will be inconvenient for people collecting parcels,but has anybody else heard what is going to happen to the building itself.

spoke with my "postie" yesterday.She said the sorting office would be moving to forest hill possibly in october.Does this mean that yet another of our older historic buildings is to be demolished.I'm sure there is a date on the front of the building.Anybody know