Sydenham Town Forum

Pat Trembath wrote:The Children's Hospital was still there until the mid to late 70's.

A little later. My daughter was treated there in 1987. It was then on its last legs before being subsumed in to Lewisham Hospital, the building demolished and the current flats built.

Stuart

Terrific work Falkor. Especially the land grab for what was formerly Forest Hill. The smart folks of the Sydenham Society already have the Horniman Museum photo on their brochure cover. I thought they were pushing our boundaries a bit - but not now. What's next? Are we going to demand our councillor...

Ahem - when we were thinking of using the HSBC/Midland Bank premises - I thought of the name 'Bean Counters'. It's available at the price of lifetime supply of expresso to any premises interested ...

Stuart

Lee, Thank you for what was a very informative and valuable contribution to the debate. I must apologise if my previous posting gave an unfair impression of your company. As you realise The Greyhound is an important, if neglected, part of Sydenham and emotions will run high if it were to be unsympat...

To answer my own question I thought I would ring 'Group HQ'.

Everytime I rang 020 8763 3500 I got "This is BT Answerphone. The person you are calling is on the phone ... "

Is this a one man, one phone outfit or what?

Stuart

Milford Homes can be found here: http://www.milfordgroup.com The company tagline is: "The Milford group has one of the best reputations in the Southern Counties" and in the company profile: "Milford consistently wins praise for its commitment to the environment and for its social cons...

Yesterday a bus (the one you were on?) pulled out of a bus stop into my path while signalling 'left'. Buses are big, buses can kill. Should I call for a policeperson to ride shotgun on every TfL vehicle? Who pays? Surely we should distinguish between behaviour which can be annoying to some people an...

Last week we had our dear old floor standing 30 year old Potterton replaced by a geewizz wall hung Worcester Bosch. Big job, two days - lots of new shiny pipework nicely installed almost half the price quoted by British Gas. ProGas 020 8676 0101 - and a Sydenham business to boot. Other people here h...

Well as a cyclist I am now guilty of the first two sins. I commuted into Central London for many years without the need to do it. But the recent madness of multiplying traffic lights by the dozen, lengthening the 'lighting cycle' two or three fold often having to wait while nobody crosses the road m...

Yep - going price for old pix is around £2. I note both bidders are regular buyers of South London vintage postcards. One just paid £2 for a nice colour print of St Barts so may be very local. It appears the opening bid was £12 which would suggest they attach special importance to this card. But Why...

I agree Thomas. Enthusiasm is no substitute for sufficient investment, the necessary retailing skills and a solid business plan. Well I've run my own company for 14 years, I was once a business planner. Sadly my retail experience ended with fitting flairs on ladies (oh what joy!). Which is why, no m...

Wow - that's three already - 60% of the way there. Join up now if you want to become seriously caffeinated! Maybe make a bean or three ... Seriously perhaps we should have a meet in a suitable location - a coffee bar! Zuckers may be too small. Would someone like to suggest a suitable target we could...

Am I the only person who thinks a few sofa's slung here and there, a restrained refurb and a coffee machine and hey presto! Another thriving ABC1 business and the coffee shop we have oft dreamed of? Well if 5 people here each put in 5 grand we probably have enough to start one. Money & mouths? ...

Anybody wanting to go to the event on the 1st - might want to checkout the latest information first this weekend. See the CPP stuff on frontpage. The current plans - as of last Saturday - was a scaling down of the original proposals by around 50%. Gone is the proposed block of flats at Sydenham Gate...

As no-one else has mentioned it in this thread I thought I might just mention that while the train (and upcoming tube) give fast access to central London - we are additionally blessed with the 176 which provides 24 hour service to Oxford Street and all points in between. Reassuringly affordable at 3...

Interesting. What's your achievable download speed? Like you - my router syncs at 7,616 Kbps but on tests I usually get readings in the 2 to 2.7Gbps range through one of the faster ISPs and I'm within 1/2 mile of the exchange. This is above BT's minimum guarantees for MaxADSL so my ISP cannot raise ...

I have a Sony laptop which I bought from the States earlier this year. I did not realise at the time when I bought it but the voltage in America is lower than here. The adaptor to charge the battery and operate the laptop has an american plug. Can I simply cut off the plug and fit a 13amp plug? But...

I have about 100 business clients covering most of the major broadband ISPs. Sadly they ring me when they can't get mail, webpages or anything sensible from customer service. Freeserve/Wannadoo/Orange has displaced BT Openwound as the ISP of despair. Whether it is the change of management, brand or ...

Everybody here in this part of Lawrie Park (LB Lewisham) had no problem registering with the Sydenham Green practice.

Stuart

To be honest, no matter what you report to Lewisham Council, you can guarantee they'll ignore you. No - you can't guarantee anything with Lewisham Council. We had a dreadful mess of overloaded bins in a cesspit of rubbish blocking the pavement here when the tenants from the local flats did another ...