Sydenham Town Forum

how about this for the old HSBC site?

http://www.therealgreek.com/

Sadly the nearest one to Ssydenham is at London Bridge. Great food and atmosphere.

That's Amore got my vote. Love that place

Kente - what is the origin of that name? Why has the cafe been given that name?

Just interested...

Walked up tonight to the new Tesco Express for bread and milk (and fresh cream eclairs but that was an impulse buy :oops: ) Normally would have popped to Payless for midweek shopping perishables but I thought it would be nice to have a walk this evening and check out the new kid on the block. Can't ...

Excellent - and we can pop in and have a cup of coffee and a pastry safe in the knowledge that: 1. We wont be bumping into those who have made a declaration on this site to boycott it. 2. We will be supporting a small business trying to make a go of it in a very uncertain economic climate. That's wh...

The reason for not blocking a planning application unnecessarily is that developers work to tight margins and the cost of an application in terms of fees etc. is a healthy chunk of the cost of development. A planning application is a gamble and when they lose the gamble the development profit is lo...

I stand corrected - must try caramel tart as it sounds right up my street. Condensed milk is a bit too sweet even for me though.

Thanks for putting me straight though.

Honestly Annie - you'd have to be drunk watching that load of rubbish - still I have to be honest and confess I have had a crafty peek now and then this evening, its good for a laugh. Surely no one takes it seriously? Graham Norton is hilarious though...

I agree - why shouldn't we? Unfortunately there is always a tiny minority of people (scum really) who love to destroy or graffiti anything others hold dear or have worked hard to achieve. It can be very upsetting.

Annie - I think they may have been the same tart by the sounds of it. Whatever it was called it was really yummy. I think it was made with brown sugar and evaporated milk. Deadly in terms of calories but no one cared then like they do now - watching every mouthful. Those were the days.....

It could be worse - they could have called it 'Kente Kafe' perish the thought!

Who remembers Gipsy Tart? - extremely yummy indeed. I had it last week in the garden centre cafe in Farnham, but this was the first time since my school days - delicious. I have tried to make it myself but it didnt come out quite right - probably my ingredients were not exactly the same as the schoo...

:) I think the last one is best :wink: . Actually i quite like the upright stones,but maybe on a smaller scale with flowers around them, Have you seen those cylinder shaped steel things that have water bubbling out the top? they look good ,but again with some colour around them. Yes Annie - would b...

Looks great - prefer the top one, but either would be fab. Mind you I favour knocking the whole lot down and making a town square!!! Steady on - you'll have the Syd Soc getting Lewisham to slap a 'conservation' status on this grotesque eyesore and then we'll be stuck with it until it falls down. BT...

gillyjp - yes I do support residents of PHG if it is shown that the buildings create an unreasonable impact on the neighbouring residents. However objection would have to be a bit more detailed than it's a big block of modern flats which spoils the view from my window to have much impact on the pla...

[quote="adrian"]I agree with gillyjp that residents of Peak Hill have a right to defend the quality of their environment and I highlighted the impact (which is a legal planning consideration) in terms of daylight and sunlight on their properties and gardens earlier and if I lived there I ...

Nasaroc, why do you always have to twist things? I dont think Poppy has been opposed to the development of this site - just expressed genuine concerns, as many of us have, especially those with homes in close proximity to it, to this particular proposal. Quite honestly I think you are whipping up so...

I'm totally against another betting shop. Yet another betting shop will damage perception of the high street. We need more variety, not more of the same. Whenever I walk past the betting shops that are already here they are mostly empty. As for supply and demand, which pub seems to be the busiest o...

Goodness me - all this objections to a betting shop in Sydenham Road (to give it it's proper title). I do hope that all of those opposed to this will be just as vocal when it comes to putting a betting shop in one of the retail outlets (yes it will come, no doubt about that) in the new Greyhound dev...

Drawing a line in the sky on the previously posted spring hill photo i cant see what the fuss is about. The residents at peakhill should have realised that a vacant site would have been built on to the height of adjacent buildings at some point . the developers have made enough compromises and i th...