Rolf Harris

[Willy]

Why do the press continually refer to Rolf Harris as from Sydenham?

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/14180 ... f=mr&lp=15

He is quite clearly Australian and was born there and just because he lived in Sydenham briefly doesn't make him from Sydenham. Are the News Shopper so desperate for stories?

[maestro]

Well what can one expect from the News Shopper? We're all heroin and cocaine dealers according to their latest headline, anyone know when we're all due in court?

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/14183 ... orth_Kent/

Edit:- Oh, they've just amended it. All evening it stated "Sydenham charged with dealing heroin and cocaine".

[Eagle]

Willy
I am not sure how briefly. Well remember seeing him and his good lady in the 60's , believe they lived in Border Road, I assume a Plaque is there .


Does it really matter how long he lived in Sydenham . What is the problem.

[iandavenport]

believe he lived in Kent House Road in the second half of the 60s ( went to school with kids from the family that lived next door, in what i think is now Albermarle Lodge)
as i recall it , and i was very young at the time, they lived in the last house in Bromley, he in the first house in Sydenham
From google maps , looks like his house was knocked down and a development built in both back gardens

[Eagle]

You may be correct but believe he also lived for a time in Border Road ? But of course may be wrong.

Not another terrible back garden grab for speculator to make a fortune. I like gardens.

[grimes6]

I lived at the corner of Border Road and Lawrie park Road in 1976 and Rolf Harris used to plant gum trees in our back yard but they unfortunately did not survive the mower! I met his dad on one occasion he was visiting from Perth .

[milton]

late 1950s/early 60s he had a house in Border Road for sure.

Rolf harris by Willy, is it only me that gets a childish delight from that conjunction?