Sydenham Town Forum

Getting back to four trains per hour to LBG again is great news. Let's hope the two extra go down to East Croydon rather than round the loop to Victoria - that route is already well-served by four tph from nearby Penge and the existing two from Sydenham. The slow change via Norwood Junction to get t...

I'm surprised there's spare platform capacity at Charing Cross, to be honest. The Greenwich line services (via Woolwich/Charlton/Blackheath) to Charing Cross have been cut, which must be contributing to the capacity. They've done that to reduce congestion at Lewisham, which is to be applauded by an...

The ending of Cannon St trains on the Hayes line now confirmed by the new December timetables:
https://timetables.southeasternrailway. ... Table%206a

Trains from Lower Sydenham still quarter-hourly, and alternate trains will stop at Lewisham for the DLR connection.

When did they lay the cables in your road? They laid the cables in our road a couple of months ago and their website still says "coming soon" to your area. Wondered how long after the initial work they need before being able to sign up. Cheers. If your place is served by a telegraph pole,...

syd wrote: ↑20 Dec 2021 22:18 Digging up roads in 2021 seems idiotic. Ill stick to wireless thanks

Looks like they've been able to use existing BT ducts for most of it to avoid digging - neat, eh?

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Mods - please feel free to take this down if it breaks any rules..

If you've had Community Fibre digging on your road recently, you may find you're now able to place an order for 'proper' Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) broadband. They have a six months free offer on at the moment, and cover speeds up to 1Gbps. I've seen them on the roads around the library over the l...

Some pretty crass levels of conjecture on this thread. Local business deserves better than local keyboard warrior putting two and two together and coming up with a potential five...

V intrigued by the '29 min delivery' promise on their front sign. Seems a slightly arbitrary figure, no?

For what it's worth, I'm a member of the Sydenham Society and value what they do - but it does feel like their remit is more about protecting our heritage than painting an inspiring vision for what Sydenham could be and putting pressure on our councillors and supporting local businesses to make that...

I think Sydenham has got all of the right ingredients to be a much richer, more vibrant town centre than the myriad comments here suggest we feel it is today. Our transport links, amenities, housing stock and green spaces are as good as anywhere (if not better than places like East Dulwich). So why ...

Looks like it's going to be called The Poodle Club, run by the people behind the comedy night of the same name that used to run in Stoke Newington.

So, the old BR site is going to be "a comedy venue with stand-up, improv, classes and workshops, and day time kids events". Also still a licensed bar.

Much as I'll miss BR, this does sound rather good, and a real shot in the arm for that end of the high street..

Suggesting a McDonald's is trolling because you don't agree with it? Not at all - trolling as a provocative art form is a passtime worth celebrating on its own merits. And was admitted as such by its very author. FWIW though, I do think a McD's of that scale would be a shame on our local councillor...

KPR wrote:Personally I hope Co-op becomes a McDonalds

This is next-level trolling - bravo! Only the suggestion of a Foxtons would push more middle-class liberal buttons in this context.

We've just moved, and have some going spare that you're welcome to, Crowie. Drop me a PM!

Sounds like this is a pretty widespread issue, then. We had no deliveries on Mon, Tue or Weds this past week, and then 12 (!) items delivered across two separate deliveries on Thursday. I asked the postie about it, who mentioned something about "a backlog at the office" and that it wasn't ...