Sydenham Town Forum

G Man, sorry but I think I find your post at best a little paranoid and at worst a touch bullying? It's fine to question, but I think we should be careful not to discredit someone just because they are new or, dare I say, just because they are not singing the praises of Raff's? This forum is becomin...

hopefully something, somewhere under the carpet!

Bensonby, you have my sympathy. Unlesss people have worked in the public services they are not likely to understand. Full stop.

Just wanted to say how much I've enjoyed the debate over the last couple of weeks. Some of you, I must admit, I may have ended up throwing a pint over in a pub if we had discussed it face-to-face ( perhaps not in the Dolphin 'cos it's not that kind of place!) but many I would have bought a pint for ...

I very much agree with digime 2007 " the tories are desperate for power" But, unfortunately they seem to have done extremely well- no concessions on the economy, europe, immigration, trident and it seems little on electoral reform (a referendum - perhaps - on the smallest possible change) ...

Tim Lund, With all due respect, I think that the street drinkers and heroin users of Southwark and Penge rarely make it all the way to our part of the world and so I would prefer to resist jumping on the CPZ bandwagon. I really don't think the problem is as serious as, for example, places like Cambe...

Yep, the Lib Dems certainly did do things differently in Southwark- they effectvely handed power over to the tories who only had 6 seats! Indeed the Lib Dem Cllr that Poppy mentions was herself a tory councillor until about Feb this year when she defected to the Lib Dems. They failed to listen to th...

I'm hoping the Lib Dems consider what has happened in London - They happily climbed in bed with the tories in areas such as Southwark and Camden last time around and were seriously punished by their voters for it on Thursday night. On those occasions they opted to work with the tories even though th...

mikecg said " The miners held this country to ransom but the government at the time would not cave in to their demands, Shall we pay? No, it's cheaper to import it. Goodbye to the uk coal industry it was doomed anyway it's just not clean enough but that's another issue" All sounds very fam...

I agree with Juwlz, only I trust the Lib Dems about the same amount as the tories - look at their form - always first to jump in bed with the tories. Interestingly they are more than happy to team up with the minority parties locally while their Leader pronounced last week that they would never do s...

Ibere, not sure which electroral ward you live in but it certainly won't cover a very large area. This looks like the check list which the Council used to determine suitable venues - can you think of something more approporiate which is in your immediate vicinity and ticks all these boxes? If so the...

Yep. couple of nice lads in my street been at it for well over a year..check out the phone junction outside lloyds bank or the station wall!

PM me your details and I will pop it through their door?

I remember my school closing for the day to become a Polling Station, the signs being placed around the perimiter and at the gates. I remember my mum and my teachers telling me that it was for a very important reason. Later in life my son's school did the same thing and it facinated and interested h...

I might have to resort to preparing a standard complaint template and make sure I complain everyday that I can't get on to a train or am squeezed like a sardine into a carriage which surely should be considered a H&S risk.

As global warming increases perhaps one day we might have an avenue of Jacaranda trees down Sydenham High St...

I've just come back from CP and after a nice meal and a few drinks listening to some cool tunes in the downstairs bar at Numidie I feel deeply envious .... A couple of similar places in Sydenham Rd would make a massive difference to my life.....

Sydenhamjazzman, You are so correct- I've always thought that Sydenham has a high number of musicians living here and I would love to see Sydenham become a 'musical area' Maybe you should ask other musicians to contact you to see if they would be interested in an open mic session then take your plan...

leenewham - I agree with you, and a good example of this is the Bellenden Regeneration Scheme. Managed by Southwark Council it aimed to improve the presentation of shops and residential frontages with grants and loans and it has changed the area completely. They also worked with local artists to imp...

I am definitely more concerned about Sydenham than CP...and I don't mind sharing my habits. Eating out - a couple of times a week generally. If in Sydenham then The Dolphin, sometimes Trattoria Raffaels or the Dartmouth. I think there is better food in East Dulwich or Central London though. Shopping...