Sydenham Town Forum

Yes!! Ginadecor it was. Thanks, now I can sleep at night.

I too remember Miss Coggins. She made me stand in the corner because I forgot my 7 times table. I still have trouble with it today and I'm a teacher myself! My mum came up to the school to tell her off for bullying me. Do you remember collecting and swapping buttons and/or American civil war cards i...

I attended both st philips and st barts from 1959 to 1965. I remember Miss Nash very well. I was given the job of mixing up the farleys rusks she used to feed her white poodle. In fact I saw her years later with her poodle! The dog was ancient, at least 18/20 years old and was being carried everywhe...

I stumbled upon your site looking for information about shop names in Kirkdale. I lived with my extensive family (there 9 of us) in Sydenham between 1954 and 1980 and attended St. Barts and Sydenham Girls School (Dartmouth Road) We were trying to remember the name of the shop at the top of Kirkdale ...