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by iandavenport
16 Sep 2018 21:08
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: 154-158 Sydenham Road
Replies: 90
Views: 93176

Re: 154-158 Sydenham Road

Thank you Growsydenham, ill waste an hour or two on the lewisham planning portal tomorrow finding all the information - i find its very detailed, just slow to load
by iandavenport
14 Sep 2018 08:28
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: 154-158 Sydenham Road
Replies: 90
Views: 93176

Re: 154-158 Sydenham Road

Despite the objections mentioned earlier in this thread, the planning committee approved the new bloc of 23 flats on the derelict shops at 86 Bell Green on Tuesday night. Can you point me to a record of that please Growsydenham? I've looked at the application on the Lewisham planning site and it ha...
by iandavenport
2 Feb 2018 18:34
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: 2018 wish list
Replies: 30
Views: 34629

Re: 2018 wish list

Yes that would be fine by me. The whole point of having orbital distributor (ie the South Circular) roads is so people don't rat run through residential areas. We built the orbital roads but we didn't get round to closing off the residential streets. Now we're playing catchup with the civilised wor...
by iandavenport
6 Dec 2017 22:23
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Penge Homebase closed - now Bunnings warehouse
Replies: 28
Views: 49213

Re: Penge Homebase closing - or perhaps not?

I think you will find this is just a re-branding - Wesfarmers bought Homebase from Home Retail last year , its obviously taken a while to work the new name through the branches, although it might be interesting to see if the BBQ range improves.
by iandavenport
12 Oct 2017 20:58
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: food waste collection
Replies: 25
Views: 21572

Re: food waste collection

KPR - have you managed to not acknowledge that the council have moved to fortnightly black bin collection, and the next due date for Sydenham is the 17th? LBL are usually pretty hopeless, but i thought they did a god job in advertising this through the past few months
by iandavenport
8 May 2017 13:43
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Local plant sales
Replies: 10
Views: 8477

Re: Local plant sales

Does anyone know dates for local plant sales this year? I wasn't free yesterday to get to Sydenham gardens spring fair. Kent house allotments...........21st May 11am ? CND.......................................13th May 2pm ? Wells Park.............................. Horinmans...........................
by iandavenport
29 Apr 2017 10:55
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: What has Jim done
Replies: 37
Views: 35583

Re: What has Jim done

Jim got over 50% of the first past the post vote, so how could AV have altered things? as I understand it , AV and PR are different approaches to try to solve the same problem, if you have PR , you have to have some different way of those "pooled" votes counting, which must inevitably lead...
by iandavenport
27 Apr 2017 20:55
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: What has Jim done
Replies: 37
Views: 35583

Re: What has Jim done

leenewham wrote:It is extremely unlikely. If only we had voted for PR.

would we still have had a Lewisham West and Penge constituency MP then? I thought for PR to work there had to be pooling of votes across nations or at least regions.
by iandavenport
14 Apr 2017 21:37
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: High Street banners
Replies: 54
Views: 43046

Re: High Street banners

Where in the thorpes? As far as I am aware all the ones that were scheduled to be replaced have been? Princethorpe I understood they were not replacing the lights in Princethorpe for they were relatively new. I also much prefer the lights in Princethorpe anyway. as i understood it the plan was to h...
by iandavenport
14 Apr 2017 17:29
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: High Street banners
Replies: 54
Views: 43046

Re: High Street banners

prince wrote:
Where in the thorpes? As far as I am aware all the ones that were scheduled to be replaced have been?
Princethorpe
by iandavenport
2 Apr 2017 17:27
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Istanbul 'supermarket'
Replies: 21
Views: 25366

Re: Istanbul 'supermarket'

this seems to have drifted from Istanbul to PFC - I've never had any problems with PFC and chose it over the other similar store - not that i would think of it as high on my list of wine outlets
by iandavenport
11 Jan 2017 12:35
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: restaurant for a family celebrating
Replies: 7
Views: 8976

Re: restaurant for a family celebrating

I'd second Raff's as a great venue, but if you decide on it , I'd book soon, especially if your party is large, as following the Trip Adviser episode last year he seems to be full every night.
by iandavenport
9 Jan 2017 20:46
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Commuting from Sydenham to London Bridge
Replies: 15
Views: 19001

Re: Commuting from Sydenham to London Bridge

good luck AC - we've been here 30 years , its a great place to live , and public transport is now miles better than it used to be
by iandavenport
7 Jan 2017 23:02
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Commuting from Sydenham to London Bridge
Replies: 15
Views: 19001

Re: Commuting from Sydenham to London Bridge

Thanks everyone. This has made me feel better about things (despite the Southern situation). I actually work quite close to Bank. I get the tube to Monument and then walk up. I was thinking my best bet would be to get the train to London Bridge and walk but then after reading your comments, I wonde...
by iandavenport
22 Sep 2016 21:22
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Parking problems
Replies: 165
Views: 101145

Re: Parking problems

I am the Ian Davenport of the Thorpes Residents Association - how have you contacted me harrym as I've not seen anything? I'm happy to meet up to discuss it , but i think you should add to the post re the" vast majority of attendees supported the idea of 2hr parking controls", that the att...
by iandavenport
25 Jul 2016 20:46
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Co-operative Food store to rebrand as a Budgens store
Replies: 74
Views: 64948

Re: Co-operative Food store to rebrand as a Budgens store

wondering what everyone has made of Budgens after its first week - i used to use the Co-Op a couple of times a week for organic milk and crusty bread - my trip on Sunday highlighted Budgens sold neither. Anyone else found they are going there regularly with success?
by iandavenport
5 Apr 2016 09:19
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Vinyl Floor Fiter
Replies: 3
Views: 2912

Re: Vinyl Floor Fiter

robbieduncan wrote:Pop into the carpet shop on the high street and ask for their fitters details. He did ours and it was a good job
Thanks Robbie - ill try them later in the week - you mean the one down opposite beer rebellion?
by iandavenport
4 Apr 2016 11:14
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Vinyl Floor Fiter
Replies: 3
Views: 2912

Vinyl Floor Fiter

Can anyone recommend a fitter for vinyl flooring in a small bathroom please? its not a large area, but a tricky shape and I think would benefit from an experts attention.
by iandavenport
13 Feb 2016 13:31
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Chinese takeaway
Replies: 23
Views: 15956

Re: Chinese takeaway

Parker - yes i guess it was them
as to how Just Eat makes a living , i expect you are right , so that would explain why the restaurant is less interested in those customers than their own - lesson learned - i just wanted to try it out , its back to ringing direct for me
thanks for the input
by iandavenport
13 Feb 2016 11:03
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Newlands Park gas work
Replies: 8
Views: 5984

Re: Newlands Park gas work

if you made it Bus only , where would the traffic that uses Newlands Park go? Cator/Trewsbury? Just making it bus only wont convince those car drivers to use the bus instead, however much anyone might wish.