Sydenham Town Forum

I cycled past the works today. Not looking great, to be fair. There are at least 7 or 8 large holes dug in the road all the way from the turnoff at Thicket Road up as far Lawrie Park Avenue. As I passed, there were four men visible working on it - 3 of them discussing what to do, and the 4th sitting...

Parking is a nightmare now - no question about that. I'm sorry to hear about the damage to the car. We too have witnessed some appalling driving, and with the vast increase in cars, it seems inevitable that this will happen again. Unfortunately the introduction of a CPZ would not help as the gym is ...

Will we get an explanation, apology and the bus companies some restitution for this debacle. And what will be done to stop a recurrence? Or is removal of the licence the only option? I asked the parking guy what was going on - apparently its someone's funeral party / wake. That's the explanation an...

This is great news. At the last meeting in the Grove Centre I was very disappointed by the attitude of the Zanzibar guys that they were adamant they wanted to cling on to the 5am licence. I was so willing to get behind them if they'd accepted a 2am licence and the idea of diversifying the interests ...

@Gaddison & @Nigel - I completely agree with you both. The new owner and manager openly admitted at the meeting that their business model depends entirely on the 2-5am slot. They are clearly only interested in scooping up the profits from being the last ditch saloon of south east London. The fac...

While I am no fan of Zanzibar and the misery of Friday and Saturday nights round here these days, it's not possible to connect the quad biker & racers directly with the club. I do suspect there was some degree of showing off to the crowds standing around on the pavements, but I do know the club ...

I for one would love to see more diverse events coming to the area, and I've heard Zanzibar is a great space (yet to fully explore it though). So, in echoing Lee, I'm in too! The SEE events last summer had a really nice feel to them, so hopefully the community would be open to the idea of these kind...

I would love to see a cool music space open up somewhere in Sydenham. My band has been looking for somewhere to run a residency that could feel either like an open rehearsal, or if enough people show up, turn into a proper gig. Tables, candles, wine and good chat. Could Zanzibar be such a place? Lov...

I spoke to Sergeant Jim Abbott about this and will definitely be going to the hearing. The implication from Jim was that they have worked long and hard to get to a point where they can present a case, and if the residents don't show up in SERIOUS force to show their sentiments on the club are seriou...

Yep... just been told by officers on both Peak Hill Avenue and Spring Hill that "they don't know what has happened" which of course means they know but aren't telling me, so must have been a pretty serious incident. Don't really like the sound of that given that we live a stone's throw fro...

Is anyone else finding there is an almost constant stream of music/shouting coming from the top floor of Regent Business Centre? Who are these people?

It's going on until 4:30am some nights.

I see another planning application is in to turn 242 Kirkdale into an all-night chicken shop. Oh joy - that'll go just beautifully with Zanzibar. Please check out this link and write your objections - apathy on these issues ends up with licences being granted! http://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online-...