Sydenham Town Forum

Hi Admin,

I emailed Paul Gale to ask him to raise the issue at the Assembly last week. As you will have read he came back with some information but I don't know if it was put to the councillors or not.

I know who they are, but does anyone know any of them to talk to? If not I will email them anyway.

Councillors have many demands on their time but if we could get just one of them to witness, close up, how truly Ill conceived and poorly delivered the Turdis* actually is I think Sydenham might have a fighting chance of getting some kind of positive change. *Wish I'd come up with that ;) Does anyon...

FYI Tom Henry's out of office states that he 'plans to return by 20th July.'

Make of this what you will... (read upwards) I honestly think that if this carbuncle was uprooted and stolen tomorrow or converted to a pigeon loft or potting shed, no one in the council would know or care. It's not Paul Gale's problem to try and sort out, but it clearly isn't any council officer's ...

Fwd: Hi Shaun, Thank you for this question and for the photos which obviously make it far easier for me to see what the issue is. I have forwarded this to the project manager and his team for comment, however, the person who is dealing with this is off until July, so I may not be able to get answer ...

Just emailed this to Paul Gale: Hi Paul, There has been much local concern about the type, location, orientation and general suitability of the new public convenience on Station Approach. It is widely regarded as being ugly, incongruous and certainly not in keeping with the Yorkstone and greatly imp...

It's also damaged (top left and right) on the side facing the key cutters. Possibly from moving it into place.

It's often specified in the deeds and will generally be one boundary or the other (you are responsible for).

In my experience it's often the right hand boundary as you look at the front, but not always.

Have you asked your neighbours?