Sydenham Town Forum

It’s either upper or lower in my book - upper is anywhere above the Mayow Road/Sydenham Road junction. Nope, us up in the rarified atmosphere west of the railway line look down on Mid-Syd. I know my place :) http://hastingsonlinetimes.co.uk/hottie/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/1275190_I-know-my-place....

Residents permits are a definite NO. Blocking the entrance from Sydenham Road would obviate the need, in any event. All permits do is give the excuse to the Local Authority to rip us off yet further. I would suggest the road should be blocked at the end of Park House with that short section of road ...

Do you know who is responsible? Is the block owned by Hexagon? I've had a brief look on the interweb and can't find any clues - I think a strong letter needs to be written as it seems there either aren't enough bins or there are simply not enough collections....but it's pretty foul The block does n...

The other issue here is that the waste lorries can't get down from the high st and don't seem to want to reverse all the way down from the Hillmore Gv end - thus the flats at the end of the road never have their bins collected - it looks pretty filthy Park House has its bins collected separately. I...

Had you actually bothered to read up on the gas works, you would know that Bell Green was at the heart of an innovative model of workers having a profit share, and workers representation on the board of directors. This is the context to the Livesey Hall, built to commemorate a liberal, forward-thin...

The other issue here is that the waste lorries can't get down from the high st and don't seem to want to reverse all the way down from the Hillmore Gv end - thus the flats at the end of the road never have their bins collected - it looks pretty filthy Park House has its bins collected separately. I...

They never were beautiful. Their removal should be celebrated. Beauty is in the eye of the be(gas)holder. Does history, heritage or identity mean nothing to you either? How 'beautiful' will the new Aldi/flats/car park be? History means a great deal to me.. Most of it is bunk. What masquerades as hi...

When the actual gasholders are removed and the work to detox the ground begins the structures will no doubt be unable to be self-supporting. These ugly scaffolds are not in any way unique. Their presence has always been a reminder of a (now removed) extreme hazard. That association will not wane bec...

Where exactly is "Hillcrest Estate"?

I saw a blazing row between a driver and one of the builders the other day. In some ways though I have sympathy with the builders - there isn’t any space on the side of the road they need to unload from anyway, so suspending the parking bays on the other side makes no difference. Added to which, ma...

Licencing, and/or Parking. They'll have had to get permission for what they're doing, and parking bay suspensions too, so if they not abiding by the rules for those they can be fined. The permission places on obligation on them NOT to obstruct the road. It is all part of the planning consent. They ...

SO! The development nobody wanted is going ahead and despite the obligations placed on the developer, in the planning consent, they block the road most days from morning to night. After I spoke to one of the workmen the parking bays opposite have been suspended BUT the workmen park their vehicles in...

A large group of people congregate at the end of Kangley Bridge Road with a combination of illegal, unregistered motor bikes, mopeds, four wheel unlicensed vehicles et al. They seem to think they have a right to organise races on the road.

You are right that few of the old trees remain. Complaining to the ombudsman will get you nowhere. The condition is clearly identified in the terms and conditions of EVERY property insurance policy. Even special perils policies exclude tree damage for large trees close to the property. In my case th...

Most of the trees in Knighton Park Road are infected with a form of fungus which rots the trees from the inside out. This was the case with the tree outside my house. Its roots were infected and an arborist advised it should be removed before it infected all the other trees. He also said the tree wa...

Speeding in Sydenham seems to be getting worse by the day. Why arent the police doing more about this? Surely, mobile speed cameras are an easy solution. Who can we escalate this to, before we see more carnage on the roads. God help the day a family or small children are seriously injured or killed...

I think you will find the "pond" near the house is a sink hole and therefore likely to be very deep. I would be more concerned if I lived in one of the nearby houses. It should be filled in.

Rest easy everyone. Bin collections continue as normal.... Black bins every other week... Green bins everyweek... BUT the food bins are generally empty as the foxes, cats and RATs have usually emptied the contents over the streets. Half the rubbish from the green and black bins is strewn along the s...

I was successful in getting the cowboy parking firm to withdraw the ticket.

For the rather rude person who asked... The Mitchells and Butlers' case was many years ago. I made the points contained in my first post to them... and more.

I have used Knighton Motors for 30 years and have found them an honest enterprise. Recently I took a leased vehicle and to my consternation I am not allowed to use their services. Next car will not be leased!