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by sarahc
11 Dec 2007 18:42
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: save our front gardens
Replies: 46
Views: 46331

Thanks for sticking up for me Ginge. Eagle, I can park across my dropped kerb because it's MY dropped kerb. In fact, I don't - because that would be silly as I have a drive! Don't gang up on us that have drives. Maybe we should start on people that un-necessarily drive. What about the folks of Syden...
by sarahc
11 Dec 2007 14:43
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: save our front gardens
Replies: 46
Views: 46331

I'll shut the door on my way out shall I?????
by sarahc
11 Dec 2007 14:42
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: save our front gardens
Replies: 46
Views: 46331

Before I get 'ganged up' upon - I'd like to point out we have 1 car in our household and it is a small car.

Just to reiterate - I have kept a good third of my front garden with bushes, shrubs and a large tree.

Sarah
by sarahc
11 Dec 2007 14:28
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: save our front gardens
Replies: 46
Views: 46331

Hello, I am guilty, I'm afraid, of turning my front garden into a drive :oops: . In my defence, I have kept shrubs and plants (AND a tree!) either side as I don't wish to lose all of the birds that visit. I loved my front garden and was quite reluctant to convert it into a drive. My reason in doing ...
by sarahc
11 Dec 2006 12:13
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Sydenham Road Community Street Audit
Replies: 65
Views: 74992

Chris,

I would be interested in your view regarding Bell Green too.

sarahc
by sarahc
10 Dec 2006 08:15
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Any DIY Problems??? Can I be of Help???
Replies: 163
Views: 200824

It does not have a transformer and I have already done the things you suggested. Oh well, worth a try. Thanks for your help and advice.

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by sarahc
7 Dec 2006 19:25
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Any DIY Problems??? Can I be of Help???
Replies: 163
Views: 200824

Hi Lemonade, I have the same problem! I have a beautiful christmas garland that sits over my dining room mantelpiece. I have got it out this year and the fairy lights that are weaving in and out of the garland are not working. I've tried all the things you suggested - checking each individual bulb o...
by sarahc
7 Dec 2006 10:27
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Green Chilli - Delicious
Replies: 18
Views: 18532

Yes Steve, it is Brockley Rise (I checked the A to Z to be sure!). It is very, very good. We've never eaten in the restaurant, only had takeaways. We get a bottle of their house wine with most orders (and it's a very nice wine) - whether this is because we order sooo much or because we are such regu...
by sarahc
6 Dec 2006 21:23
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Green Chilli - Delicious
Replies: 18
Views: 18532

Yes Leaf, totally agree - we are regulars too. Have you tried Bengal Barburche? They are just a bit further up (opposite where the old Barclays Bank used to be), can't think for love or money, the name of the bloody road! Anyway, they are on the same par as Elachi. PS Does anyone know the name of th...
by sarahc
5 Dec 2006 12:25
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Bell Green
Replies: 11
Views: 13495

Marvellous. It just gets better!
by sarahc
4 Dec 2006 20:28
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Bell Green
Replies: 11
Views: 13495

Steve,

WOW! Thanks so much for that info, it's so interesting. I have heard about royalty visiting before - but I heard that it was a King (not sure which one!) and that he used to visit his mistress in Sydenham. Think your version is more credible.

Sarah
by sarahc
3 Dec 2006 09:25
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Bell Green
Replies: 11
Views: 13495

Thanks Juwiz, I am grateful for anything you can come up with. Does anyone know if there's any truth in the actual Bell ringing and that most of Sydenham could hear it?
by sarahc
1 Dec 2006 20:28
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Bell Green
Replies: 11
Views: 13495

Bell Green

I have been showing this site to my mum recently and she was wondering if anyone knows the history behind 'Bell Green'? Why is it called Bell Green? My mums thinks that a bell used to sound at certain intervals during the day to signal the workers that lived locally. Not sure if this is true. Does a...
by sarahc
29 Nov 2006 18:27
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: random recall on Sydenham hill 1950-------
Replies: 36
Views: 83400

Hi Kenny,

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading your 'memories'. Please do some more.

With regards to the allotments in Sydenham Park Road, I believe they are still there (down by footbridge to German Church??).

I look forward to reading some more.......get that thinking cap on!

sarahc :D
by sarahc
3 Nov 2006 14:53
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: HAVE YOU LOST A CAT?
Replies: 5
Views: 5520

Hi Leaf,

There are posters on lots of lamp posts in Sydenham regarding a lost tortoise shell cat (I think) - could this be relevant to your question?

Sarah
by sarahc
30 Oct 2006 21:10
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Sydenham Little Uns
Replies: 21
Views: 27810

Try Rascals ball park in Bellingham Leisure Centre. It is a fraction of the price that Gambados charge (and their membership scheme for the balls is well worth joining and not a rip off like Gambados memberships). I used regularly take my daughter to Gambados before discovering Rascals. My daughter ...
by sarahc
14 Oct 2006 08:11
Forum: Town Cafe
Topic: Bell Green Gas Works
Replies: 14
Views: 10852

Oh wow! Flashback!! I remember the days of the floats. I was actually on one. It was for the Children's Hospital and I had to sit in a wheelchair and pretend to be injured!! I had a nice, groovy pink quilted dressing gown bought especially for the occasion. Those were the days......... Why can't we ...
by sarahc
9 Oct 2006 20:01
Forum: Town Museum & Gallery
Topic: Sydenham in WWII (areas bombed during the war)
Replies: 24
Views: 44409

Fallkor, Brilliant!! I have spent ages sitting here trying to work out the roads that I know in Lower Sydenham (including my own!). Absolutely fascinating. My mum says she remembers her mum telling her about the direct hit that Fairlawn Park took (next to St Philips Primary School) and by the look o...
by sarahc
4 Oct 2006 18:38
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: television, freeview, aerials and recommended engineer
Replies: 5
Views: 6708

Hi, I have problems with Freeview too. I have it in my dining room and in my bedroom and the signal strength is poor. Sometimes I receive pictures and sometimes it's patchy and 'cuts out'. Admittedly, I am only using indoor aerials. We never got round to getting a roof aerial as we have Sky in the l...
by sarahc
30 Sep 2006 20:38
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Crystal Palace Museum - new website!
Replies: 8
Views: 9121

Falkor, Wonderful. That has been truly marvelous to look at. Thank you. What a shame it was destroyed. Leaf, My Nan saw the fire too. She lived in Penge with her parents and was a young girl at the time and said it was the most spectacular thing (the fire that is!) that she had ever seen. She says t...