Sydenham Town Forum

'Sydenhamite' is what sprang to my mind when I read the title of your post (before having read the content).

Yes, you have been a little bit thick not noticing it before!

Well Being is a great shop, although to be honest as an existing customer I don't really notice what the outside looks like any more. Try the chickpea samosas - they're fab!

Two men have been charged.

http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/88476 ... er_murder/

Apparently all shops that sell batteries are now obliged to accept them back for recycling, so that's why so many shops now have a collection bin. Maybe Tesco's now have a collection bin inside the store. There should also be one in Forest Hill Library. As for Tetrapak recycling, I heard a while ago...

Continuing the threadnap on buying art supplies: now the ELL is open, a trip to Shoreditch High Street will take you to Atlantis, which claims to be the UK's largest art and craft materials store. It's now located in Hanbury Street, off Brick Lane. Back on topic: if the building were to change into ...

BIG LUNCH 2010 - Sunday 18 July 2010 Lewisham are holding a networking and information session for anyone interested in organising a 'Big Lunch', on Tuesday 18 May from 5pm-8pm at the Civic Suite in Catford. To attend email events@lewisham.gov.uk or phone 020 8314 9571. Info from Lewisham's website...

Where was the Christmas Fair? I walked around the park at about 12.45 on Sunday afternoon but there wasn't any sign of it. Couldn't even see any posters up.

Gaz: the London Reconnections site explains about the 'Oyster Extension Permits' (which only applies to travelcard holders, not PAYG): "From the 2nd of January, if you have a season ticket on your Oyster Card, you will need to charge it with an “Oyster Extension Permit” if you wish to make a jo...

There are several places on Sydenham Road where you can renew or top-up Oyster cards. Check the TfL website for an interactive map of Oyster Ticket Stops: http://ticketstoplocator.tfl.gov.uk/LocationLocator/ Edited to add: It would be nice if the (Oyster-less) stations had a poster up listing the ne...

Lee: following your points: 1. There is already a decorative element on there. Acknowledged 2. Nothing has been said about doing the building up first. I think the building needs repainting etc regardless of whether a mosaic is installed, and agree that that should take priority. 3. Having worked on...

Lee: why do you think the scheme is 'daft'? Are your feelings based on the submitted proposal or is it just your personal dislike of public mosaics?

Planning permission was given for a self-storage facility. Don't know the name of the company though. Edited to say: Access Self-Storage. Info on Lewisham's planning website here: http://acolnet.lewisham.gov.uk/LEWIS-XSLPagesDC/acolnetcgi.exe?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSys...

London Bridge station: the documents accompanying the planning application are still on Southwark's website: http://planningonline.southwarksites.com/planningonline2/AcolNetCGI.exe?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeDocs&TheSystemkey=9528244 The first document shows that the new concourse will ha...

Gaz: the whole of London Bridge station will be rebuilt. Haven't found an official website but Wikipadia entry is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thameslink_Programme#London_Bridge (Actually have just found an official site but it doesn't show much: http://www.thameslinkprogramme.co.uk/cms/pages/...

According to Sydenham Society's latest e-mail: Mayow Park Bowls Club facilities consultation 10.00am-1.00pm, Saturday 16 May, Pavilion, Mayow Park Plans for a new facility for the Mayow Park bowls club have been received by Lewisham’s planning department and are now out for consultation. There will ...

Robbery at the Post Office in WHSmiths on Saturday. Apparently the robbers ran off across the railway line. See http://www.se23.com/forum/showthread.ph ... &page=last

Does anyone know of a local firm that can repair radios? My (not-inexpensive) clock-radio is on the blink and sending it to the manufacturer's in-house repair service would cost at least £30, before parts. Thought I'd see if there's a cheaper alternative. Thanks!

What is 'unique homeware'? There's a fishmonger operating from a van in Forest Hill every Thursday morning next to WH Smith. If Sydenham can't attract a permanent fishmonger then perhaps a mobile one might be the next best thing? Is there anywhere prominent that a mobile fishmonger could operate fro...

Be aware that this might be more serious than conning you out of a few pounds for a non-existent charity event. Something similar happened in Forest Hill over the summer (teenagers knocking on doors with 'sponsorship forms') and was discussed on SE23.com. I came across one of our councillor's report...

There's a photo of it on the Images of England website: http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/Details/Default.aspx?id=203396&mode=quick The flats upstairs were apparently occupied by firemen's families until the 1970s (someone who lived there at that time recently posted on one of the local forums -...