Sydenham Town Forum

Mikecg If it's "library's'", "ps3's", "xbox's" and "company's", why not also "laptop's", "kid's" or "blockbuster's"? Oh but it is. It's just that I like to do that sort of thing to attract people like yourself to state the blinki...

I can see why library's are becoming extinct, with the rise of the INTERNET and a new bread of IT savvy kids why would you go to a stuffy old library ? (sic) There was an article on BBC London news about the Crystal Palace library being in jeopardy a while back, I think it's a shame really. The worl...

Had a fab day out on Sunday thanks to ELL. Brick Lane was buzzing, I had not visited for over 30 years, went on to Columbia Road and got some great bargains just as the flower market was closing. As the trains are so frequent the journey both ways was effortless By the way, the Evening Standard ton...

Moved to West Croydon because of a studio build project I'm involved with during the evening and at weekends so I'm commuting to work via the ELL from West Croydon Station to Shoreditch Highstreet during the week. I have used the ELL this week and although the service is good they have skimped on th...

bigbadwolf wrote:Yeah, the drifters and street drinkers of Sydenham are regularly seen getting 'souped-up' on Castrol GTX cockails followed by a few 4-STAR chasers, Mike.

I once read that a guy got an asbo for clocking up 10p at his local esso station on a regular basis.

Mad.

My friend and his girlfriend live on Wood Vale on the se23 and se22 border and their car was being targeted every other week. Thankfully it has stopped but it got to the point where they were forced to empty the tank in the evening and fill up before they set off anywhere! Yeah also the street drin...

Chazza - he couldn't. Not an option. Stop believing those papers! He could, and he just has. A little tardy and timed to throw the Lib/Con negotiations. I don't read any papers ;-) Well, except Private Eye. Can't wait for the next issue after all this! Disco Dave getting a vote of no confidence?

mikecg, sorry, but you are being unfair. 'Mummycat' is an active member of our local community trying to improve Sydenham for good. Saying she doesn't care is simply wrong. There is a drink and drugs problem so it seems. Letting people drink openly on the street and act in a unsociable manner is wr...

I only venture out of Sydenham once a week, so I can't comment on Lewisham. I'm urging the Councillors that we voted for, together with the Town Centre Manager to find a solution to improve Sydenham. Forget the poor unfortunate street drinkers and the problems they face in their wrechid lives , Syd...

It would appear that the Lib/Dems were brought into the telivised debate because it would appear that both the Laour party and the Conservatives would have been in a weaker position without them and it just goes to show that the political process can at times rely on the media to rally support. Has ...

Sadly UKIP have some issues with their right wing views however I like Nigel Farage and I hope he recovers quickly from the plane crash he suffered. His Damp Rag speach made me very happy for a few days and I like his direct no nonsense approach, however some of the UPKIP views lean a bit too hevily...

The BBC website isn't yet showing a result for Lewisham W & Penge constituency, but estimates that it should have been declared at 6:15. Is the BBC website broken or is the count still going on? The count is still going on, it does however look to be a hung parliament with Conservative's with t...

The turnout was quite low overall compared to previous years and the opinion polls were generally way way way off. Did all the scare mongering of a hung parliament scare people to voting tactically? Anyway, yes, I too was puzzled about the 'local' selection of candidates for the council. What were ...

@Digimi2007 Check out Andy Shaw he was a gungho director that championed the idea of releasing equity to gain substantial financial wealth, it all backfired of course and I loled for ages when I found out. He was telling people that if you're inlaws own their own home get them to release the equity ...

sarahc wrote:Actually I DO know what to say.............. bring back bloody National Service

The world is a very different place to what is was after the war, we no longer face the threat of invasion.

He claims to be one of the great world economists but he sold our gold reserves at a knockdown price costing this country £6 billion when it was at an all time low, shows to me that he is a panic man, everybody knows you go long on commodities that are at an all time low yet his blunder went throug...

Blimey, Town Hustings has been quieter than the Bird in Hand on a Monday night for weeks and all of a sudden things kick off! I don't want to add too much to the opinions raised here but here's a couple of links to lists of Labour achievements: http://www.derekwyattmp.co.uk/news_item.aspx?i_PageID=...

What Dorian said.

Definitely Labour. They're the only ones that care about everyone in society. I'm a little confused about the comments about the miners. Why should the miners' union subs (paid for by the miners themselves) have gone to anyone other than the miners? Why didn't those other workers use their own unio...

Vote Conservative for Change! Let's try something really radical, like having a couple of old Etonians running the country - there's real change for you. The problem is that too many people believe the crap put about by the media, primarily the newspapers - most of which are owned by strange megalo...