Sydenham Town Forum

the Chinese restuarant opposite the Dolphin being there in the early 70's. Not sure if there were any others around then. The Wimpy further up seemed exotic and was a "night out". I remember the McDonalds opening in Catford in the 70's too thinking how amazing it was at the time.(think it'...

have never had a drink from a canned drink without wiping it clean first after stories I used to hear from someone who worked in a vintners about the number of mice and rats that walk across and pee on crates etc in warehouses. There is a thriving population of rats in bushes etc at the entrance of ...

There is a short film showing Lewisham as it used to be in late 50's on the British Pathe website if you just type in Lewisham.

We moved into a relatively new house in November. We have a wooden front door the same age as the house (14 years). The mortice doesn't quite 'meet' as I think it has dropped slightly(~about an eighth of an inch. The screws in the hinges are all tight. What would be best? Try to get the door raised ...

Where are all the coffee shops and estate agents? How do they cope?

I can't work out which end of the road though.
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Jackie

great photos! I remember the new Ladywell Baths being opened with Prince Philip(?) landing in front in a helicopter. I also have memories of walking from home in Adelaide Ave with a doll to the doll's hospital in a shop opposite the fire station. We regularly went to garden parties in the vicarage o...

Ouch, that hurt, Will! :shock: You've just broken my big toe nail... :oops: Nah, I didn't bother scanning that one. I'll just be concentrating on the High Street proper. I might even do a history of Brockley, too? Yes please. I lived in Upper Brokley Rd,Tressillian Rd, Adelaide Avenue then Kneller ...

It does look very oppressive.

wherever it is there are no cars. Lovely. I think I can spot a lamp post?

It's at one end or the other - there are no shadows so can't work out any direction.

(my Dad used to cycle from Brockley in the 60's and use them as we had no bathroom). He died this xmas in the Peartree Home in Syd - bringing back memories here. He was a "character" in Sydenham. A regular in the Alfred, in his commissionaire's uniform ever so slightly pizzled most of the ...

I remember the slipper baths down there, I think there are remnants of the buildings left near the corner opposite Haseltine School?

I also remember all the old shops on the other side of the road, before the one way system.

it's level so could be just before or after the railway bridge? (imagine Savacentre on your left) Not sure when the railway arrived. Sorry just a gut instinct.

with your venture!.

I would be interested to read a copy. I don't live in Sydenham anymore but still have strong ties and am always in the Grill!

I'm self employed too and know how hard you have to work 24/7.

Does anyone remember the Youth Club in what was called the Green Hut (a shack really) to the left of Philip Neri Church? We went there in the 70's and it was great - everyone knew each other. We had many a wedding reception and party there. No gun culture, no knives, no binge culture, no phones, rar...

of street furniture!!!!! lovely. Great pics.

what were called the bungalows all around the perimiter of Hilly Fields in Brockley in the 60's. We played in the ruins of them. Not sure if they were prefabs. About 1963 during the long snowy winter. I lived in Adelaide Ave then and used to cross the road on our own and walk to Gordonbrock Infants ...

with arches in the front?. By the looks of it it was demolished. I wasn't 18 until 1975 so had to wait to go in there for my 18th - well you did in those days - when you made one drink last all evening. ahhhhhhhhh Girls and women would have been ashamed to be seen sprawled half naked in the gutter f...

I can remember the traffic running freely - without a roundabout - at Cobbs'.