Sydenham Town Forum

Hi, I live with my young family in De Frene Road. We went away to visit my parents early on sat morning, and on our return last night found that someone(s) had smashed off the hinges on one of our patio doors and forced their way in. They went through all our stuff, and took about £100 cash, a few p...

I play bass in a local reggae/ska band, Ten Tonne Ska. We are playing at The Alfred on Sydenham Road on Friday 6th September (this Friday), 8.30pm. Will be upbeat and fun. Please come along and enjoy some good music.

Hello, I'm a local illustrator/musician, been living in Sydenham for 6 years. I've currently got an exhibition of my work in Kente coffee house if you fancy seeing what i do. I would like to start up a regular meeting of local people in the creative industries to share ideas and network etc. Ideally...

Aah, just had a look at that map, looks like something hit there, not a V1 or V2, just a 'normal' bomb?
Yeah, its pretty clear on google earth.

Hello all! I was wondering if anyone knew why there is a gap in the nice architecture on the north side of Sydenham Road where Superdrug is. Similar architecture either side then a big blocky reminder of the post WW2 aesthetic in the middle. Was there a bomb hit? I remember looking at the bomb damag...

YEAH. On the 1879 map, i think its Stanfords, theres only houses at each end of Fransfield grove, and you can see today these are slightly different architecturally to the rest of the terrace, so im wondering what was in the gap until someone filled it with more houses. Wierdly on the Stanford 1878 ...

Wow, thanks for that, you dont get that kind of service in many organisations.
Ive never been into the Kirkdale bookshop, but have heard good things about it. Ill be paying them a visit. Also the local History Centre.
By the way, great time-travel-towel pick up gag in your FH pools documentary Steve!

Hello All! I live on the south side of Fransfield Grove, and have been doing a bit of research as to when it was built, mainly using this wonderful site. As far as i can tell it was sometime in the 1880s. On an 1879 map, the grove exists but only with two houses, one at each end, so I assume the gap...