Sydenham Town Forum

Why can't someone open a decent fish & chips place instead of yet another convenience store? Not impressed with the one opposite Forest Hill station.

Theres also prevention is better than cure! :roll: The Government can't regulate all risk out of life. You have to balance freedom, safety and cost (both financial and other costs i.e. inconvenience). The main reason people protest against intrusive "nanny state" regulation is that it imp...

michael wrote:I was going to suggest that a puppy might make Rick feel safe on the streets of London, possibly unarmed and surrounded by all those dangerous liberals.

ROFL

I live a few streets down and I often walk home from the station on my own, so I researched this yesterday. It is illegal to carry pepper spray/ mace - but this http://www.c-p-p.co.uk/product/asp/ProdID/2324/af/page.htm is legal. And appears to work in a similar way. And to be honest, the scrotes w...

I live a few streets down and I often walk home from the station on my own, so I researched this yesterday. It is illegal to carry pepper spray/ mace - but this http://www.c-p-p.co.uk/product/asp/ProdID/2324/af/page.htm is legal. And appears to work in a similar way. And to be honest, the scrotes wo...

"For if you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded from this, but that you first make thieves and then punish them. " — Tho...

Really insightful post by Melissa (the inaccuracies about the Duggan shooting notwithstanding). I would add one additional thing to the list of things that people should teach the young people with whom they have contact. And that is that having a flashy car and a big house are simply not healthy li...

It'll never happen. Not within a generation anyway. When I lived in Camberwell there were frequent flurries of excitement at one plan or another to extend the Bakerloo line. Lots of talk and no trousers. Or, more accurately, no money. With Crossrail and High Speed 2 requiring all spare transport inf...

To atone for my suspicion about the OP's post, I tried out Trattoria Rafaelle for the first time tonight with my brother and sister-in law. The food was excellent and reasonably priced and the service impeccable. And they even managed to squeeze us in on a Saturday night with no reservation. Great s...

I always, always distrust a first-time poster who sings the praises of a company or restaurant and is just a little bit too effusive.

Are you connected to the owner or manager of the restaurant, by any chance??

You know, I'm always vaguely suspicious of people who register and use their first post to denigrate a business...

I'm moving to a street just off kirkdale soon and I'm really encouraged by the shops in the area - yes, they're a bit tatty and a tad random, but I actually like the fact that there's bizarrely a art deco furniture shop at the end of the road! The boyfriend and I tried out That's Amore last night an...

I'm in the process of buying in Fransfield Grove, and to be honest I'm a little depressed by all the negativity on here. Yes, the group of shops in the junction between Kirkdale and Dartmouth Road has seen better days, but at least there's a variety of shops, quirky little furniture shops and cafes....