Sydenham Town Forum

If you have lost a Barclays debit card and your surname starts with an 'M' it was found this morning in Jews Walk. You can contact me by private message. I did try and phone Barclays lost/stolen card number but having to go through various menus and then trying to convince an extremely dumb computer...

El Cid wrote: ↑4 Apr 2018 07:06 Does anyone know of any local football teams for eight-year-olds?

My grandson played for Dulwich United in Dulwich Park. Ages 8-11 copes with all abilities.

Stuart

Date: Sunday 1 May from 8.00am Location: Cudham Recreation Ground, Cudham, Kent St Christopher’s Hospice are delighted to tell you that, after a two-year hiatus, Bluebell Walk is BACK! With the date set for Sunday 1 May 2022 at Cudham Recreation Ground, we’re hoping you’ll all be able to join us and...

Repeated my trip to the Royal Opera last night. Shocked that on our Overground carriage only 20/30% mask compliant. A little better on District Line. More shocking was the Opera House. 99% had slipped to about 70% despite repeated requests. Even more shocking was the HIGHEST compliance of the day sh...

I wonder if Covent Garden was full of tourists? Sorry, I was referring to the Opera House. I am limiting myself to places where one can expect both the organisers and audiences to be taking care. So my outings tend to be places like the Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall. I'm really missing venue...

I'll be following the science.

Went to Covent Garden this afternoon. Spotted 2 out of 2,000 not wearing masks. Couldn't say the same for the train journeys. Why can we have 99.9% compliance in one place and flagrant disregard of science, the current law and vulnerable people in others?

Stuart

We have had at least two deliveries this week from our normal postie. Today I received this from Royal Mail Updates: We're pleased to confirm, the resourcing issues reported at the Sydenham Delivery Office have improved, and services are now recovering. I guess SDO was one of the first to be hit by ...

The former shops behind Sydenham Green Practice and opposite Sports Direct days are numbered in this just published planning application:
https://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online ... ab=summary

Stuart

I have the greatest sympathy for those impacted by this problem, Almost all the visible road & pavement markings visible are on bits that have been repaired lately. No money is obviously being spent anywhere on markings. I almost have sympathy for the council. Slashed budgets with the overwhelmi...

We got our first delivery of the year with first class post dating back to 21/12. The Sydenham DO has been reduced to a rump by Omicron and there is a report on SE23.life that they are not accepting incoming mail which is being held at the Croydon regional centre. They are, quite rightly, prioritisi...

Sydenham is mentioned as a problem area on Royal Mail Service updates https://personal.help.royalmail.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/12556 click on deliveries today to see the list. Ongoing with Omicron. Plus not just SDO but all our neighbours to the north: https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/19826581...

Wish for 2022 from the postbox opposite St Barts. And from me ...

Went for a booster at Sydenham Green yesterday - appointments only - so efficient that we barely saw anyone else there the whole time. In - get jabbed - out - and that's it. No waiting around for 15 minutes, or anything, unless you feel so inclined. I was planning to take a relative for a walk-in j...

Yes. I'm getting reports of local positive cases which supports this. As for flu - if folks follow Chris Witty's advice rather than Boris then the greater social distancing will be even more effective in stopping flu than mitigating Omicron. I had my flu jab at Kirkdale Touchwood back in October. It...

gerry wrote: ↑11 Dec 2021 15:04 Where is sydenham delivery office that I can collect post?

Forest Hill. It was merged with FHDO some years ago. It's off the Perry Vale car park. Opening times are on the failed delivery red card. Without that I wouldn't have much hope.

Stuart

Fine up at Sydenham Hill.

Thank you JRW. Another delaying tactic out of the way - but what of the next step? What does the Archdiocese now have to do when? Apologies if you have posted that already but this sad saga is so long running it's hard to rember everything that went wrong ...

Stuart

MET wrote: ↑16 Nov 2021 09:20 Reopening silverdale would be terrible for health and wellbeing, and the environment

Yes with knobs on. It was lethal, now quite pleasant apart from the petty vandalism of the barriers.

Stuart

Julia,

What plans do you have for the gyratory and Southend Lane to encourage cycling to the retail park as opposed to the cemetery?

Stuart

Yesterday both my partner and I received letters from the NHS reminding us to have our booster shots as our records show we hadn't - and to expect more texts and phone calls to encourage us. Very good effort - except we both had them more than a month ago - at Guys. Which makes one suspicious of the...