Sydenham Town Forum

Regarding murals, identity, branding etc the following isn't possible: Keep everyone happy. Incorporate everyones ideas. Include everything about a place. Keep the mural simple, is relevant to its place and perhaps performs a task, such as communicating the name of where you are. It should also be b...

The new builds to be completed and the retail units let to something interesting.
Poodle Club to flourish.
The Greyhound to open to rave reviews and good food.
The Co-operative site to become something slightly more aspirational.
A proper traders group to become established.
More (good) places to eat.

It is important and is the single most important thing any high street can do to improve the high street. They are much better when totally independent from the council, but have their support rather than their involvement. When cllrs get involved they tend to become a means of rallying support for ...

Parrot fashion.

Just to clarify Steve: • Dropping litter is bad and shouldn't happen. I'm not saying that dropping any container is good, I'm not sure why you think that. • There shouldn't be as much rubbish generated, much of it is avoidable. • Much rubbish isn't just dropped, it's blown out of bins, animals get t...

This looks like a well considered developement. I'm not sure why people are objecting unless they directly affect their property by being next to it and their lives/light etc would be affected. I quite like how they look, but I've always liked this type of architecture if nicely detailed. Some of th...

These buildings look good, I hope they go ahead uninhibited.

I was going to post that Parker!

M&S Food is doing well. M&S department stores less so.

M&S Simply Food could so well in Sydenham. They have one in West Wickham which is always busy.

Oh for goodness sake stop always picking on McDs etc. It’s the people dropping the litter not the paper bags jumping out of innocent hands on to the ground. Grow up and accept responsibility for your actions I say. We seem now to have a culture that blames everyone else, especially those that don’t...

Perhaps we should leave the bin bags outside McDonalds at the end! Why? It’s not McDonald’s fault their customers litter half a mile or so up the road. Why would we think of passing the buck for people that choose not to take responsibility for their actions? Besides, I’m sure Lewisham have McDonal...

Here are some links to visual reference we use on our pinterest boards which may be useful: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/dbgp/ghost-signs-liked-by-good-people/ This one's a mix of furniture and installations which may be interesting for the future and the pocket parks: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/dbg...

I agree, top post Miss0. The best of luck to you.

But no-one is asking to link to se26.life are they RJM? I don't have an issue if either forum leads on it (so far se26.life has lots of discussion about a mural).

Forums aren't bit money makers as I"m sure Stuart and others will testify. They use up far more time than they earn.

Well done to Se23.life/Chris. I'm not sure why Brazil nut is so upset. Forest Hill has a mural, which he/she likes. Lots of locals people AND businesses contributed to is, which surely is a good thing. It didn't cost the taxpayer anything, which is a good thing. As Chris says, the forum he runs does...

It was suggested using the bridge wall years ago for a mural based on the transition from it's use as a canal to it eventually being a railway. Cllr Best said the mural would be a distraction to drivers, which I find ridiculous. Another objection was that the wall needed some work on it so it was po...

Murals last for Decades and age with dignity. I think they actually improve with age. Look at all the advertising signs still painted on walls that are often over 50 years old. I wouldn't worry about how long they last. Enamel panels can look good too. You can paint them so they look aged from the w...

I'd say it's the opposite! Various people have reported issues like litter and weeds to fixmystreet numerous times over the past 6+ months and Lewisham still haven't fixed it! I find the streets in Bromley far, far cleaner than Lewisham, although Penge has some issues which aren't just down the the ...

Some of the lovely work from Lionel:


More info on the Forest Hill brand and more work of Lionel here:
https://se23.life/t/poll-forest-hill-mu ... und-2/7432

There are the ones we did in Kirkdale and the Greyhound. We designed some more which you will see if you look at the https://whatifsydenham.wordpress.com/ There is the one on the Sydenham Centre. I like the murals in Herne Hill etc by Lionel Stanhope. He's done some great work (alongside other peopl...

We went to Hibagon and sat there with quite loud rap music playing and it felt tired, a little dirty, unloved and a bit depressing inside. We really wanted to like it, but we found it underwhelming. We may have caught it on an off day as it was quiet. We found the food was ok, not great. Perhaps the...