Sydenham Town Forum

As one who lives in that part of Kent House Rd which has a Beckenham (BR3) postcode, I would point out a couple of things. 1 That part used to be in Beckenham Municipal Borough, not Penge Urban District until 1965 when the London Boroughs were created and the two were merged. 2 Distance between our ...

As the title says, I'm feeling the need to revel in nature's beauty and wondered where our nearest bluebell woods might be - can anyone recommend any? Happy to drive or travel by train.

Shackleton lived in Sydenham. In Westwood Hill:

On The Hoof is the place! Quality ingredients - including sausages. Excellent coffee, nice vibe, lovely staff. It's maybe a little more expensive than Dilz and Chef's Delight, but you get what you pay for. People also recommend the veggie breakfast, though I've not tried it myself! Try it! Great ide...

No, the library doesn't recycle laptops any more - unless they are still operating.
It now costs them money to dispose of them, so no good.
Go to Currys/PC World.

I was visiting a friend in Durban road, Beckenham and saw that a house had one of these on the pavement side of the front garden, presumably run by the house owner. Thought it a wonderful idea. So they don't have to be in stations. In fact, my local station, Kent House, had a book shelf like this in...

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What I was trying to say, is that the lights are totally unnecessary IMO - traffic can get past the roadworks area on all four approaches.

And as Parker says, they're causing huge delays

What is the point of these? As far as I can see, in spite of the coned off areas, vehicles can still pass both ways on all 4 roads (Sydenham/Girton/Mayow).
It's causing huge delays and (presumably) massive pollution in the area.

Anyone know who's responsible?

I'm not sure what you mean by "suitable" in this context, but if you mean a fair price, yes I think it is. It would be more in most similar places, in my experience.
More important - did they taste good?

I have no idea how I would put an image in my post

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Cutting those services seems very unreasonable of TFL. Have they given any reason?

Ah yes, the former infant department. Your heading is a little misleading.

Solitaire jewellers in Penge seem pretty good - they sorted a Granddaughter clock we inherited which wasn't working. They may send specialist work away to be fixed. Pleasant people though. Between Greggs and Superdrug.

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There was a plan also to move the station up (or should it be down?!) to the giant Sainsbury's. Anyway, either idea would be a big improvement on the present siting of Lower Sydenham. I don't think there's any likelihood of the widening of the bridge over Southend Lane. It doesn't fit with the polic...

yes, the horror that is Canada Water...

Inspired by a thread on the ED forum what's the worst localish journey by public transport? Not bad one-off journeys (hello, Southern), weather-related (Boris sauna-bus) or redevelopment (London Bridge 2013 to 2017 inclusive and still having flashbacks), but journeys that are awful in their own righ...