Sydenham Town Forum

My experience is that the gates are opened if you ask them - it doesn't seem you have to demonstrate a disability though starting the request with 'I've a tired and sore leg' is probably going to make the request easier to respond to in a positive way. Heavy bags / other incumberances are also consi...

Time moves on and what is, or is not allowed changes. It's Pandora's box - once something is allowed its not easy to then stop it. I agree that if the gate had never been opened there would not be this conversation going on - but it was and there is. Also legislation and political commitments have m...

To Lambchops - no need to buy a dress if you can borrow one - but that's your personal decision. Coming back from Croydon earlier today my leg started hurting as the train drew into Sydenham - I thought I'd twisted my ankle somehow. So not feeling able to walk all the way up and down the stairs I ra...

Just wondering why you're thinking of anywhere but Dartmouth Road. Our car was MOT'd there today - been using them for many a year. Really good service and friendly etc. / flexible. Nice link up with the crash repairers behind - so perfect for the bit of welding needed to be done to get the car thro...

I asked at the ticket office this morning for reasons to open the gate. I'm paraphrasing a bit but it was along the lines of 'if we can see your ticket we'll open the gate'. Examples included heavy baggage, sprained ankles, buggies etc. - No specific registered disability required. Now imagine my su...

I had a chat this morning to the ticket inspectors - or revenue protection officers as the writing on their badges told me. They actualy told me they were there for 'customer recovery' purposes but were at a loss to actually explain what this meant. In reality they were just 'observing'. We talked a...

Lee - are you suggesting we meet up at Sainsburys in the cafe area. We could kill a number of birds at once - meet, assess the state of the store, collect signatures for the petition, do our shopping, get barred

That's a great idea - and would prevent me shopping there again.

Well thank you for all your suggestions and comment. Much appreciated and I'll be following some of them up.

Regards to you all.

I'm looking to learn to speak Polish - and haven't been able to find any evening classes (day time courses might also be possible) in the area. Does anyone know of any?

Thanks.

As a consumer of these posts it doesn't matter to me whether they are embedded or on another site (e.g. Flickr). I don't mind whether the images are with, or without comment. I really like it when there's debate about the material - academic or otherwise. For my education and entertainment as well -...

Seven a.m. on a Sunday morning - its still Saturday night for many and there's still parties to go to.

Which is healthier at 07:00? Wholesome ale or a full English.

For Pocketpip - what you pay for property is publicly available information. Data comes from the Land Registry - so it is the actual sum paid and not estimates. It is not 'confidential'. A number of websites collate this and make it easily & freely available. I have just looked up Burghill Road ...

My son also goes there and rates it - so unfortunately on principle I won't be trying it out. Now if only I could persuade him to go back to George's on Kirkdale then I might try it myself......

Falkor - don't be dispirited about replies - the prints are magnificent - I'm really enjoying this series of posts. Its a lot to take in - don't take the lack of responses to indicate lack of interest.

In reply to my own post - being 'interesting' to me won't at all make up for the frustration / anger you feel.

Sorry to hear your news. It will be interesting if the current owner does get a better price than your offer - current housing market news suggests that this will be a challenge.

I've just been this afternoon and was pleased with all the information available. As far as ongoing funding is concerned this wasn't something I discussed with the helpful team there - however to my eyes what is suggested / proposed is lower maintenance than what it will replace; the risks then of c...

Not "middle of the night" - 06:25 Saturday morning according to the yellow police notice board

Did you know Londis originally was a contraction of 'London District Stores'? Not everything on wikipedia is accurate or beyond contradiction but for those interested more information about the origins of this chain can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londis (forgot to ask - are referenc...

hope to see you later this evening - I'm running a few minutes late.