Sydenham News & Views (Moved)Water supply disruption now in its third day and work continues into a fourth.
Affected postcodes: #SE21, #SE22, #SE23 and #SE26
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/25748113.thames-water-se21---se26-water-outage-hits-third-day/
Thousands of homes have been left without water after a burst main forced supplies to be cut in parts of south east London.
#SE21, #SE22, #SE23, and #SE26 have been affected by the incident, which began on the evening of January 5.
The water main burst on Lordship Lane.
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/25742517.thames-water-se21-se22-se23-se26-burst-main/
#sydenham #se26 #Dulwich #se21 #london
Immersive London Hike: Dulwich Park to Sydenham Hill Wood on YouTube :
https://youtu.be/SWBlxPj1oZo
The Beauty of Dulwich Park: South London Exploration
#sydenham #se21 #kingswoodestate #sydenhamhill #Dulwich
The castle on a council estate
Kingswood Arts has been awarded £25,000 to work with local people over 12 months to create a permanent exhibition exploring the working-class history of Kingswood House from 1811 to the present day.
Nearby residents will record their experiences at the Grade II listed Victorian 'castle' in the middle of a council estate near Sydenham Hill station.
The initiative aims to trace working-class life through its time as a private house to a wartime hospital, and later as a library and community centre.
Bovril Castle sounds like a made up place. It isn't. It's in Sydenham.
OK, the official name of this crenellated country pile located a couple of minutes from Sydenham Hill station is Kingswood House — but in the late 1890s, it became home to the Scottish entrepreneur John Lawson Johnston aka 'Mr Bovril'. In 1870, Johnston had been commissioned by Napoleon III to provide his troops with a million cans of beef, and the Scot came up with a meat extract, 'Johnston's Fluid Beef'. The name was later changed to Bovril; 'Bo' taken from 'bovinus' (Latin for cow) and 'Vril' being the name of some life-giving electromagnetic substance from a science fiction story by Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
More: https://londonist.com/london/history/bovril-castle-sydenham
Aircraft Alert ✈️🚨⚠️ Flight #SE21 (#N/A) is squawking emergency (7700)! ✈️
Track the flight here: https://globe.airplanes.live/?icao=249249
#sydenham #se26 #se21 #dulwich #london
NEWS FOR USERS OF LONDON'S MOST FAMOUS TOLLGATE
For those who don't take the diversion to avoid it when driving up to Sydenham Hill take note - or rather take your card not the notes.
"Changes to banking systems mean that the Dulwich Tollgate on College Road, SE21, will be going cashless from 2 April 2024."
I remember when it was sixpence.
#sydenhamhill #se21 #schoolstreet #dulwich #southwark
Southwark are introducing a School Street which effectively cuts off vehicles from the whole Kingsdale Estate at drop-off/pickup times. See posted Traffic Notice below.
The Kingsdale Estate lies behind Sydenham Hill Station.
#sydenham #sydenhamhill #se21 #westdulwich #bovril
The Kingswood Estate behind Sydenham Hill Station has a hidden gem. 'Bovril Castle' built over 200 years ago has been under conservation work for the past few years, and is offering free tours of the building.
its most famous owner was John Johnston who bought it in 1891 and added the stone facade and castle battlements that now make it so distinctive. It was Johnson who invented Bovril - hence its nickname.
More: https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tickets-alert-tours-of-south-londons-bovril-castle-64461/
#sydenham #sydenhamhill #foresthill #honorpak #southeastern #se26 #se23 #se21 #cycling
RMT RAIL STRIKE: No trains at Lower Sydenham. Normal service at Sydenham Hill/Penge East.
No Southern services at Sydenham/Forest Hill/Honor Oak but normal Overground service.
Time to get the bike out?
