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RT from @Love_SE4💙 (@Love_SE4)
Good morning Sydenham ❤️
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/Love_SE4/status/1787375727505002624
RT from Lino Milita (@LinoMilita)
Auntie's Best Bonnet (1905-1917). Beatrice Offor (1864-1920). Olio su tela, 1900, Bruce Castle Museum, di Beatrice Offor (21 marzo 1864, Sydenham, Londra, Regno Unito - 8 agosto 1920, Tottenham, Londra, Regno Unito)
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/LinoMilita/status/1787402165536842137
RT from Sian Maxwell (@sianus_maximus)
Hey @thameswater wondering if you know about this on platform 1 at Lower Sydenham station?
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/sianus_maximus/status/1787478523608711508
RT from John Blake (@Jbf403)
#dogsatpollingstations #chowchow
#sydenham
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/Jbf403/status/1786081291651154388
#sydenham #se26 #spontaneousproductions #theatre
Sydenham Spontaneous Productions launches second fundraiser
A popular theatre company in Sydenham is desperately calling on its community to help it put on performances in the summer after a sharp decline in ticket sales for its last show.
Spontaneous Productions, a theatre company that performs outdoors, had plans to perform George Orwell’s 1984 and Lewis Carroll’s Alice Through The Looking Glass during the summer holidays this year.
Spontaneous Productions was close to bankruptcy in August 2023, but a fundraiser launched by director Jonathan Kauffman saved the theatre company.
RT from Crystal Palace Park Trust (@CPParkTrust)
This Summer we’re pleased to welcome back Festival Republic for one weekend (4-7 July), continuing the Parks historic legacy as a live music venue.
Acts playing across the weekend include Bloc Party, the Hives, The National and Skepta – plus a local schools concert.
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/CPParkTrust/status/1784680745232900267
#sydenham #se26 #crystalpalacepark
From 6 June 2024, parking charges will be in place in all of Crystal Palace Park’s public car parks. £2 for one hour. Who is goingto pay that?
During the Festivals cars cause chaos in the surrounding streets. At least that was only for a few days. Now it may be every day.
No consultation from an unaccountable and unknown bunch of trustees supposedly improving the park for the community. Worse than Bromley?
Their announcement: https://www.crystalpalaceparktrust.org/pages/car-parking
RT from Michael Snasdell (@Snazy365)
#POTD2024 Day 119 Messing with my mind. Why are the staircases at different levels? Arrrgh! #potd #picoftheday #pictureoftheday #mylifeinpictures #s24ultra #london #southlondon #se26 #architecture #building #symmetry
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/Snazy365/status/1784685595911934451
RT from Bromley Parks (@idverde_Bromley)
Exciting day at Sydenham Hill Woods last week on a bat training day!
Having surveyed this site many times this has been the most fruitful time, recording 44 bats from 3 different species - 38 Soprano pipistrelle, 5 Leisler's and 1 Brown long eared 🦇
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/idverde_Bromley/status/1785226052052083101
RT from Higgins Partnerships (@HigginsPartner)
At Mayow Road in Sydenham we replaced a disused warehouse building to provide 32 new social homes for homeless families and people with learning disabilities, as part of @LewishamCouncil Building for #Lewisham programme.
#transformationtuesday #AffordableHousing
#development
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/HigginsPartner/status/1785230188713763053
Sydenham priest James Murphy jailed for historic sex abuse
A Catholic priest has been jailed for 31 months for sexually abusing young boys who were in his care in the 70s and 80s.
Father James Finbar Murphy – who held posts at churches in Sydenham, New Addington, South Croydon and Streatham – abused boys as young as five years old.
More: https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/24286542.sydenham-priest-james-murphy-jailed-historic-sex-abuse/
RT from Candy Blackham (@BradshawsLondon)
Sydenham Wells Park is looking glorious@ @lewishamlocal
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/BradshawsLondon/status/1785402950338167065
Do you use the DLR on your commute? Noticed some trains are shorter than usual?
It's a deliberate ploy by TfL to extend the life of the old trains due to be replaced by a spanking new and bigger fleet. But ironically they are running a bit late and the oldies are running out of miles.
Full story here: https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/tfl-running-shorter-dlr-trains-to-keep-the-fleet-running-71790/
This Second World War painting is probably set at Sydenham High School.
https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-quiet-night-air-raid-wardens-playing-chess-193943/
RT from Karisa Partington (@KarisaPart34361)
Remarkable Serviced Room Sydenham London SE26 #LondonFashion DiscoverLondon
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/KarisaPart34361/status/1783436292157575411
RT from Michael Snasdell (@MichaelSnasdell)
How the skies changed! About an hour apart, all taken this morning. #nature #mothernature #se26 #se23 #southlondon
https://www.instagram.com/p/C6E3WOWMaNo/?igsh=MXNuemZxN2F6dDEyNQ==
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/MichaelSnasdell/status/1782496533969031599
RT from Crystal Palace Park Trust (@CPParkTrust)
You may have seen notices regarding Listed Building Consent displayed around the Park. This is required ahead of the work outlined in the Park’s Regeneration Project. You can comment, until 1/05/24 via Bromley Council’s planning portal: https://buff.ly/3xDHwPm
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/CPParkTrust/status/1781238837684982037
RT from Museum of London (@MuseumofLondon)
Built by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851, #CrystalPalace was transported from Hyde Park to Sydenham where it was re-erected in 1854.
The building was completely destroyed by a fire 30 November 1936.
🎨 Jacques Emile Blanche, 1907
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/MuseumofLondon/status/1781973923833295245
RT from Ben Chacko (@ChackoPatrick)
Alopecosa pulverulenta I think (?), male and females, in Sydenham hill woods near Dulwich
Original tweet: https://twitter.com/ChackoPatrick/status/1782123944859877720
