Crystal Palace/Sydenham/Penge Chitter Chatter

[ska invita]

Fatal stabbing in Wells Park Road last night - road still closed today...
http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/b...denham_named_locally_as__Yardz_/#commentsList
newshopper dont print his real name, seem to revel in his nickname being yardz. I think his name was James... ETA: James Hunter
Better report from the mirror
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/pictured-teenager-stabbed-death-london-3634122

 

[Miss-Shelf]

RIP young man and condolences to your family and friends

 

[ska invita]

according to several reports he stepped in to try and stop a fight between two others, and got caught in the middle of it. tragic

 

[boohoo]

Interesting article about the development of housing in Harold Road in Upper Norwood:

http://www.norwoodsociety.co.uk/articles/113-100-years-of-harold-road.html

 

[boohoo]

And a Croydon Heritage Festival for those who live in Croydon

 

[Guineveretoo]

The South Norwood Community Festival (which was the last day of the South Norwood Arts Festival last year, so I am assuming that will be the case again) is on Sunday 6 July.

http://www.southnorwood.net/images/sncf_sponsor_info_pack.pdf

It turns out that this is nothing to do with the South Norwood Arts Festival. That one has its finale on 20 July, on Woodside Green. So two local festivals with music and beer and stuff in one month!

 

[Guineveretoo]

Anybody else coming to the South Norwood drinks tomorrow night? See other thread.

 

[Guineveretoo]

This should be a link to the thread about the South Norwood drinks tonight.

http://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/south-east-london-drinks-in-june-in-south-norwood.323844/

Anyone else wanna join us?

 

[porno thieving gypsy]

CP festival this weekend - if the weather is good it should be a great day out.

 

[Guineveretoo]

Let's hope so! It's actually over several days, although the main festival is on the Saturday. I have a board outside my house advertising it, because they are doing lots of free things for kids this year.

Details are on this link, hopefully.

http://crystalpalacefestival.org/

 

[porno thieving gypsy]

rain forecast hopefully they get it wrong as usual....

 

[boohoo]

A depressing sign of house price rise in the area - a flat where I live seems to have sold for around the £280,000 price - I know the one above me , last year sold for around £180,000 - that one massive increase. It is a nice place but they come with their own problems (storage bloody heaters and balconies that need replacing) and bathroom/kitchens which are tiny.

 

[boohoo]

Fabulous thread about the Croydon Canal:

http://sydenham.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1689

 

[Treacle Toes]

List of events for the Sydenham Arts Festival:

http://sydenhamartsfestival.co.uk/2...FestivalGeneral&dm_i=402,2LUIW,C7HOJW,9IPI5,1

 

[Guineveretoo]

And here is a list of events in the South Norwood Arts Festival, which launches today with a comedy evening at Stanley Halls, in fact.

http://www.peopleforportlandroad.org.uk/images/online_program_snaf_2014.pdf

 

[boohoo]

And a Croydon canal slide show:
http://www.slideshare.net/foresthill/croydon-canal-talk

 

[Guineveretoo]

Just read on facebook that the Antic chain, which runs several pubs in South London (including Westow House, East Dulwich Tavern, The Tiger in Camberwell, http://anticlondon.com/) have taken over the Goldsmiths pub in Penge. This has got to be good news, as it was not being well run, but is an interesting building. Perhaps, once it is open (the facebook posting says it will be a while, but that it might be open at weekends while they are refurbishing it), we can have an urban meet there.

Anyone close enough to check it out?

 

[el-ahrairah]

i will keep an eye on it. Antic are fucking pricks though.

 

[porno thieving gypsy]

I'll keep an eye out - could be a great boozer under the right management.

 

[porno thieving gypsy]

overlapping posts!

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Antic's pubs are pretty good on the whole, despite their being pricks. They were supposed to be doing the one on the roundabout near Sydenham Station but it looks like nothing is happening there at the moment.

 

[quimcunx]

Boohoo and I went to a lovely little restaurant called angels in Penge. Kebabish. Yummy food and lovely staff. They deserve your business. They also do take away.

 

[spanglechick]

Ok. At the bottom of Crystal Palace Park road just opposite the odd slightly derelict-looking modernist building where the ambulances hang out, there's a fence at street level. Behind that fence seems to be the grounds of what grinder said (fence was too high for me to see) looked like the back of a boarded up workhouse or similar. Anyone know what it is?

 

[el-ahrairah]

dunno, i'll have a look sometime. does the fence look easy to get over?

 

[spanglechick]

dunno, i'll have a look sometime. does the fence look easy to get over?

it's about 6ft. vertical wood planks. fairly old.

 

[spanglechick]

it's about 6ft. vertical wood planks. fairly old.

actually, looking on streetview there's a gate and a pathway. private property, though, i think. It's a huge piece of land.

 

[el-ahrairah]

so can anyone recommend an Indian takeaway in the area? a good one, not an average one!

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

so can anyone recommend an Indian takeaway in the area? a good one, not an average one!

Millenium Tandoori on Sydenham Road is good. They won some sort of best in London award a couple of years ago - I don't know if it's that good but it is nice, and pretty cheap. Barakah is pretty good too.

 

[el-ahrairah]

we're trying yak and yeti in crystal palace.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

we're trying yak and yeti in crystal palace.

It's definitely got the best name around. I tried it once and it was pretty good iirc, although it's a bit more expensive than the others I mentioned which is why I don't normally go there.