Sydenham Community Radio

The SCR Magazine Show will return soon, below are details of many of our guests during the programme’s last series in July. We will try to feature as much information as we can from the programmes on this page, but if you miss any details on-air, please contact us and we will point you in the right direction.

Programme Details

Monday 19th July

Since Sydenham and South East London are such hotbeds for artists and creativity, we spoke to artists from the area to see how they make a living out of their art, ut to kick the show off we had Ralph Winkler from Sydenham Library in the studio with a couple of people from the young people’s reading group that meets there once a month.  

Next, we heard from some artists just setting out on the road to fame, fortune and creative satisfaction – a teacher and two students from Forest Hill School for Boys told us how Forest Fest 2010 went.

In the second half of the show we’ll spoke to musician, Oliver O’Donohoe, (Mr O) his EP “A Handful of O” is available from Bit-Phalanx. and comedian Rosie Wilby, hearing how they get work, and make a success of their particular art form.

We had Annabel Sidney in the studio to tell us about the achievements of the campaign to restore a cinema to Crystal Palace. Plus, the regular items of summer poems, recipes, and reading recommendations.

Thursday 15th July

Roz Parker told us about The Bedlam Bunch, interactive children’s adventure stories and The Three Musketeers at the Dolphin in Sydenham and Alex Malten had more on Sydenham’s connections to rock and roll.

Monday 12th July

Continuing from the programme on transport and regeneration, we looked at local business and employment opportunities.

Our guests were:

Malcolm Smith, Director of Regeneration for Lewisham Council

Glyn Limpenny, Director of PMS Printing

Jenny Holland, Secretary of Sydenham Traders Association

Chris Best, local councillor

Tom Mellish, President of Lewisham Trades Council

Mary Fudge, from Sydenham Girls’ School

There was the regular summer poem, a recipe, and a gardening tip. Also reading tips from the young people’s reading group at Sydenham Library. -we suggested what you should be reading – if you’re of a certain age! – this summer.

Thursday 5th July

Peter spoke to local musician and runner up from last year’s ‘Sydenham’s Got Talent’, Rupert Caney about his work. We played a couple of tracks from an acoustic EP he has put together, including ‘I Miss You Tonight’. Alex Malten came in to talk about the music of David Bowie and we had a round-up of local events.

Monday 5th July

We dealt with one of the most, if not the most, important developments for Sydenham and Forest Hill for many years: the arrival of the East London Line. It is providing access to a part of London previously difficult for us south Londoners to get to quickly and easily, but what are the other benefits, and are there any problems with it?

A variety of guests talked about the plusses and the minuses and whether it’s a great development for the area, or just a quicker way to get to work in Docklands.   We also heard the most up-to-date news on the Sydenham Road re-furbishment plans and what is happening about outside the station as well as inside with the aim to brighten up Station Approach.

Our guests were:

Julie Dixon, Head of Marketing and Stakeholder Relations for Tfl London Rail

Alan Smith, Deputy Mayor and cabinet member for transport and regeneration

Ilse Towler, Sydenham Society member and spokesperson on transport

Richard Hibbert, chair of the Forest Hill Society

Tim Lund: local activist, and former chairman of the Sydenham Society

Steve Grindlay: Sydenham’s historian who will tell us if it all started with the railway coming to this area, over 150 years ago!

We shared some of the events coming up as part of the Sydenham Arts Festival, and other many places to go and things to do, in this part of London; plus some music, a gardening tip, poems for summer, and even a recipe for a mouth-watering summer dessert.

Thursday 1st July

Peter spoke to Liam Carlisle from the Lewisham Plus Credit Union, Ashley Cowan reported for us from the St Christopher’s Hospice Family Fun Day and Alex Malten was in the studio talking about Bill Wyman’s local connections.

Monday 28th June

We spoke to Kellie Blake about Lewisham People’s Day and other activities taking place in the Borough this Summer. People’s Day on Saturday 10th July in Mountsfield Park, Catford, featured several stages of music and entertainment, headlined by The Beat. Plus, crafts, food and a real ale tavern.

We also heard from Joyce Treasure about a young people’s film-making Workshop at Sydenham Library in July and August.

Other guests were Iris Borgers from Mayow Park Community Gardens, Hedy Fromings a local Sydenham resident, fan of green spaces, and passionate CND campaigner.

And finally, Niki Mylonas recited a summer poem, she is an actor and a Sydenham Community Radio volunteer.

Music Played (Artist/Album/Track)

R.E.M. Roadsound Summertime
Belle and Sebastian The Boy with the Arab Strap A Summer Wasting
The Isley Brothers The Best Of… Summer Breeze
R.E.M. Reveal Summer Turns to High
Oscar Peterson Genesis Disc 2 Summer Nocturne
Vivaldi Four Seasons Violin Concerto in G Minor