The website began as Sydenham Freeserve in 1998.

We had some free webspace came with a Freeserve account. What to do with it? We couldn't think better than putting some photos of Sydenham Road with a short commentary on behalf of the local Rotary Club. The members, particulary those with shops in the photographs were intrigued. So we left it there.

In 1999 we registered sydenham.org.uk and moved the website onto our own servers. We changed the name to Sydenham Town. We approach Lewisham Council with a proposal to develop a comprehensive community website at no cost to the benefit of both local business and schools.

Lewisham decided to go ahead with a government grant and pay a Yorkshire company to provide an official 'TownTalk' website. We decided to put Sydenham Town on 'care & maintenence'.

In spring 2004 we were surprised to find the dormant Sydenham Town the most popular Sydenham site by Google ranking. Sydenham TownTalk was not being updated and much information was wrong. Indeed there was not much information at all.

Sydenham Town was not in a much better state. So we had to decide what to do. Abandon it - or try and make it useful?.