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Featured local business - Clubtek

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I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

Dawn Chorus 2013

Apr

2013

Tom from the Hilly Fields Bird Champion project writes:This years dawn chorus walk will take place on Thursday April 11 starting at 6am. This is an hour later than usual (by public demand), but should still be close to dawn as the clocks went forward last weekend. We will meet outside the cafe on Hilly Fields, ...

Comment: What Will Boris’ Cycling Vision Mean for Lewisham?

Apr

2013

What impact will Boris Johnson's cycling vision have on Lewisham? The post Comment: What Will Boris’ Cycling Vision Mean for Lewisham? appeared first on alternativeSE4 - a blog for Brockley, Ladywell, Crofton Park and Telegraph Hill. [...]

Something In The Water at the Frog On The Green

Apr

2013

Panther on the loose in New Cross

Apr

2013

The Sun reports that a wild panther has been spotted in New Cross, adding that the sighting comes "eight years after a man was mauled by a 6ft-long panther-like cat in nearby Sydenham."A source told The Sun: “She was terrified. She described it as a huge, black wild cat with large fangs and a long ...

I have travelled the buses late at night

Apr

2013

One of Margaret Thatcher's many reported contemptible utterances was that '"A man who, beyond the age of 26, finds himself on a bus can count himself as a failure" (though actually there's some doubt exactly what she said, when, or even whether she said it all!).Was it prophetic that just two days ago The Band ...

Empty properties in Brockley

Apr

2013

At a time of rising rents in Brockley, it's exasperating to learn that local homes are being left empty. A BCer who wishes to remain anonymous writes:We have had for several years now an empty flat in our building (a Victorian conversion with few flats). We're worried about lots of issues - loss of heat, ...

Brockley Society Open Meeting, April 10th

Apr

2013

Brockley Social Club, 240 Brockley Road, 8pmRobert Park, from BrocSoc, writes:It should be an interesting evening. We have invited Nicholas Taylor, architectural historian and former chair of Lewisham Planning Committee, along to talk about "The Conservation of Communities", and perhaps his recollections of planning in Lewisham and Brockley when he served as the councillor responsible ...

Green Chain Spring Events

Apr

2013

RSPCA – amazing low cost vaccination offer not to be missed

Apr

2013

Gently Elephant wins Best New Business Award

Apr

2013

The GE team with the Mayor. Photo copyright Toby Allen.Congratulations to the Gently Elephant team, who have won the 2013 Lewisham Business Award for Best New Business. The Brockley Road children's shoes and gifts retailers, who opened in May 2012, were presented with their certificate by Mayor Bullock this afternoon.The shop has added to the ...