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Grow Wild 2: Grow Wilder

Armageddon vs Deep Impact. Dante's Peak vs Volcano. White House Down vs Olympus Has Fallen. Grow Wild New Cross vs Grow Wild UK.Two gardening groups with the same name have very similar ideas about using flowers to green urban spaces, but very different levels of resources.Grow Wild UK is offering to fund wild flower gardening ...

Major developments in SE London

I thought it would be worth capturing all of the major developments taking place across the area. Starting with... Woolwich Central (Under construction) Kidbrooke Village (Under construction)... Major developments in SE London

History Corner: Charles II returns from exile via Blackheath and Deptford.

On this day in 1660, King Charles II entered London on return from exile in Holland. Having landed at Dover on May 25th, he spent time at Canterbury and Rochester before making his way into the capital on his 30th birthday, May 29th.  The journey is described in a contemporary pamphlet 'England's Joy or a relation of the ...

House break-ins in SE4

Lewisham markets: They’re real and they’re spectacular

Lewisham Council writes:Lewisham, Deptford, Douglas Way and Catford markets will soon display the Real Deal brand – which tells consumers that market officials and traders have signed up to a code of practice to ‘self-police’ the markets and take action if they spot anything suspicious.In signing up to the Real Deal campaign, the Council will ...

Silver bag with macbook and iphone stolen Tressilian Road Sun 26 10.30pm

Vegetable matter

Robin writes:I was in Russell Square station today and noticed this striking TFL poster... We've had a look for this project on the Volunteer Team website, but it seems no, you couldn't plant vegetables on Brockley Road: Either it's a hypoethetical example or it's extremely well hidden by their search engine. This is a good ...

Greenwich Community Food Co-op Box Scheme

Greenwich Community Food Co-op has been going as a not-for-profit organisation since 2002 with the aim of providing 'fresh fruit and vegetables at reasonable prices through the provision of market stalls throughout the borough of Greenwich'.Now they are expanding their 'local affordable box scheme' delivering 'ethically and locally produced fresh fruit and vegetables'.  You can ...

BNP plan march on Lewisham

Just got back from opposing the English Defence League in central London. Considering it was a sunny bank holiday, they failed to make a big breakthrough in terms of numbers in the aftermath of the killing of Lee Digby. But we shouldn't be complacent, the opposition was only of a similar size, and at times the EDL ...