Old Kent Road 1983: A Smash Hits Advert

Like Punk Never Happened- Brian McCloskey's Smash Hits Archive is a great site featuring fortnightly scans of issues of the pop magazine from 30 years ago. This Premium Bonds advert from June 23 1983 features a young woman standing by an Old Kent Road street sign and dreaming of an advance to Mayfair (i.e. from the ...

The Men Who Would Be Mayor of Lewisham

The main political parties in Lewisham have selected their candidates to contest the mayoral election in 2014. [...]

Convoys Wharf – critical meeting this week

Deptford is..., which is spearheading local opposition to current plans to develop Convoys Wharfon the Deptford riverfront, is reminding people that a crucial meeting is coming up this week. They say:'you are probably already aware that the planning application for redevelopment of the Royal Dockyard/Convoys Wharf site has been called in by the Mayor of ...

Council, Mayor and European Parliament Elections in 2014

In 2014 three elections will take place in Lewisham: Council, Mayor and European Parliament. Election day will be... [...]

Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir for Xmas No. 1

Coulgate Street project gets funding

TfL has announced that its budget for the financial support of local projects is frozen for the next three years, but that the Coulgate Street makeover project will get the money it needs to proceed. The release says the funding includes:£280,000 for public realm improvements in Coulgate Street adjacent to Brockley Common in Lewisham to ...

The Ladywell Tavern Reopening On Friday the 13th December

Christmas Trees

Looking for a Christmas goose

The Old Stables, Geoffrey Road [UPDATED]

A plan of the proposed new housingThe Old Stables is a collection of ramshackle buildings, squeezed between the back gardens of Geoffrey Road and the railway line. The place is barely used as a stables any more, so it's not surprising that its owners are seeking to redevelop it as housing.Residents are opposed on a ...