England manager visits Brockley

The England football manager Roy Hodgson visited Brockley football club, HF Sports Paulista, to present them with an FA Charter Standard Community Award, which is the highest-standard of community club award in England.Despite the fact that Brockley Nick used to work at The FA, doing PR for precisely this sort of thing, we didn't get ...

What to do with the ‘mother-in-law’ & dog on a day out in the area

Using a Sewing Machine – Essential Stuff!

Garage sale on Wickham Mews

A rarity - some workshop space in Brockley is up for sale. It's the freehold on a Wickham Mews property. The agents say:This freehold workshop and garages are located in the heart of the Brockley conservation area, one of South East London’s most sought after locations. The workshop itself is currently trading as a gearbox and ...

Open Mic Night, August 17th

John writes:This night will raise money for a charity called International Service who run a wide range of projects all over the world. From this September I will be working on one of their projects in Burkina Fas and I have been asked to raise £800 for the charity.The night itself should be some good ...

Dulwich Hamlet FC – Transpontine Team

I have enough troubles of my own supporting a non-league club (one time old First Division) who are not from South London, without taking up the cause of Dulwich Hamlet FC. Still I notice with interest some of the banners that have been adorning their ground in recent times.There's a Pride of South London banner......a ...

Sassinfrassin rackinfrackin Deptford

Pheobe from pop-up dining company Sassafrass says:We've been holding a series of New Orleans supperclubs around London and having served our grub in Hackney and on a boat in St Katherine's Dock, this month we'll be serving a delicious 4 course menu including our signature spicy, gumbo on a stunning rooftop in Deptford, complete with ...

Local MOTs on a Saturday?

Self Defence – Krav Maga Classes in Peckham Rye

She Makes War at the Amersham Arms

Wednesday 14th Aug @ Amersham Arms £4 on the door.Event details here.Tickets available from WeGotTickets.comTom writes:Bright Lights is back for August, its gonna be a good'un with some seriously talented artists. First up, She Makes War.SMW is the DIY solo project of Bristol based multi-instrumentalist, visual artist and digital polymath Laura Kidd, whose second album “Little ...