October 2015 - Page 7 of 10

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

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...

Personal Fitness Studio For Hire

Oct

2015

If you are a Personal Trainer in and around the South East London area, our private personal training studio is available for hire. We are currently on a recruitment drive for talented Personal Trainers with an existing client base. Additionally if you are a newly qualified trainer we will be able to refer clients to ...

ELL: Two more trains each hour from 2018

Oct

2015

TfL has confirmed plans to introduce two more East London Line trains between Dalston and Crystal Palace from 2018, which would increase the frequency of ELL trains through Brockley at peak time from eight trains per hour to ten. The scheme to deliver a 25% capacity increase on the line has been necessitated by the phenomenal growth ...

Bermondsey Black Beauty

Oct

2015

Yes it's time for another South London horse sculpture. After featuring the Vauxhall horse sculptures last week (which have now been removed), here's 'Jacob' in Queen Elizabeth Street SE1, in Bermondsey to the east of Tower Bridge Road.Somebody who works nearby told me that he thought it had come from a local film studio where ...

Brockley Voices at the Amersham Arms

Oct

2015

Suspected bomb find closes St Asaph Road

Oct

2015

Found a suspected unexploded bomb in the school in #brockley managed to grab a quick pic before being evacuated pic.twitter.com/CVzP0CkMut— Edward Burkin (@Ed_Eddie_Wardo) October 10, 2015 The discovery of a suspected WWII unexploded bomb at John Stainer Primary School forced the evacuation of homes on St Asaph Road this afternoon. The evacuation order has now ...

Lewisham Council adds burial and cremation records to national family history website

Oct

2015

Lewisham residents or those with family or historic ancestral connections to the south London borough are now able to go online to access burial and cremation records held by Lewisham Council. Lewisham Council, in partnership with Deceased Online, www.deceasedonline.com, has spent the last 12 months scanning and creating digital versions of all burial and cremation ...

TfL proposes changes to the A20 (Lewisham Way)

Oct

2015

Proposed changes to Lewisham WayTfL has launched a consultation about proposed changes to Lewisham Way, Loampit Hill and Loampit Vale. The proposals include a number of improvements, but also the world's most gratuitous "traffic smoothing" project. The key changes involve:Merging some of the existing pedestrian crossings along the A20 so crossings are more evenly spaced ...

‘The Signal’ pub (The Hob), Forest Hill

Oct

2015

Goodbye The Hob pub, say hello to The Signal. Apparently it opened last night - anyone go? http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Venues/First-Hippo-Inns-pub-opens-in-Forest-Hill Food and craft beer (naturally!) but no mention of the great comedy nights it used to host Apparently they are 'looking into this'.

FARMERS’ MARKET

Oct

2015

Every second Saturday, 10th October, 8th November and 12th December. Vegetables and eggs from Whitegates Farm in Rainham, Kent Meat from Marsh Products, Kent and preserves from Caregrow www.Caregrow.co.uk The farmers’ market is now supporting the Friends of Hilly Fields

Lewisham policeman fired for racist texts during London riots

Oct

2015

A Lewisham police officer has been fired for sending racist texts during the London riots of 2011, which engulfed this area. The Guardian reports:PC George Cooper, 41, who worked for the armed parliamentary and diplomatic protection unit (SO6), and Lewisham-based PC Stephen Newbury, 49, were found by a panel to have sent “racist and discriminatory” ...