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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...

Mappa Brockli

Nov

2015

Illustrator Kerry Hyndman has created this map of Greater Brockley. We'll forgive her for making Nunhead the centre of this particular universe.

Lewisham and Brent share IT services to save £2m per year

Nov

2015

Whenever the subject of frontline cuts to Council spending comes up on BC, someone argues that the Council should conduct a more aggressive efficiency drive, with shared services being the most obvious way to deliver savings. Today's announcement provides supporting evidence for both sides of the argument about Council efficiency. In a statement issued today, ...

Coming soon: Benedict’s Coffee

Nov

2015

Crofton Park's new cafe is performing a slow striptease on Brockley Road. Benedict's Cafe will help to offset the recent loss of Pat-a-cakes and its imminent arrival means that this area is sustaining a current average of one new place to eat or drink every week or so.Thanks to Molewife for the photo.

I like my bags like I like my postcodes: Cheerful and obvious

Nov

2015

The Guardian's tote feature puts Brockley in the heart of LondonWhen a Brockley tote bag makes it into the Guardian, that's a BC article right there. In a meditation on the appeal of tote bags, the Guardian's deputy fashion editor, Hannah Marriott writes:Tote bags can signal your postcode with GPS-like accuracy. In Walthamstow, east London, ...

Commonwealth War Graves Tour

Nov

2015

Commonwealth War Graves Tour 22/11/15 2pm to 3:30pm, meet Ladywell ChapelOur next guided walk will concentrate on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials in Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries as part of their Living Memory Project. . We are also intending to have a small relevant display of photos and other information in the Ladywell Chapel ...

Free parking to boost Lewisham Christmas shopping

Nov

2015

Lewisham Council writes:We are once again offering people the opportunity to park for free on the first three Saturdays in December.Shoppers will be able to park for free all day in all council-run car parks in Blackheath, Catford, Deptford, Forest Hill, Lewisham and Sydenham on Saturday 5, 12 and 19 December.The start of the free ...

Whatever happened to Nunhead Reservoir? – public meeting

Nov

2015

Nunhead Reservoir, on the other side of Brockley Footpath from the Cemetery, was one of the area's hidden gems. While nominally fenced off, it was easy enough to get into and dog walkers, lovers, runners and others would climb up its grassy banks and take in the great views of London. I should say for ...

The Lizards Within Us, Enclave Gallery

Nov

2015

David Icke's line of defence was clear. When he said lizards, he really was referring to lizards. He was not talking about cockroaches, or amphibians in general, contrary to the suggestions mooted at the meeting in Vancouver, but Annunaki lizards, specifically, from the lower fourth dimension.- Jon Ronson, Secret Rulers of the WorldThe fourFOLD collective ...

Little Nan’s Does Disco… NYE PARTY

Nov

2015

After over a year away, the award winning ‘Deptford Does Disco’ is back for a special New Years Eve party in a new better venue, Disco’s home LITTLE NAN’s Tropical Den Hidden in the secret cellar of the Golden Anchor pub located between Nunhead & Peckham, Little Nan’s latest pop up is only open till ...

Paranhodu, 125 Lewisham Way

Nov

2015

Friend of BC, Marshall, has written this review of Brockley's new Korean restaurant. He says:Paranhodu has officially opened its doors on Lewisham Way, after completing a significant improvement of the space that formerly housed Kedar. Picking up on the theme of local favourites like Masala Wala in Brockley Cross, Paranhodu embraces the virtues of homestyle ...