Last minute Xmas shopping idea

Hi everyone, I have posted here before, but just wanted to see if anybody might be interested in a book set in south east London as a last minute gift idea. The story is set in south east London, and published by a company in south west London, so it has very much got a ...

Brockley school tops Lewisham primary table

The Evening Standard has published a league table of London primary schools, based on the performance of 11-year-olds in the National Curriculum tests earlier this year.In Lewisham, Greater Brockley schools perform strongly, with St Mary Magdalen Catholic School on Howson Road top of the league for the whole borough. Haberdashers Askes Hatcham, Gordonbrock and Beecroft ...

Elf Kid – Lewisham High Street Golden Boy

Elf Kid's Golden Boy namechecks Lewisham High Street, Deptford Market and Brockley with a video shot on Pepys Estate, Deptford High Street and Lewisham Town Centre. Out now on No Hats No Hoods records

Greenwich Peninsula History Talks

Greenwich historian Mary Mills  has a new book out. ‘Innovation, Enterprise and Change on the Greenwich Peninsula' looking at the history of the peninsula, its industries and how they brought change to both Greenwich and the world.Mary is doing a couple of talks this week as part of the launch of the book:  on Wednesday 16th ...

Personal Trainer

Hi, My name is Darren Gray and I am a certified Personal Trainer based in and around Brockley. I am passionate about health and fitness and am always looking for innovative ways of working with my clients towards improving their health and achieving their exercise goals. I have a vast array of knowledge, expertise, qualifications ...

Your new journey for 2016!

Hey guys, am new to the site and thought it would be a good place to get people's thoughts on what they want to achieve for the new year coming? Maybe you want to lose weight? Stop smoking? Become a healthier you? Earn more money? Have more time to spend with your family? I'm interested ...

Dawn chorus of the Dead – Campaigners fight to save trees from graveyard shift

Campaigners in Southwark say this issue is their "3rd runway" & intend to fight the felling of the trees . pic.twitter.com/yQMMoMLa96— Tom Edwards (@BBCTomEdwards) December 14, 2015 This is their Third Runway, nay their Vietnam!Campaigners are trying to protect 30 trees on (ironically) One Tree Hill from being chopped down to make way for graves. ...

Coming Soon: The Fat Walrus

The Fat Walrus has taken over The Old Haberdasher pub (44 Lewisham Way), strengthening ties between the great families of South East London and Odobenidae. The team have been in touch to let us know that they are aiming to reopen in January 2016.The use of a jolly, eccentric anthropomorphic figurehead is promising, as is ...

Deptford Cinema’s Utopian New Year

Rachel: The Greeks had two meanings for it: "eu-topos", meaning "the good place", and "u-topos", meaning "the place that cannot be".- Mad MenDeptford Cinema promises a night of intergalactic spectacle, mind-expanding projections, cosmic cocktails and gravity-defying DJ sets to greet the glorious future:"Utopia is within your grasp! Enjoy a free glass of space wine (prosecco) ...

Brocsacks

Robot Santa: Fry and Leela, you've both been very naughty! I checked my list.Fry: Well... Check it twice!Robot Santa: I perform over fifty mega-checks per second!- FuturamaBrockley-based SeventySeven84 specialises in producing personalised gift sacks and say there is still time for people to place their orders to meet Santa's deadline, especially since they are all designed ...