Pasha’s Ice Cream, Brockley Rise

A new ice cream parlour, Pasha's, has just opened on Brockley Rise. Please post your reviews here. Thanks to @theonlywayisSE6.

Honor Oak bar plan approved

Plans to convert a minimart on Honor Oak Park into a bar and beer garden have been approved, striking another blow for local nightlife. On the SE23 Forum, the team behind "One Tree Hill" write:We have now had our appeal validated for 66 Honor Oak Park to change the use from a minimart (A1) to ...

Drone Folk at Rye Wax

Tomorrow afternoon (Sunday 2.00 pm to 6:00 pm) at Rye Wax in the Bussey Building SE15:'Cunning Folk Music invite you to a free afternoon of drone folk at RyeWax. Analogue synthesis combined with singing & playing. An eclectic selection of artists collaborating in an experiment in cross genre pollination.The bill is expanding. At present confirmed artists include ...

Stuff of note

I've been very slack about updating the site recently, apologies. Here are some of the things I should already have posted about by now:Brookmill Park River Clean UpJoin Thames21 and the Friends of Brookmill Park for a clean up of the River Ravensbourne and its banks on April 23rd 11am to 1pm This is the ...

Party Island, New Cross

Brockley Market’s Time Out takeover

Brockley Market is the star of the latest edition of Time Out, which has donated a whole page to Mike+Ollie, the Blackwood Cheese Company, Nathan the Butcher, et al.Thanks to Kerstin for the scan.

Lack of nightlife shields Lewisham from gentrifiers’ unblinking eye

The phantom of gentrification is retreating from this borough, according to new research by Cambridge University, which found that areas like Lewisham with high deprivation scores and relatively few visits by strangers are the slowest to gentrify.This area's fabled "hidden gem" status grants it some immunity to the dread forces of microbreweries and sour dough ...

John Roan Resists Meeting

Last November staff at The John Roan school in Greenwich took strike action against plans to turn the school into an Academy. While 'academisation' (horrible word) was put on hold, it is now back on the agenda nationally with the Government threatening to make every school an Academy whether they want to or not, as well as ...

Somerville Adventure Playground Build Day

The new building at Somerville Adventure PlaygroundSomerville Adventure Playground in New Cross (in Queens Road opposite the Montague Arms) has been going through a period of redevelopment with a new building and refurbishment of the playground in the lead up to its reopening in May. This weekend - Saturday 16th April (10 am - 3 pm) ...

It’s not who you are underneath, but what you brew that defines you

Behold the new gateway to Brockley.Brockley Brewery have cut a deal with Speedicars and created a new sign on Coulgate Street to welcome visitors as they disembark at Brockley Station.We have arrived.