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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...

Bonfire profanities

Apr

2016

Smokey Satsuma writes:At the risk of being incendiary (...) would it be possible to make an appeal against bonfires?Brockleyites seem to be increasingly using them as a way to dispose of rubbish. One bonfire can create a huge amount of smoke, and for those of us without hermetically sealed windows and doors that leads to ...

Ben Smith – Cityscapes

Apr

2016

CITYSCAPES is an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Ben Smith at Xavier White’s Gallery in Blackheath: 'Ben Smith draws and paints the urban fabric of South London, drawing from life and creating paintings in his studio, aiming to portray the depth, repetition and interchangeability of the contemporary cityscape. The works exhibited at Xavier White’s front room ...

Unlock arts funding

Apr

2016

Arts Council England writes:Thinking about doing a Grants for the Arts application and have some questions?On Thursday 14th April, 2-4pm, join us for a discussion with three Arts Council relationship managers from music, combined arts and visual arts to get help with your application. Any art form is welcome.To get the most out of the session, ...

London Radical Bookfair 2016 in New Cross

Apr

2016

Last year's London Radical Bookfair, held at a warehouse in Tanner Street SE1, was a great success. The 2016 event is even closer to home (for me at least), taking place at Goldsmiths in New Cross on 7 May 2016:'Radical booksellers, publishers, artists and activists of all stripes are setting up in teh Great Hall ...

Take A(nother) Walk On The Wild Side

Apr

2016

Following his successful walk last year, the FOBLC invites you to take another walk on the wild side with Mike Keogh. During this free guided walk Mike will help you discover the varied wildflowers and diverse Nature in the two Cemeteries.Meet at the Ladywell Road gate at 2pm on Sunday 17th April. The walk is ...

The Nunhead Gardener

Apr

2016

Mysterious passageways under the railway line opposite Nunhead station, now filled with plants and scented candles... A shrine to Venus in a lime grove next to the track... Yes and lots of greenery at reasonable prices. Apparently they are considering selling coffee... bring it on. The Nunhead Gardener is at 1a Oakdale Road SE15 3BW

New residential proposal for Brockley Cross

Apr

2016

The team that has been trying to redevelop the car lot in Brockley Cross is back with a new proposal. This one is for:The demolition of buildings on the site of 1 -1a Brockley Cross SE4 and the construction of a part two/part three storey building comprising a commercial unit, 3, one bedroom and 1, ...

Where there’s a will …

Apr

2016

Some of you will remember the persistent vandalism that was visited on a particular street tree at the Hilly Fields end of Tyrwhitt Road in the spring of 2013 when a newly planted cherry was destroyed not once, but twice (see http://brockleystreettrees.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/vandalism-help-please.html). The replacement we planted has now been left to grow unmolested for a few years ...

Support the Carnegie Library Occupation – Demonstration on Saturday

Apr

2016

It is now a week since campaigners occupied Carnegie Library (Herne Hill Road SE24) in an attempt to prevent its closure by Lambeth Council. The Council claim the closure is only temporary and that there will be a library there in the future, but it is clear that whatever remains will be a vastly diminished ...

Hither Green Trees project at the 2016 Hither Green Festival

Apr

2016

Our fellow tree enthusiast and collaborator Justin Hannemann, whose own street tree regeneration project is now up and running - see: http://www.hithergreentrees.com/drive-awareness - will be hosting a stall at the 2016 Hither Green Festival on the opening day, Saturday May 14th. Come along to hear about the drive to replace lost street trees and to show ...