May 2016 - Page 6 of 7 - Brockley SE4

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...

Dora Project: Nazi terror in Germany & SE London

May

2016

Last weekend coming up for the Dora Project at Peckham Platform (in Peckham Square by the library). A very interesting exhibition that 'combines art, WW2 London and early rocket engineering' it has been put together by artist Françoise Dupré in collaboration with Rebecca Snow. Essentially it documents and displays the links between the Nazi V2 programme - ...

Party Island, May 14th

May

2016

Two new hangouts on the horizon

May

2016

Brockley's bumper year of new openings looks set to continue. Gerri writes:"The cafe on the corner of Tyrwhitt Road and Lewisham Way [which enjoyed a brief life as a pop-up furniture shop that never opened] is tantalisingly close to being finished. Builders say two to three weeks 'or maybe four'. [Typical] Decor is top notch, ...

The Brockley Grill, Brockley Cross

May

2016

Caribbean cafe The Brockley Grill is now open. A replacement for the Tickle Me takeaway, the new owners have given the place a complete refit, installed seating and devoted one wall to a new mural - creating an inside / outside street art effect.Hopefully others will share their reviews of the food here, but it's ...

Free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

May

2016

BrocSoc's Clare Cowan writes:My friend and former Brockley resident, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, is in solitary confinement on unknown charges in an Iranian jail, separated from her 22-month baby and denied legal or Red Cross access.I have known Nazanin for 10 years. She lodged with us for three years in Tyrwhitt Road from 2006 to 2009. Some ...

The Plant Fairs Roadshow, May 21

May

2016

The Telegraph Hill Centre (Kitto Road) will be hosting its third Plant Fairs Roadshow, on Saturday, 21 May from 1pm to 4pm.The Centre will also host a Garden Party in the Cloister Garden from 1pm to 3pm.

SE14’s secret sanctuary for garden creatures

May

2016

Somewhere in SE14 there is a hidden pond where gnomes, rabbits and other creatures sit next to a waterfall. These poor things had been cast aside and abandoned, but have now found a new home at this South East London sanctuary. If you want to find it, you will need to look beyond this barrier at Lewisham's Reuse and ...

Bestival At Goldsmiths

May

2016

Any news which features quotes from the Warden of Goldsmiths and Rob Da Bank is news worth covering. Goldsmiths says:On 17th June, Bestival, the UK’s official Best Major Festival, will team up with Goldsmiths, University of London to host a unique public celebration of music, arts and culture.Bestival at Goldsmiths will bring the excitement of ...

Crofton Park knife fight hospitalises a 12-year-old

May

2016

A 12-year old boy has been hospitalised after a knife fight in Crofton Park. The News Shopper reports:A 12-year-old boy and a 14-year-old boy were arrested after a knife fight in Crofton Park. Police were called around 3.55pm yesterday to reports of boys fighting in Brockley Road.

The Somme Revisited

May

2016

On Monday 25th April I accompanied three of my FOBLC colleagues Geoffrey Thurley (the Chair), Mick Martin and Peter Mealing (the driver) across the channel, following the route that General De Gaulle once called the 'fatal avenue', the sweep of low lying country in Northern France heading towards the much visited Somme battlefield (the Somme is the name ...