We live in Brockley baby – Roy Ayers comes to SE4

The latest mural in the Brockley area went up last week. Staring out from the side of Sids Plumbing and Heating Supplies (corner of Brockley Road and St Margaret's Road) is a portrait of US jazz/funk legend Roy Ayers, surrounded by lyrics from probably his best known track, Everybody Loves the Sunshine. It was pained ...

Music Monday: Goat Girl

South London band Goat Girl have recently signed to Rough Trade after making some noise locally with gigs at The Montague Arms, Peckham Safehouse and elsewhere. Actually one of them used to live opposite me on a certain street in SE14.Their first single, Country Sleaze, is just out and they are launching it later this ...

Private Graham Charles Hines Bulford (1895-1916): Soldier killed at the Somme

Part hidden by a spangle of dotted vegetation in a grove alongside one of the inner pathways close to the boundary between the two cemeteries lies the Bulford family grave.The son of Charles and Ada Bulford of 57 Adelaide Avenue, Brockley (lying opposite the green expanse of Hilly Fields) Graham’s name appears in a 1911 ...

Beecroft Band Night, October 7

Andy Hughes: A lone crusader in a dangerous world

Homer: I came to fight city hall. I want to shake things up, Patterson. Stir up some controversy, rattle a few cages.- The SimpsonsThe Conservatives' electoral machine is virtually non-existent in Lewisham. Tory candidate for the upcoming Brockley by-election, Andy Hughes is the only one of the contenders who got in touch directly and wrote ...

Maths tutor

I am looking for maths tutoring jobs weekends and during the workdays- late afternoons. I am a middle aged woman, graduated mathematician from Bulgaria working as a supply teacher in schools. Can not travel for less than 2 hours job. 15 pounds per hour. Please text on 07723583255.

Book launch in White Swan Pub Charlton on Saturday evening 8th October

Hi everyone, I have posted in here previously about my book The Charlton Men published by Thames River Press in 2014. The sequel to this book is now released and I am having a book launch in The White Swan Charlton on Saturday 8th October from 6pm onwards. All are welcome to attend, readers or ...