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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...

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces five years in Iranian jail

Sep

2016

Former Brockley resident, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has been jailed for five years in Iran on secret charges.The Guardian reports:A British-Iranian mother detained in Iran for more than 150 days has been sentenced to five years in prison, dealing a heavy blow to her family and to the UK government’s efforts to normalise relations with Iran. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, ...

Brockley Hall

Sep

2016

This illustration of Brockley Hall (on sale at the Crofton Park Book Shop in Crofton Park Library) depicts the 18th century house, demolished in the 1930s and replaced by Brockley Hall Road.

A plaque for Catford’s Antarctic Explorer

Sep

2016

'On Saturday 10th September, a Lewisham Council plaque will be unveiled to mark the Catford residence of Captain William Colbeck (1871–1930). Captain Colbeck moved to 51 Inchmery Road in 1913, following an adventurous career at sea, which included:• being a member of the first expedition to spend a whole year on the Antarctic continent (The Southern Cross expedition, 1898–1900)• travelling further south than anyone previously (to ...

South East Makers Club, September 24-25

Sep

2016

Brockley resident Helen Osgerby is organising the South East Makers Club writes:To celebrate the final weekend of The London Design Festival 2016, South East Makers Club invites all design enthusiasts to head south and follow our trail through the creative streets and studios of South East London. The journey takes place on the 24th-25th September ...

Lewisham Way pub threatened

Sep

2016

@BrockleyCentral the old albertines pub is now applying to become ... 100% flats. Surprise surprise. And sad. pic.twitter.com/NZqNPR4j4A— Nick Marsh (@choosenick) September 7, 2016For a long time, BCers have been predicting this would happen. And now it has. The owners of the Lewisham Way pub formerly known as Albertine's have applied to convert it for ...

Cake Tempest

Sep

2016

Brockley's answer to UB40, Kate Tempest, launches her new album at the Rivoli Ballroom later this month, with a live performance for the BBC.

Wonder Day 2016

Sep

2016

Southwark’s annual Wonder Day will take place on Saturday 17 September, in time to celebrate Recycle Week (12 – 18 September). On the day there will be tours of the facility so residents can learn first-hand how their recyclables and black bag waste are turned into new green products and energy. There will also be ...

Farmers’ Market

Sep

2016

This weekend, the farmers’ market will be up by the cafe. The stalls support the friends’ group, their rent helps fund small projects including the mud kitchen, wildflower seeds, bird seed, tools etc. Whitegates Farm bring eggs, fruit, vegetables, apple juices…and hopefully some Kent apples, Marsh Meat have a selection of meats and we are hoping the ...

Test Dept:Redux – Return to New Cross

Sep

2016

Test Dept are surely one of the most influential bands to emerge from the local area, starting out in New Cross in the early 1980s (some band members lived at 8 Nettleton Road) and pioneering a politically committed industrial sound. In the last couple of years members of the band, who have remained active across ...

New Chandos

Sep

2016

The Chandos, the journeyman pub on 56 Brockley Rise, has been given an impressive makeover, which extends to a handsome new pub garden. It got some minor remedial work last year but this is on a far more ambitious scale. The photo is from a set on SE23life. Click here for the works.New and revamped ...