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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...

Curzon Cinema to open in New Cross

Jan

2016

New Cross is getting a shiny new cinema. A proper one. Not a sea container with a projector or a cafe with a big screen TV. An honest to goodness cinema. Goldsmiths announces:A pioneering partnership between Goldsmiths, University of London and Curzon Cinemas is to bring full-time cinema to Lewisham after a gap of 15 ...

Out of the Brew – update

Jan

2016

Bar / cafe Out of the Brew, which replaces Cafe Crema in New Cross, will be having a soft launch this week and plan to open fully in February. They have confirmed that the gallery area will open on Thursday from 6-9pm and then again on Friday and Saturday 12-6pm.So if you have been waiting to ...

I represent Queens, she was raised out in Brooklyn

Jan

2016

Online store Made in Brockley has been spreading the good word in Brooklyn, only to find someone got there first. On their Facebook page, they've posted this epic bit of expansionism:

mindfulness in nunhead

Jan

2016

I am starting drop in mindfulness sessions at the new nunhead community centre, starting in February. If you are interested, please go to FB "Mindfulness and psychotherapy at Nunhead" for more details. Classes are on a donation basis, please feel free to join even if you can't donate. Places are limited to 15. I will ...

1939 Evacuation – 2,000 children leave New Cross Gate in two hours

Jan

2016

I'm sure many of us returning to work after the Christmas holidays are not looking forward to getting back on trains and buses. Spare a thought though for some previous travellers... On 1 September 1939, at the start of the Second World War, the mass evacuation of children from London and other cities started. As ...

2016 – Here’s how it’s going down

Jan

2016

These are my predictions for 2016. I am of course, just plucking them out of my arse, but that technique proved reasonably prophetic in 2015.The Wickham does a TalbotI've predicted a radical makeover for The Wickham Arms pub on Upper Brockley Road in the past - because commercial reality insists that it must. In 2016, ...

The Top 10 Stories of 2015

Jan

2016

Courtesy of Google Analytics, here's the list of the top 10 most viewed stories of 2015. This year's list is dominated by food and tragedy - two things Brockley had rather a lot of last year:Lewisham's Riverdale Hall to be turned into London Union restaurant complexSt Norbert's Road knife fight leads to fatal car crashMan ...

Did 2015 do as it was told?

Jan

2016

Tomorrow, I will make my predictions for Brockley's year ahead. But before I do, here's how my predictions for 2015 performed.My first prediction was that there would be more good news for Brockley Cross:"We think The Brockley Deli will deliver a fillip to the Cross. There is a vacant unit ready to occupy and another ...

Masala Wala Cafe – Best Newcomer 2015

Jan

2016

We ❤️ Brockley @masalawalacafe #brockley #se4 #goodsignsgoodvibes #pakistanihomefood pic.twitter.com/PJcknOysdM— hibhop (@Hibhop2) December 11, 2015 Congratulations to Masala Wala Cafe, winner of the Brockley Central Newcomer of the Year Award in the most competitive field since the award's inception in 2009.With 15 new high street businesses in this year's competition, the Pakistani restaurant collected 31% of ...