August 2021 - Brockley SE4

Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

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...

Extinction Rebellion back on Blackheath – if not now, when?

Aug

2021

As part of this month's Extinction Rebellion 'Impossible Rebellion' in London, some supporters have been camping out on Blackheath, as they did in 2019 and as their Climate Camp predecessors did back in 2009.'If not you, then who? If not now, the when? Demand Climate Action''Let's nurse the earth''Welcome to Blackheath Camp', a Greenwich XR ...

London Open House Festival 2021 – book your tours of Brockley & Ladywell cemeteries on Sunday 5th September

Aug

2021

Open House Festival 2021SUNDAY 5th SEPTEMBER 2.15 – 3.15pm Short Tour of Brockley Cemetery 2.30 – 3.30pm Short Tour of Ladywell Cemetery Both tours start from the Ladywell Cross of Sacrifice BOOKABLE ONLY VIA THE OPEN HOUSE WEBSITE The Chapel will be open and our publications will be on saleOpen House Festival London will take place from the 4 - 12 ...

Music Monday: The Battle of Lewisham 1977

Aug

2021

Long time New Cross balladeers Ceri James and Mark Sampson have collaborated on a new single, 'The Battle of Lewisham 1977', released last week on the anniversary of the historic anti-National Front demonstration in New Cross and Lewisham (see lots of previous posts here for background to this)Syd Shelton's iconic image from the 'Battle of ...

Elias and Frances Ford: great-great-grandson traces his family’s history

Aug

2021

A few years ago I was given a very old family bible. In the back pages were detailed all its owners from 1724 to 1860 and this started my interest in discovering my family history. I’d heard various names mentioned in the past by my parents and grandparents but have to admit that I never ...