Budgens4Life

Pratik from the Crofton Park Budgens writes:You may have seen some recent press reports regarding the closure of 36 Budgens stores nationwide.In July 2016, The Food Retailer Operations Limited (TFR) bought 36 stores from the Co-op and traded them under the Budgens brand.However, due to financial issues the company TFR experienced, it has gone into ...

Printworks: All that’s fit to print

Friend of BC, James, has been to The Printworks in Canada Water and after an all-day rave at our new resident super club, he is keen to tell you how impressed he was by the soundproofing. The party animal writes:We descended on London’s newest, and perhaps only, super club – Printworks – on Saturday, for ...

Deliciously Ella (probably doesn’t do) Crofton Park

UPDATE: After some sleuthing by BCer Joe, it appears this is a false alarm. The address mentioned relates to a recruitment firm. Which makes more sense, if we're honest. Sorry for the mistake.@BrockleyCentral just seen in a magazine @DeliciouslyElla opening in SE London #croftonpark pic.twitter.com/WmzrUCe4Up— Kim McGowan (@McGowanKim) March 6, 2017Deliciously Ella, the 'natural eating' ...

East London Line trains could get juiced to 24tph

The most recent minutes from TfL's Programmes and Investment Committee notes that they are exploring the possibility of using new digital control systems to amp-up the East London Line service and deliver 24 trains per hour, rather than the current peak of 16.Digital signalling effectively means that computers drive the trains and can do so ...

Fair Funding for Lewisham Schools

Cassie writes:The National Fair Funding for All Schools Campaign is holding a public forum for parents, teachers, head teachers, governors and councillors in Lewisham to raise awareness about the proposed cuts to schools’ budgets.The event will be chaired by Lewisham parents who are engaged with the National Fair Funding for All Schools'campaign and will be ...

Jack Harris : The Goose Is Out! The Ivy House, Thursday 9 March

Jack Harris : The Goose Is Out! Thursday 9 March, The Ivy House, 40 Stuart Road. SE15 3BE. Doors open 7pm.Live Music from 8pm. £7 on the door. Floorspots welcome. We are delighted to see the brilliant Jack Harris finally getting the wider recognition he so richly deserves. Jack is receiving much deserved praise for ...

Group therapy

Gonce writes:I am a psychotherapist looking for potential spaces in the Brockley area. Just wondering if anyone knows of any therapy rooms available to rent in our area? Or whether there any other therapists looking to get into co-operative to rent a room we could make into a therapy room?If you can help or want ...

The Telegraph Hill Festival 2017

Into the Woods at last year's FestivalSanjit writes:Telegraph Hill Festival celebrates the arts and the diverse, creative community in this part of South East London.The 2017 Telegraph Hill Festival has a huge range of events spread out over  16 days from 25 March to 9 April 2017.In addition to the large scale musical, cabarets and ...

Lewisham switches to fortnightly black bin collection

Lewisham Council writes:​From June there will be big changes to rubbish and recycling collections.Free food waste collectionsAnyone who currently has their own rubbish and recycling wheelie bins (mostly those who live in a house or a flat in a converted house) will get:a small food waste bin to go alongside their other binsa smaller kitchen ...

Hullabaloo, Deptford

Hullabaloo is a new Indian cafe on Douglas Way, Deptford. It joins a growing list of food options in the area and is a stone's throw from Deptford Market Yard.Its website gives nothing away, so if you've had a chance to try it out, please share your thoughts here.