Leonard Manasseh at Hilly Fields

We are always interested to see photographs from Hilly Fields over the years, but this find on the internet last night is fantastic. Currently condemned by the council, the bowls pavilion was actually designed by one of the leading British Architects of the 1960s, Leonard Manasseh RA.    

City Ramblers Revival : The Goose Is Out! The White Horse, Thurs 10 March.

Our first night at The White Horse Peckham. City Ramblers Revival : The White Horse 20-22 Peckham Rye, London SE15 4JR Thursday 10 March . Doors open at 7.30 PM . Live music from 8.00 PM £7 on the door. "Some open spots for unbooked singers" Descendants of fifties skiffle band (or group, as bands ...

Ode to Malpas Paul

Dicky Fox: The key to this business is personal relationships.- Jerry MaguireJournalist Simon Usborne has produced a paean to veteran Malpas Road barber Paul Neophytou. Writing in the Independent, he saysI have known Paul for 28 years but only learned his second name this week. "My name is Neophytou," he says while dropping a gown ...

Job vacancy: IWMF Operative

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a full-time Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) Operative. As a member of the mechanical biological treatment (MBT) team you will be required to work within an operational environment where we produce a refuse derived fuel (RDF) from municipal solid waste. IWMF operatives are responsible for the industrial cleaning and ...

Job vacancy: IWMF Operative

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a full-time Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) Operative. As a member of the mechanical biological treatment (MBT) team you will be required to work within an operational environment where we produce a refuse derived fuel (RDF) from municipal solid waste. IWMF operatives are responsible for the industrial cleaning and ...

Bakery plan for Ewhurst Road

Cat Food is a small batch bakery trying to set up permanent home in Brockley. They are currently raising funds on Kickstarter to set up shop on Ewhurst Road and are half-way towards their £2,000 goal. They say:Having moved kitchens 3 times in 2015, we need to move in to a permanent space of our ...

Ivy Road floods

The Ivy Road lake in SE4 - natural or man-made? @BrockleyCentral @thameswater pic.twitter.com/rDNGix8dxc— Philip Ratcliff (@Philip_Ratcliff) February 17, 2016 

Brockley nurse kept sex slave using ju-ju curse

A Brockley woman has been jailed for two years for operating part of a sex-trafficking ring from her Westside home. This is Local London reports:A mental health nurse from Brockley made a woman become a sex slave under threat of a black magic curse, a tribunal has heard.Florence Obadiaru, 50, of St Asaph Road, was ...

Coming soon: The Brookmill

Via the Deptford Forum, the new team in charge of Deptford boozer The Cranbrook reveal themselves. They say:We’re super excited to announce that The Cranbrook is under new management. Undergoing a complete refurbishment and re-brand it will re-open as The Brookmill pub and kitchen in Spring 2016!The plan is to create a relaxed, family and ...

Brockley artist short-listed for painting prize

Brockley artist Emma Cousin (creator of local art event Bread & Jam) has had a painting shortlisted for the prestigious Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize - one of the UK's most respected prizes for representational painting.Her work will be on show show alongside 130 shortlisted paintings from across the UK at the Mall Galleries, London from 7th ...