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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...

So Nisa Spar

Oct

2015

The new Westside Spar opens tomorrow on Mantle Road and it's all anyone can talk about.@BrockleyCentral Star studded opening this weekend of the new Spar on west side of Brockley station. pic.twitter.com/oEw8YX9s0T— Matt 'k0nG' Collins (@k0nG) October 29, 2015Its predecessor Nisa's grand opening was marred by the fact they got the area's name wrong - ...

Archshark King launch night at the Ladywell Tavern

Oct

2015

Ladywell-based Archshark King launch their debut album, Float & Kick, at the Ladywell Tavern tomorrow, Friday 30 October. Entry is free and there will be food and a special live set at 8pm from the act’s 11 musicians and singers. The evening also features food, lights, and festivity.The album, Float & Kick, is now available ...

Don’t say Daren, say Hovis

Oct

2015

This is the Mock Tudor of outdoor advertising. Bill writes:The old Daren Bread sign on Avignon Road (between Drakefell & St Asaph) has been painted over and replaced by a new one for Hovis Bread. This apparently has been commissioned by the new owners of the building. I feel this is a real tragedy but unfortunately, ...

Althea Gyles, poet and artist: ‘A Strange Red Haired Girl’

Oct

2015

Althea Gyles (right) with Irish revolutionist Constance MarkiewiczThe Irish poet and artist Althea Gyles (1868-1949) was born in County Waterford and moved to London in 1892. She knew Oscar Wilde, W B Yeats (who described her as "a strange red-haired girl, all whose thoughts were set upon painting and poetry"), Constance Markiewicz, Aleister Crowley (with ...

We are young

Oct

2015

Young people are swarming over SE4 like locusts, kicking old people off their mobility scooters and shutting down the bingo halls as they go.A study by Savills reckons Brockley is one of an admittedly very long list of London areas where Under 35s outnumber the Over 50s by a ratio of at least 2:1. The ...

Lewisham council is closing our community centres

Oct

2015

Dear Lewisham borough residents, The website below gives in-depth information of the shocking decimation of community centres that Lewisham council are currently planning in their effort to find money to cope with austerity. http://savelewishamcommunitycentres.org/ Under Lewisham council's “Stronger, Safer Communities” plan, of the 24 community centres in the borough there are: 7 facing closure 5 ...

Brockley’s back gardens targeted by developers

Oct

2015

A BCer who wishes to remain anonymous has been targeted by a property developer who's trying to buy a part of her garden, in order to develop housing at the back. She notes:Since I don’t actually own the garden - the downstairs flat does - it’s a moot issue, and I am not sure how ...

Remembrance Sunday Event on Sunday 8th November

Oct

2015

This Sunday 8th November from 10.55am - 12noon the FOBLC will be holding a Remembrance Sunday event. Please come and join us! We meet at the Ladywell Cross of Sacrifice for wreath-laying, then walk via three points of interest to the Brockley Heroes corner for the final wreath-laying.

‘Brockley Cemetery’ poem wins poetry competition

Oct

2015

Congratulation to Jake Kirner’s whose poem ‘Brockley Cemetery’ won the inaugural HopCroft Neighbourhood Forum poetry competition. The judges commented that 'This poem did a fantastic job of celebrating and evoking the tranquillity, emotion and deep-rooted personal feeling that anyone who has ever visited Brockley Cemetery will understand.' We agree !Brockley Cemetery – by Jake Kirner‘Dear’ ...

Craft Stall Holders wanted for Winter Wonderland event at Brenchley Gardens

Oct

2015

Do you create craft products? Are you on the lookout for a free stall to sell? Are you interested in supporting a local community event? If so then look no further, Brenchley Gardens is holding a Winter Wonderland event on the 19th December and we need need you. The event will be promoted throughout the ...