Hilly Fields 10K Relay Fun Run

Not organised by the friends, but to be held in our beautiful park on Sunday 13th September at 11am. A SPONSORED RELAY RACE:  2-4 (4 x 2.5K) To register  your team contact: MPMTrelay@gmail.com and check out their JustGiving page and start fundraising. https://www.justgiving.com/mpmt OPEN TO ALL FAMILIES, BUSINESSES, FRIENDS to raise money for the MARSHA ...

Model Actress Whatever

On the evening of July 28th, as part of their series of celebrity guest talks, Lewisham Southwark College (Lewisham Way) will host BBC 1Xtra presenter Sarah Jane Crawford, who will offer her advice about how to "make it big in media, fashion, music or beauty".Sarah Jane CrawfordTo apply for tickets, visit the College website.

New art gallery and studios opening in September

 The long-awaited new gallery at the Seager Distillery (9 Brookmill Road) is finally taking shape.The Deptford development has been through many incarnations and the gallery was demoted from a location at the front of the building to a side street entrance, but it is now confirmed to open in September, incorporating seven artist studios and serving ...

French Tutor in South East London

You're preparing exams or your next holidays? You love French literature? Or you want to learn classic French recipes? I am Audrey, a professional French teacher living in Forest Hill, native from Paris, graduated from Université La Sorbonne. I like travelling, cooking, learning languages wherever I go, and of course teaching. I used to teach ...

Alternative SE4 -blog

This thread, is to pay tribute to the Alternative SE4 blog. We've noticed that the blog and twitter account have gone. It was a great blog that gave an interesting angle and insights that happened in the SE4 area. Interviews with Duane Brooks - the friend of Stephen Lawrence who was Lib Dem councillor for ...

Time is a flat circle – now with Instagram!

Paul Doyle: There is life after death. Of that, I am sure. But I'm also pretty sure dead people no longer need their stuff.- Pain and GainDon't talk to me about sacrifice, I'm missing Ant-Man for thisNearly a century ago, towards the end of The Great War, the people of Brockley, weary from bloodshed and ...

Urgent: Save our Southwark Woods – 10 plus acres in Camberwell Cemeteries to be destroyed

Southwark council wants to destroy over 10 acres of beautiful wild woodlands at Camberwell Old and New Cemeteries, felling hundreds of trees, clearing woodland and undergrowth, and excavating acres of old graves, to make way for over 4,800 burial plots. "Fly" over and through the beautiful woods: Save Southwark Woods formed in January 2015 to ...

Brockley’s Cow Parsley?

What is it with the borough of Lewisham's biodiversity planning of green spaces that it has absolutely no discernible intelligence as to managing wildlife areas in its care? Here we go again in Brockley & Ladywell Cemeteries that is supposed to be a listed biodiversity site for fauna and flora having whole swathes of wonderful ...

Straight Outta Crofton

The Crofton Park street art celebration Straight Outta Crofton is taking place today and Steph has sent us these shots of the work taking shape.

The Chandos redux

Sean says this ain't your daddy's Chandos. He writes:There is a new team at The Chandos (56 Brockley Rise) and it's no longer that pub you don't want to go in. Since taking over ten weeks ago Peter and Anna have turned it into a friendly, welcoming boozer with live music every Saturday. Karaoke and Djs ...